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.

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