NO NEED TO MAKE THAT DRIVE TO OGDEN OR WAMEGO ON SUNDAYS ANYMORE. LIQUOR STORES ARE NOW OPEN ON SUNDAYS IN MANHATTAN. STARTING YESTERDAY THE DOORS WERE OPEN AND ALCOHOL WAS SOLD. THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED IN SEPTEMBER NOT ONLY INCLUDES SUNDAYS BUT ALSO SUMMER HOLIDAYS.
THE POPULAR GAME ROCK BAND ISN’T JUST FOR FUN ANYMORE. TWO K-STATE PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSORS ARE USING THE VIDEO GAME FOR RESEARCH. PROFESSOR CLIVE FULLIGAR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PATRICK KNIGHT ARE STUDYING SOMETHING KNOWN AS FLOW. IT’S WHEN PEOPLE LOSE TRACK OF TIME AND CONTINUE A TASK BECAUSE THEY ENJOY IT. RECENTLY THE PROFESSORS HAD STUDENTS PLAY FOR AN HOUR WHILE THEY SAT IN ADJECENT ROOMS WATCHING.
A FORT RILEY SOLDIER’S DEATH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. 24-YEAR OLD SERGEANT CRAIG GAGLIA WAS FOUND DEAD LAST MONDAY. GAGLIA WAS ASSIGNED AS A MEDIC TO HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST HEAVY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION. ACCORDING TO FORT RILEY, GAGLIA JOINED THE ARMY IN JUNE 2003 AND HAS BEEN DEPLOYED TWICE IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM.
A STAND OFF IN MIAMI COUNTY ENDED PEACFULLY EARLY THIS MORNING. MIAMI COUNTY SHERIFF FRANK KELLY SAYS THE STAND OFF BEGAN AROUND 6:30 PM WHEN SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE HOME. KELLY ADDS GUNSHOTS WERE EXCHANGED WHEN AN OFFICER TRIED TO CONTACT THE SUSPECT. POLICE CAUGHT THE SUSPECT, 56-YEAR OLD STEPHEN BOUCHER WHEN HE LEFT THE HOUSE AROUND 2 AM. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
A FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ WILL SPEAK AT FORT LEAVENWORTH THIS WEEK. RYAN CROCKER WILL BE SPEAKING TO MORE THAN 1,000 US AND INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS STUDYING AT THE COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE TUESDAY ABOUT LESSONS FROM THE FIGHT IN IRAQ. CROCKER WAS THE AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ FROM 2007 UNTIL FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. HE RETIRED AFTER 37 YEARS OF DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.
THE KANSAS LOTTERY IS ASKING PARENTS TO NOT GIVE THEIR UNDERAGE CHILDREN LOTTERY TICKETS AS GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. A RECENT STUDY SHOWS THAT 19% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED A LOTTERY TICKET OR SCRATH-OFF CARD AS A GIFT. THE KANSAS LOTTERY EXECUTIVE SAYS IT’S ILLEGAL FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 TO BUY A TICKET AND PARENTS SHOULDN’T GIVE TICKETS TO YOUNGER CHILDREN. LOTTERY OFFICIALS ADD THAT THERE’S A CONCERN GIVING TICKETS TO YOUNGER CHILDREN MAY ALSO FOSTER PROBLEM GAMBLING IN ADOLESCENTS.
FOUR LAKEWOOD POLICE OFFICERS ARE DEA AFTER BEING SHOT IN A COFFEE SHOP YESTERDAY MORNING. AFTER A SEVEN HOUR MANHUNT POLICE TRACKED DOWN THE SUSPECT MAURICE CLEMMONS TO A HOUSE IN SEATTLE. POLICE NOW BELIEVE CLEMMONS IS EITHER WOUNDED OR DEAD. THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM BY LOUDSPEAKER…EXPLOSIONS…AND EVEN A ROBOT BUT HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE. CLEMMONS HAS A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY INCLUDING A 95 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE THAT WAS COMMUTED IN 2000 BY THEN ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE.
FUNNY MAN TOM ARNOLD GOT MARRIED THIS WEEKEND FOR THE FOURTH TIME. MORE THAN 75 FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED IN AN INTIMATE CEREMONY SATURDAY IN MAUI TO SEE ARNOLD AND ASHLEY GROUSSMAN TIE THE KNOT. THE TWO MET THROUGH MUTUAL FRIENDS IN 2008 AND BECAME ENGAGED LAST MARCH AT ARNOLDS 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY. ON THEIR WEDDINGCHANNEL.COM PAGE ARNOLD WROTE “I KNEW THAT IF I COULD GET ASHLEY TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ME, I’D NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE AS LONG AS I LIVED.” AND GROUSSMAN WROTE “I’M THE LUCKIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD.”
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