THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL WILL BE CONDUCTING SOBRIETY CHECKS OVER HALLOWEEN WEEKEND IN TOPEKA. IT WILL BEGIN AT 11 PM SATURDAY AND LAST UNTIL TWO AM SUNDAY MORNING. LAST HALLOWEEN FIVE PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN WRECKS IN TOPEKA AND THREE OF THOSE INVOLVED ALCOHOL. THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS YOU CAN STAY SAFE BY FOLLOWING THESE TIPS, DON’T DRINK IF YOU PLAN TO DRIVE, DESIGNATE A DRIVER, DON’T RIDE WITH A DRIVER WHO’S BEEN DRINKING, AND ALWAYS BUCKLE UP. THEY ALSO MENTION THERE ARE EXTRA PEDESTRIANS OUT INCLUDING CHILDREN.
A HUCHINSON POLICE DOG IS ON THE LOOSE. THE DOG DAISY ESCAPED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WHILE IT WAS STORMING. DAISY IS A FEMALE BELGIAN MALINOIS (MAL-in-wah) THAT RESEMBLES A GERMAN SHEPHERD IN SIZE AND SHAPE. SHE’S ALSO MOSTLY BROWN WITH A BLACK FACE AND TALL POINTY EARS. PRISON SPOKESMAN STEVE SCHNEIDER SAYS IT’S THE FIRST TIME A TRAINED DOG HAS ESCAPED THE KENNEL. IF ANYONE SEES DAISY THEY CAN CALL 911 AND SHOULDN’T APPROACH HER.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY SAYS RESIDENTS OF TREECE KANSAS FACE “A UNIQUE AND URGENT THREAT FROM THE LEGACY OF POLLUTION” AND SHOULD BE RELOCATED. TREECE IS CONTAMINATED BY LEAD AND ZINC MINING AND THE EPA WAS GIVEN THE OK BY CONGRESS TO BUY OUT THE TOWN. THEIR NEIGHBORING TOWN PICHER OKLAHOMA WAS BOUGHT OUT BECAUSE OF MINING TOO.
THE SWINE FLU DEATH COUNT FOR KANSAS IS UP TO TWELVE. THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SAYS NONE OF THESE DEATHS HAD UNDERLYING CONDITIONS. THE THREE PEOPLE ARE A 52 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM THE WICHITA AREA, A 39 YEAR OLD WYANDOTTE COUNTY MAN…AND A 51 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM THE TOPEKA AREA. EARLIER THIS WEEK A TEENAGER DIED AFTER CONTRACTING THE FLU AT THE FFA CONVENTION.
THE SNOW STORM THAT WENT THROUGH COLORADO AND WYOMING HAS MADE ITS WAY TO NORTHWESTERN KANSAS. CHEYENNE, SHERMAN,AND RAWLINS COUNTIES WERE FORCASTED TO GET TWO TO FIVE INCHES OF SNOW LAST NIGHT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GOODLAND PUT UP A BLIZZARD WARINING. OTHER COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST KANSAS WERE PUT UNDER A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND ARE EXPECTED TO GET ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW BEFORE THE STORM ENDS TODAY.
WHILE THE WEATHER ISN’T IDEAL HERE IN KANSAS RIGHT NOW… THE SOUTH HAD STORMS BLOW THROUGH YESTERDAY TOO. ONE MAN IS DEAD AFTER HIS CAR WAS SMASHED BY A FALLING TREE IN LOUISIANA. AT LEAST THREE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN NORTHWEST LOUISIANA AND A 57 YEAR OLD HAD TO BE RESCUED OUT HIS CAR IN SHREVEPORT LOUISIANA WHEN THE STEEPLE CAME OFF THE TOP OF A CHURCH. AT LEAST TWO MORE TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN ARKANSAS BUT NO ONE WAS REPORTED INJURED THERE.
THE SEARCH FOR THE MISSING PILOTS AND NAVY PLANE CONTINUES TODAY IN CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS. THE SEARCH HAD TO BE SUSPENDED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF STORMS. THE NAVAL AIR STATION LOST CONTACT WITH THE PLANE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND ITS LAST KNOWN LOCATION WAS NEAR SAN JOSE ISLAND, EAST OF ROCKPORT AND TWO MILES OFFSHORE OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE PILOTS NAMES HAVEN’T BEEN RELEASED.
RACHAEL RAY IS DOING HER PART TO HELP OUT THE HUNGRY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. THE COOK AND TALK SHOW HOST WILL BE OFFERING DINNER ON NOVEMBER 8TH TO PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN WILMINGTON OHIO. WILMINGTON WAS HIT HARD BY JOB LOSSES THIS YEAR DUE TO THE PULLOUT OF DELIVERY COMPANY DHL EXPRESS. RAY SAYS ON HER WEBSITE “HER SHOW CAN’T FIX THE ECONOMY BUT CAN DO ITS PART THROUGH RAY’S AREA OF EXPERTISE..FOOD.” EARLIER THIS YEAR JAY LENO WENT TO WILMINGTON TO PERFOM TWO FREE COMEDY SHOWS.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
News 10-29-09
TWO BODIES FOUND SUNDAY IN RILEY COUNTY ARE THOSE OF AN ADULT FEMALE AND MALE TODDLER POSSIBLY UNDER THE AGE OF THREE. A HUNTER FOUND THEM IN A SHALLOW GRAVE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY MORE THAN A MILE FROM THE NEAREST HOME. RILEY COUNTY SPOKESMAN SAYS NEITHER BODY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND AUTOPSY RESULTS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THERE ARE NO OUTSTANDING MISSING PERSONS IN RILEY COUTNY.
GOVERNOR MARK PARKINSON IS SAYING HE WON’T BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE NEXT YEAR. HE PLANS ON GOING BACK TO PRIVATE BUSINESS. THE DEMOCRATS HAVEN’T ANNOUNCED THEIR CANIDATE FOR GOVERNOR BUT SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK IS LIKELY THE REPUBLICAN CANIDATE AND HAS ALREADY STARTED HIS CAMPAIGN. PARKINSON MOVED UP FROM LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AFTER KATHLEEN SEBELIUS BECAME U-S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY.
A KANSAS TEEN WHO WENT TO THE F-F-A NATIONAL CONVENTION DIED OF THE SWIEN FLU. 14-YEAR OLD LAUREN MERKLEIN OF KIOWA COLLAPSED IN HER HOTEL ROOM FRIDAY BUT DIDN’T BECOME SERIOUSLY ILL UNTIL HER FEVER DEVELOPED THE NEXT DAY. SHE THEN DIED AT RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN. MERKLEIN’S MOTHER SAID HER DAUGHTER HAD A PREEXISTING HEART CONDITION. THE SUPERINTENANT OF MERKLEIN’S HIGH SCHOOL BRAD MORRIS SAYS NO OTHER STUDENTS BECAME SICK WHILE AT THE CONVENTION.
THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE SUSPENDED LARRY JOHNSON FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OF HIS COMMENTS ON TWITTER AND IN THE LOCKER ROOM FOLLOWING THE GAME SUNDAY. JOHNSON IS SAID TO HAVE USED GAY SLURS WITH REPORTERS IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND CRITICIZED COACH TODD HALEY ON TWITTER. HE WON’T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL NOVEMBER 9TH…THE DAY AFTER THE CHIEFS PLAY JACKSONVILLE. LUCKY FOR JOHNSON THE CHIEFS HAVE A BYE THIS WEEK.
JUST TO OUR WEST IN COLORADO A STORM IS DUMPING ON THE SNOW. SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED…FLIGHTS DELAYED…AND EVEN SOME WRECKS IN PARTS OF COLORADO WHERE UP TO 28 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE STORM ISN’T FINISHED WITH THE ROCKIES THOUGH. BEFORE IT MOVES OUT OF THE AREA LATER TODAY SOME AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO GET UP TO FOUR FEET OF SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY FOR EASTERN COLORADO… WYOMING …AND WESTERN NEBRASKA.
THE COAST GUARD HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN AN OVERNIGHT SEARCH FOR A MISSING NAVY PLANE AND TWO PILOTS. THE NAVY T-34 TRAINING AIRCRAFT LOST CONTACT WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN CORPUS CHRISTI YESTERDAY. ITS LAST KNOWN LOCATION WAS NEAR SAN JOSE ISLAND, EAST OF ROCKPORT AND 2 MILES OFF THE SHORE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE STATUS OF THE PLANE.
THE BRITISH NAVY HAVE FOUND THE YACHT OF A BRITISH COUPLE THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS. THEY ARE FEARED TO HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY SOMALI PIRATES. PAUL AND RACHEL CHANDLER’S YACHT WAS FOUND IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS WITH THEM NOT IN IT. ACCORDING TO THE U-K MARITIME AND COAST GUARD AGENCY THEY WERE HEADING TO TANZANIA WHEN A DISTRESS SIGNAL WAS SENT EARLY FRIDAY.
MARK WALBERG AND HIS WIFE ARE EXPECTIING THEIR FOURTH CHILD. THE LITTLE GIRL EVENS THE FAMILY OUT WITH TWO LITTLE GIRLS AND TWO LITTLE BOYS. EVEN THOUGH FOUR IS ENOUGH FOR WALBERG HE SAYS “MY WIFE IS ALLOWED TO PICK THE MAGIC NUMBER…AS MANY AS SHE WANTS TO HAVE.” WALBERG ADDS HE JUST WANTS TO RAISE HIS KIDS RIGHT.
GOVERNOR MARK PARKINSON IS SAYING HE WON’T BE RUNNING FOR OFFICE NEXT YEAR. HE PLANS ON GOING BACK TO PRIVATE BUSINESS. THE DEMOCRATS HAVEN’T ANNOUNCED THEIR CANIDATE FOR GOVERNOR BUT SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK IS LIKELY THE REPUBLICAN CANIDATE AND HAS ALREADY STARTED HIS CAMPAIGN. PARKINSON MOVED UP FROM LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AFTER KATHLEEN SEBELIUS BECAME U-S HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY.
A KANSAS TEEN WHO WENT TO THE F-F-A NATIONAL CONVENTION DIED OF THE SWIEN FLU. 14-YEAR OLD LAUREN MERKLEIN OF KIOWA COLLAPSED IN HER HOTEL ROOM FRIDAY BUT DIDN’T BECOME SERIOUSLY ILL UNTIL HER FEVER DEVELOPED THE NEXT DAY. SHE THEN DIED AT RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN. MERKLEIN’S MOTHER SAID HER DAUGHTER HAD A PREEXISTING HEART CONDITION. THE SUPERINTENANT OF MERKLEIN’S HIGH SCHOOL BRAD MORRIS SAYS NO OTHER STUDENTS BECAME SICK WHILE AT THE CONVENTION.
THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS HAVE ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE SUSPENDED LARRY JOHNSON FOR TWO WEEKS BECAUSE OF HIS COMMENTS ON TWITTER AND IN THE LOCKER ROOM FOLLOWING THE GAME SUNDAY. JOHNSON IS SAID TO HAVE USED GAY SLURS WITH REPORTERS IN THE LOCKER ROOM AND CRITICIZED COACH TODD HALEY ON TWITTER. HE WON’T BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL NOVEMBER 9TH…THE DAY AFTER THE CHIEFS PLAY JACKSONVILLE. LUCKY FOR JOHNSON THE CHIEFS HAVE A BYE THIS WEEK.
JUST TO OUR WEST IN COLORADO A STORM IS DUMPING ON THE SNOW. SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED…FLIGHTS DELAYED…AND EVEN SOME WRECKS IN PARTS OF COLORADO WHERE UP TO 28 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE STORM ISN’T FINISHED WITH THE ROCKIES THOUGH. BEFORE IT MOVES OUT OF THE AREA LATER TODAY SOME AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO GET UP TO FOUR FEET OF SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY FOR EASTERN COLORADO… WYOMING …AND WESTERN NEBRASKA.
THE COAST GUARD HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN AN OVERNIGHT SEARCH FOR A MISSING NAVY PLANE AND TWO PILOTS. THE NAVY T-34 TRAINING AIRCRAFT LOST CONTACT WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL IN CORPUS CHRISTI YESTERDAY. ITS LAST KNOWN LOCATION WAS NEAR SAN JOSE ISLAND, EAST OF ROCKPORT AND 2 MILES OFF THE SHORE IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THE STATUS OF THE PLANE.
THE BRITISH NAVY HAVE FOUND THE YACHT OF A BRITISH COUPLE THEY HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR OVER THE LAST COUPLE DAYS. THEY ARE FEARED TO HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED BY SOMALI PIRATES. PAUL AND RACHEL CHANDLER’S YACHT WAS FOUND IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS WITH THEM NOT IN IT. ACCORDING TO THE U-K MARITIME AND COAST GUARD AGENCY THEY WERE HEADING TO TANZANIA WHEN A DISTRESS SIGNAL WAS SENT EARLY FRIDAY.
MARK WALBERG AND HIS WIFE ARE EXPECTIING THEIR FOURTH CHILD. THE LITTLE GIRL EVENS THE FAMILY OUT WITH TWO LITTLE GIRLS AND TWO LITTLE BOYS. EVEN THOUGH FOUR IS ENOUGH FOR WALBERG HE SAYS “MY WIFE IS ALLOWED TO PICK THE MAGIC NUMBER…AS MANY AS SHE WANTS TO HAVE.” WALBERG ADDS HE JUST WANTS TO RAISE HIS KIDS RIGHT.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
News 10-28-09
THE UFM COMMUNITY LEARNING CENTER IS RECEIVING A PUBLIC TELECOMMUNITCATIONS FACILILTY PROGRAMS GRANT. THE GRANT OF TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS IS BEING GIVEN BY THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION AGENCY. THE GRANT WILL BE USED TO PURCHASE A TRANSMITTER, ANTENNA, AND HARDWARE NEEDED FOR THE NEW COMMUNITY RADIO STATION, KONZ: FLINT HILLS COMMUNITY RADIO. THE UFM IS NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR RAISING $72,000 TO MATCH THE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES.
THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATHS OF AN ADULT AND A YOUNG CHILD. THE PARTIALLY BURIED BODIES WERE DISCOVERED BY A HUNTER. THE HUNTER DISCOVERED THE BODIES ON SUNDAY EVENING IN SOUTHWEST MANHATTAN. POLICE AND THE SHAWNEE COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE SAY THAT THE SHALLOW GRAVE CONTAINED THE BODIES OF AN ADULT WOMAN AND A SMALL BOY, POSSIBLY 3 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER. AUTOPSIES ARE BEING PERFORMED TO DETERMINE HOW THE TWO DIED.
THE CITY BY THE BAY IS A BIT EMPTY TODAY. THE SAN FRANCISCO – OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE IS CLOSED DOWN THIS MORNING BECAUSE A ROD AND METAL BRACE FELL INTO WESTBOUND LANES ON THE SPAN. THERE ARE NO INJURIES, BUT TWO VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED.
COLDS FRONTS ARE HITTING WYOMING AND COLORADO TODAY. EARLY SEASON COLD FRONTS ARE PROMPTING WARNINGS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE TWO WESTERN STATES.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORCASTERS ARE PREDICTING TWO DAYS OF SNOW AND NEAR – BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEGINNING EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY BROUGHT 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW TO CHEYENNE. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE BEING POSTED FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING, COLORADO AND NEBRASKA.
CONNECICUT POLICE ARE CHARGING A MAN FOR MURDER IN THE STABBING DEATH OF UNIVERSITY OCNNECICUT FOOTBALL PLAYER JASPER HOWARD. JOHN WILLIAM LOMAX III, HAKIM MUHAMMAD AND JAMAL TODD ARE THE ONES BEING CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF THE UCONN CORNERBACK.
A NEW GROUP OF ADVENTURE SEEKERS IS HITTING THE EAST COAST. THE TEAM OF BIG FOOT ENTHUSIASTS WILL BE SEARCHING FOR THE LEGENDARY CREATURE IN THE THICK FOREST AND BOGS OF WEST VIRGINIA. BILLY WILLARD, THE FOUNDER OF THE GROUP, SAYS THAT THEY WILL BE LOOKING IN PLACES WHERE BIGFOOT HAS BEEN RECENTLY SIGHTED. WILLARD SAYS THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN BIGFOOT HIMSELF. THE GROUP IS TAKING PLASTER CASTS OF SUSPICIOUS PRINTS BUT DIDN’T SPOT THE CREATURE DURING THE SEARCH LAST WEEKEND.
THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATHS OF AN ADULT AND A YOUNG CHILD. THE PARTIALLY BURIED BODIES WERE DISCOVERED BY A HUNTER. THE HUNTER DISCOVERED THE BODIES ON SUNDAY EVENING IN SOUTHWEST MANHATTAN. POLICE AND THE SHAWNEE COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE SAY THAT THE SHALLOW GRAVE CONTAINED THE BODIES OF AN ADULT WOMAN AND A SMALL BOY, POSSIBLY 3 YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER. AUTOPSIES ARE BEING PERFORMED TO DETERMINE HOW THE TWO DIED.
THE CITY BY THE BAY IS A BIT EMPTY TODAY. THE SAN FRANCISCO – OAKLAND BAY BRIDGE IS CLOSED DOWN THIS MORNING BECAUSE A ROD AND METAL BRACE FELL INTO WESTBOUND LANES ON THE SPAN. THERE ARE NO INJURIES, BUT TWO VEHICLES WERE DAMAGED.
COLDS FRONTS ARE HITTING WYOMING AND COLORADO TODAY. EARLY SEASON COLD FRONTS ARE PROMPTING WARNINGS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN THE TWO WESTERN STATES.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORCASTERS ARE PREDICTING TWO DAYS OF SNOW AND NEAR – BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEGINNING EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. THIS STORM HAS ALREADY BROUGHT 12 TO 18 INCHES OF SNOW TO CHEYENNE. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE BEING POSTED FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING, COLORADO AND NEBRASKA.
CONNECICUT POLICE ARE CHARGING A MAN FOR MURDER IN THE STABBING DEATH OF UNIVERSITY OCNNECICUT FOOTBALL PLAYER JASPER HOWARD. JOHN WILLIAM LOMAX III, HAKIM MUHAMMAD AND JAMAL TODD ARE THE ONES BEING CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF THE UCONN CORNERBACK.
A NEW GROUP OF ADVENTURE SEEKERS IS HITTING THE EAST COAST. THE TEAM OF BIG FOOT ENTHUSIASTS WILL BE SEARCHING FOR THE LEGENDARY CREATURE IN THE THICK FOREST AND BOGS OF WEST VIRGINIA. BILLY WILLARD, THE FOUNDER OF THE GROUP, SAYS THAT THEY WILL BE LOOKING IN PLACES WHERE BIGFOOT HAS BEEN RECENTLY SIGHTED. WILLARD SAYS THAT HE HAS NEVER SEEN BIGFOOT HIMSELF. THE GROUP IS TAKING PLASTER CASTS OF SUSPICIOUS PRINTS BUT DIDN’T SPOT THE CREATURE DURING THE SEARCH LAST WEEKEND.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
News 10-27-09
THE SEARCH FOR A NEW PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT K-STATE IS BEGINNING TO NARROW. THE FOUR CANIDATES WERE ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK AND WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY TO CAMPUS THIS WEEK AND NEXT. Dr. APRIL MASON FROM COLORADO STATE WILL HAVE HER FOURUM TODAY FROM 3:45 TO 5-O’CLOCK. TOMORROW WILL BE DR. RALPH RICHARDSON WHO IS FROM KANSAS STATE AT THE SAME TIME. BOTH WILL BE IN THE BALLROOM OF THE K-STATE ALUMNI CENTER. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EACH CANIDTATE AND WHEN THEY SPEAK YOU CAN GO TO
WWW.K-STATE.EDU/PROVOST.SEARCHES.
HUMAN REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN RILEY COUNTY. THEY WERE NEAR THE 63-HUNDRED BLOCK OF 32ND STREET. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE…SOMEONE FOUND THE BONES AND CALLED THEM. THEY BODY HASN’T BEEN IDENTIFIED.
KANSAS’S COLD WEATHER RULE GOES INTO EFFECT THIS SUNDAY..NOVEMBER FIRST. THIS RULE MEANS UNTIL MARCH FIRST IF THE TEMPERATURE IS FORCASTED TO GO BELOW 35 DEGREES WITHIN THE 24 HOURS UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION CAN’T BE TURNED OFF. THIS GIVES SOME RELIEF TO PEOPLE WHO GET BEHIND ON THEIR BILLS.
A MAN IN SHAWNEE KANSAS WAS WALKING A DOG AND FOUND A LEG BONE. A PATHOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL SAID THIS LEG BONE COULD BE 150 TO 200 YEARS OLD. REPORTS SAY THE BONE’S BEING SENT TO AN ANTHROPOLOGIST FOR ANOTHER EXAMINATION.
NASA IS WORKING TO GET MEN BACK ON THE MOON. THEY PLAN TO BLAST OFF A ROCKET TODAY TO TEST. WITH A 60-PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AT CAPE CANAVERAL TODAY…THE TEST MAY BE DELAYED. THE TWO MINUTE FLIGHT WILL COST 445 MILLION DOLLARS AND DROP INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO BE RECOVERED. NASA MANAGERS SAY THEY EXPECT TO LEARN A LOT FROM THIS FLIGHT.
THE PARENTS OF A GIRL WHO DISSAPPEARED OUTSIDE OF A METALLICA CONCERT LAST WEEK ARE SPEAKING OUT. 20-YEAR OLD MORAN DANA HARRINGTON HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE OCTOBER 17TH OUTSIDE A UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ARENA IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. HARRINGTON’S FATHER SAID ON THE TODAY SHOW THIS MORNING THAT THIS IS “A PARENT’S WORST NIGHTMARE” AND HER MOTHER IS WORRIED FOUL PLAY IS INVOLVED. METALLICA HAS PUT HARRINGTON’S PICTURE UP ON THEIR WEBSITE AND HAS CONTRIBUTED 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE 150-THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR HER RETURN.
TO QUOTE QUEEN…FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS YOU MAKE THE ROCKING WORLD GO ROUND. IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA A NEW CLUB IS MADE TO ATTRACT A LARGER AUDIENCE. OWNER LISA MARIE GARBO OPENED IT BECAUSE SHE WAS “TIRED OF BEING THE ONLY FAT GIRL AT THE LOCAL NIGHT CLUB.” ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF HER FEMALE PATRONS ARE HEAVY AND A QUARTER OF THE MEN.
WWW.K-STATE.EDU/PROVOST.SEARCHES.
HUMAN REMAINS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN RILEY COUNTY. THEY WERE NEAR THE 63-HUNDRED BLOCK OF 32ND STREET. ACCORDING TO THE POLICE…SOMEONE FOUND THE BONES AND CALLED THEM. THEY BODY HASN’T BEEN IDENTIFIED.
KANSAS’S COLD WEATHER RULE GOES INTO EFFECT THIS SUNDAY..NOVEMBER FIRST. THIS RULE MEANS UNTIL MARCH FIRST IF THE TEMPERATURE IS FORCASTED TO GO BELOW 35 DEGREES WITHIN THE 24 HOURS UTILITIES REGULATED BY THE KANSAS CORPORATION COMMISSION CAN’T BE TURNED OFF. THIS GIVES SOME RELIEF TO PEOPLE WHO GET BEHIND ON THEIR BILLS.
A MAN IN SHAWNEE KANSAS WAS WALKING A DOG AND FOUND A LEG BONE. A PATHOLOGIST AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL SAID THIS LEG BONE COULD BE 150 TO 200 YEARS OLD. REPORTS SAY THE BONE’S BEING SENT TO AN ANTHROPOLOGIST FOR ANOTHER EXAMINATION.
NASA IS WORKING TO GET MEN BACK ON THE MOON. THEY PLAN TO BLAST OFF A ROCKET TODAY TO TEST. WITH A 60-PERCENT CHANCE OF RAIN AT CAPE CANAVERAL TODAY…THE TEST MAY BE DELAYED. THE TWO MINUTE FLIGHT WILL COST 445 MILLION DOLLARS AND DROP INTO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO BE RECOVERED. NASA MANAGERS SAY THEY EXPECT TO LEARN A LOT FROM THIS FLIGHT.
THE PARENTS OF A GIRL WHO DISSAPPEARED OUTSIDE OF A METALLICA CONCERT LAST WEEK ARE SPEAKING OUT. 20-YEAR OLD MORAN DANA HARRINGTON HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE OCTOBER 17TH OUTSIDE A UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA ARENA IN CHARLOTTESVILLE. HARRINGTON’S FATHER SAID ON THE TODAY SHOW THIS MORNING THAT THIS IS “A PARENT’S WORST NIGHTMARE” AND HER MOTHER IS WORRIED FOUL PLAY IS INVOLVED. METALLICA HAS PUT HARRINGTON’S PICTURE UP ON THEIR WEBSITE AND HAS CONTRIBUTED 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE 150-THOUSAND DOLLAR REWARD FOR HER RETURN.
TO QUOTE QUEEN…FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS YOU MAKE THE ROCKING WORLD GO ROUND. IN LONG BEACH CALIFORNIA A NEW CLUB IS MADE TO ATTRACT A LARGER AUDIENCE. OWNER LISA MARIE GARBO OPENED IT BECAUSE SHE WAS “TIRED OF BEING THE ONLY FAT GIRL AT THE LOCAL NIGHT CLUB.” ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF HER FEMALE PATRONS ARE HEAVY AND A QUARTER OF THE MEN.
Friday, October 23, 2009
News 10-23-09
A NINTH PERSON IN KANSAS HAS DIED FROM THE H1N1 VIRUS. THE 62-YEAR OLD FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS HAD OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS ALONG WITH THE VIRUS. KANSAS DOES HAVE LIMITED QUANTITIES OF THE H1N1 VACCINE.
THE 17-YEAR OLD GIRL WHO HAD AN AMBER ALERT ISSUED FOR HER HAS BEEN FOUND. MARION COUNTY RESIDENT TARA SIMHISER WAS FOUND YESTERDAY AROUND NOON IN A BANK IN BROWN COUNTY. THE SUSPECT ROJELIS HERNANDEZ WAS PICKED UP OUTSIDE THE BANK. AUTHORITIES SAY A WOMAN RECOGNIZED SIMHISER AT THE HIAWATHA BANK.
MORE KANSANS ARE LOSING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE. THE HEALTH INSURANCE CONSUMER ORGANIZATION FAMILIES USA HAS RELEASE A REPORT THIS WEEK IN WHICH THEY DOCUMENT THAT NEARLY 27,000 KANSANS LOST THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE IN 2009. THE RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT WAS THE PRIMARY CAUSE FOR THIS. ACCORDING TO FAMILIES USA, 61.9 PERCENT OF THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 65 GET THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE THROUGH THEIR OWN JOB OR THAT OF A FAMILY MEMBER. THE STATE’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR 2009 WAS 6.6 PERCENT AS COMPARED TO 4.4 PERCENT FOR 2008. NATIONALLY, FAMILIES USA ESTIMATES THAT THE NUMBER OF UNINSURED WORKING-AGE ADULTS ROSE BY 4 MILLION. AS A RESULT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF UNINSURED AMERICAN NOW EXCEEDS 50 MILLION. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RON POLLACK SAID: “PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE A PINK SLIP EXPERIENCE A DOUBLE WHAMMY. THEY NOT ONLY LOSE THEIR JOBS, BUT THEY USUALLY LOSE THEIR HEALTH COVERAGE AS WELL. THAT IS WHY HEALTH CARE REFORM IS SO IMPORTANT.” FAMILIES USA ANALYSIS OF DATA SHOW THE UNINSURED IN KANSAS GREW FROM 16.2 PERCENT IN 2006 THROUGH 2008 TO A PROJECT 17.5 PERCENT IN 2009. THE DATA IN THE FAMILIES USA REPORT, “ONE-TWO PUNCH: UNEMPLOYED AND UNINSURED” IS BASED ON A MODEL CREATED BY THE URBAN INSTITUTE. IT SHOULD BE NOTED AND THE ANALYSIS IS BASED ON UNEMPLOYMENT RATES FROM JANUARY THROUGH AUGUST 2009. IN SEPTEMBER, THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ROSE EVEN FURTHER TO 9.8 PERCENT.
Recently Obama administration officials have launched an operation against La Familia drug cartels. 303 arrests have been made over the last 2 days in 19 different states. According to the Justice Department "62 kilograms of cocaine, 729 pounds of methamphetamine, 967 pounds of marijuana, 144 weapons, 109 vehicles, 2 clandestine drug labs were also seized in the past two days." These raids were part of an anti-drug operation named Project Coronado which has made 1200 drug arrests in the last 4 years.
Grammy Award-winning rap artist Dwayne Carter, better known as Lil Wayne, pleaded guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon on Thursday. When he was arrested in July of 2007 for smoking marijuana on the street, Carter had a .40-caliber pistol in his possession. The trial was set for January, but now with this guilty plea, sentencing will be in February. Lil Wayne is expected to receive a one year jail sentence.
THE K-STATE HUMANS VERSE ZOMBIES GAME FOR THE FALL SEMESTER STARTED TUESDAY OF THIS WEEK. HUMANS EQUIPPED WITH NERF BLASTERS AND ROLLED SOCKS HAVE BEEN DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST A GROWING ZOMBIE HORDE ALL WEEK LONG, AND LAST NIGHT WAS NO DIFFERENT AS THEY BATTLED FOR OVER AN HOUR TO COMPLETE THEIR THIRD MISSION. THE MISSION BEGAN WHEN A PAIR OF HELICOPTERS, RETURNING FROM THE ZOMBIE OVERRUN KANSAS CITY AREA, CRASH LANDED ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE CAMPUS. THE HUMAN PLAYERS BANDED TOGETHER TO DEFEND THE HELICOPTER CREW MEMBERS AND REPAIR ONE OF THE HELICOPTERS USING PARTS SALVAGED FROM THE OTHER HELICOPTER. AGAIN AND AGAIN ZOMBIES CHARGED THE HUMAN DEFENDERS DURING THE LONG COLD HOUR WHILE THE HELICOPTERS WERE LOCATED AND PARTS RETRIEVED. OF THE NINE CREW MEMBERS THAT SURVIVED THE CRASH, ONLY THREE AVOIDED FALLING TO THE ZOMBIE HORDE. IN THE END THE HUMANS WERE ABLE TO RETRIEVE ALL THE PARTS NECESSARY TO FIX THE HELICOPTER AND SENT THE CREW ON THEIR WAY TO FORT RILEY. HUMANS VERSE ZOMBIES IS PLAYED ONCE A SEMESTER AT K-STATE. INFORMATION ON THE GAME CAN BE FOUND BY VISITING WWW DOT K DASH STATE H V Z DOT WEEBLY DOT COM OR BY GOOGLING K-STATE H V Z.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
News 10-22-09
AN AMBER ALERT ISSUED LAST NIGHT HAS BEEN DEACTIVATED. 17-YEAR OLD TARA RENEE SIMHISER OF MARION COUNTY IS MISSING. THE SUSPECT IS 21-YEAR OLD ROJELIO HERNANDEZ. HERNANDEZ IS THE SAME PERSON WANTED FOR QUESTIONING IN RILEY AND GEARY COUNTY FOR TELLING STAFF AT JUNCTION CITY HIGH SCHOOL HE WAS A WRESTLER LOOKING FOR A SCHOOL TO GO TO. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE SIMHISER HAS BEEN ABDUCTED AND BEING HELD AGAINST HER WILL. SIMHISER IS FIVE FOOT TALL, 120 POUNDS, AND HAD BLONDE HAIR AND BROWN EYES. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL 911 OR THE KBI AT EIGHT HUNDRED KS CRIME.
MANHATTAN CITY COMMISIONERS ARE ON THE ROAD TO FIGURING OUT A NEW ORDINANCE. THEY ARE WORKING TOWARDS BANNING HAND HELD CELL PHONES AND TEXT MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING. THEY STILL HAVEN’T FIGURED OUT HOW TO ENFORCE THIS NEW RULE. THEY MAY MAKE IT A PRIMARY OFFENSE BUT IT’S GOING TO BE HARD TO ENFORCE. THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS.
THE REDNECK RAP WILL HAVE A FOLLOW UP VIDEO IN THE NEAR FUTURE. KANSAS LEGISLATOR BILL OTTO WILL BE MAKING A NEW VIDEO NEXT WEEK PRAISING OBAMA FOR TRYING TO HELP OLDER AMERICANS. IN HIS FIRST VIDEO HE CALLED AN OPOSSUM THE OTHER DARK MEAT WHICH SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT WAS REFERRING TO OBAMA. OTTO SAYS IT IS REFERRING TO HIS HILLBILLY HERITAGE. THE VIDEO CAN BE FOUND ON YOUTUBE.
HOW OFTEN DO THE POLICE ASK PEOPLE TO SIT AND DRINK ALCOHOL? THAT’S JUST WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN PRAIRIE VILLAGE KANSAS. THIS WAS TO HELP POLICE IDENTIFY WHO’S LEGALLY DRUNK AND WHO ISN’T. THE KANSAS CITY AREA HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN ALCOHOL RELATED CRASHES AND DEATHS AND THIS IS TO HELP PUT A STOP TO IT. DON’T WORRY, ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WERE GIVEN A RIDE HOME AFTER THEY WERE FINISHED.
POLICE VEHICLES ARE DAMAGED THIS MORNING IN SEATTLE AFTER AN ARSONIST SET A MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE YARD ON FIRE. THE FIRE QUICKLY GOT UNDER CONTROL AN NO ONE WAS HURT. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO WAS SEEN IN THE AREA WEARING A BACKPACK.
MICROSOFT HAS LAUNCHED THEIR NEWEST VERSION…WINDOWS SEVEN TODAY. IT IS NOW AVAILABLE ON NEW COMPUTERS AND AS AN UPDATE. MICROSOFT HOPES PEOPLE LIKE THIS BETTER THAN VISTA, THEIR PREVIOUS VERSION. WINDOWS SEVEN IS PROMISED TO BE FASTER, CUT DOWN ON THE NUMBER OF CLICKS IT TAKES TO GET SOMETHING DONE AND HAS A NEW LOOK.
PICTURES OF NICOLE RICHIE AND JOEL MADDEN’S NEW BABY CAN BE FOUND IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE. THEIR SIX WEEK OLD SON SPARROW JAMES MIDNIGHT MADDEN IS POSING WITH MOM, DAD, AND OLDER SISTER HARLOW. EVEN THOUGH RICHIE AND MADDEN SAY THEY ARE SLEEP DEPRIVED, RICHIE SAYS SHE COULDN’T BE HAPPIER. THE MAGAZINE HITS NEWSSTANDS TOMORROW.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
News 10-21-09
ACCORDING TO K-STATE POLICE CAPTIAN DON STUBBINGS, THEFT IS ON THE RISE ON CAMPUS. USUALLY THEFTS OCCUR IN UNLOCKED PLACES BUT THE RECENT THEFTS HAVE HAPPENED IN HALE LIBRARY AND THE RECREATION COMPLEX. SOME OF THE TOP ITEMS STOLEN HAVE BEEN LAPTOPS, IPODS, CREDIT CARDS, AND PARKING PERMITS. CAPTAIN STUBBINGS SUGGESTS NOT BRINGING VALUABLES TO CAMPUS NLESS YOU NEED THEM AND TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THEM.
STUDENTS AT RILEY COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE TRYING A COUPLE NEW WAYW TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE FLU. THEY ARE TURNING OFF THEIR WATER FOUNTAINS AND PROPPING DOORS OPEN. THEY HOPE THESE PRECAUTIONS KEEP GERMS FROM SPREADING. THEY WATER FOUNTAINS WILL BE TURNED OFF OCTOBER 26TH AND THE SCHOOL SAYS THEY CAN BRING A WATER BOTTLE IN THEIR BACKPACK. RIGHT NOW 16% OF THE STUDENTS ARE SICK.
ALL YOUR FAVORITE CELEBRITIES ARE ALL OVER TELEVISION TODAY. TODAY MARIO LOPEZ WILL BE ON ELLEN DEGENERES, T.R. KNIGHT WILL BE ON BONNIE HUNT, GLENN CLOSE WILL BE ON THE VIEW. TONIGHT YOU CAN FIND RAINN WILSON ON LENO, PAUL MCCARTNEY ON LETTERMAN AND JENNIFER ANISTON ON CONAN.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
News 10-20-09
THE SEARCH FOR A NEW PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT K-STATE IS BEGINNING TO NARROW. THE FOUR CANIDATES WERE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY. THEY ARE DOCTOR APRIL MASON FROM COLORADO STATE…DOCTOR RALPH RICHARDSON FROM KANSAS STATE…DR. MAUREEN GRASSO FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA…AND DOCTOR MARVIN KAISER FROM PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY. THEY WILL ALL BE SPEAKING IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS IN THE K-S-U ALUMNI CENTER. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EACH CANIDTATE AND WHEN THEY SPEAK YOU CAN GO TO
WWW.K-STATE.EDU/PROVOST/SEARCHES
RILEY COUNTY POLICE HAVE ANOTHER ARREST IN THE DRUG CRACK-DOWN IN THE AREA. SETH ANDERSON WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT FOR POSSESION OF MARIJUANA WITH INTENT TO DISTRUBUTE 1,000 FEET FROM A SCHOOL AND FOR NOT HAVING A KANSAS DRUG TAX STAMP. ANDERSON IS BEING HELD ON A 7,500 DOLLAR BOND.
GOOD THING SWIMMING SEASON IS OVER. A PUBLIC BEACH AT THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS IS BEING CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGH LEVELS OF
E-COLI. ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES… TESTS FRIDAY SHOW HIGH LEVELS OF BACTERIA IN THE LAKE’S MAIN CHANNEL. THEY ARE BLAMING THE CONTAMINATION ON RUNOFF FROM RAIN LAST WEEK. THIS STUDY WAS DONE AFTER WORD OF A PREVIOUS STUDY’S RESULTS WERE WITH HELD.
THOSE T-MOBILE SIDE KICK USERS WHO LOST THEIR DATA WHEN MICROSOFT SERVERS WENT DOWN HAVE A LITTLE RELEIF. MICROSOFT CORPORATION SAYS THEY CAN GET THEIR NUMBERS BACK BY USING A RECOVERY TOOL ON T-MOBILE’S WEBSITE. RIGHT NOW THEY CAN ONLY GET CONTACTS BUT MICROSOFT IS WORKING ON RETRIEVING PICTURES, NOTES. TO-DO LISTS, AND OTHER DATA. THE SIDE KICK MELT DOWN HAPPENED ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
A NEBRASKA ZOO HAS TWO NEW MEMBERS TO ADD TO THE FAMILY. IN EXCHANGE FOR A RED PANDA…RIVERSIDE ZOO IN SCOTTSBLUFF GOT TWO EURASIAN LYNX FROM BLACK PARK ZOO IN DES MOINES IOWA. THE LYNX ARE NINE YEAR OLD BROTHER AND SISTER SABRINA AND TOMAS. ACCORDING TO ZOO SUPERVISOR KELLY JENSEN..THE TWO LYNX SHOULD LIVE AT LEAST ANOTHER SIX YEARS. EURASION LYNX ARE THE BIGGEST LYNX SPECIES.
HURRICANE RICK IS ROLLING HIS WAY TOWARD THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND MEXICO. THE STORM HAS SLOWED DOWN A BIT BECAUSE OF COOLER WATERS AND HAS TONED DOWN FROM A CATEGORY FIVE STORM. HURRICANE RICK’S HIGH WAVES ARE BEING BLAMED FOR THE DEATH OF A FISHERMAN AND A SWIMMER BEFORE IT EVEN HIT LAND. SHELTERS HAVE BEEN SET UP IN LOS CABOS AND HOTELS HAVE CLEARED THE OUTDOOR FURNITURE. THEY HAVEN’T YET BEGUN TO BOARD WINDOWS OR SEND THEIR GUESTS TO SHELTERS.
ROUNDING OUT YOUR NEWS TODAY LETS TAKE A LOOK A CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS. TOM PETTY IS TURNING 59…. HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH DRUMMER JIM “SONI” SONEFELD IS TURNING 45….RAPPER SNOOP DOGG IS TURNING 38….AND ACTOR JOHN KRASINSKI…MAYBE BETTER KNOWN AS JIM FROM THE OFFICE.. IS TURNING 30.
Monday, October 19, 2009
News 10-19-09
TWO RILEY COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS ARE INJURED AFTER RESPONDING TO AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING. OFFICER TONY APODACA AND AUXILIARY JOHN DULANEY WERE RESPONDING TO A CAR ROLL OVER ON K-177 WHEN THEIR CAR CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE THEY WERE GOING TO. THEY WERE TAKEN TO MERCY REGIONAL IN MANHATTAN AND THEN FLOWN TO VIA CHRISTIE IN WICHITA. THEY ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION BUT THEIR INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING.
KANSAS STATE’S FRATERNITY PHI DELTA THETA HAS BEEN SUSPENDED AFTER THE HAZING INCIDENT BACK IN SEPTEMBER. AN 18-YEAR OLD FRESHMAN WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT THEIR OUT OF HOUSE AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR ALCOHOL POISONING. PHI DELTA THETA WILL BE ON PROBABTION UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2011. THEY HAVE TO PAY FINES AND CAN’T HOLD ANY EVENTS INVOLVING ALCOHOL UNTIL FEBRUARY 2011. IF THEY VIOLATE THEIR PROBABTION K-STATE WILL WITHDRAW THEIR RECOGNITION AS A HOUSE.
MANY STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE MISSING SCHOOL DUE TO THE FLU. DURING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 5TH THROUGH THE 9TH..NEARLY 20-PERCENT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS…25-PERCENT OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND 10-PERCENT OF HIGH SCHOOLS WERE MISSING FROM SCHOOL. THIS WAS ON THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT’S WEEKLY INFLUENZA REPORT.
A SUMMIT WILL BE HELD BY THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL BEFORE GRADUATION. THE PROGRAM CALLED KANSAS DROP-INS WILL BE OCTOBER 20TH AT WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY’S RHATIGAN STUDENT CENTER. ONE OF THE SPEAKERS IS KANSAS CITY CHIEFS HALL OF FAME KICKER NICK LOWERY. LOWERY IS THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL FUND FOR EXCELLENCE IN AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION.
CHARGES WILL BE FILED EITHER BY THE END OF TODAY OR TOMORROW AGAINST THE PARENTS OF BALLOON BOY. 6-YEAR OLD FALCON HEENE HEE-NEE) WAS THOUGHT TO BE FLYING ACROSS COLORADO IN A BALLOON BUT WAS LATER FOUND HIDING IN THE ATTIC. AN ATTORNEY SAYD ON THE TODAY SHOW THIS MORNING THAT RICHARD AND MAYUMI HEENE HEE-NEE) ARE WILLING TO VOLUNTARILY TURN THEMSELVES IN ONCE CHARGES ARE FILED. THE WHOLE THING IS ALLEGEDLY A HOAX.
A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUP WANTS A HALLOWEEN COSTUME SOLD AT TARGET AND OTHER PLACES TO BE TAKEN OFF THE SHELVES. THE COSTUME IS AN ALIEN MASK WITH A GREEN CARD AND AN ORANGE JUMP SUIT WITH ILLEGAL ALIEN WRITTEN ON IT. IN EMAILS WRITTEN TO TARGET AND BUY-SEASONS INC…EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS SAYS THE COSTUME IS “DISTASTEFUL…MEAN SPIRITED…AND IGNORANT OF SOCIAL STIGMAS AND CURRENT DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION REFORM.” TARGET IS TAKING THE COSTUME OFF THEIR WEBSITE AND A SPOKESMAN SAYS THEY NEVER INTENDED TO SELL IT AND IT WAS INCLUDED ON THEIR WEBSITE BY MISTAKE.
LOOKING AT THIS WEEKEND’S BOX OFFICE TOP FIVE…WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE DOMINATED WITH 32.5 MILLION DOLLARS…10-MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN LAW ABIDING CITIZEN WHICH CAME IN SECOND. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY WAS ON JAMIE FOXX AND GERARD BUTLER’S HEELS SNEAKING INT THE THIRD SPOT. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IS STILL ONLY BEING PLAYED IN 760 THEATERS. COUPLE’S RETREAT DROPPED TO FOURTH PLACE AND THE REMAKE OF THE 1987 MOVIE THE STEPFATHER DEBUTED IN FIFTH.
Friday, October 16, 2009
News 10-16-09
RILEY COUNTY HAS STARTED DISTRIBUTING THE H1N1 VACCINE. THEY GAVE IT IN THE FORM OF NASAL SPRAY TO KIDS BETWEEN TWO AND NINE AND THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS UNDER 49. THEY GAVE IT FROM FOUR TO FIVE THIRTY YESTERDAY AND DEPENDING ON HOW MANY WERE LEFT… AGAIN THIS MORNING FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT THIRTY.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY AND KU THEY AREN’T AS LUCKY WHEN IT COMES TO THE H1N1 VACCINE. KU IS CANCELING THEIR FIRST VACCINATION CLINIC THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OCTOBER 30TH. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY DIDN’T RECEIVE ENOUGH OF THE VACCINE. THEY ARE ALSO CANCELING THE CLINIC AT THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR THAT WAS ALSO SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 30TH.
A LAWRENCE WOMAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A HIT AND RUN EARLY THIS MORNING. LAWRENCE POLICE SERGEANT SAYS A RESIDENT HEARD SOMETHING AND WENT TO GO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. SHE FOUND THE WOMAN LAYING BY THE CURB WITH WHAT WERE THOUGHT TO BE INJURIES FROM A CAR. THEY MOVED HER TO MEMORIAL STADIUM’S PARKING LOT WHERE A HELICOPTER TOOK HER TO A KANSAS CITY AREA HOSPITAL. THERE IS NO DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE.
A COLORADO BOY IS SAFE AFTER IS FAMILY THOUGHT IT WAS FLYING AROUND IN A MYLAR BALLOON. BALLOON BOY’S BROTHER BRADFORD SAID HE THOUGHT THE CHILD WAS IN THE BALLOON. AFTER A HUGE SEARCH THE BALLOON LANDED AND THE BOY..FALCON..WAS NOT IN IT. HE WAS LATER FOUND HIDING IN THE ATTIC. FALCON SAID HE WAS HIDING BECAUSE HIS DAD HAD JUST YELLED AT HIM. THE FAMILY HAD BEEN ON WIFE SWAP BACK IN MARCH WHICH IS MAKING SOME PEOPLE THINK THIS IS A PUBLICITY STUNT.
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARE MAKING THEIR CASE TO DROP MURDER CHARGES AGAINST CASEY ANTHONY TODAY. ANTHONY IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HER 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CAYLEE. MORE EVIDENCE CAME OUT LAST WEEK IN THE CASE LIKE A TATTOO ON ANTHONY’S BACK AND DUCT TAPE THAT WAS ON HER DAUGHTER. ANTHONY SAYS SHE’S NOT GUILTY AND A BABY SITTER KIDNAPPED CAYLEE.
A HUGE RODENT IS ON THE RUN AT MARION LAKE. THE ANIMAL IS CALLED A PATAGONIA CAVY AND COMES FROM ARGENTINA. IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST RODENTS IN THE WORLD AND CAN BE UP TO 35 POUNDS. IT CAN ALSO RUN ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR WHICH IS MAKING IT EVEN HARDER TO CAPTURE. WILDLIFE OFFICERS SAY THEY HAVE TO CATCH IT BECAUSE IT ISN’T A NATIVE SPECIES OF KANSAS. THE LAKE’S SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THEY AREN’T GIVING UP.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY AND KU THEY AREN’T AS LUCKY WHEN IT COMES TO THE H1N1 VACCINE. KU IS CANCELING THEIR FIRST VACCINATION CLINIC THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OCTOBER 30TH. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY DIDN’T RECEIVE ENOUGH OF THE VACCINE. THEY ARE ALSO CANCELING THE CLINIC AT THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR THAT WAS ALSO SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 30TH.
A LAWRENCE WOMAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A HIT AND RUN EARLY THIS MORNING. LAWRENCE POLICE SERGEANT SAYS A RESIDENT HEARD SOMETHING AND WENT TO GO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. SHE FOUND THE WOMAN LAYING BY THE CURB WITH WHAT WERE THOUGHT TO BE INJURIES FROM A CAR. THEY MOVED HER TO MEMORIAL STADIUM’S PARKING LOT WHERE A HELICOPTER TOOK HER TO A KANSAS CITY AREA HOSPITAL. THERE IS NO DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE.
A COLORADO BOY IS SAFE AFTER IS FAMILY THOUGHT IT WAS FLYING AROUND IN A MYLAR BALLOON. BALLOON BOY’S BROTHER BRADFORD SAID HE THOUGHT THE CHILD WAS IN THE BALLOON. AFTER A HUGE SEARCH THE BALLOON LANDED AND THE BOY..FALCON..WAS NOT IN IT. HE WAS LATER FOUND HIDING IN THE ATTIC. FALCON SAID HE WAS HIDING BECAUSE HIS DAD HAD JUST YELLED AT HIM. THE FAMILY HAD BEEN ON WIFE SWAP BACK IN MARCH WHICH IS MAKING SOME PEOPLE THINK THIS IS A PUBLICITY STUNT.
DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARE MAKING THEIR CASE TO DROP MURDER CHARGES AGAINST CASEY ANTHONY TODAY. ANTHONY IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HER 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CAYLEE. MORE EVIDENCE CAME OUT LAST WEEK IN THE CASE LIKE A TATTOO ON ANTHONY’S BACK AND DUCT TAPE THAT WAS ON HER DAUGHTER. ANTHONY SAYS SHE’S NOT GUILTY AND A BABY SITTER KIDNAPPED CAYLEE.
A HUGE RODENT IS ON THE RUN AT MARION LAKE. THE ANIMAL IS CALLED A PATAGONIA CAVY AND COMES FROM ARGENTINA. IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST RODENTS IN THE WORLD AND CAN BE UP TO 35 POUNDS. IT CAN ALSO RUN ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR WHICH IS MAKING IT EVEN HARDER TO CAPTURE. WILDLIFE OFFICERS SAY THEY HAVE TO CATCH IT BECAUSE IT ISN’T A NATIVE SPECIES OF KANSAS. THE LAKE’S SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THEY AREN’T GIVING UP.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
News 10-15-09
KANSAS STATE PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ WILL BE MEETING WITH THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE AUDIT. HE WILL BE TELLING THEM WHAT THE UNIVERSITY IS DOING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THE AUDITORS FOUND. BACK IN JUNE THEY FOUND $845,000 THAT HAD BEEN PAID TO A FORMER ATHELTIC DIRECTOR…A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAD ALSO BEEN AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR…AND BILL SNYDER. THE AUDIT WAS DONE AS AN EXIT REVIEW FOR FORMER PRESIDENT JON WEFALD AFTER HE RETIRED.
ZEBRA MUSSELS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN LAKE WILSON NEAR SALINA. THE MUSSELS CAN DAMAGE PIPES AND CROWD OUT OTHER LIFE IN THE LAKE. A KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE A PARKS SPECIALIST SAYS THE FINDING IS TROUBLING BECAUSE IT MEANS THE MUSSELS ARE NOW IN THE SALINE RIVER AND THREATEN OTHER LAKES DOWNSTREAM. THEY USUALLY GET SPREAD AROUND BY ATTACHING TO THE BOTTOMS OF BOATS. ZEBRA MUSSELS HAVE NOW BEEN FOUND IN SEVEN LAKES IN KANSAS.
TOPEKA BASED COMPANY PAYLESS SHOE SOURCE ANNOUNCED TODAY THEY ARE STARTING A NEW PROGRAM. THEY WILL BE GIVING OUT COUPONS FOR 1-POINT-2- MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FREE SHOES TO NEEDY CHILDREN IN THE U-S…CANADA…PUERTO RICO…AND 10 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES. THE COUPONS SHOULD ALL BE GIVEN OUT BY CHRISTMAS EVE AND ABLE TO BE USED UNTIL FEBURUARY 28TH.
KANSAS IS NOW UP TO SEVEN H1N1 DEATHS. A 50 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM AND KANSAS CITY AREA DIED FROM THE VIRUS. SHE DIDN’T HAVE ANY OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS UNLIKE THE OTHERS WHO HAVE DIED. THE VACCINE IS BEGINNING TO BE AVAILABLE IN LIMITED QUANTITIES AROUND KANSAS.
COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR GARTH BROOKS HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS COMING OUT OF HIS RETIRMENT. BROOKS MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN A NEWS CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE TODAY AFTER RUMORS HAD BEEN GOING AROUND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FOR WEEKS. HE WILL BE PLAYING AN EXTENDED ENGAGEMENT IN LAS VEGAS AT THE WYNN RESORT. BROOKS HAD ORIGINALLY GONE INTO RETIREMENT IN 2000 TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS KIDS BUT DID MAKE A FEW APPEARANCES LIKE THE SHOWS AT THE SPRINT CENTER IN KANSAS CITY.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE VISITING NEW ORLEANS TODAY TO CHECK OUT THE PROGRESS MADE AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA. HE WILL BE HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING AND STOPPING BY A SCHOOL IN THE LOWER NINTH WARD…ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. DURING A RADIO ADDRESS OBAMA SAYS HE WILL FULFILL PROMISES MADE ABOUT HELPING THE AREA. THERE ARE STILL MANY PROPERTIES THAT ARE ABANDONED AND THE PROJECT TO STRENGTHEN THE LEVEES IS ONLY A THIRD OF THE WAY FINISHED.
GOOD SIGNS ABOUT THE ECONOMY. THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER HAS DROPPED TO THE LOWEST IT’S BEEN SINCE JANUARY. PEOPLE ALSO MAY BE MORE WILLING TO GO SHOPPING WHEN PRICES STAY LOW A SOME STORES. THERE HASN’T BEEN ANY INFLATION AND THE CONSUMER PRICE HAS RISEN JUST POINT TWO PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER.
SINGER LEONA LEWIS WAS A MAJOR HIT DURING AN AUTOGRAPH SESSION…OR AT LEAST GOT ONE. LEWIS WAS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS IN A LONDON BOOKSTORE WHEN A MAN JUMPED OUT OF LINE AND PUNCHED HER IN THE HEAD. SECURITY TOOK THE 29 YEAR OLD AWAY AND POLICE HAVE PUT HIM IN CUSTODY FOR SUSPICION OF ASSAULT. LEWIS’S SPOKESPERSON SAID SHE WAS SHAKEN BY THE INCIDENT AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR AS A PRECAUTION.
DON’T FORGET TONIGHT IS WEEK TWO OF THE WILDCAT 91.9’S ROCKTOBER CONCERT SERIES AT THE KATHOUSE LOUNGE. TONIGHT IS AN 18 AND UP SHOW FEATURING PILOT FOR KITE…ANTENNAS UP…AND THE RUCKUS. THERE ARE MORE SHOWS ALL THIS MONTH FEATURING MORE BANDS. YOU CAN STOP BY THE KATHOUSE TONIGHT TO GET YOUR FILL OF SOME GREAT MUSIC BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE WILCAT 91.9.
ZEBRA MUSSELS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN LAKE WILSON NEAR SALINA. THE MUSSELS CAN DAMAGE PIPES AND CROWD OUT OTHER LIFE IN THE LAKE. A KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE A PARKS SPECIALIST SAYS THE FINDING IS TROUBLING BECAUSE IT MEANS THE MUSSELS ARE NOW IN THE SALINE RIVER AND THREATEN OTHER LAKES DOWNSTREAM. THEY USUALLY GET SPREAD AROUND BY ATTACHING TO THE BOTTOMS OF BOATS. ZEBRA MUSSELS HAVE NOW BEEN FOUND IN SEVEN LAKES IN KANSAS.
TOPEKA BASED COMPANY PAYLESS SHOE SOURCE ANNOUNCED TODAY THEY ARE STARTING A NEW PROGRAM. THEY WILL BE GIVING OUT COUPONS FOR 1-POINT-2- MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FREE SHOES TO NEEDY CHILDREN IN THE U-S…CANADA…PUERTO RICO…AND 10 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES. THE COUPONS SHOULD ALL BE GIVEN OUT BY CHRISTMAS EVE AND ABLE TO BE USED UNTIL FEBURUARY 28TH.
KANSAS IS NOW UP TO SEVEN H1N1 DEATHS. A 50 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM AND KANSAS CITY AREA DIED FROM THE VIRUS. SHE DIDN’T HAVE ANY OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS UNLIKE THE OTHERS WHO HAVE DIED. THE VACCINE IS BEGINNING TO BE AVAILABLE IN LIMITED QUANTITIES AROUND KANSAS.
COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR GARTH BROOKS HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS COMING OUT OF HIS RETIRMENT. BROOKS MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN A NEWS CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE TODAY AFTER RUMORS HAD BEEN GOING AROUND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FOR WEEKS. HE WILL BE PLAYING AN EXTENDED ENGAGEMENT IN LAS VEGAS AT THE WYNN RESORT. BROOKS HAD ORIGINALLY GONE INTO RETIREMENT IN 2000 TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS KIDS BUT DID MAKE A FEW APPEARANCES LIKE THE SHOWS AT THE SPRINT CENTER IN KANSAS CITY.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE VISITING NEW ORLEANS TODAY TO CHECK OUT THE PROGRESS MADE AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA. HE WILL BE HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING AND STOPPING BY A SCHOOL IN THE LOWER NINTH WARD…ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. DURING A RADIO ADDRESS OBAMA SAYS HE WILL FULFILL PROMISES MADE ABOUT HELPING THE AREA. THERE ARE STILL MANY PROPERTIES THAT ARE ABANDONED AND THE PROJECT TO STRENGTHEN THE LEVEES IS ONLY A THIRD OF THE WAY FINISHED.
GOOD SIGNS ABOUT THE ECONOMY. THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER HAS DROPPED TO THE LOWEST IT’S BEEN SINCE JANUARY. PEOPLE ALSO MAY BE MORE WILLING TO GO SHOPPING WHEN PRICES STAY LOW A SOME STORES. THERE HASN’T BEEN ANY INFLATION AND THE CONSUMER PRICE HAS RISEN JUST POINT TWO PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER.
SINGER LEONA LEWIS WAS A MAJOR HIT DURING AN AUTOGRAPH SESSION…OR AT LEAST GOT ONE. LEWIS WAS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS IN A LONDON BOOKSTORE WHEN A MAN JUMPED OUT OF LINE AND PUNCHED HER IN THE HEAD. SECURITY TOOK THE 29 YEAR OLD AWAY AND POLICE HAVE PUT HIM IN CUSTODY FOR SUSPICION OF ASSAULT. LEWIS’S SPOKESPERSON SAID SHE WAS SHAKEN BY THE INCIDENT AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR AS A PRECAUTION.
DON’T FORGET TONIGHT IS WEEK TWO OF THE WILDCAT 91.9’S ROCKTOBER CONCERT SERIES AT THE KATHOUSE LOUNGE. TONIGHT IS AN 18 AND UP SHOW FEATURING PILOT FOR KITE…ANTENNAS UP…AND THE RUCKUS. THERE ARE MORE SHOWS ALL THIS MONTH FEATURING MORE BANDS. YOU CAN STOP BY THE KATHOUSE TONIGHT TO GET YOUR FILL OF SOME GREAT MUSIC BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE WILCAT 91.9.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
News 10-14-09
THIS MORNING AT AROUND TEN O CLOCK KANSAS STATE WILL BE TESTING THEIR EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM. THE UNIVERSITY WILL BE TESTING TEXT MESSAGES…AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS…EMAILS…AND ALERT BEACONS. THE BEACONS ARE LOCATED ON WALLS IN EISENHOWSER HALL AND BEHIND DESKS IN RESIDENT HALLS. THE BEACONS WILL SOUND AN ALARM AND SCROLL TEXT FOR TWO MINUTES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION BEFORE IT HAPPENS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR YOU CAN GO TO EID.KSU.EDU.
IF YOU LIVE IN RILEY COUNTY AND YOU’VE GOT THE FLU… I’VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS. THE RILEY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS OUT OF FLU SHOTS TODAY. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON WHEN MORE VACCINES ARRIVE IN THE RILEY COUNTY AREA.
FROM 11 AM TO 3 PM KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY WILL BE HOSTING ITS ACADEMIC MAJORS FAIR. THE FAIR WILL BE HELD IN THE KANSAS STATE STUDENT UNION BALLROOM. STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET K-STATE FACULTY, EXLOPORE MAJORS AND MINORS, AND SECONDARY MAJORS. THE FAIR IS SPONSORED BY THE ACADEMIC AND CAREER INFORMATION CENTER.
AN OLD OVERLAND PARK MAN IS GUILTY OF BIGAMY TODAY. 62 YEAR OLD CHARLES L. CLEMENS JR. WAS MARRIED TO A WOMAN FOR 20 YEARS BEFORE HE MARRIED ANOTHER WOMAN IN LAS VEGAS IN MAY 2008. BOTH WOMEN THAT CLEMENS MARRIED LIVE IN THE SAME APARTMENT COMPLEX. OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE SECOND WIFE WENT TO THE FIRST WIFE’S APARTMENT IN NOVEMBER TO COMFRONT CLEMENS AND FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS MARRIED TO ANOTHER WOMAN. CLEMENS WILL BE SENTENCED IN DECEMBER.
A MISSING NEW YORK GIRL IS WITH HER FAMILY TODAY. JAYCEE DUGARD WAS KIDNAPPED AT THE AGE OF 11 AND SHE RESURFACED TWO MONTHS AGO, SHE IS NOW 29 YEARS OLD. A FAMILY SPOKESWOMAN SAYS THAT DUGARD, HER TWO DAUGHTERS, SISTER, AND MOTHER HAVE BECOME VERY CLOSE AND THEY SEEM LIKE ANY OTHER FAMILY.
THE GODFATHER HAS COME TO LIFE THROUGH SIX FLORIDA MEN. THE MEN ARE A PART OF A SOUTH FLORIDA CREW FOR NEW YORK’S BONANNO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY. THE SIX MAFIA MEMBERS AND ARE PLEADING GUILTY TO RACKETEERING OR RICO CONSPIRACY BY COMMITTING MURDER CONSPIRACY, MEDICARE FRAUD, IDENTITY THEFT AND SELLING STOLEN GOODS. THE SIX MEN COULD FACE UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON.
NOW WE’VE GOT YOUR BIRTHDAY UPDATE. TODAY POP / R&B SINGER USHER IS 30 YEARS OLD, DESIGNER RALPH LAUREN IS 70, FORMER UCLA BASKETBALL COACH JOHN WOODEN IS 99 AND FORMER PRESIDENT, STRAIGHT OUT OF ABILINE, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER WOULD BE 119 YEARS OLD TODAY.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
News 10-13-09
TOMORROW MORNING AROUND TEN KANSAS STATE WILL BE TESTING THEIR EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM. THEY WILL BE TESTING TEXT MESSAGES…AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS…EMAILS…AND ALERT BEACONS. THE BEACONS ARE ON THE WALLS IN EISENHOWER AND BEHIND THE DESKS AT THE RESIDENTS HALLS. THEY WILL SOUND AN ALARM AND SCROLL TEXT FOR TWO MINUTES. TO SIGN UP FOR THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS YOU CAN GO TO EID.KSU.EDU.
A LAWRENCE MAN GOT HIMSELF INTO A LITTLE TROUBLE ON SUNDAY AFTER TAKING AN AMBULANCE. THE 21-YEAR OLD MAN IS ACCUSED OF STEALING THE AMBULANCE FROM DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE. ACCORDING TO POLILCE SARGENT SUSAN HADL…THE MAN HAD BEEN DRINKING AND BELIEVED HE HAD NO OTHER WAY TO GET HOME.
A KANSAS CITY PIZZA DELIVERY MAN IS SAFE THIS MORNING AFTER BEING KIDNAPPED WHILE ON A DELIVERY. THE PIZZA MAN WAS BRINGING PIZZA TO A HOUSE WHERE A WOMAN WAS WAITING.. WHEN A MAN WITH A GUN SHOVED HIM INSIDE. POLICE SAY THE COUPLE ROBBED THE DRIVER AND TIED HIM UP WITH DUCT TAPE. THEY THEN PUT HIM IN THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR WHERE HE WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND NEAR OAK GROVE MISSOURI. POLICE ARE STILL SERACHING FOR THE TWO INVOLVED WITH THIS.
A FIRE IN BELTON LEAVES A BUNCH OF CATS HOMELESS. 62 CATS WERE IN TINA SANDS’S HOME WHERE SHE FOSTERS THEM WHEN IT WENT UP IN FLAMES. 17 CATS DIED FROM THE FIRE AND MANY MORE ARE SUFFERING FROM SMOKE INHALLATION. THE CATS STAYED WITH SANDS SO THEY COULD STAY OUT OF SHELTERS WHERE THEY WOULD BE PUT DOWN.
A 7-YEAR OLD OHIO BOY IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A DEER. WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL ON SATURDAY BRANDON HILES WENT TO GO GET THE BALL AFTER IT WENT INTO THE WOODS. THAT’S WHEN THE DEER RAN AT HIM AND FLIPPED HIM WITH ITS ANTLERS GIVING HIM BRUISES AND A GASH. A FRIEND OF HILES’ HIT THE DEER WITH A STICK UNTIL IT WENT AWAY. POLICE SAY THERE WERE TWO DEER GETTING READY FOR A FIGHT AND HILES GOT BETWEEN THEM.
THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS MEETING TODAY AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS A 10-YEAR 892-BILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO REDO THE NATION’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. DEMOCRATS HAVE A 13 TO 10 ADVANTAGE EVEN THOUGH TWO OF THEM HAVE BIG CONCERNS. ONE OF WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR JAY JOCKEFELLER’S CONCERNS IS NOT HAVING A PUBLIC OPTION. THE HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY RELEASED A REPORT YESTERDAY SAYING THAT THIS WOULD ALSO CAUSE A BIG INCREASE IN PREMIUMS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE MEETING WITH SPANISH PRIME MINISTER JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO (ZAH-PAH-THE-ROH) AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. THEY WILL HAVE A WORKING LUNCH BUT THEN THE FESTIVITIES WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING. THEY WILL BE JOINED BY THE FIRST LADY…THE VICE PRESIDENT…AND HIS WIFE FOR “FIESTA LATINA” ON THE SOUTH LAWN. THIS CONCERT WILL CELEBRATE HISPANIC MUSICAL HERITAGE. SOME OF THE EXPECTED ARTISTS ARE MARC ANTHONY…GLORIA ESTEFAN…AND GEORGE LOPEZ. THIS CONCERT WILL BE TELEVISED AT A LATER DATE.
HEIDI KLUM GAVE BIRTH TO HER AND HUBBY SEAL’S FOURTH CHILD ON FRIDAY. THE COUPLE NAMED THEIR SECOND DAUGHTER LOU SULOLA SAMUEL. TALKING ABOUT THE NEW BABY, SEAL SAYS “FROM THE MOMENT SHE LOOKED INTO BOTH OF OUR EYES, IT WAS ENDLESS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.”
A LAWRENCE MAN GOT HIMSELF INTO A LITTLE TROUBLE ON SUNDAY AFTER TAKING AN AMBULANCE. THE 21-YEAR OLD MAN IS ACCUSED OF STEALING THE AMBULANCE FROM DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE. ACCORDING TO POLILCE SARGENT SUSAN HADL…THE MAN HAD BEEN DRINKING AND BELIEVED HE HAD NO OTHER WAY TO GET HOME.
A KANSAS CITY PIZZA DELIVERY MAN IS SAFE THIS MORNING AFTER BEING KIDNAPPED WHILE ON A DELIVERY. THE PIZZA MAN WAS BRINGING PIZZA TO A HOUSE WHERE A WOMAN WAS WAITING.. WHEN A MAN WITH A GUN SHOVED HIM INSIDE. POLICE SAY THE COUPLE ROBBED THE DRIVER AND TIED HIM UP WITH DUCT TAPE. THEY THEN PUT HIM IN THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR WHERE HE WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND NEAR OAK GROVE MISSOURI. POLICE ARE STILL SERACHING FOR THE TWO INVOLVED WITH THIS.
A FIRE IN BELTON LEAVES A BUNCH OF CATS HOMELESS. 62 CATS WERE IN TINA SANDS’S HOME WHERE SHE FOSTERS THEM WHEN IT WENT UP IN FLAMES. 17 CATS DIED FROM THE FIRE AND MANY MORE ARE SUFFERING FROM SMOKE INHALLATION. THE CATS STAYED WITH SANDS SO THEY COULD STAY OUT OF SHELTERS WHERE THEY WOULD BE PUT DOWN.
A 7-YEAR OLD OHIO BOY IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A DEER. WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL ON SATURDAY BRANDON HILES WENT TO GO GET THE BALL AFTER IT WENT INTO THE WOODS. THAT’S WHEN THE DEER RAN AT HIM AND FLIPPED HIM WITH ITS ANTLERS GIVING HIM BRUISES AND A GASH. A FRIEND OF HILES’ HIT THE DEER WITH A STICK UNTIL IT WENT AWAY. POLICE SAY THERE WERE TWO DEER GETTING READY FOR A FIGHT AND HILES GOT BETWEEN THEM.
THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS MEETING TODAY AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS A 10-YEAR 892-BILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO REDO THE NATION’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. DEMOCRATS HAVE A 13 TO 10 ADVANTAGE EVEN THOUGH TWO OF THEM HAVE BIG CONCERNS. ONE OF WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR JAY JOCKEFELLER’S CONCERNS IS NOT HAVING A PUBLIC OPTION. THE HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY RELEASED A REPORT YESTERDAY SAYING THAT THIS WOULD ALSO CAUSE A BIG INCREASE IN PREMIUMS.
PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE MEETING WITH SPANISH PRIME MINISTER JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO (ZAH-PAH-THE-ROH) AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. THEY WILL HAVE A WORKING LUNCH BUT THEN THE FESTIVITIES WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING. THEY WILL BE JOINED BY THE FIRST LADY…THE VICE PRESIDENT…AND HIS WIFE FOR “FIESTA LATINA” ON THE SOUTH LAWN. THIS CONCERT WILL CELEBRATE HISPANIC MUSICAL HERITAGE. SOME OF THE EXPECTED ARTISTS ARE MARC ANTHONY…GLORIA ESTEFAN…AND GEORGE LOPEZ. THIS CONCERT WILL BE TELEVISED AT A LATER DATE.
HEIDI KLUM GAVE BIRTH TO HER AND HUBBY SEAL’S FOURTH CHILD ON FRIDAY. THE COUPLE NAMED THEIR SECOND DAUGHTER LOU SULOLA SAMUEL. TALKING ABOUT THE NEW BABY, SEAL SAYS “FROM THE MOMENT SHE LOOKED INTO BOTH OF OUR EYES, IT WAS ENDLESS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.”
Monday, October 12, 2009
News 10-12-09
A SOUTH AFRICAN COMPANY IS MOVING THEIR HEADQUARTERS TO MANHATTAN. THE COMPANY, MEGASTAR INC IS AN ANIMAL HEALTH COMPANY THAT MAKES SUPPLEMENT THAT REDUCES DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS AND WEIGHT LOSS IN CATTLE. THIS RELOCATION WILL ALSO BRING 13 NEW JOBS TO MANHATTAN.
A WOMAN IS DEAD AND A CHILD AND HUSBAND ARE HURT AFTER THEIR CAR WAS HIT BY A TRAIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON IN GIRARD KANSAS. ACCORDING TO THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE…THEY DIDN’T YIELD AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING AND WERE HIT. THE WOMAN WAS DEAD ON THE SCENE AND THE MAN AND CHILD WERE AIRLIFTED TO KANSAS CITY. THE ACCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
GOVERNMENT AND RAILROAD OFFICIALS ARE MEETING TODAY TO MARK A 105-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT. THE PROJECT WAS TO ELEVATE TRAIN TRAFFIC ABOVE STREET TRAFFIC TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS. THERE IS ALSO EIGHT MILES OF NEW TRACK…A CENTRALIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM…AND SIX NEW BRIDGES. THE CONSTRUCTION ALL BEGAN BACK IN APRIL OF 2005.
GOOD NEWS FOR THE KANSAS STATE FAIR. THE ATTENDANCE TO THIS YEAR’S FAIR WAS UP 10-PERCENT FROM LAST YEAR. ACCORDING TO THE FAIR MANAGER DENNY STOECKLEIN THE 2009 FAIR HAD THE BEST ATTENDENCE SINCE 2000 AND 31-THOUSAND MORE PEOPLE THAN LAST YEAR’S. THEY ALSO MADE MORE MONEY THAN LAST YEAR. STOECKLEIN SAYS THIS COULD BE BECAUSE OF THE PROMOTIONS THEY HAD LIKE DOLLAR DAYS AND DISCOUNTED TICKETS BOUGHT IN ADVANCE.
A SURVEY SHOWS MORE PEOPLE IN MISSOURI ARE NOW WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS. UNFORTUNATLY…THEY ARE STILL UNDER THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. THE MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THEY MOVED UP ONE PERCENT TO 77 FROM LAST YEAR AND HAVE VASTLY IMPROVED FROM THE 60-PERCENT THEY HAD IN 1999. THE LOWEST RATES WERE FOUND IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI NEAR JOPLIN AND SPRINGFIELD. EXPERTS THINK HARDER LAWS WILL BE THE WAY TO GET HIGHER RATES.
TROPICAL STORM PATRICIA HAS GAINED STRENGTH. PATRICIA IS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN AND ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER SAY ABOUT 305 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE SOUTHERN TIP OF BAJA CALIFORNIA. SHE IS MOVING ABOUT 7 MILES PER HOUR AND HAS SUSTAINED WINDS NEAR 45 MILES PER HOUR. ACCORDING TO THE HURRICANE CENTER TROPICAL STORM A WATCH MAY BE PUT INTO EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN BAJA CALIFORNIA LATER TODAY.
T-MOBILE SIDEKICK USERS MAY BE KICKING THEIR PHONES TO THE SIDE. PHONES MADE BY A MICROSOFT SUBSIDIARY MAY HAVE LOST ALL THE PERSONAL DATA STORED ON THEM…EVEN PHONE NUMBERS. AFTER A FAILURE OF SERVERS BY MICROSOFT TOOK OUT DATA…THE COMPANIES SAY THE DATA IS ALMOST CERTAINLY GONE. TODAY THEY PLAN TO UPDATING THEIR CUSTOMERS ON THE RECOVER EFFORTS. AS SOME USERS HAVE FOUND OUT..TAKING OUT THE BATTERY ERASES ALL THE DATA SO THE COMPANY SAYS IF CAN.. DON’T LET THE BATTERY RUN DOWN OR BE TAKEN OUT.
AT THE BOX OFFICE THIS WEEKEND COUPLES RETREAT CAME AWAY THE TOP DOG GROSSING OVER 35.3 MILLION DOLLARS IN ITS OPENING WEEKEND. NEXT CAME ZOMBIELAND WHICH DROPPED 39-PERCENT FROM LAST WEEK AND THEN CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS TOOK THIRD. TOY STORY IN 3-D TOOK FOURTH BUT MAY GET A PUSH SINCE KIDS ARE HOME FROM SCHOOL TODAY. AND FINALLY THE MOVING ROUND OUT THE TOP FIVE IS PARANORMAL ACTIVITY.
Friday, October 9, 2009
News 10-9-09
THE PHILANTHROPIC WORK OF KANSAS STATE’S CONTRACTORS GROUP IS GETTING NATIONAL RECOGNITION. THE GROUP WAS NAMED SECOND BEST BY THE ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS FOR THE MEMORIAL THEY BUILT TO THE VICTIMS OF THE 2008 CHAPMAN TORNADO. THEY WON 750-DOLLARS THAT THE GROUPS ADVISOR TOM LOGAN SAID WOULD HELP PAY FOR PROJECTS AND JOB SITE TOURS IN THE FUTURE. THE MEMORIAL IS IN THE MIDDLE OF CHAPMAN AND WAS MADE WITH EXTREME MAKEOVER HOME EDITION.
THE FORT RILEY SOLDIER FOUND DEAD ON POST WE TOLD YOU ABOUT YESTERDAY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. HE IS 28-YEAR OLD PRIVATE FIRST CLASS DALE TYLER. HE WAS FOUND AT HIS RESIDENCE IN THE COLYER MANOR NEIGHBORHOOD WEDNESDAY MORNING. HIS CAUSE OF DEATH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.
THOSE SIRENS YOU HEAR EVERY NIGHT DRIVING THROUGH TOWN WILL HAVE A NEW RING TO THEM. RILEY COUNTY BOUGHT THREE NEW AMBULANCES. EMERGENCY SERVICES FOR RILEY COUNTY DIRECTOR LARRY COUCHMAN SAYS THEY USUALLY BUY ONE A YEAR BUT SINCE THEY HAVEN’T REPLACED ANY SINCE 2005 THEY BOUGHT THREE THIS YEAR. THE NEW AMBULANCES WILL HAVE ADDED SAFETY FEATURES LIKE AIRBAGS IN THE BACK. THEY WILL TRAIN ON THESE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND THEN PUT THEM INTO USE ON EMERGENCY CALLS.
POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO MEN SUSPECTED IN A HOME INVASION IN TOPEKA LAST NIGHT. THE SUSPECTS KICKED OPEN THE BACK DOOR AND THEN THE VICTIM FIRED A GUN AT THEM. IT IS UNKNOWN IF THE SUSPECTS WERE HIT. THERE’S NO DESCRIPTION OF ONE OF THE SUSPECTS BUT THE OTHER IS A HEAVY SET BACK MAN WHO’S SIZ FOOT FOUR INCHES AND 180-POUNDS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 234-0007.
NASA’S ROCKET STRIKE AT THE MOON WAS SUCCESSFUL. THEY CRASHED A ROCKET AND SATELLITE INTO THE MOON TO DECIDE WHETHER THERE IS ANY WATER ON THE MOON. THEY GOT ENOUGH DUST TO DETERMINE THIS. ACCORDING TO THE MISSION’S PROJECT MANAGER DAN ANDREWS IT WILL STILL BE AWHILE UNTIL WE KNOW IF THERE IS ACTUALLY WATER ON THE MOON.
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS THE NEWEST WINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. THIS MAKES HIM THE FOURTH PRESIDENT TO WIN THE PRIZE…THIRD TO WIN IN OFFICE…AND FIRST TO GET IT DURING HIS FIRST YEAR. OBAMA’S AWARD IS DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF THE WINNERS BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE GET IT FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS THEY HAVE ALREADY MADE. OBAMA GOT HIS BECAUSE OF HIS VISIONS AND INSPIRING HOPE AT THE BEGINNING OF HIS PRESIDENCY. OTHER PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE WON ARE THEODORE ROOSEVELT…WOODROW WILSON… AND JIMMY CARTER.
DON’T FORGET 91.9’S ROCKTOBER CONCERT SERIES BEGINS TONIGHT AT THE KATHOUSE LOUNGE IN AGGIEVILLE. IT’S A 21 AND UP SHOW FEATURING STELLA LUCE (LOO-SHAY)… PHOTO ATLAS…THE EPILOGUES…AND THE AFTER PARTY. THERE ARE MORE SHOWS ALL THIS MONTH FEATURING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT BANDS. YOU CAN STOP BY THE KATHOUSE TONIGHT TO GET YOUR FILL OF SOME GREAT MUSIC BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE WILDCAT 91.9.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
News 10-8-09
JUNCTION CITY POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO HAS BEEN SEEN AT AREA HIGH SCHOOLS AND HAS BEEN ACTING STRANGLY. ON SEPTEMBER 30TH HE WAS TRESSPASSING ON THE JUNCTION CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL’S CAMPUS AND WAS APPROACHED BY STAFF WHERE HE TOLD THEM HE WAS “AN OLYMPIC WRESTLER FROM TEXAS LOOKING FOR A SCHOOL TO ATTEND.” ACCORDING TO POLICE HE IS IN HIS LATE TEENS OR EARLY 20’S…EITHER WHITE OR HISPANIC…AND HAS BEEN SEEN WEARING A PERMIAN BASIN HIGH LETTER JACKET. HE HAS BEEN TO AT LEAST FOUR OTHER AREA SCHOOLS. JUNCTION CITY POLICE SAY YOU CAN CALL CRIME STOPPERS AT 785-762-TIPS OR THE JUNCTION CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 785-762-5912 IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION.
A FORT RILEY SOLDIER HAS BEEN NAMED SOLDIER OF THE YEAR. SPECIALIST CLANCEY HENDERSON OF THE 193RD BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, 4TH MANEUVER ENHANCEMENT BRIGADE, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION WAS THE WINNER OF THE SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE ARMY JACK TILLEY AWARD. HE WAS AGAINST 11 OTHER SOLDIERS IN A COMPETITION AT FORT LEE VIRGINIA SEPTEMBER 28TH THROUGH OCTOBER 3RD. HENDERSON SET THE RECORD FOR THE TWO MILE RUN BY RUNNING IT IN 10 MINUTES AND 26 SECONDS.
A FORT RILEY SOLDIER WAS FOUND DEAD YESTERDAY MORNING ON POST. THE BODY WAS IN THE COLYER MANOR HOUSING AREA. THE NAME WILL BE RELEASED TODAY AFTER NEXT OF KIN HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THE DEATH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
LAST WEEK THE LA THEATRE WORKS TOURING GROUP HAPPILY SHARES STORIES WITH KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI AND STUDENTS. IN HONOR OF THE PERFORMANCE LATER THAT EVENING… THE GROUP ANSWERS QUESTIONS REGARDING THEIR PRODUCTION OF THE OLD WAR OF THE WORLDS RADIO BROADCAST FROM 1938. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MCCAIN AUDITORIUM TODD HOLMBERG IS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC TO SEE SUCH ACTORS AS JOSH CLARK… KYLE COLDERIDER-KRUGH…. AND TOM VIRTUE PRESENT ON CAMPUS. THE ACTORS TOOK TIME TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE AND ABOUT THEIR OWN PERSONAL CAREERS AND LIFE IN LAS ANGELES.
ACCORDING TO SENATOR BROWNBACK’S SPOKESPERSON BRIAN HART…THE FUNDING HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR THE NATIONAL BIO AND AGRO-DEFENSE FACILITY… ALSO KNOWN AS NBAF. NBAF WILL BE BUILT IN MANHATTAN AND THE BILL INCLUDES 32-MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. BROWNBACK SAYS, “A MODERN LAB DEDICATED TO PROTECTING OUR FOOD SUPPLY IS CRITICAL FOR OUR NATION AND THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE FOR THIS LAB THAN IN KANSAS.” THE BILL NOW HEADS TO THE PRESIDENT TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW.
A FLORIDA WOMAN’S BODY HAS BEEN FOUND IN HER GARBAGE FILLED HOUSE. AFTER THE FAMILY OF 71-YEAR OLD CARINA DECAMPO HADN’T HEARD FROM HER IN AWHILE…THEY CALLED POLICE TO GO CHECK ON HER. POLICE ARRIVED TO THE HOUSE WHERE GARBAGE WAS PILED UP TO EIGHT FEET TALL TO BEGIN SEARCHING FOR DECAMPO. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES THEY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR BACKUP. WITH THE STENCH UNBEARABLE…THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WORE BREATHING GEAR AND DOGS TO FIND THE WOMAN. THEY FOUND HER BUT NO CAUSE OF DEATH HAS BEEN RELEASED.
AN UPDATE ON HEALTHCARE’S PRICE TAG: ACCORDING TO CNN… THE UNITED STATES SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS PREPARED AN AMENDED VERSION OF A PROPOSED HEALTH CARE BILL FOR THE NATION. THE HEALTH CARE PROPOSAL WOULD COST TAXPAYERS ABOUT 829-MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT 10-YEARS IF IT WERE TO BE APPROVED BY CONGRESS AFTER A LENGTHY HOUSE DEBATE. HOWEVER… THE BILL HAS YET TO GAIN MUCH REPUBLICAN SUPPORT AND WILL LIKELY BE CHANGED BEFORE IT CAN BECOME LAW.
THERE MAY BE A SANTA CLAUSE AFTER ALL. DISCOUNT STORES ARE OFFERING DEALS ON TOYS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. TARGET IS GIVING UP TO HALF OFF SOME TOYS. A BARBIE FASION DOLL CAN BE PURCHASED FOR 5-DOLLARS AND G-I JOE ACTION FIGURES ARE $14.99. TARGET DID THIS AFTER WALMART MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THEIR HOLIDAY TOY PLANS. WALMART WILL HAVE ONE-HUNDRED TOYS FOR UNDER TEN-DOLLARS. LAST YEAR THEY DID SOMETHING SIMILAR BUT THEY ONLY HAD TEN TOYS LAST YEAR. UNFORTUNATLY…RETAILERS AREN’T EXPECTING TOO STRONG OF A HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON THIS YEAR.
A FORT RILEY SOLDIER HAS BEEN NAMED SOLDIER OF THE YEAR. SPECIALIST CLANCEY HENDERSON OF THE 193RD BRIGADE SUPPORT BATTALION, 4TH MANEUVER ENHANCEMENT BRIGADE, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION WAS THE WINNER OF THE SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE ARMY JACK TILLEY AWARD. HE WAS AGAINST 11 OTHER SOLDIERS IN A COMPETITION AT FORT LEE VIRGINIA SEPTEMBER 28TH THROUGH OCTOBER 3RD. HENDERSON SET THE RECORD FOR THE TWO MILE RUN BY RUNNING IT IN 10 MINUTES AND 26 SECONDS.
A FORT RILEY SOLDIER WAS FOUND DEAD YESTERDAY MORNING ON POST. THE BODY WAS IN THE COLYER MANOR HOUSING AREA. THE NAME WILL BE RELEASED TODAY AFTER NEXT OF KIN HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. THE DEATH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.
LAST WEEK THE LA THEATRE WORKS TOURING GROUP HAPPILY SHARES STORIES WITH KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI AND STUDENTS. IN HONOR OF THE PERFORMANCE LATER THAT EVENING… THE GROUP ANSWERS QUESTIONS REGARDING THEIR PRODUCTION OF THE OLD WAR OF THE WORLDS RADIO BROADCAST FROM 1938. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MCCAIN AUDITORIUM TODD HOLMBERG IS VERY ENTHUSIASTIC TO SEE SUCH ACTORS AS JOSH CLARK… KYLE COLDERIDER-KRUGH…. AND TOM VIRTUE PRESENT ON CAMPUS. THE ACTORS TOOK TIME TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE AND ABOUT THEIR OWN PERSONAL CAREERS AND LIFE IN LAS ANGELES.
ACCORDING TO SENATOR BROWNBACK’S SPOKESPERSON BRIAN HART…THE FUNDING HAS BEEN PASSED BY THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE FOR THE NATIONAL BIO AND AGRO-DEFENSE FACILITY… ALSO KNOWN AS NBAF. NBAF WILL BE BUILT IN MANHATTAN AND THE BILL INCLUDES 32-MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION. BROWNBACK SAYS, “A MODERN LAB DEDICATED TO PROTECTING OUR FOOD SUPPLY IS CRITICAL FOR OUR NATION AND THERE IS NO BETTER PLACE FOR THIS LAB THAN IN KANSAS.” THE BILL NOW HEADS TO THE PRESIDENT TO BE SIGNED INTO LAW.
A FLORIDA WOMAN’S BODY HAS BEEN FOUND IN HER GARBAGE FILLED HOUSE. AFTER THE FAMILY OF 71-YEAR OLD CARINA DECAMPO HADN’T HEARD FROM HER IN AWHILE…THEY CALLED POLICE TO GO CHECK ON HER. POLICE ARRIVED TO THE HOUSE WHERE GARBAGE WAS PILED UP TO EIGHT FEET TALL TO BEGIN SEARCHING FOR DECAMPO. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES THEY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR BACKUP. WITH THE STENCH UNBEARABLE…THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WORE BREATHING GEAR AND DOGS TO FIND THE WOMAN. THEY FOUND HER BUT NO CAUSE OF DEATH HAS BEEN RELEASED.
AN UPDATE ON HEALTHCARE’S PRICE TAG: ACCORDING TO CNN… THE UNITED STATES SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE HAS PREPARED AN AMENDED VERSION OF A PROPOSED HEALTH CARE BILL FOR THE NATION. THE HEALTH CARE PROPOSAL WOULD COST TAXPAYERS ABOUT 829-MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT 10-YEARS IF IT WERE TO BE APPROVED BY CONGRESS AFTER A LENGTHY HOUSE DEBATE. HOWEVER… THE BILL HAS YET TO GAIN MUCH REPUBLICAN SUPPORT AND WILL LIKELY BE CHANGED BEFORE IT CAN BECOME LAW.
THERE MAY BE A SANTA CLAUSE AFTER ALL. DISCOUNT STORES ARE OFFERING DEALS ON TOYS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. TARGET IS GIVING UP TO HALF OFF SOME TOYS. A BARBIE FASION DOLL CAN BE PURCHASED FOR 5-DOLLARS AND G-I JOE ACTION FIGURES ARE $14.99. TARGET DID THIS AFTER WALMART MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF THEIR HOLIDAY TOY PLANS. WALMART WILL HAVE ONE-HUNDRED TOYS FOR UNDER TEN-DOLLARS. LAST YEAR THEY DID SOMETHING SIMILAR BUT THEY ONLY HAD TEN TOYS LAST YEAR. UNFORTUNATLY…RETAILERS AREN’T EXPECTING TOO STRONG OF A HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON THIS YEAR.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
News 10-7-09
WASHUBURN UNIVERSITY IS NOW OPEN AFTER GOING INTO A LOCKDOWN LAST NIGHT. TOPEKA POLICE WERE SEARCHING FOR A MAN WANTED ON A FELONY WARRANT. CAMPUS HAS BEEN CLEARED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE LOCKDOWN IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY KATHLEEN SEBELIUS IS ADVISING PEOPLE TO GET THE SWINE FLU VACCINE. SHE SAYS IT’S SAFE AND H-1-N-1 IS SPREADING IN AREAS. THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THE VACCINE ARE MINIMAL AND SEBELIUS SAYS “WE WILL PUSH THE VACCINE OUT AS WUICKLY AS WE GET IT.” THE VACCINE IS DUE OUT BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
THE THREE MEN CHARGED IN THE OVERLAND PARK GIRLS DEATH HAVE BEEN GIVEN COURT APPOINTED ATTORNEYS. THE MEN CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER…AGRIVATED KIDNAPPING…AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY ARE DUSTIN HILT…GERALD CALBECK…AND JOSEPH MATTOX. THE BODY OF KEIGHLEY ANN ALYEA WAS FOUND IN A FIELD IN WESTERN MISSOURI.
THINGS ARE LOOKING UP FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. ACCORDING TO AN ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL HIS NUMBERS ARE RISING. HE IS UP TO 56-PERCENT FROM THE 50-PERCENT HE WAS AT IN SEPTEMBER. MOST PEOPLE THINK THE COUNTRY IS HEADED INTO THE WRONG DIRECTION.
THIS SEASON’S DANCING WITH THE STARS IS WELL UNDERWAY. UNFORTUNATLY FOR SOME…IT’S OVER SOONER THAN THEY WOULD LIKE. STRESS FRACTURES IN TOM DELAY’S FEET IS FORCING HIM TO WITHDRAW FROM THE COMPETITION ALONG WITH HIS PARTNER CHERYL BURKE. AFTER MONDAY’S PERFORMANCE.. ENTOURAGE STAR DEBI MAZAR AND HER PARTNER MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY WE VOTED OFF.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
News 10-6-09
UNIVERSITY FALL BREAKS AT BOTH KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HAVE HAS PUT BOTH TOWNS ON ALERT. K-STATE’S WAS YESTERDAY AND K-U’S WILL BE NEXT THURSDAY AND FRIDAY…THE 15TH AND 16TH. ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE…AT LEAST ONE RAPE A YEAR HAS HAPPENED SINCE 2000 AT EITHER CAMPUS. THEY BELIEVE THAT’S EIGHT IN MANAHTTAN AND FIVE IN LAWRENCE. FORTUNATELY THERE HAVE BEEN NONE THIS YEAR. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE HE IS PLANNING ANOTHER ASSAULT…HE IS JUST KNOWN TO HAVE ATTACKED OVER BREAKS.
A LEAVENWORTH MAN IS CHARGED WITH FELONY MURDER IN THE DEATH OF IS GIRLFRIEND’S FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON. AFTER BEING TAKEN TO A LEAVENWORTH HOSPITAL GABRIEL RIVERA DIED ON SUNDAY. POLICE ARRESTED 33-YEAR OLD JASON LEE JONES ON SUNDAY AND CHARGED HIM YESTERDAY. AN 11-YEAR-OLD THAT LIVES AT THE HOUSE TOO WAS TAKEN INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
THE DRY WEATHER HAS KEPT KANSAS FARMERS BUSY. ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 53-PERCENT OF THE WINTER WHEAT HAS BEEN PLANTED. WITH FALL HARVEST ALSO GOING ON…31-PERCENT OF THE CORN CROP’S BEEN CUT…4-PERCENT OF THE SORGHUM AND SUNFLOWER CROPS HAVE BEEN CUT…AND 18-PERCENT OF THE SOYBEANS HAVE BEEN CUT.
POLICE SAY THE BODY OF AN OVERLAND PARK GIRL WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT HAS BEEN FOUND. POLICE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED THAT 18-YEAR OLD KEIGHLEY ANN ALYEA WAS IN DANGER AFTER SHE HAD JUMPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A VIOLENT ARGUMENT BETWEEN HER SISTER AND EX-BOYFRIEND LAST TUESDAY. ACCORDING TO POLICE SPOKESMAN JIM WEAVER…THREE MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN HER DEATH. MORE INFORMATION IS TO COME OUT TODAY FROM JOHNSON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY STEVE HOWE.
THE FRIENDS OF A MAYETTA WOMAN WHO DIED OF SWIEN FLU ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A UNIQUE WAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE FUNERAL AND MEDICAL EXPENCES. THEY ARE ORGANIZING A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT THA WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 10TH AND 11TH AT DORNWOOD PARK IN TOPEKA. THE THIRTY YEAR OLD MOTHER OF THREE STEPHANIE CONWAY ALFREY DIED SEPTEMBER 23RD OF H-1-N-1. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR EIGHT MENS TEAMS AND EIGHT CO-ED TEAMS TO PLAY.
GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE OF YOU DREADING TURNING ON YOUR HEAT THIS WINTER. WITH A MILDER WINTER EXPECTED AND LOWER FUEL COSTS EVERYONE MAY SAVE A LITTLE MONEY. THOSE THAT USE NATURAL GAS MAY SAVE ABOUT 105-DOLLARS FROM LAST WINTER AND ELECTRIC AND FUEL OIL HEAT USERS WILL SAVE TOO. THE ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION DOES SAY THAT IT DOES DEPEND ON LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS…THE HOME…AND YOUR EQUIPMENT.
THE MAN ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF THE YALE GRADUATE STUDENT WILL MAKE HIS PLEA TODAY IN FRONT OF A CONNECTICUT JUDGE. TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD RAYMOND CLARK III IS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD ANNIE LE (LAY). HER BODY WAS FOUND IN THE WALL OF THE MEDICAL LAB BUILDING ON WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HER WEDDING DAY.
UNITED STATES GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS HAS UNDERGONE TREATMENT FOR PROSTATE CANCER. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EARLY STAGE PROSTATE CANCER IN FEBRUARY. HE WAS TREATED AT WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. ACCORDING TO SPOKESMAN COLONEL ERIK GUNHUS… PETRAEUS DID MAKE ONE TRIP OVER SEAS DURING HIS TREATMENT BUT MOSTLY STAYED IN WASHINGTON DURING THIS TIME. GENERAL PETRAEUS GAVE A LANDON LECTURE AT KANSAS STATE LAST APRIL.
IN MICHIGAN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN VERSON OF TOUR DE FRANCE….THEY HAVE TOUR DE DONUT. HELD RECENTLY IN GREENVILLE MICHIGAN…BIKERS RIDE 30 MILES AND MAKE A STOP ABOUT EVERY 10 MILES FOR DONUTS. FOR EVERY DONUT EATEN THREE MINUTES IS DEDUCTED FROM THE RIDER’S TIME. HOWEVER THERE IS ONE CATCH…YOU CAN’T LOSE YOUR DONUTS. THIS YEAR’S WINNER IS RYAN KING WHO ATE 10 DONUTS AND HAD THE FASTEST TIME.
A LEAVENWORTH MAN IS CHARGED WITH FELONY MURDER IN THE DEATH OF IS GIRLFRIEND’S FOUR-YEAR-OLD SON. AFTER BEING TAKEN TO A LEAVENWORTH HOSPITAL GABRIEL RIVERA DIED ON SUNDAY. POLICE ARRESTED 33-YEAR OLD JASON LEE JONES ON SUNDAY AND CHARGED HIM YESTERDAY. AN 11-YEAR-OLD THAT LIVES AT THE HOUSE TOO WAS TAKEN INTO PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
THE DRY WEATHER HAS KEPT KANSAS FARMERS BUSY. ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE 53-PERCENT OF THE WINTER WHEAT HAS BEEN PLANTED. WITH FALL HARVEST ALSO GOING ON…31-PERCENT OF THE CORN CROP’S BEEN CUT…4-PERCENT OF THE SORGHUM AND SUNFLOWER CROPS HAVE BEEN CUT…AND 18-PERCENT OF THE SOYBEANS HAVE BEEN CUT.
POLICE SAY THE BODY OF AN OVERLAND PARK GIRL WHO HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE TUESDAY NIGHT HAS BEEN FOUND. POLICE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED THAT 18-YEAR OLD KEIGHLEY ANN ALYEA WAS IN DANGER AFTER SHE HAD JUMPED IN THE MIDDLE OF A VIOLENT ARGUMENT BETWEEN HER SISTER AND EX-BOYFRIEND LAST TUESDAY. ACCORDING TO POLICE SPOKESMAN JIM WEAVER…THREE MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN HER DEATH. MORE INFORMATION IS TO COME OUT TODAY FROM JOHNSON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY STEVE HOWE.
THE FRIENDS OF A MAYETTA WOMAN WHO DIED OF SWIEN FLU ARE PUTTING TOGETHER A UNIQUE WAY TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE FUNERAL AND MEDICAL EXPENCES. THEY ARE ORGANIZING A SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT THA WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 10TH AND 11TH AT DORNWOOD PARK IN TOPEKA. THE THIRTY YEAR OLD MOTHER OF THREE STEPHANIE CONWAY ALFREY DIED SEPTEMBER 23RD OF H-1-N-1. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR EIGHT MENS TEAMS AND EIGHT CO-ED TEAMS TO PLAY.
GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE OF YOU DREADING TURNING ON YOUR HEAT THIS WINTER. WITH A MILDER WINTER EXPECTED AND LOWER FUEL COSTS EVERYONE MAY SAVE A LITTLE MONEY. THOSE THAT USE NATURAL GAS MAY SAVE ABOUT 105-DOLLARS FROM LAST WINTER AND ELECTRIC AND FUEL OIL HEAT USERS WILL SAVE TOO. THE ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION DOES SAY THAT IT DOES DEPEND ON LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS…THE HOME…AND YOUR EQUIPMENT.
THE MAN ACCUSED OF THE MURDER OF THE YALE GRADUATE STUDENT WILL MAKE HIS PLEA TODAY IN FRONT OF A CONNECTICUT JUDGE. TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD RAYMOND CLARK III IS CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF TWENTY-FOUR YEAR OLD ANNIE LE (LAY). HER BODY WAS FOUND IN THE WALL OF THE MEDICAL LAB BUILDING ON WHAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HER WEDDING DAY.
UNITED STATES GENERAL DAVID PETRAEUS HAS UNDERGONE TREATMENT FOR PROSTATE CANCER. HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH EARLY STAGE PROSTATE CANCER IN FEBRUARY. HE WAS TREATED AT WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL. ACCORDING TO SPOKESMAN COLONEL ERIK GUNHUS… PETRAEUS DID MAKE ONE TRIP OVER SEAS DURING HIS TREATMENT BUT MOSTLY STAYED IN WASHINGTON DURING THIS TIME. GENERAL PETRAEUS GAVE A LANDON LECTURE AT KANSAS STATE LAST APRIL.
IN MICHIGAN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN VERSON OF TOUR DE FRANCE….THEY HAVE TOUR DE DONUT. HELD RECENTLY IN GREENVILLE MICHIGAN…BIKERS RIDE 30 MILES AND MAKE A STOP ABOUT EVERY 10 MILES FOR DONUTS. FOR EVERY DONUT EATEN THREE MINUTES IS DEDUCTED FROM THE RIDER’S TIME. HOWEVER THERE IS ONE CATCH…YOU CAN’T LOSE YOUR DONUTS. THIS YEAR’S WINNER IS RYAN KING WHO ATE 10 DONUTS AND HAD THE FASTEST TIME.
Friday, October 2, 2009
News 10-2-09
Rio De Janiero has been chosen as the home for the 2016 Olympic Games.
Wind Advisory in effect for Riley County until 7 pm.
Wind Advisory in effect for Riley County until 7 pm.
News 10-2-09
A GRANT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO A KANSAS STATE RESEARCH PROJECT. ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MANAGEMENT GEORGE CAI WAS GIVEN 225-THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR HIS PROJECT ABOUT SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT. HIS RESEARCH BUILDS MATH EQUATIONS SO SUPPLIERS AND RETAILERS CAN DETERMINE PRICING…CHANNEL DISTRIBUTION…AND REVENUE MANAGEMENT.
ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT THERE HAVE BEEN FLUCUATIONS IN THE BIRTH AND DEATH RATES IN KANSAS. THE BIRTH RATE IS DOWN FROM 2007 WITH 15.1 BIRTHS TO 14.9 PER THOUSAND POPULATION. THE DEATH RATE IS UP FROM 8.8 IN 2007 TO 8.9. MARRIAGES PER DAY ARE ALSO DOWN WHILE DIVORCES ARE UP.
A REPORT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SHOWS THE KANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM IS BANKRUPT. STATE OFFICIALS DON’T THINK THIS IS RIGHT BUT DO KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH FUNDING FOR THE PENSION FUND. K-P-E-R-S OFFICIALS SAY NO CURRENT RETIREE’S BENEFITS ARE AT RISK.
WHILE PEOPLE ARE STILL LOSING THEIR JOBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY…THE JOBLESS RATE HAS RISEN FOR SEPTEMBER. WITH A TOTAL OF 263-THOUSAND JOBS LOST LAST MONTH…THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ROSE TO NINE-POINT-EIGHT PERCENT. THIS IS THE LONGEST RECESSION SINCE THE 1930S AND IS STILL GOING.
A C-B-S EMPLOYEE IS CHARGED WITH TRYING TO EXTORT 2-MILLION DOLALRS FROM DAVID LETTERMAN. LETTERMAN’S MONOLOGUE WAS A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY LAST NIGHT WHEN HE WAS FORCED TO TALK ABOUT HAVING INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH FEMALE EMPLOYEES. WITH JOKES MIXED IN…LETTERMAN GAVE THE MONOLOGUE INFRONT OF MILLIONS OF VIEWERS. ACCORDING TO
C-B-S… THE PERSON IN CUSTODY WORKS FOR THE SHOW 48 HOURS.
TODAY WE WILL FIND OUT WHERE THE 2016 OLYMPICS WILL BE HELD. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS IN COPENHAGEN TO TRY TO GET THE GAMES IN CHICAGO. HE’S USED EMOTIONS TO GET TO THE I-O-C WHEN PRESENTING CHICAGO. THEY SHOWED LETTERS FROM CHILDREN…VIDEOS OF THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO…AND A STORY OF THE FIRST LADY’S DISABLED FATHER. THE DECISION IS BETWEEN CHICAGO…RIO DE JANEIRO…MADRID…AND TOKYO.
NEARLY THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE MAY STILL BE TRAPPED AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE HIT INDONESIA TWO DAYS AGO. THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY SPOKESMAN SAYS 715 PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED DEAD AND ANOTHER 24-HUNDRED ARE HOSPITALIZED. THEY’RE AFRAID THE DEATH TOLL COULD REACH OVER ONE-THOUSAND BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAPPED. SEARCH TEAMS ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE AND THERE ARE TENTS… MEDICINE…FOOD…AND EMERGENCY WORKERS THERE TO HELP.
KANYE WEST IS STILL FEELING THE CONSEQUENCES FROM HIS ANTICS DURING THE M-T-V V-M-A AWARDS. JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS JOINT TOUR WITH LADY GAGA…FAME KILLS… WAS ANNOUNCED…IT WAS CANCELLED. LIVE NATION SAYS PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT TICKETS CAN GET REFUNDS WHERE THEY BOUGHT THEM AND PHONE AND ONLINE PURCHASES ARE AUTOMATICALLY REFUNDED. THE TOUR WAS SUPPOSED TO START NEXT MONTH.
ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT THERE HAVE BEEN FLUCUATIONS IN THE BIRTH AND DEATH RATES IN KANSAS. THE BIRTH RATE IS DOWN FROM 2007 WITH 15.1 BIRTHS TO 14.9 PER THOUSAND POPULATION. THE DEATH RATE IS UP FROM 8.8 IN 2007 TO 8.9. MARRIAGES PER DAY ARE ALSO DOWN WHILE DIVORCES ARE UP.
A REPORT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SHOWS THE KANSAS PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM IS BANKRUPT. STATE OFFICIALS DON’T THINK THIS IS RIGHT BUT DO KNOW THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH FUNDING FOR THE PENSION FUND. K-P-E-R-S OFFICIALS SAY NO CURRENT RETIREE’S BENEFITS ARE AT RISK.
WHILE PEOPLE ARE STILL LOSING THEIR JOBS ACROSS THE COUNTRY…THE JOBLESS RATE HAS RISEN FOR SEPTEMBER. WITH A TOTAL OF 263-THOUSAND JOBS LOST LAST MONTH…THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE ROSE TO NINE-POINT-EIGHT PERCENT. THIS IS THE LONGEST RECESSION SINCE THE 1930S AND IS STILL GOING.
A C-B-S EMPLOYEE IS CHARGED WITH TRYING TO EXTORT 2-MILLION DOLALRS FROM DAVID LETTERMAN. LETTERMAN’S MONOLOGUE WAS A LITTLE OUT OF THE ORDINARY LAST NIGHT WHEN HE WAS FORCED TO TALK ABOUT HAVING INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS WITH FEMALE EMPLOYEES. WITH JOKES MIXED IN…LETTERMAN GAVE THE MONOLOGUE INFRONT OF MILLIONS OF VIEWERS. ACCORDING TO
C-B-S… THE PERSON IN CUSTODY WORKS FOR THE SHOW 48 HOURS.
TODAY WE WILL FIND OUT WHERE THE 2016 OLYMPICS WILL BE HELD. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS IN COPENHAGEN TO TRY TO GET THE GAMES IN CHICAGO. HE’S USED EMOTIONS TO GET TO THE I-O-C WHEN PRESENTING CHICAGO. THEY SHOWED LETTERS FROM CHILDREN…VIDEOS OF THE PEOPLE OF CHICAGO…AND A STORY OF THE FIRST LADY’S DISABLED FATHER. THE DECISION IS BETWEEN CHICAGO…RIO DE JANEIRO…MADRID…AND TOKYO.
NEARLY THREE THOUSAND PEOPLE MAY STILL BE TRAPPED AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE HIT INDONESIA TWO DAYS AGO. THE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AGENCY SPOKESMAN SAYS 715 PEOPLE ARE CONFIRMED DEAD AND ANOTHER 24-HUNDRED ARE HOSPITALIZED. THEY’RE AFRAID THE DEATH TOLL COULD REACH OVER ONE-THOUSAND BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL TRAPPED. SEARCH TEAMS ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE AND THERE ARE TENTS… MEDICINE…FOOD…AND EMERGENCY WORKERS THERE TO HELP.
KANYE WEST IS STILL FEELING THE CONSEQUENCES FROM HIS ANTICS DURING THE M-T-V V-M-A AWARDS. JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER HIS JOINT TOUR WITH LADY GAGA…FAME KILLS… WAS ANNOUNCED…IT WAS CANCELLED. LIVE NATION SAYS PEOPLE WHO BOUGHT TICKETS CAN GET REFUNDS WHERE THEY BOUGHT THEM AND PHONE AND ONLINE PURCHASES ARE AUTOMATICALLY REFUNDED. THE TOUR WAS SUPPOSED TO START NEXT MONTH.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
News 10-1-09
THERE IS A SCAM IN MANHATTAN THAT R-C-P-D ARE WARNING RESIDENTS ABOUT. TWO MEN… 37-YEAR OLD HENRY BUCKLAND JUNIOR OF ARKANSAS AND 47-YEAR OLD MARK BUCKLAND OF TEXAS ARE CHARGED WITH DECEPTIVE COMMERCIAL PRACTICE. THEY TOLD THEIR VICTIM THEY HAD LEFT OVER ASPHALT AND COULD LAY IT FOR THEM AT A DISCOUNT. AFTER THEY FINISHED THEY DEMANDED A MUCH HIGHER PAYMENT. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SCAM YOU CAN CALL THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 7-8-5…5-3-7…2-1-1-2.
164 MEMBERS OF MANHATTAN’S WORKFORCE WILL BE OUT OF JOBS COME DECEMBER 5TH. VERIZON WIRELESS WILL BE CLOSING THE DOORS TO MANHATTAN’S CALL CENTER ALONG WITH ANOTHER IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. ACCORDING TO SPOKESWOMAN BRENDA HILL…VERIZON WILL HELP THE EMPLOYEES FIND OTHER JOBS AT RETAIL STORES OR CALL CENTERS. EARLIER THIS YEAR VERIZON AQUIRED THE CALL CENTER WHICH USED TO BE ALTELL.
THIS WEEKEND IS WAMEGO’S ANNUAL OZTOBER FEST. THE EVENT INCLUDES… ORIGINAL MUNCHKINS…COLUMBIAN THEATRE’S PRODUTIONS OF THE WIZARD OF OZ… THE OZ MUSEUM WILL BE OPEN AND MUCH MORE. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE COLUMBIAN THEATRE AND MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT OZTOBERFEST – DOT – COM.
TOPEKA HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLAND PARK IS ON PROBATION ADMINISTRATIVE PROBATION FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE KANSAS STATE HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION MADE THE DECISION TUESDAY AFTER A FIGHT BROKE OUT DURING THEIR GAME AGAINST TOPEKA HIGH. THE GAME WAS STOPPED WITH EIGHT FOURTY ONE LEFT. THE COACHES HAVE DISCIPLINED THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INVOLVED. HIGHLAND PARK PLAYS WASHBURN RURAL TOMORROW AT HOME.
WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE CONTAMINATED CARBONATED DRINKS MAKING PEOPLE SICK AT A LENEXA RESTAURANT HAS FOUND TO NOT BE THE CASE. CUSTOMERS OF MI RANCHITO WERE GETTING SICK…SOME ALMOST IMMEDIATELY... INSIDE THE DINING ESTABLISHMENT BACK IN AUGUST. THE SOURCE OF THE SICKNESS IS PESTICIDE IN THE SALSA. MI RANCHITO IS BACK OPEN AS OF LAST WEEK AFTER PASSING SAFETY INSPECTIONS AND EMPLOYEE SAFETY CHECKS.
THE SEASONAL FLU VACCINE IS RUNNING A LITTLE BEHIND. THIS IS BEING CAUSED BY NEEDING THE SWINE FLU VACCINE TOO. MORE THAN HALF OF THE 50-MILLION DOSES HAVE BEEN SHIPPED BY THE COMPANY SANOFI PASTEUR. ACCORDING TO SPOKESWOMAN DONNA CARY…IT COULD BE NOVEMBER UNITL SOME CUSTOMERS GET THEIR WHOLE ORDER.
164 MEMBERS OF MANHATTAN’S WORKFORCE WILL BE OUT OF JOBS COME DECEMBER 5TH. VERIZON WIRELESS WILL BE CLOSING THE DOORS TO MANHATTAN’S CALL CENTER ALONG WITH ANOTHER IN SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI. ACCORDING TO SPOKESWOMAN BRENDA HILL…VERIZON WILL HELP THE EMPLOYEES FIND OTHER JOBS AT RETAIL STORES OR CALL CENTERS. EARLIER THIS YEAR VERIZON AQUIRED THE CALL CENTER WHICH USED TO BE ALTELL.
THIS WEEKEND IS WAMEGO’S ANNUAL OZTOBER FEST. THE EVENT INCLUDES… ORIGINAL MUNCHKINS…COLUMBIAN THEATRE’S PRODUTIONS OF THE WIZARD OF OZ… THE OZ MUSEUM WILL BE OPEN AND MUCH MORE. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT THE COLUMBIAN THEATRE AND MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT OZTOBERFEST – DOT – COM.
TOPEKA HIGH SCHOOL HIGHLAND PARK IS ON PROBATION ADMINISTRATIVE PROBATION FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR. THE KANSAS STATE HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATION MADE THE DECISION TUESDAY AFTER A FIGHT BROKE OUT DURING THEIR GAME AGAINST TOPEKA HIGH. THE GAME WAS STOPPED WITH EIGHT FOURTY ONE LEFT. THE COACHES HAVE DISCIPLINED THE INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE INVOLVED. HIGHLAND PARK PLAYS WASHBURN RURAL TOMORROW AT HOME.
WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE CONTAMINATED CARBONATED DRINKS MAKING PEOPLE SICK AT A LENEXA RESTAURANT HAS FOUND TO NOT BE THE CASE. CUSTOMERS OF MI RANCHITO WERE GETTING SICK…SOME ALMOST IMMEDIATELY... INSIDE THE DINING ESTABLISHMENT BACK IN AUGUST. THE SOURCE OF THE SICKNESS IS PESTICIDE IN THE SALSA. MI RANCHITO IS BACK OPEN AS OF LAST WEEK AFTER PASSING SAFETY INSPECTIONS AND EMPLOYEE SAFETY CHECKS.
THE SEASONAL FLU VACCINE IS RUNNING A LITTLE BEHIND. THIS IS BEING CAUSED BY NEEDING THE SWINE FLU VACCINE TOO. MORE THAN HALF OF THE 50-MILLION DOSES HAVE BEEN SHIPPED BY THE COMPANY SANOFI PASTEUR. ACCORDING TO SPOKESWOMAN DONNA CARY…IT COULD BE NOVEMBER UNITL SOME CUSTOMERS GET THEIR WHOLE ORDER.
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