Tuesday, September 29, 2009

News 9-29-09

ONE MANHATTAN MAN IS IN TROUBLE AFTER A RUN IN WITH THE POLICE. LAST NIGHT 20-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA GARCIA WAS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE…NO KANSAS DRUG TAX STAMP…FELONY POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA…AND MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. HE IS ON A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. THIS ARREST CAME FROM AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF THE DRUG DISTRIBUTION IN MANHATTAN.

JUNCTION CITY’S FORMER MAYOR’S TRIAL IS UNDERWAY. THE JURY WAS SELECTED YESTERDAY. MICK WUNDER IS ACCUSED OF BANK FRAUD…CONSPIRACY…AND UNLAWFUL MONETARY TRANSACTIONS FOR A DEAL WITH LAWRENCE DEVELOPER DAVID FREEMAN. WUNDER PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN JULY.


A YEAR LONG INVESTIGATION IN JUCTION CITY HAS LED TO AN ARREST. 54-YEAR OLD THOMAS STAWSKI WAS ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY AND CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL THERAD AND AGGRAVATED INTIMIDATION AT A WITNESS. LAST OCTOBER SOMEONE REPORTED GETTING MAIL WITH PICTURES OF RACIAL VIOLENCE AGAINST MINORITIES. THIS LED THE POLICE TO AN INVESTIGATION AND AFTER FORENSICS TESTING LED THEM TO STAWSKI.


TWO ARE NOW DEAD AFTER A SHOOTOUT YESTERDAY. ACCORDING TO SEDGWICK COUNTY OFFICIALS… 26-YEAR OLD DEPUTY BRIAN ETHERIDGE WHO WAS SHOT YESTERDAY HAS DIED. HE WAS ON THE SCENE OF WHAT NOW COULD HAVE POSSIBLT BEEN A FAKE CALL IN SOUTHEAST WICHITA. POLICE SURROUNDED THE HOUSE WHERE THEY BELIEVED SUSPECT WAS. AFTER SPOTTING HIM IN A FIELD…THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE AND THE SUSPECT DIED TOO. RIGHT NOW THE SUSPECT IS ONLY BEING NAMED AS 27-YEAR OLD PAROLEE.


RIBBONS WILL BE CUT THURSDAY IN SALINA AT THE NEW KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD HEADQUARTERS. THE NEW CENTER IS CALLED THE GREAT PLAINS JOINT TRAINING CENTER. AFTER THAT RIBBON IS CUT…ANOTHER WILL BE FOR THE CRISIS CITY TRAINING VENUE. THIS HEADQUARTERS IS FOR THE 284TH AIR SUPPORT OPERATIONS SQUADRON.


LAWRENCE BUSINESS JOE COLLEGE HAS A CHUNCK OF MONEY THEY HAVE TO PAY. THE T-SHIRT COMPANY HAS TO PAY KANSAS ATHLETICS MORE THAN 667-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COVER LEGAL FEES AND CASE EXPENSES. JOE COLLEGE WAS MAKING T-SHIRTS THAT INFRINGED ON THE JAYHAWK’S TRADEMARK. THEY WERE ALSO ORDERED EARLIER TO PAY 127-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PENALTIES. UNFORTUNATELY FOR JOE COLLEGE’S OWNER LARRY SINKS…HE SAYS HE DOESN’T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY.


THREE PEOPLE ON A BOAT FROM FLORIDA TO THE BAHAMAS HAVE NOT BEEN SCENE SINCE SUNDAY. ACCORDING TO A NEWS RELEASE…A FRIEND OF THE BOAT’S OWNER SAID HE QUIT GETTING SATTELITE SIGNALS FROM THE BOAT AND CALLED EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. THE BOAT CALLED THE FLYING PIG’S LAST SIGNAL WAS FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF THE GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND. THE COAST GUARD HAS USED A JET TO SEARCH FOR THE MISSING BOAT.



A 9-1-1 DISPATCHER IN MASSACHUESETTES HAD QUITE THE SHOCK WHEN HE ANSWERED A FIRE CALL. THE CALL WAS TO DISPATCHER MIKE BOWES’S OWN HOUSE. HE KEPT ASKING THE CALLER IF THEY WERE SURE OF THE ADDRESS. BOWES RUSHED HOME BECAUSE HIS PARENTS LIVED THERE TOO. FORTUNATLEY,HIS PARENTS WERE IN THE STREET WHEN HE GOT HOME. BOWES SAYS…”NOBODY DIED. WE CAN REBUILD…THE THINGS WE LOST WE CAN GET BACK. THEY’RE MTERIAL THINGS.” ACCORDING TO THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL…THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A NEIGHBOR’S OUTDOOR FIREPLACE THAT WAS LEFT UNATTENDED.


A FLORIDA MAN IS UPSET AFTER COMING HOME FROM VACATION AFTER A ROOFING COMPANY CALLED AND SAID THEY ACCIDENTLY TOOK OFF HIS ROOF. 76-YEAR OLD DAVID FISCHER WANTS HIS ROOF REPLACED FOR FREE BUT BOSSLER..THE COMPANY…SAYS THAT HE’LL JUST HAVE TO PAY HIS DEDUCTABLE. BOSSLER’S LAWYER IS NOT SURE HOW THIS MISTAKE HAPPENED. IF THIS DOESN’T GET FIXED SOON…FISCHER IS CONDISERING A LAWSUIT.

Monday, September 28, 2009

News 9-28-09


YOU MAY BE SEEING STUDENTS ON CAMPUS GETTING YOUNGER BUT DON’T WORRY…YOU’RE NOT GETTING OLDER FASTER. KANSAS STATE IS TEAMING UP WITH HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE TO ENCOURAGE GIRLS TO CONSIDER A FUTURE IN MATH…SCIENCE…OR ENGINEERING. THEY WILL GO TO CLASS…TOUR THE CAMPUS…MEET WITH STUDENT MENTORS…AND GO TO A WORKSHOP ABOUT CHOOSING THEIR CAREER. THIS IS PUT ON BY K-STATE’S WOMEN IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE PROGRAM.


THE DEATH OF A DODGE CITY CHILD IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. POLICE SAY TWO-YEAR-OLD JOSE GUERRERO WASN’T BREATHING WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT HIS HOME LAST WEEK. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD WHEN HE ARRIVED AT WESTERN PLAINS MEDICAL COMPLEX.


A MAN WHO IS ALREADY IN THE HUTCHINSON JAIL FOR ROBBERY JUST GOT HIMSELF CHARGED FOR SENDING A THREATENING LETTER. INMATE GREGORY WEIR SENT GOVERNOR MARK PARKINSON A LETTER SAYING HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT HIM AFTER HE GOT OUT OF JAIL NEXT MONTH. THE LETTER WAS INTERCEPTED BY PRISON WORKERS LAST MONTH.


A KANSAS MARINE AND HIS DOG ARE REUNITED AGAIN. WHILE IN AFGHANISTAN…LEUTENANT CHRIS CORMAN AND SOME OF HIS FRIENDS FOUND A DOG. CORMAN’S PARENTS ENDED UP RAISING FOUR-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GET THE MUTT BACK TO DERBY KANSAS.


KANSAS REPRESENTATIVE JERRY MORAN HAS SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN’S SUPPORT IN HIS RACE FOR SAM BROWNBACK’S SENATE SEAT. MCCAIN SAYS MORAN HAS PROVEN HIS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. MORAN WILL BE FACING TODD TIAHRT (TEA-HEART) IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. BROWNBACK WILL BE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AT THE END OF HIS 2010 TERM.


PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE IN COPENHAGEN DENMARK AT THE END OF THIS WEEK TO MAKE A PUSH TO GET THE 2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN CHICAGO. OBAMA IS THE FIRST U-S PRESIDENT TO GO TO AN INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE VOTE. CHICAGO IS UP AGAINST MADRID…TOKYO…RIO DE JENEIRO..AND POSSIBLY COPENHAGEN. THE UNITED STATES HAS HOSTED FOUR OTHER SUMMER GAMES.


A SAN FRANSICO ZOO GOER IS VERY LUCKY AFTER A STUNT HE PULLED SATURDAY. THE 27-YEAR-OLD MAN SNUCK INTO THE GRIZZLY BEAR EXHIBIT BUT WAS IMMEDIATELY RESCUED AFTER ANOTHER VISITOR TOLD ZOO STAFF HE WAS IN THERE. THE MAN WAS CONSCIOUS BUT NOT RESPONDING WHEN THEY GOT HIM OUT. THEY DO NOT KNOW WHY HE GOT IN THE BEAR CAGE.


THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CREW MADE A BIG MISTAKE DURING THE SEASON PREMIERE. DURING A SKIT CALLED BIKER CHIT CHAT JENNY SLATE DROPPED AN F-BOMB. AFTER SAYING IT…SLATE PUFFED OUT HER CHEEKS AFTER MAYBE REALIZING WHAT SHE HAD DONE. THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ON S-N-L. CHARLES ROCKET MADE THE SAME MISTAKE IN 1981.

Friday, September 25, 2009

News 9-25-09

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICALLY HAS A NEW PRESIDENT TODAY. YESTERDAY KIRK SCHULZ WAS INAUGURATED AS THE THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT OF KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY. THE HOUR AND A HALF LONG CEREMONY TOOK PLACE AT BRAMLAGE COLISEUM IN FRONT OF STUDENTS, FACULY, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND HIGHER EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVES. PRESIDENT SCHULZ WILL BE ADDRESSING THE UNIVERSITY'S GOALS AT THE STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS TODAY AT 3:30 PM IN THE K – STATE ALUMNI CENTER BALLROOM.



A CAR CRASH THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE ON HIGHWAY 10 NEAR DE SOTO IS BEING FURTHER INVESTIGATED TODAY. A REPORT SAYS THAT ERIC SILL OF OLATHE WAS DRIVING EAST IN WEST BOUND LANES ON KANSAS 10. THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THAT A DIFFERENT DRIVER IS NOW AT FAULT FOR THE CRASH THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE. THE SEPTEMBER TWELFTH CRASH KILLED SILL AND KARA MORGAN OF LAWRENCE.



OLATHE CHILDREN WILL BE RIDING THE BUS TO SCHOOL AGAIN. BUS DRIVERS IN THE OLATHE SCHOOL DISTRICT AGREED ON A NEW CONTRACT TODAY WITH THE BUSING COMPANY FIRST STUDENT. EARLIER IN THE WEEK BUS DRIVERS IN THREE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS REJECTED OFFERS AND BEGAN A STRIKE.



FEDERAL OFFICIALS IN ILLINOIS AND TEXAS HAVE CAPTURED TWO MEN WHO WERE PLANNING TO BLOW UP SEPARATE BUILDINGS IN THE U.S. THIS WEEK. MICHAEL FINTON OF SPRINGFIELD, ILL. AND HOSAM MAHER HUSEIN SMADI, A JORDANIAN NATIONAL, ARE BEHIND BARS TODAY. FINTON WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET OFF EXPLOSIVES AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE NEAR THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL AND SMADI WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE PLACED A CAR BOMB BENEATH A SIXTY STORY OFFICE TOWER. BOTH MEN FACE A CONVICTION OF LIFE BEHIND BARS. AUTHORTIES SAY THAT THE MEN DIDN’T KNOW ONE ANOTHER.



PITTSBURGH IS BRACING FOR A FLOCK OF PROTESTORS TODAY. THE G-20 ECONOMIC SUMMIT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY TODAY. RIOT POLICE TURNED BACK HUNDREDS OF DEMONSTRATORS AND ARRESTED NEARLY SEVENTY PEOPLE YESTERDAY. AT THE SUMMIT LEADERS OF FRANCE, BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES ARE WARNING IRAQ THAT IT WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE UNLESS IT COMES CLEAN ABOUT ITS NUCLER AMBITIONS.



THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR WILL BE GETTING A BIT MORE WONDERFUL THIS YEAR. REO SPEEDWAGON IS SET TO RECORD A CHRSITMAS ALBUM CALLED “NOT SO SILENT NIGHT – CHRISTMAS WITH REO SPEEDWAGON.” THE ALBUM WILL INCLUDE 13 SONGS AND WILL BE RELEASED OCTOBER 27TH.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

News 9-23-09

A MOM IN WICHITA IS IN SOME TROUBLE TODAY. POLICE SAY THAT THE MOTHER CLAIMED TO HAVE DROPPED HER 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OFF AT A NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE, THEN SOON AFTER REPORTED THE GIRL MISSING. FOLLOWING THE MOTHER’S REPORT MORE THAN 20 OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEERS STARTED LOOKING FOR THE GIRL. POLICE SAY THAT THE MOTHER TOLD THE NEIGHBOR TO HIDE HER DAUGHTER INSIDE THE HOUSE. THE MOTHER IS NOW IN JAIL FOR FILING A FALSE POLICE REPORT. HER DAUGHTER IS IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.


THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AUTHORITY IS RECEIVING A GRANT OF 198 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HELP ITS MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG SEX OFFENDERS. AUTHORITY COMMISSIONER J. RUSSELL JENNINGS SAYS THE FUNDS WILL PAY FOR A BROAD REVIEW OF THE WAY KANSAS TREATS AND SUPERVISES JUVENILE SEX OFFENDERS. THE GRANT WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY.


A KANSAS VETERAN IS RECEIVING A LITTLE LOVE FROM THE FRENCH TODAY. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT IS HONORING RAYMOND SCHRADER WITH ITS HIGHEST AWARD FOR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR TWO. THE CEREMONY WAS HELD ON MONDAY AT THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. SCHRADER SAID THE HONOR WAS “REALLY GREAT.”


WE’VE GOT MORE NEWS ON THE MURDER OF YALE GRADUATE STUDENT ANNIE LE. THE FORMER GIRLFRIEND OF YALE LAB TECHNICIAN RAYMOND CLARK III SAYS THAT HE WAS VERY CONTROLLING, OFTEN TELLING HER WHAT TO WEAR AND WHERE TO GO. POLICE SAY THAT CO-WORKERS ALSO DESCRIBED HIM AS A “CONTROL FREAK.” A MESSAGE IS BEING SENT TO CLARK’S PUBLIC DEFENDERS THIS MORNING.


A SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER IS IN SOME TROUBLE THIS MORNING. SYLVIA TAGLE IS BEING CHARGED WITH ABUSE AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY SHE PUT HOT SAUCE IN AN AUTISTIC STUDENT’S SODA. AUTHORITIES SAY SHE SPIKED THE SODA TO TEACH THE STUDENT A LESSON AFTER HE GRABBED THE SODA FROM TAGLE’S DESK. JURORS FOUND TAGLE NOT GUILTY OF THREE OTHER CHARGES, ONE BEING PULLING A STUDENT’S HAIR. TAGLE’S SENTECING IS SCHEDULES FOR OCTOBER 7TH. SHE WILL FACE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.


THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IS GOING TO BE ADDING SOME BIG NAMES TO ITS HALLWAYS IN 2010. KISS, LL COOL J AND THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS COULD BE A PART OF NEW INDUCTEES. THERE ARE MANY OTHER ARTISTS UP FOR THE NOMINATION BUT ONLY FIVE ACTS MAKE IT IN. THE 25TH ANNUAL INDUCTION CEREMONY IS SET FOR MARCH 15TH IN NEW YORK CITY. INDUCTEES WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN DECEMBER.


Monday, September 21, 2009

News 9-21-09

KANSAS STATE HAS LOST A VALUED MEMBER OF THEIR ATHLETIC SOMMUNITY TODAY. LEGENDARY ROWING COACH DON ROSE PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY AT MERCY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS. ROSE IS KNOWN FOR BUILDING THE K-S-U ROWING TEAM FROM NOTHING INTO A POWER HOUSE. HE WAS 79.


A KANSAS CITY GIRL IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION TODAY. A REFRIGERATOR FELL OUT OF A TRUCK GOING SOUTH ON I-35 AND STRUCK THE CAR OF CITARA JO JUAREZ. POLICE SAY THAT THE REFRIGERATOR FELL FROM THE TRUCK FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON OR FELL OUT WHEN THE TRUCK CARRYING THE FRIDGE WAS STRUCK. THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL GOING ON. JUAREX WASN’T WEARING HER SEATBELT. SHE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THE OVERLAND PARK REGIONAL CENTER.


WORK ON THE FANCY CREEK BRIDGE ON U-S 77 WILL BEGIN TODAY. WORKERS WILL BE REPLACING BEARING DEVICES UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE DECK. SOME SHORT RAOD CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED BUT THE LONGEST IS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE 15 MINUTES LONG. LONGER DELAYS MIGHT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE RAIN. . K-DOT SAYS YOU MAY WANT TO USE ALTERNATE ROUTES OR GIVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME. THE WORK IS SCHEDULED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. IT IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNITL MID OCTOBER.

HARRISIONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSED TODAY. A FIRE BROKE OUT ON FRIDAY IN THE CUSTODIAL CLOSET WHICH FORCED STUDENTS TO EVACUATE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH. THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY PUT OUT AND STUDENTS WERE THEN SENT HOME. CREWS WILL CONTINUE THE CLEAN UP TODAY. EIGHT CALSSROOMS AND SOME HALLWAYS RECEIVED DAMAGE. DISTRICK OFFICIALS SAY THEY HOPE TO GET CLASSES RUNNING BY TOMORROW.

A SCHOOL BUS AND SEMI COLLIDED THIS MORNING. THE TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED AT SIX A.M. THIS MORNING AT WESTBOUND I-670 ON THE RAMP TO THE SOUTHBOUND I-35. FORTUANTELY THERE WERE NO CHILDREN IN THE BUS AND BOTH THE DRIVERS ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES.

IN NATIONAL NEWS FCC CHAIRMAN, JENA GENACHOWSKI, SAYS THAT WIRELESS CARRIERS SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BLOCK CERTAIN TYPES OF INTERNET TRAFFIC FLOWING OVER THEIR NETWORKS. IN A SPEECH TODAY GENACHOWSKI WILL SPEAK TALK ADDRESS WHY WIRELESS CARRIERS SHOULD BE UNDER THE SAME “OPEN INTERNET” RULES THAT THE AGNECY HAS BEGUN TO APPLY TO HOME BROADBAND PROVIDERS.

THE 61ST EMMY AWARDS WERE LAST NIGHT. SOME OF THE WINENRS WERE 30 ROCK FOR OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES, THE AMAZING RACE FOR OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM AND THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART FOR OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES.

Friday, September 18, 2009

News 9-18-09

AGGIEFEST IS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN AGGIEVILLE. OVER 60 BANDS WILL BE PLAYING AT 8 VENUES. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT SISTERS OF SOUND OR ON THE WILDSIDE. THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR FOR THE EVENT.



EVEN THOUGH K-STATE’S HOMECOMING IS WEEKS AWAY….FORT RILEY WILL BE HAVING ONE THIS MORNING. SOLDIERS FROM THE SECOND BRIGADE FIRST INFANTRY WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY BACK HOME THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE FIRST GROUP OF THE FIRST INFANTRY TO COME BACK AND THE REST WILL BE ON THEIR WAY HOME OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. A BIG CEREMONY IS PLANNED AT FORT RILEY. THERE WILL BE LIVE VIDEO FEED OF THEM COMING BACK TO KANSAS AND HEADING TO THE POST.


WORKERS WILL BEGIN REPAIRS TO FANCY CREEK BRIDGE ON U-S 77 MONDAY. THEY WILL BE REPLACING BEARING DEVICES UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE DECK. THERE MAY BE SOME ROAD CLOSURES BUT THEY ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO LAST AROUND 15 MINUTES. THERE COULD BE A POSSIBLITY FOR LONGER DELAYS THOUGH. K-DOT SAYS YOU MAY WANT TO USE ALTERNATE ROUTES OR GIVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME. THE WORK IS SCHEDULED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. IT IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNITL MID OCTOBER.

LEAVENWORTH DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MAYOR THIS MORNING THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WENT TO BED WITH. LAST NIGHT MAYOR SHAY BAKER WAS REMOVED FROM OFFICE BY CITY COMMISIONERS VOTES. BAKER WILL STAY ON THE CITY COMMISSION. BAKER HAD WRITTEN A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR A FRIEND WHO WAS CONVICED OF DRUG DEALING. SHE APPOLOGIZED LAST NIGHT SAYING SHE WROTE THE LETTER FOR PERSONAL REASONS NOT AS MAYOR.



THE DEATH OF THE YALE GRADUATE STUDENT IS BEEING LOOKED AT AS WORKPLACE VIOLENCE. POLICE THINK ANNIE LE MAY HAVE HAD A DISPUTE WITH RAYMOND CLARK WHO HAS BEED DESCRIBED AS AN OVERBEARING CONTROL FREAK. CLARK IS NOW IN THE STATE PRISON IN NEW HAVEN.



THE LIGHT IS NEAR FOR ONE SOAP OPERA. THE DAYTIME SOAP GUIDING LIGHT WILL BE ENDING ITS RUN AFTER 72 YEARS. IT BEGAN ON N-B-C RADIO IN 1937. WITH SOAP OPERAS NOT BEING AS POPULAR IT’S NOT SURPRISING TO SOME THAT GUIDING LIGHT IS GOING OFF THE AIR. TODAY WILL BE THEIR LAST EPISODE.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

News 9-17-09

KANSAS STATE AND CLOUD COUNTY COMMINITY COLLEGE HAVE MADE FOUR NEW DEALS. K-S-U HAS SIGNED FOUR TWO PLUS TWO DEALS WITH CLOUD COUNTY. A TWO PLUS TWO DEAL IS WHERE A STUDENT CAN EARN AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THEN TRANSFER THOSE CREDITS OVER TO THE UNIVERSITY TO EARN THEIR BACHELOR’S DEGREE. CLOUD COUNTY IS THE 15TH IN-STATE SCHOOL TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT LIKE THIS WITH K-STATE.


AS THE FOCUS CHANGES IN THE WAR OVER SEAS….SO DOES THE FOCUS AT FORT RILEY. FORT RILEY HAS BEEN TRAINING GROUPS OF 12 TO 16 SOLDIERS TO GO AND ADVISE IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. INSTEAD…THIS WILL BE MOVED TO FORT POLK IN LOUISIANA WHERE THEY WILL TRAIN GROUPS OF 35-HUNDRED SOLDIERS. THEY WILL DO ABOUT THE SAME JOB…THE U-S JUST THINKS A BIGGER GROUP CAN DO A BETTER JOB.


SOMEONE NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE WILL BE ADVISING THOSE UNITS IN IRAQ. JUNCTION CITY POLICE CHIEF BOB STOREY WILL BE STEPPING DOWN TO WORK FOR A PRIVATE SERCURITY COMPANY IN IRAQ. STOREY TOLD CITY OFFICIALS THEY COULD EITHER GIVE HIM A LEAVE OF ABSENCE OR HIS RETIREMENT. CITY MANAGER ROD BARNES SAYS THEY’RE LEANING TOWARD ACECPTING THE RETIREMENT BUT WILL MEET WITH THE CITY’S ATTORNEY BEFORE ANY DECISIONS ARE MADE. STOREY WILL BE GONE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.


IF YOU’RE ON U-S 24 HIGHWAY YOU MAY BE SPEEDING AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT. THE SPEED LIMIT HAS BEEN LOWERED FROM 60 MILES PER HOUR TO 55 ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 24 TO EXCEL ROAD. THIS HAS BEEN DONE AFTER THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DID A SPEED STUDY.


SEDGWICK COUNTY HAS BANNED EMPLOYEES FROM USING CELL PHONES WHILE ON COUNTY BUSINESS. THIS BAN WAS APPROVED YESTERDAY. HOWEVER… THERE IS AN ACCEPTION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS LIKE SHERIFF’S OFFICERS…E-M-S…AND FIREFIGHTERS. THIS BAN COVERS ALL PHONES INCLUDING HANDS FREE. AFTER A NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL REPORT…SEDGWICK COUNTY RISK MANAGEMENT OFFICER MICK MCBRIDE SAYS THAT’S WHERE THE NEW RULE CAME FROM. THE REPORT SAYS MORE THAN HALF A MILLION WRECKS HAPPEN AND 26-HUNDRED PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR FROM CELL PHONE USAGE WHILE DRIVING.


AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN THE KILLING OF THE YALE GRADUATE STUDENT. NEW HAVEN POLICE CHIEF JAMES LEWIS SAYS THEY ARRESSTED RAYMOND CLARK III AND HIS BOND IS SET AT THREE-MILLION DOLLARS. CLARK IS A LAB TECHNICIAN IN THE BUILDING WHERE LE’S (LAY’S) BODY WAS FOUND. LE TOO WORKED AT THIS LAB. HER BODY WAS FOUND SUNDAY IN A WALL AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS SAY SHE WAS SUFFOCATED.


ONE MAN ISN’T CLOWNING AROUND WHEN HE SAYS HE’S GOING TO SPACE. CIRQUE DU DOLEIL FOUNDER GUY LALIBERTE PLANS TO BE THE “FIRST CLOWN IN SPACE” AND HAS A FEW TRICKS UP HIS SLEEVE. LALIBERTE SAYS HE PLANS TO TICKLE THE ASTRONAUTS WHILE THEY SLEEP AND IS BRINGING PLENTY OF RED CLOWN NOSES. HE WILL BE PAYING 35-MILLION DOLLARS TO GO UP TO THE SPACE STATION. THIS TRIP ISN’T ALL FUN AND GAMES THOUGH….LALIBERTE IS USING THIS TRIP TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WORLDWIDE WATER SHORTAGES.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

News 9-16-09

LIQUOR SALES ON SUNDAYS IN MANHATTAN HAVE PASSED. OWNERS OF LIQUOR STORES IN THE AREA REQUESTED THIS ORDINANCE. THEY WERE LOSING SALES TO THE CITIES SURROUNDING US. ALSO DURING THE MEETING THEY PASSED THE RENTAL INSPECTION ORDINANCE.


AN UPDATE ON A RECENT STORY. A CAR FOUND AT THE BOTTOME OF THE MISSOURI RIVER IS NOT THE CAR OF A MISSING ELDERLY COUPLE. BILLIE “BOB” BLACK AND HIS WIFE MARY LOU HAVE BEEN MISSING SINCE LAST WEEK. A SILVER ALERT IS IN AFFECT FOR THE ELDERLY COUPLE.


A KANSAS CITY WOMAN IS BEING TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES TODAY. CRISITNA SHELL WAS EXITING U-S 69 HIGHWAY IN KANSAS CITY WHEN SHE REALIZED THAT HER CAR WAS NOT SLOWING DOWN. THE HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THAT SHELL JUMPED FROM THE CAR BEFORE IT WRECKED.


FOLLOWING UP ON A RECENT STORY. A YALE LAB TECHNICIAN HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM POLICE CUSTODY THIS MORNING. THE TECHNICIAN WAS NAMED AS A PERSON OF INTEREST IN THE DEATH OF YALE STUDENT ANNIE LE (LAY). LE’S (LAYS) BODY WAS FOUND IN THE WALL ON WHAT WAS TO BE HER WEDDING DAY.


A FOLOW UP STORY ON THE NATION’S TERROR ALERT SYSTEM. A SPECIAL TASK FORCE HAS CUT THE FIVE COLOR ALERT SYSTEM DOWN TO THREE. THE CHANGE TO THE COLOR ALERT SYSTEM IS IN THWE WORKS AFTER A 60-DAY BIPARTISAM REVIEW OF THE COLOR CODED ALERT SYSTEM. IF THE COLOR ALERT SYSTEM REMAINS THE THREE COLORS THAT WILL BE USED WILL BE YELLOW, ORANGE, AND RED.


CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ROSE SLIGHTLY IN AUGUST BECAUSE OF HIGHER GAS PRICES. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ROSE 0.4 PERSENT IN AUGUST AFTER A FLAT READING IN JULY.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

NEWS 9-15-09

NOBODY PUTS BABY IN THE CORNER. AFTER A LONG BATTLE WITH PANCREATIC CANCER PATRICK SWAYZE IS DEAD AT THE AGE OF 57. SWAYZE HAS BEEN BATTLING THE CANCER FOR 20 MONTHS. MANY STARS AND FANS ARE MOURNING THIS MORNING INCLUDING CO-STAR DEMI MOORE. SWAYZE IS BEST KNOWN FOR IS ROLES IN GHOST…DIRTY DANCING…AND BEING 1991’S SEXIEST MAN ALIVE.

MAYBE DENTISTRY IS THE NEXT THE PROFESSION TO GET INTO. A STATE REPORT SAYS KANSAS IS GOING TO HAVE A SHORTAGE OF DENTISTS IN THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS. RIGHT NOW…91 OF THE 105 COUNTIES ALREADY HAVE A SHORTAGE. THE DIRECTOR OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S BUREAU OF ORAL HEALTH SAYS IT’S HARD TO RECRUIT DENTISTS TO RURAL AREAS. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THERE’S NO DENTAL SCHOOL IN KANSAS.



TWO KANSAS SOLDIERS ARE DEAD AFTER ATTACKS IN AFGHANISTAN. ONE OF THOSE IS 23-YEAR-OLD SARGENT TYLER JUDEN OF ARKANSAS CITY. JUDEN WAS IN HIS SECOND TOUR OF AFGHANISTAN WHEN HE WAS HIT BY ROCKET-PROPELLED GRENADES AND SMALL-ARMS FIRE. HIS FAMILY SAYS HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS SHOOTING ABILITY. SPECIALIST DANIEL COX OF PARSONS WAS ALSO KILLED. HE TOO WAS 23.



KEEPING YOU UPDATED ON STORIES….THE BODY FOUND IN AURORA COLORADO THAT LED TO A MANHUNT AND HOSTAGE SITUATION OVER THE WEEKEND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. IT HAS BEEN ID’D AS 25-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL CURTIS. AUTHORITIES SAY THE DEATH WAS DRUG RELATED.


ANOTHER FOLLOW UP STORY COMES FROM YALE’S CAMPUS. THE BODY FOUND IN THE WALL WAS IDENTIFIED AS ANNIE LE’S (LAYS). THE DEATH IS BEING TREATED AS A HOMICIDE. HER BODY WAS FOUND ON WHAT WAS TO BE HER WEDDING DAY. A CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL WAS HELD ON YALE’S CAMPUS LAST NIGHT TO REMEMBER THE FELLOW SCHOLAR.


THE NATION’S TERROR ALERT MAY BE GETTING A MAKEOVER. RIGHT NOW THE SYSTEM HAS FIVE COLORS AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO MAKE IT THREE. AN A-P SOURCE ALSO SAYS THE GOVERNMENT’S DECISIONS FOR RAISING AND LOWERING THE TERROR ALERT LEVELS NEED TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT. THIS SYSTEM WAS MADE SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2001.



A JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERISTY MEDICAL STUDENT KILLED AN INTRUDER WITH A SAMURI SWORD. A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAYS CAMPUS POLICE AND AN OFF DUTY CITY OFFICER HEARD SCREAMS TO CALL POLICE EARLY THIS MORNING. THE STUDENT SAID HE WAS DEFENDING HIMSELF WHEN THE INTRUDER WOULDN’T LEAVE HIS GARAGE. THAT’S WHEN HE CUT HIM AND HE DIED ON THE SCENE. POLICE ARE INTERVIEWING THE STUDENT…WHO REMAINS UN-NAMED….AND TALKING TO PROSECUTORS ABOUT IF CHARGES WILL BE FILED OR NOT.


MANY CELEBRITIES ARE STILL NOT HAPPY WITH KANYE WEST AFTER HIS OUTBURST AT THE M-T-V V-M-A AWARDS SUNDAY NIGHT. HE DID MAKE AN APPEARANCE ON THE JAY LENO SHOW WHERE HE APPOLOGIZED AGAIN TO SWIFT. THE ORIGINAL APPOLOGY HE HAD WRITTEN THE NIGHT OF THE INCIDENT WAS TAKEN DOWN YESTERDAY MORNING AND REPLACED WITH A NEW ONE.

News 9-14-09

THE MAN HUNT WE BROKE IN TO TELL YOU ABOUT FRIDAY EVENING CAME TO AN END SATURDAY. THE MAN POLICE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR WAS JESSE DIMMICK. HE IS A SUSPECT IN A MURDER IN COLORADO. DIMMICK HAD BEEN ON THE RUN SINCE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WHEN HE CRASHED HIS CAR ON I-70 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN MANHATTAN AND JUNCTION CITY. HE WAS LATER FOUND IN DOVER, KS WHERE HE HAD TAKEN TWO HOSTAGES INSIDE THEIR HOME. DIMMICK FELL ASLEEP AND THE HOSTAGES ESCAPED. POLICE THEN SHOT HIM AND TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL. DIMMICK’S INJURIES ARE NON-LIFE THREATENING. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THIS STORY.



K-STATE’S R-O-T-C PROGRAM IS SETTING RECORDS. WITH 165 CADETS ENROLLED THIS FALL...THEY HAVE SET A RECORD FOR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE PROGRAM. SINCE 2006 KSU’S R-O-T-C HAS GROWN 40-PERCENT. BEING CLOSE TO FORT RILEY…MORE SCHOLARSHIPS BEING AVAILABLE…AND SUCCUSS OF THE GRADUATES HAVE ALL ADDED TO THIS RECORD SETTING GROWTH.



A SILVER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED IN ATCHISON WHERE AN ELDERLY COUPLE ARE MISSING. 74-YEAR-OLD BILLIE BOB BLACK AND 72-YEAR0OLD MARY LOU BLACK HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE FRIDAY DRIVING THEIR LIGHT BLUE HONDA CIVIC THROUGH ATCHISON. BILLIE BOB HAS DIABETES AND MARY LOU HAS ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. ATCHISON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAY YOU CAN CALL THEM IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THESE TWO.


TWO ARE DEAD THIS MORNING AFTER A CRASH NEAR DE SOTO. KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 26-YEAR-OLD KARA MORGAN OF LAWRENCE WS DRIVING EAST IN THE WESTBOUND LANES OF K-10 AROUND 3 A-M SATURDAY MORNING. SHE COLLIDED HEAD ON WITH 20-YEAR OLD ERIC SILL OF OLATHE. BOTH DRIVERS WERE WEARING THEIR SEATBELTS.

THE DISSAPPEARANCE OF THE YALE GRADUATE STUDENT IS NOW BEING TREATED AS A HOMICIDE. A BODY WAS FOUND YESTERDAY IN A WALL AND CONNECTICUT STATE POLICE SAY THEY BELIEVE IT’S ANNIE LE’S (LAYZ). LE HAS BEEN MISSING SINCE LAST TUESDAY AND WAS TO MARRY HER FIANCE YESTERDAY. JUST LAST WINTER LE HAD WRITTEN AN ARTICLE ABOUT STAYING SAFE ON YALE’S CAMPUS.


A NEW JERSEY PHARMACY TECHNICIAN IS SUING HER EMPLOYERS AFTER A MOCK HOLD UP CLAIMING SHE IS TRAMATIZED. BABETTE PERRY SAYS SHE WAS NOT TOLD IN ADVANCE OF THE DRILL BACK IN 2007 AND SAYS SHE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH POST TRAMATIC STRESS DISORDER. DURING THE DRILL A MASKED MAN CAME IN WITH A FAKE GUN AND DEMANDED OXYCONTIN. HE ALSO CLAIMED HE HAD TAKEN A CO WORKER HOSTAGE. PERRY FOUND OUT LATER IT WAS ALL FAKE AND THE GUNMAN WORKED FOR THE COMPANY.



YOU CAN’T GET FAR TODAY WITHOUT HEARING SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE M-T-V VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS LAST NIGHT. FROM LADY GAGA’S CRAZY PERFORMANCE AND OUTFITS…TO JANET JACKSON PERFOMING IN THE MICHAEL JACKSON TRIBUTE THE STORY THAT’S TAKING THE CAKE IS KANYE WEST’S OUTBURST. WHILE TAYLOR SWIFT WAS MAKING HER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH FOR HER BEST FEMALE VIDEO AWARD WEST JUMPED ONSTAGE AND TOOK THE MICROPHONE FROM HER. HE THEN SAID. “TAYLOR, I’M REALLY HAPPY FOR YOU, AND I’M GONNAL LET YOU FINISH, BUT BEYONCE HAD ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS OF ALL TIME.” AFTER GIVING THE MIC BACK TO A SHOCKED SWIFT, WEST WAS ESCORTED OUT OF THE VENUE AND WAS BOOED EVERY TIME HIS NAME WAS SAID. BEYONCE DID END UP MAKE THINGS BETTER WHEN SHE WENT UP TO ACCEPT HER AWARD FOR VIDEO OF THE YEAR. SHE LET SWIFT COME UP AND MAKE HER SPEECH AGAIN INSTEAD OF MAKING HER OWN.

Friday, September 11, 2009

9-11-09 News


TODAY IS THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE NINE-ELEVEN ATTACKS ON THE WORLD TRADE CENTER. THE MEMORIALS HAVE ALREADY BEGUN ACROSS THE COUNTRY INCLUDING ONE AT THE WHITE HOUSE. PRESIDENT OBAMA … HIS WIFE MICHELLE…AND WHITE HOUSE STAFF MEMBERS HAD A MOMENT OF SILENCE AT 8:46 A-M…7:46 OUR TIME…. TO REMEMBER THE EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS TRAGIC EVENT IN AMERICAN HISTORY. 8:46 IS THE TIME THE FIRST PLANE HIT THE FIRST TOWER BACK IN 2001. OBAMA WILL LATER HEAD TO THE PENTAGON TO JOIN IN A WREATH CEREMONY DEDICATED TO THE 184 PEOPLE KILLED THERE AND THEN LATER TALK TO VICTIMS FAMILIES.



CARRYING GUNS ON COLLEGE CAMPUS’S WILL BE THE TOPIC AT THIS YEAR’S FIRST DOROTHY L THOMPSON CIVIL RIGHTS LECTURE. WASHBURN LAW PROFESSOR BILL MERKEL AND LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY LAW PROFESSOR RAY DIAMOND WILL BE SPEAKING. THEY WILL COVER THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND TEACH PEOPLE MORE ABOUT THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. THE LECTURE WILL BE WEDNESDAY AT 7 PM IN FOURUM HALL IN K-STATE’S UNION.


ONE MAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING AFTER FALLING ASLEEP WHILE DRIVING. ACCORDING TO KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL SEAN SCOTT WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON I-435 IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS. HE DOSED OFF AND WHEN HE WOKE UP HE JERKED THE WHEEL…BUT TOO HARD AND HIT THE RETAING WALL WHICH CAUSED HIM TO ROLL THE CAR. SCOTT WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT.


MORE INFORMATION IS COMING OUT ABOUT THE GIRL WE TOLD YOU ABOUT YESTERDAY BEING THE SECOND H1N1 DEATH. SIX-YEAR-OLD ANGELINA DENNETT’S MOTHER SAYS NOW THAT HER DAUGHTER HAD LUNG DAMAGE FROM PNEUMONIA. THE GIRLS MOTHER MARGARET DENNETT WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE FLU AND HER DEATH SO THE PUBLIC WON’T FREAK OUT.


A COLORADO MAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL THIS MORNING AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A BEAR. THE BEAR CAME INTO HIS HOUSE LAST NIGHT AND ATTACKED THE MAN. THIS IS ONE OF A FEW BEAR ATTACKS IN ASPEN THIS SUMMER. THE INJURIES ARE NOT SAID TO BE LIFE THREATENING.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

News 9-10-09

YESTERDAY STUDENTS WERE EVACUATED FROM HALE LIBRARY. WE BROKE IN TO TELL YOU THE STORY. LUKE WEMPE WAS ON THE SCENE TELLING US WHAT HAPPENED….

****"AT APPROXAMATLY 10:20 I RECEIVED REPORTS OF HALE LIBRARY BEING EVACUATED. RILEY COUNTY AND KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY POLICE ALONG WITH RILEY COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO THE SCENE TO A FIR ALARM BEING SET OFF. STUDENTS WERE RELEASED BACK INTO THE LIBRARY SHORTLY AFTER 10:40 AFTER RCFD GAVE THE OK. WORD THAT I RECEIVED IS THAT IT WAS A FALSE ALARM, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED." - LUKE WEMPE ****

EVERYONE CAN SAFELY GO BACK TO HALE TODAY WITHOUT WORRYING. REPORTS SAY IT WAS A (QUOTE) “DUST-CLOGGED SMOKE DETECTOR THAT CAUSED THE ALARM TO GO OFF.”



THE STATE OF KANSAS HAS HAD IT’S SECOND H1N1 DEATH. A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOY IS DEAD AFTER CONTRACTING THE FLU IN LATE AUGUST. A MAN IN SEDGWICK COUNTY WAS THE FIRST ON AUGUST 6TH. THE H1N1 VIRUS HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 53 OF THE 105 COUNTIES IN KANSAS.



MAYBE MUSICAL CHAIRS WILL BE THE WAY TO DECIDE THE SEAT. YET ANOTHER PERSON HAS JOINED THE RACE FOR TODD TIAHART’S HOUSE SEAT. YESTERDAY WICHITA BUSINESSMAN MIKE POMPEO ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE RUNNING TOO. HIS PLATFORMS ARE TO KEEP GOVERNMENT OUT OF HEALTH CARE…HE OPPOSES THE ENERGY BILL…AND WILL IMPROVE THE ECONOMY THROUGH A COMPETITIVE, FREE MARKETPLACE. POMPEO IS ONE OF AT LEAST FOUR REPUBLICANS AND TWO DEMOCRATS WHO WILL BE RUNNING FOR THE SEAT IN 2010.



PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE HIS HEALTH CARE SPEECH LAST NIGHT WHICH OF COURSE CAUSED A STIR UP. SOUTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVE JOE WILSON YELLED “YOU LIE!” IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. DESPITE THE DISAGREEMENTS DURING THE SPEECH…OBAMA SAYS IT’S TIME TO, QUOTE, “STOP THE BICKERING AND START ACTING.” HIS HEALTH CARE PLAN IS TO COST AROUND NINE-HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. HE SAYS INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO CARRY BASIC HEALTH INSURANCE WITH HIS PLAN AND HE PROMISES TO PROTECT MEDICARE.



TWO YEARS AFTER THE CAR CRASH INVOLVING NICK BOLLEA…ALSO KNOWN AS NICK HOGAN…AND FRIEND JOHN GRAZIANO…THINGS ARE STARTING TO LOOK UP. GRAZIANO IS HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING LIFE THREATENING BRAIN SWELLING THAT HAS GOTTEN BETTER. HE STILL, HOWEVER, HAS A WAYS TO GO. BOLLEA SPENT SIX MONTHS IN JAIL FOR RECKLESS DRIVING INVOLVING SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. BOLLEA IS THE SON OF WRESTLER HULK HOGAN.



IN AN UNEXPECTED ANNOUNCEMENT BY FOX YESTERDAY ELLEN DEGENERES IS NAMED TO BE THE FOURTH JUDGE ON AMERICAN IDOL. SHE WILL BE TAKING THE PLACE OF FORMER JUDGE PAULA ABDUL WHO LEFT THE SHOW EARLIER THIS SUMMER. DEGENERES ALSO STILL PLANS TO HOST HER DAILY TALK SHOW ALONG WITH NIGHTS AT IDOL. SHE WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY WHEN THE AUDITIONS ARE OVER. DEGENERES SAYS. (QUOTE) “GETTING THIS JOB IS A DREAM COME TRUE, AND THINK OF ALL THE MONEY I’LL SAVE FROM NOT HAAVING TO TEXT IN MY VOTE.”

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Hale Library Evacuation

Hale Library was evacuated today at 10:20 am when the fire alarms were going off. Everything is fine now and students have been allowed back in the library since around 10:40.






News for 9-9-09

YOU MAY WANT TO START PUTTING YOUR PHONE AWAY WHILE DRIVING AROUND MANHATTAN. THE MAYOR HAS PROPOSED A LAW BANNING TEXTING AND TALKING ON A HAND HELD PHONE WHILE DRIVING. IF THIS PASSES AND YOU ARE CAUGHT….YOU CAN BE GETTING A TICKET. THIS IS PART OF A TRAFFIC ORDINANCE THAT GETS AMMENDED IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER. EVEN THOUGH THIS ISN’T SEEN AS A PROBLEM TO SOME PEOPLE…A GIRL WAS KILLED ON K-18 NOT TOO LONG AGO BECAUSE OF TEXTING.


HAVE YOU BOUGHT FROZEN GREEN ONIONS LATELY? IF YOU HAVE, CHECK TO SEE IF THEY ARE MADE BY STEINBECK COUNTRY PRODUCE. STEINBECK COUNTRY PRODUCE IS RECALLING THEIR GREEN ONIONS BECAUSE THEY POSSIBLY ARE CONTAMINATED WITH SALMONELLA. THEY DISTRIBUTED THESE IN KANSAS…MISSOURI.. AND SEVEN OTHER STATES. NO ONE HAS GOTTEN SICK SO FAR.


ONE MAN IS DEAD AND ANOTHER IS HURT IN A DOUBLE SHOOTING IN DODGE CITY. 35-YEAR OLD STEVEN HOLT DIED MONDAY AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE CHEST TWICE. 21-YEAR OLD TANNER BRUNSON OF MINNEOLA WAS SHOT TWICE AND IS IN INTENSIVE CARE AT WESTERN PLAINS REGIONAL HOSPITAL. THIS IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. POLICE HAVE NOT SAID YET IF THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT BUT THE GUN HAS NOT BEEN RECOVERED.


MORE HURRICANES ARE COMING CLOSE TO THE U-S. HURRICANE FRED IS GETTING STRONGER. IT HAS MOVED UP TO A CATEGORY 2 STORM. IT SHOWS NO SIGNS OF THREATENING LAND. IT WILL STAY OVER THE OCEAN.


GEORGE CLOONEY HAD QUITE THE SURPRISE WHILE IN ITALY PROMOTING HIS NEW MOVIE THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS. A MAN STRIPPED DOWN TO HIS BOXERS…BUT DIDN’T STOP THERE. HE ASKED CLOONEY FOR KISS TOO. FORTUNATLY FOR THE DREAMY STAR.. SECURITY TOOK HIM AWAY.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Tuesday 9-8-09 News

NEWS- SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

HAPPY KANSAS PREPAREDNESS MONTH! GOVERNOR MARK PARKINSON HAS DECLARED IT JUST THAT. PARKINSON WILL BE HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY WITH STATE HEALTH AND SAFETY OFFICIALS. THEY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE STATE’S PREPERATION FOR HANDLING ISSUES LIKE FLOODS, TORNADOES, SNOW STORMS, AND THE SWINE FLU.

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MORE JOBS MAY BE ON THE WAY TO HUTCHINSON. THE STATE HAS GIVEN A PROPOSED WIND TURBINE PLANT A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR BOOST. THE PLANT’S COMPANY IS A GERMAN BASED SIEMENS ENERGY. THEY WILL BE MAKING THE ELECTRICITY-GENERATED PARTS OF WIND TURBINES.

BEFORE HUTCHINSON CAN WORRY ABOUT BUILDING THIS PLANT…THEY HAVE SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENING FIRST. IT’S STATE FAIR TIME. THE FAIR OPENS FRIDAY AT THE KANSAS STATE FAIRGROUNDS AND RUNS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 20TH.

A D-U-I SUSPECT IN JOPLIN IS DEAD THIS MORNING AFTER BEING SHOT BY POLICE. 34 YEAR OLD DAVID BOGARD FLED WHILE AN OFFICER WAS TRYING TO PULL HIM OVER FOR SUSPICION OF DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED. WHILE THE OFFICER WAS TRYING TO DETAIN HIM…BOGARD USED MACE ON THE OFFICER. THE POLICE OFFICER IS ON ADMINISTRATIVE UNTIL THIS IS INVESTIGATED.

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SOME KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS ARE HEADING TO VIRGINIA WITH THEIR EYES ON A PRIZE. THE SOLDIERS WILL BE COMPETING IN THE HONOR GUARD NATIONAL COMPETITION AT FORT MYER FROM SEPTEMBER 13TH THROUGH 17TH. KANSAS’S COMPETITION IS ARKANSAS…LOUISIANA…MISSOURI…NEBRASKA…NEW MEXICO…AND TEXAS. THE TEAM IS MADE UP OF PEOPLE FROM AROUND THE STATE.

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BUZZ LIGHTYEAR WILL BE RETURNING HOME AFTER AN ACTUAL TRIP TO SPACE. SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY WILL BE PULLING AWAY FROM THE SPACE STATION AFTER SPENDING MORE THAN A WEEK THERE ON A RESUPPLY MISSION. DISCOVERY WILL BE BRINGING HOME SEVEN ASTRONAUTS AND A BUZZ LIGHTYEAR DOLL. THE HATCHES WERE CLOSED LATE LAST NIGHT AND THEY ARE SET TO START COMING HOME LATER TODAY.

PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE SPEAKING TODAY…GEARING HIS SPEECH TOWARDS SCHOOL CHILDREN. OBAMA SAYS IT’S IMPORTANT TO SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT IMPROVING THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE. FORMER FIRST LADY LAURA BUSH SUPPORTS HIS SPEECH. SHE SAYS, “THERE IS A PLACE FOR THE PRESIDENT TO ENCOURAGE CHILDREN TO STAY IN SCHOOL.” HOWEVER…CONSERVATIVES SAY THIS IS AN IMPROPER USE OF SCHOOL TIME.

TILA TEQUILA…SHAKEN..NOT STIRRED… BY CURRENT N-F-L LINEMAN SHAWNE MERRIMAN. TEQUILA WHOSES REAL NAME…TILA NGUYEN (WIN) IS A REALITY STAR FAMOUS FOR HER SHOWS A SHOT AT LOVE WITH TILA TEQUILA ONE AND TWO. TEQUILA ACCUSED MERRIMAN OF CHOKING HER EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. HE SAYS HE DIDN’T DO IT AND POSTED HIS BAIL AFTER SPENDING TWO AND A HALF HOURS IN JAIL.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Interviews with KSU Prez Kirk Schulz

Here is the interview with Kirk Schulz from 08/31/2009 on the Wildcat 91.9's Power Hour. Tune into to the Power Hour every Monday from 5-6pm with your hosts Luke Wempe and Laura Duval. Listen to the wildcat 91.9 world wide at www.wildcat919.com

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