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.
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