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.
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