Monday, September 21, 2009

News 9-21-09

KANSAS STATE HAS LOST A VALUED MEMBER OF THEIR ATHLETIC SOMMUNITY TODAY. LEGENDARY ROWING COACH DON ROSE PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY AT MERCY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS. ROSE IS KNOWN FOR BUILDING THE K-S-U ROWING TEAM FROM NOTHING INTO A POWER HOUSE. HE WAS 79.


A KANSAS CITY GIRL IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION TODAY. A REFRIGERATOR FELL OUT OF A TRUCK GOING SOUTH ON I-35 AND STRUCK THE CAR OF CITARA JO JUAREZ. POLICE SAY THAT THE REFRIGERATOR FELL FROM THE TRUCK FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON OR FELL OUT WHEN THE TRUCK CARRYING THE FRIDGE WAS STRUCK. THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL GOING ON. JUAREX WASN’T WEARING HER SEATBELT. SHE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THE OVERLAND PARK REGIONAL CENTER.


WORK ON THE FANCY CREEK BRIDGE ON U-S 77 WILL BEGIN TODAY. WORKERS WILL BE REPLACING BEARING DEVICES UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE DECK. SOME SHORT RAOD CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED BUT THE LONGEST IS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE 15 MINUTES LONG. LONGER DELAYS MIGHT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE RAIN. . 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.

HARRISIONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSED TODAY. A FIRE BROKE OUT ON FRIDAY IN THE CUSTODIAL CLOSET WHICH FORCED STUDENTS TO EVACUATE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH. THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY PUT OUT AND STUDENTS WERE THEN SENT HOME. CREWS WILL CONTINUE THE CLEAN UP TODAY. EIGHT CALSSROOMS AND SOME HALLWAYS RECEIVED DAMAGE. DISTRICK OFFICIALS SAY THEY HOPE TO GET CLASSES RUNNING BY TOMORROW.

A SCHOOL BUS AND SEMI COLLIDED THIS MORNING. THE TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED AT SIX A.M. THIS MORNING AT WESTBOUND I-670 ON THE RAMP TO THE SOUTHBOUND I-35. FORTUANTELY THERE WERE NO CHILDREN IN THE BUS AND BOTH THE DRIVERS ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES.

IN NATIONAL NEWS FCC CHAIRMAN, JENA GENACHOWSKI, SAYS THAT WIRELESS CARRIERS SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BLOCK CERTAIN TYPES OF INTERNET TRAFFIC FLOWING OVER THEIR NETWORKS. IN A SPEECH TODAY GENACHOWSKI WILL SPEAK TALK ADDRESS WHY WIRELESS CARRIERS SHOULD BE UNDER THE SAME “OPEN INTERNET” RULES THAT THE AGNECY HAS BEGUN TO APPLY TO HOME BROADBAND PROVIDERS.

THE 61ST EMMY AWARDS WERE LAST NIGHT. SOME OF THE WINENRS WERE 30 ROCK FOR OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES, THE AMAZING RACE FOR OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM AND THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART FOR OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES.

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