Monday, November 16, 2009

News 11-16-09

THAT SNOW COMING DOWN OUTSIDE ISN’T YOUR IMAGINATION. MANHATTAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS ARE IN A WINTER STORM WARNING. IT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM TOMORROW MORNING. ACCORDING TO WEATHER.COM, A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURING. SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ALONG WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES.


A MANHATTAN WOMAN HAS POSTED 150-THOUSAND DOLLAR BAIL AFTER SHE WAS JAILED FRIDAY NIGHT IN SUSPICION OF SHOOTING HER EX-HUSBAND. 63 YEAR OLD MARTHA POTTER WAS RELEASED AROUND 4 AM SATURDAY. POLICE SAY THEY ARRIVED TO THE HOUSE ON PLYMOUTH ROAD WHEN THEY HEARD REPORTS THAT SOMEONE HAD BEEN SHOT. 70 YEAR OLD ROBERT POTTER WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. MORE DETAILS ARE EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED TODAY.


AND YOU THOUGHT SEXTING WAS SOMETHING ONLY TEENAGERS DID. A GODDARD KANSAS POLICE OFFICER ACCUSED OF SENDING NUDE PICTURES OF HIMSELF TO A WOMAN HE ARRESTED WILL BE SENTENCED TODAY. CALVIN SCHAFFER ADMITTED TO USING A POLICE DEPARTMENT COMPUTER TO SEND THE E-MAILS TO THE WOMAN. PROSECUTERS SAY SCHAFFER ARRESTED THE WOMAN ON FEBRUARY 27TH FOR DRUNKEN DRIVING AND OFFERED TO DISMISS THE CHARGES IN EXCHANGE FOR A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP. THE POLICE OFFICER PLEADED GUILTY IN SEPTEMBER TO FEDERAL WIRE FRAUD.


THE GARDEN CITY TEACHER WHO AUTHORITIES SAY FABRICATED AN ASSAULT STORY IS NO LONGER TEACHING IN THE DISTRICT. GARDEN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENT RICK ATHA SAYS THE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS EXPECTING MICHAEL BLANKS’S RESIGNATION AT A MEETING LATER TODAY. BLANKS WAS FINED $300 EARLIER THIS MONTH FOR FALSELY REPORTING A CRIME WHEN HE TOLD POLICE TWO MEN FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE SCHOOL AND BEAT HIM AND STABBED HIM IN THE LEG. POLICE BELIEVE BLANKS ACTUALLY FELL OFF A DESK WHILE STAPLING THINGS TO THE WALL.


THE TOPEKA SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A NEW ADDITION TO THEIR BUS FLEET. THEY HAVE THE FIRST PROPANE POWERED SCHOOL BUS IN THE STATE. IT IS YELLW AND LOOKS LIKE A REGULAR BUS, BUT IT’S QUIETER AND DOESN’T SMELL LIKE DIESEL. THE BUS DOES COST EIGHT-THOUSAND DOLLARS MORE THAN A DIESEL BUS BUT DISTRICT OFFICIALS SAY THE FUEL IS CHEAPER. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT’S DIRECTOR OF PURCHASING GARY MENKE SAYS THEY WILL SEE HOW THE BUS WORKS BEFORE THEY DECIDE TO BUY MORE.


SIX ASTRONAUTS WILL BE SPENDING THEIR THANKSGIVING IN SPACE. NASA HAS FUELED UP SPACE SHUTTLE ATLANTIS FOR ITS LIFT OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE 11 DAY FLIGHT THEY WILL BE BRINGING SPARE PARTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION. NASA WANTS TO STOCKPILE AS MUCH EQUIPMENT BEFORE THE SHUTTLE FLEET RETIRES NEXT YEAR. WITH LOW CLOUDS BEING THE ONLY CONCERN, EVERYTHING IS ON TRACK AND READY FOR TODAY’S 2:28 TAKE OFF.


JEWLERY THIEVES IN OHIO ARE IN FOR A SURPRISE. ROBBERS BROKE INTO HENRY’S JEWLERS IN TOLEDO AND STOLE WHAT LOOKED TO BE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN GOLD RINGS ON DISPLAY. STORE OWNER HENRY TRIPLETT SAYS THOSE WERE ACTUALLY BRASS RINGS WORTH BARLEY A QUARTER EACH. TRIPLETT HAD THE REAL RINGS LOCKED AWAY. THE REAL EXPENSE WILL BE REPLACING THE WINDOW AND THE GLASS IN THE 13 CASES THAT WERE BROKEN.


BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN MADE QUITE THE MISTAKE MULTIPLE TIMES DURING HIS SHOW IN MICHIGAN. DURING THE SHOW FRIDAY SPRINGSTEEN SAID “HELLO, OHIO!” AND REFERRED TO OHIO MULTILPLE TIMES. HIS GUITARIST STEVE VAN ZANDT TOLD HIM OF THE MISTAKE AND HE WAS CLEARLY EMBARRASSED. VAN ZANDT TOLD ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE SPRINGSTEEN WAS GUILTY OF “EVERY FRONMAN’S NIGHTMARE.” HE ADDED “SPRINGSTEEN KNEW THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF DETROIT BUT SOMEHOW DETROIT WOUND UP IN OHIO FOR A MINUTE.”

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