IT’S TIME TO GET OUT THE MITTENS AND BOOTS BECAUSE IT’S THERE’S SNOW IN THE FORCAST. COUNTIES INCLUDING RILEY, POTTAWATOMIE, GEARY, AND WABAUNSEE ARE UNDER A WINTER STORM WATCH STARTING LATE TONIGHT GOING INTO LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IS ESTIMATING A POSSIBILITY OF 5TO EIGHT 8NEAR I-70 AND UP TO 9TO 12 FOR THE COUNTIES ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER. THEY ALSO WARN OF HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAKING TRAVEL DANGEROUS AND BLOWING SNOW.
THE AIR IN TOPEKA MAY BE CLEANER ON YOUR NEXT VISIT THAN IT WAS LAST TIME. THE CLEAN AIR ORDINANCE PASSED IN SEPTEMBER TOOK EFFECT FRIDAY AND WITHOUT ANY INCIDENTS. THIS MEANS NO SMOKING INSIDE OF PUBLIC PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF RETAIL TOBACCO STORES AND OUTDOOR PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT. IF ANY TOPEKA BUSINESSES NEED HELP ENFORCING THIS THE CITY ASKS THE MANAGERS TO CALL THE POLICE.
A WICHITA MAN HIT THE JACKPOT THREE WEEKS AGO BUT DIDN’T REALIZE UNTIL JUST RECENTLY THAT HAD. THE MAN…WHO ASKED FOR HIS NAME NOT BE RELEASED…FIGURED OUT HE WON $1.2 MILLION WHILE GOING THROUGH OLD TICKETS IN HIS WIFE’S GLOVE BOX. THE MAN TOLD LOTTERY OFFICIALS HE THOUGHT HE “WAS GOING TO HAVE A CORINARY” WHEN HE FIGURED OUT HIS NUMBERS MATCHED. HE WILL BE GETTING A CHECK FOR $856,585 AFTER TAXES AND HE IS GOING TO PAY OFF EVERYTHING AND THEN START HIS FIRST SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
WICHITA HAS BEEN PICKED TO HOST THE 2011 JUNIOR OLYMPICS. THE SIX DAY EVENT WILL BRING IN MORE THAN 6,000 YOUNG ATHLETES AND WILL PUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE ECONOMY. HOUSTON AND DES MOINES IOWA WERE THE OTHER FINALISTS.
NEW RADIO AND TELEVISION COMMERCIALS WILL BE OUT TODAY FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION CONCERNING THE SWINE FLU. THE PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS WILL BE TARGETING CHILDREN, THEIR PARENTS, YOUNG ADULTS, AND HIGH RISK GROUPS. THEY WILL MENTION HOW THE VACCINE SHORTAGE IS EASING AND MORE WILL DOSES WILL BE OUT THIS WEEK. THE CDC ESTIMATES 22-MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH THE FLU AND 3,900 HAVE DIED OF IT. AS THE VACCINE BECOMES MORE PLENTYFUL, MORE PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET IT.
THE DEATH TOLL KEEPS RISING AFTER A FIRE BROKE OUT IN A RUSSIAN NIGHT CLUB. RIGHT NOW THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IS AT 113 BUT THE THOUGHT OF MORE STILL LOOMS OVER THE CITY OF PERM. ACCORDING TO THE HEALTH MINISTER AT LEAST 68 OF THE 130 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED AFTER THE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FIRE ARE ON RESPIRATORS. THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY AN INDOOR FIREWORKS DISPLAY.
THIS WILL BE DIANE SAWYER’S LAST WEEK ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA AS SHE PREPARES TO TAKE OVER FOR CHARLES GIBSON ON THE ABC WORLD NEWS. GIBSON’S LAST SHOW WILL BE DECEMBER 18TH AND SAWYER WILL START ON DECEMBER 21ST. SAWYER HAS BEEN ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA FOR 10 YEARS AND SHE SAYS “I’VE CALCULATED 2,881 SHOWS. ROUGHLY.” GIBSON ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT IN SEPTEMBER.
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