FORT RILEY’S 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION IS PREPARING MORE THAN NINE HUNDRED SOLDIERS FOR A YEAR LONG DEPLOYMENT TO IRAQ. THERE WILL BE A CEREMONY FRIDAY AT THE DIVISION HEADQUARTERS TO CASE THE DIVISION’S COLORS AND FORMALLY MARK THE OCCASION. THE SOLDIERS WILL BE JOINING THE 4TH BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM IN SOUTHERN IRAQ. MORE UNITS WILL BE DEPLOYED IN 2010.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD FOR THE FAMILY SHOT TO DEATH OVER THE WEEKEND IN BURLINGAME. JAMES KAHLER SHOT AND KILLED HIS WIFE, TWO DAUGHTERS, AND WIFE’S GRANDMOTHER DORTHY WRIGHT OUTSIDE WRIGHT’S HOME. WRIGHT DIED TUESDAY AFTER BEING IN THE HOSPITAL. KAHLER IS CHARGED WITH CAPITAL MURDER. HE WAS FORCED TO RESIGN FROM HIS JOB AS CITY UTILITIES DIRECTOR IN COLUMBIA MISSOURI BECAUSE OF REPORTS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.
NORTHEAST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN CRAWFORD COUNTY IS ON THE SEARCH FOR A NEW SUPERINTENDENT. THE FORMER SUPERINTENDENT MIKE PHILPOT ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT IN LATE OCTOBER. THE DEAN OF PITTSBURG STATE’S COLLEGE OF EDUCATIONS IS HELPING WITH THE SEARCH. APPLICATIONS FOR THE JOB ARE DUE BY JANUARY 8TH.
PAWNEE COUNTY MAY NOT HAVE A HOSPITAL IN THE FUTURE. A MEDIATION SESSION IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 18TH BETWEEN THE PAWNEE COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND CENTRAL KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER OF GREAT BEND. IT WAS ANNOUNCED IN JUNE THAT SAINT JOSEPH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN LARNED WOULD BE CLOSED. A LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED BY THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE ALLEGING IT WOULD ABANDON A VALUABLE CHARITABLE ASSET BY CLOSING THE HOSPITAL. IF THE MEDIATION DOESN’T WORK THE LAWSUIT WILL GO TO TRIAL JANUARY 27TH.
THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER HAS DROPPED FOR THE FIFTH STRAIGHT WEEK. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED IS NOW 457,000, THE LOWEST TOTAL SINCE THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 6TH 2008. WALL STREET ECONOMISTS WERE EXPECTING AN INCREASE BUT THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS ONE REASON THE NUMBER COULD HAVE DROPPED IS BECAUSE THE OFFICES WERE CLOSED FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.
A MAN IN GEORGIA DRESSED LIKE AN ELF WILL DEFINITLEY BE PUT ON SANTA’S BAD LIST. POLICE ARRESTED 45-YEAR OLD WILLIAM CALDWELL THE THIRD WHEN HE TOLD THE SANTA AT SOUTHLAKE MALL IN SUBURBAN ATLANTA HE WAS CARRYING DYNAMITE. CALDWELL WAS WAITING IN LINE TO GET HIS PICTURE WITH SANTA AND WHEN HE GOT TO THE FRONT AND TOLD HIM. SANTA CALLED MALL SECURITY AND THEY ARRESTED CALDWELL. HE FACES CHARGES INCLUDING HAVING HOAX DEVICES AND MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS. HE IS BEING HELD WITHOUT BOND.
COMCAST CORPORATION IS PUTTING SOME BIG BUCKS ON THE TABLE. THEY SAY THEY WILL PUT UP $6.5 BILLION IN CASH AND $7.25 BILLION IN ASSETS TO BUY 51% OF NBC UNIVERSAL FROM GENERAL ELECTRIC. THIS WILL MEAN THE BIGGEST CABLE PROVIDER IN THE US WILL CONTROL NBC AND TELEMUNDO NETWORKS, A COUPLE DOZEN CABLE CHANNELS, AND UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AND THEME PARK. SOME PEOPLE DON’T KNOW IF IT’S A GOOD IDEA HAVING ONE COMPANY IN CHARGE OF SO MUCH OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY BUT COMCAST SAYS CONSUMERS WILL BENEFIT.
THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS ARE IN AND TAYLOR SWIFT AND BEYONCE LEAD THE PACK. BEYONCE IS UP FOR 10 AND SWIFT IS UP FOR EIGHT. FOR BOTH OF THEM THEY INCLUDE ALBUM OF THE YEAR AND RECORD OF THE YEAR. SOME OF THEIR COMPETITION INCLUDES THE BLACK EYED PEAS, LADY GAGA, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, AND KINGS OF LEON. THE GRAMMY’S WILL BE JANUARY 31ST IN LOS ANGELES.
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