News 9-18-09

AGGIEFEST IS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN AGGIEVILLE. OVER 60 BANDS WILL BE PLAYING AT 8 VENUES. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT SISTERS OF SOUND OR ON THE WILDSIDE. THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR FOR THE EVENT.

EVEN THOUGH K-STATE’S HOMECOMING IS WEEKS AWAY….FORT RILEY WILL BE HAVING ONE THIS MORNING. SOLDIERS FROM THE SECOND BRIGADE FIRST INFANTRY WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY BACK HOME THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE FIRST GROUP OF THE FIRST INFANTRY TO COME BACK AND THE REST WILL BE ON THEIR WAY HOME OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. A BIG CEREMONY IS PLANNED AT FORT RILEY. THERE WILL BE LIVE VIDEO FEED OF THEM COMING BACK TO KANSAS AND HEADING TO THE POST.

WORKERS WILL BEGIN REPAIRS TO FANCY CREEK BRIDGE ON U-S 77 MONDAY. THEY WILL BE REPLACING BEARING DEVICES UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE DECK. THERE MAY BE SOME ROAD CLOSURES BUT THEY ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO LAST AROUND 15 MINUTES. THERE COULD BE A POSSIBLITY FOR LONGER DELAYS THOUGH. K-DOT SAYS YOU MAY WANT TO USE ALTERNATE ROUTES OR GIVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME. THE WORK IS SCHEDULED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. IT IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNITL MID OCTOBER.

LEAVENWORTH DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MAYOR THIS MORNING THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WENT TO BED WITH. LAST NIGHT MAYOR SHAY BAKER WAS REMOVED FROM OFFICE BY CITY COMMISIONERS VOTES. BAKER WILL STAY ON THE CITY COMMISSION. BAKER HAD WRITTEN A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR A FRIEND WHO WAS CONVICED OF DRUG DEALING. SHE APPOLOGIZED LAST NIGHT SAYING SHE WROTE THE LETTER FOR PERSONAL REASONS NOT AS MAYOR.

THE DEATH OF THE YALE GRADUATE STUDENT IS BEEING LOOKED AT AS WORKPLACE VIOLENCE. POLICE THINK ANNIE LE MAY HAVE HAD A DISPUTE WITH RAYMOND CLARK WHO HAS BEED DESCRIBED AS AN OVERBEARING CONTROL FREAK. CLARK IS NOW IN THE STATE PRISON IN NEW HAVEN.

THE LIGHT IS NEAR FOR ONE SOAP OPERA. THE DAYTIME SOAP GUIDING LIGHT WILL BE ENDING ITS RUN AFTER 72 YEARS. IT BEGAN ON N-B-C RADIO IN 1937. WITH SOAP OPERAS NOT BEING AS POPULAR IT’S NOT SURPRISING TO SOME THAT GUIDING LIGHT IS GOING OFF THE AIR. TODAY WILL BE THEIR LAST EPISODE.