Monday, November 30, 2009

News 11-30-09

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.”

Monday, November 23, 2009

News 11-23-09

A PREGNANT WICHITA WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF BURGLARY AFTER STEALING FROM PEOPLE TRYING TO HELP HER. 26 YEAR OLD NICOLE BELL KNOCKED ON DOORS IN WEST WICHITA AND TOLD THE PEOPLE SHE NEEDED TO USE THE PHONE BECAUSE HER CAR BROKE DOWN. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS SHE TOOK CASH AT LEAST TWICE. INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT SHE MAY BE INVOLVED WITH SIMILAR CRIMES IN MAIZE AND GODDARD. BELL’S BAIL WAS SET AT $15,000 AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT DECEMBER 3RD.


US REPRESENTATIVE DENNIS MOORE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION NEXT YEAR. THE DEMOCRAT WHO REPRESENTS JOHNSON, WYANDOTTE, AND PART OF DOUGLAS COUNTIES IS EXPTECTED TO FINISH HIS TERM WHICH ENDS IN JANURAY 2011. FORMER KANSAS LAWMAKER PATRICIA LIGHTNER SAYS TWO LITTLE KNOWN REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING FOR THE SPOT. MOORE WILL PUT OUT A STATEMENT LATER TODAY EXPLAINING HIS DECISION.


AN OVERLAND PARK WOMAN WHO WON AN HGTV INTERIOR DESIGN CONTEST IS IN NEED OF SOME HELP. JENNIFER BERTRAND’S 9 MONTH OLD SON HAS HEALTH PROBLEMS AND NEEDS TO USE FEEDING AND TRACHEOTOMY TUBES. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, THE TRAVEL AND MEDICAL EXPENSES ARE GETTING BIGGER. THE BLUE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HOSTING A FUNDRAISER TO HELP THE BERTRAND FAMILY OUT. IT WILL BE AT COTTONWOOD POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE SHE USED TO TEACH.


THE NERMAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AT JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS GETTING A NICE GIFT. PHILANTHROPOIST AND ART COLLECTOR MARY COHEN IS DONATING $1 MILLION TO THE MUSEUM TO ADD TO THE 850 PIECES THEY ALREADY HAVE. IT WILL BE IN HER LATE HUSBAND, BARTON P COHEN’S NAME. BEFORE THE MUSEUM OPENED THE COHENS DONATED MONEY TO ESTABLISH PROJECT SPACE FOR AREA ARTISTS.


THERE’S BEEN SOME EXCITEMENT FOR THE ASTRONAUTS WHO ARE AT THE SPACE STATION. THEY ARE MAKING THEIR THIRD AND FINAL SPACE WALK TODAY. THE WALK WAS DELAYED AN HOUR BECAUSE A VALVE ON ROBERT SATCHER JUNIOR’S DRINK BAG CAME OFF. THEY ATTATCHED IT AND EVERYTHING IS FINE. RANDOLPH BRESNICK ALSO HAS BECOME A FATHER WHILE ON ATLANTIS. HIS WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL ON SATURDAY JUST HOURS AFTER HIS FIRST EVER SPACE WALK. THE ASTRONAUTS WILL BE HOOKING UP A NEW OXYGEN TANK AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.


ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A DAYS INN IN INDIANA WENT UP IN FLAMES EARLY THIS MORNING. TWO PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM SMOKE INHALATION AND HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AROUND 2:30 AM TO SMOKE AND FIRE. ONE ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR WAS GUTTED AND OTHERS HAVE SMOKE AND HEAT DAMAGE. FIRE CHIEF MIKE LANKFORD SAYS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE ISN’T IMMEDIATLY KNOWN.


MICHAEL JACKSON’S DOCTOR IS EXPECTED TO RETURN BACK TO WORK AT HIS HOUSTON PRACITCE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE DOCTOR CONRAD MURRAY’S FIRST TIME BACK SINCE JACKSON’S DEATH IN JUNE. MURRAY HAS BEEN THE CENTER OF THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION AFTER TELLING AUTHORITIES HE ADMINISTERED A POWER ANESTHETIC TO JACKSON. MURRY HASN’T BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME.


THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS WERE FULL OF SUPRISES ALL NIGHT LONG LAST NIGHT. RIHANNA GAVE A WILD COMEBACK PERFORMANCE ALONG WITH LADY GAGA WHO IS KNOWN FOR SHCOKING PEOPLE. GAGA BROKE GLASS AND PLAYED ON A PIANO THAT WAS ON FIRE. THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS PERFORMANCE HAD TO COME FROM AMERICAN IDOL RUNNER UP ADAM LAMBERT. HE DID HIS PART WITH DRAGGING WOMEN ACROSS THE FLOOR… HAD TWO GUYS ON LEASES…AND HAD THE FIRST AMA KISS BETWEEN TWO MEN, ONE BEING HIMSLEF. AT THE END TAYLOR SWIFT CAME OUT THE BIGGEST WINNER BEATING OUT MICHAEL JACKSON FOR ARTIST OF THE YEAR MAKING HER TOTAL WINS FIVE. MICHAEL STILL WON FOUR AMA’S GIVING HIM A GRAND TOTAL OF 23 AWARDS…MORE THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST.

Friday, November 20, 2009

News 11-20-09

THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WARNING PEOPLE OF A BLUE VAN IN THE AREA. AN OLDER MALE WITH GRAY HAIR AND CLASSES IS REPORTED DRIVING THE OLDER MODEL BLUE MINI VAN WITH TINTED WINDOWS AND A BLACK HORIZONTAL STRIPE ON THE BOTTOM. HE HAS APPROACHED CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AROUND MANHATTAN. IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION THEY CAN CALL THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 785-537-2112 OR RILEY COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS AT 785-539-7777.


THE CITY OF MANHATTAN WILL BE HOLDING AN OPEN HOUSE TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THEY CITY WILL BE BRINGING IN TRANSYSTEMS CORPORATION FROM KANSAS CITY MISSOURI TO UPDATE THE TRANSIT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MADE IN 2001. THEY WILL SEE THE SHORT AND LONG TERM ATTAINABILITY OF A TRANSIT SYSTEM IN MANHATTAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2ND AT 5:30 IN THE CITY COMMISSION ROOM AT CITY HALL AT 1101 POYNTZ AVENUE


A SOLDIER FROM FORT RILEY HAS DIED FROM INJURIES HE GOT DURING A VEHICLE ROLL OVER IN IRAQ. 35-YEAR OLD STAFF SERGEANT RYAN ZORN OF UPTON WYOMING DIED MONDAY. HE WAS IN THE 1ST BATTALION, 34TH ARMOR REGIMENT, 1ST BRIGADE, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION AT FORT RILEY. ZORN MAKES THE 169TH FORT RILEY SOLDIER, AIRMEN, AND SAILOR THAT HAS DIED WHILE SERVING IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.


A 19-YEAR OLD GIRL IN WASHINGTON CALLED POLICE TO TELL THEM SHE WAS UNDERAGE AND VERY DRUNK. WASHINGTON STATE PATROL TROOPER DAN MCDONALD SAID ALYSHA MCINNIS WAS PULLED OVER AND STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. SHE ALSO HAD A DRINK IN THE CAR THAT WAS 12% ALCOHOL. MCINNIS WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO AUBURN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE WAS RELEASED FOR DETOX TREATMENT.


OPRAH WINFREY WILL ANNOUNCE ON HER SHOW TODAY THAT SHE WILL BE ENDING HER TALK SHOW. ACCORDING TO HARPO INC. AFTER IT'S 25TH SEASON, THE FINAL EPISODE WILL BE SEPTEMBER 9TH OF 2011. THE SHOW BEGAN IN 1984 AND WENT NATIONAL IN 1986. THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW HAS BEEN THE HIGHEST RATED TALK SHOW FOR 23 YEARS IN A ROW. OPRAH WON'T BE GONE THOUGH. IN 2009 THE DISCOVERY HEALTH CHANNEL WILL BE NAMED OWN - THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK WHICH HER WEBSITE SAYS IS “A MULTI-PLATFORM MEDIA COMPANY DESIGNED TO ENTERTAIN, INFORM, AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES.” HARPO PRODUCTIONS ALSO NOW INCLUDES HARPO FILMS.


TODAY IS THE OPENING OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE TWILIGHT SAGA. NEW MOON OPENED LAST NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT SELLING OUT THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BASED OFF OF THE TWILIGHT BOOKS WRITTEN BY STEPHENIE MEYER, THIS MOVIE CHANGES UP ITS DIRECTOR FROM THE LAST BRINGING IN CHRIS WEITZ, WHO DIRECTED THE GOLDEN COMPASS. THE SCRIPT WAS WRITTEN BY MELISSA ROSENBERG.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

News 11-19-09

MARLATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED TODAY DUE TO BOILER FAILURE. NO STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOL TODAY. PARENTS WILL BE INFORMED WHETHER TOMORROW’S CLASSES WILL BE CANCELLED TOO.


KANSAS STATE PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS PRESENTING WHAT THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO DO ABOUT THE AUDIT THEY RECEIVED IN JUNE. THE AUDIT WAS AN EXIT REVIEW OF FORMER PRESIDENT JOHN WEFALD AFTER HIS RETIREMENT. IT FOUND UNDOCUMENTED PAYMENTS OF $845,000 TO A FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WHO ALSO SERVED AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, AND FOOTBALL COACH BILL SNYDER.


THE CITY OF MANHATTAN’S NEW ICE RINK WILL OPEN TODAY. IT WILL BE OPEN THREE TO SEVEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND ONE TO SEVEN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. DAILY ADMISSIONS AND SKATE RENTALS CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE RINK OR A TEN AMISSION PUNCH CARD CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE MANHATTAN PARKS AND RECREATION OFFICE AT 1100 FREEMONT. THE RINK WLL ALSO HOLD SKATING AND HOCKEY LESSONS AND CAN BE RENTED OUT FOR PRIVATE EVENTS.


POLICE IN BELAIRE, KANSAS SAY THEY SUSPECT FOUL PLAY IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AN 82-YEAR OLD MAN. WILLIAM HOWELL WAS LAST SEEN ON MARCH 5TH AT THE BEL AIRE RECREATION CENTER. HOWELL IS FIVE FOOT EIGHT INCHES AND WEIGHS 140 POUNDS. HE HAS BROWN EYES, SHORT GREY HAIR, AND WALKS WITH A LIMP OR CANE. HE IS ALSO DIABETIC AND INSULIN DEPENDENT. HOWELL’S FAMILY AND CRIME STOPPERS ARE BOTH OFFERING REWARDS FOR INFORMATION ON THIS CASE.


AN ARKANSAS POLICE OFFICER IS SUSPENDED AFTER USING A STUN GUN ON A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL. HE ISN’T IN TROUBLE FOR USING THE TASER BUT FOR NOT HAVING THE VIDEO CAMERA ATTACHED WHEN HE USED IT. OZARK MAYOR VERNON MCDANIEL SAYS DUSTIN BRADSHAW IS SUSPENDED FOR SEVEN DAYS WITH PAY. HE ALSO ADDS THAT HE WANTS THE ARKANSAS POLICE OR THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE USE OF THE TASER WAS PROPER. THE GIRL’S MOTHER CALLED THE POLICE AND GAVE PERMISSION TO USE THE STUN GUN WHEN SHE WOULDN’T GET IN THE SHOWER. THE GIRL WASN’T INJURED AND IS NOW AT A YOUTH SHELTER.

FLIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY A
RE CANCELLED AND DELAYED BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE FAA SYSTEM THAT COLLECTS AIRLINES’ FLIGHT PLANS. ACCORDING TO FAA SPOKESMAN CHRISTOPHER WHITE FLIGHT PLANS ARE HAVING TO BE ENTERED MANUALLY. FAA SPOKESWOMAN KATHLEEN GERGEN SAYS SHE DOESN’T KOW HOW MANY FLIGHTS ARE BEING EFFECTED OR WHEN THE PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED.


THE SIMPSON’S WILL HAVE A NEW CHARACTER THIS SEASON AND HE’LL BE QUITE THE LADIES MAN. THE SHOW HELD A CONTEST FOR FANS TO COME UP WITH THE NEW CHARACTER AND ORANGE CONNECTICUT’S PEGGY BLACK WON WITH RICARDO BOMBA. NICKNAMED LA BOMBA, HE WILL BE ON THE JANUARY 31ST EPISODE. THIS IS THE TV SHOWS 20TH YEAR ON THE AIR.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

News 11-18-09

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW PROVOST. APRIL MASON HAS ACCEPTED THE JOB AND WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY 10TH AFTER SHE PASSES A BACKGROUND CHECK. MASON IS THE DEAN OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF APPLIED HUMAN SCIENCES. DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS MASON SAYS SHE WAS “STRUCK BY THE DEPTH OF TALENT REPRESENTED IN THE FACULTY…STAFF… ADMINISTRATION …AND STUDENTS AT K-STATE.” PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ SAYS HE IS “EXCITED FOR HER TO JOIN THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.”


THE FIRST DEMOCRAT HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. FORMER PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY EXECUTIVE TOM WIGGINS APPOINTED HIS CAMPAIGN TREASURER TUESDAY, SOMETHING HE HAS TO DO BY LAW TO RAISE MONEY. THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IS EXPECTED TO BE US SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK.


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK SEVERE STORMS BETTER. THEY ARE THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO GET UPGRADED RADAR. THE DUAL POLARIZATION RADAR IS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. LAST WEEK AT THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY IN WICHITA FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT THE RADAR WILL BE INSTALLED NEXT FALL. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS UPGRADED RADARS WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE REST OF THE WEATHER SERVICE BRANCHES.


UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FOOTBALL COACH MARK MANGINO IS IN A BIT OF TROUBLE TODAY. MANGINO IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE K-U ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AFTER HE WAS REPORTED FOR POKING SENIOR LINE BACKER ARIST WRIGHT IN THE CHEST DURING A WALK THROUGH PRACTICE BEFORE THE COLORADO GAME. KU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR LEW PERKINS MET WITH THE ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM ON MONDAY NIGHT AND AFTERWARDS HE COMFIRMED REPORTS OF AN INTERNAL REVIEW ON MANGINO.


KANSAS CITY ROYALS PITCHER ZACK GREINKE IS THIS YEARS WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LEAGURE CY YOUNG AWARD. GREINKE DOMINATED THE BALLOTS BY TAKING 25 of 28 FIRST PLACE VOTES AND HAD 134 TOTAL POINTS IN THE BASEBALL WRITER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA VOTING. GREINKE IS THE THIRD ROYALS PITCHER TO WIN THE CY YOUNG AWARD, BRET SABERHAGEN WON IN 1985 AND 1989; DAVID CONE WON IN 1994. GREINKE FINISHED THE YEAR WITH A 16 & 8 RECORD, A 2 POINT ONE SIX ERA AND TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTY TWO STRIKEOUTS.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

KSU New Provost

Kansas State University has announced April Mason will be the new Provost. Mason will be taking the job in early 2010. Mason is the Dean of Colorado State University's College of Applied Human Sciences.

News 11-17-09

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW PROVOST. APRIL MASON HAS ACCEPTED THE JOB AND WILL BEGIN IN EARLY 2010. MASON IS THE DEAN OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF APPLIED HUMAN SCIENCES. DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS MASON SAYS SHE WAS “STRUCK BY THE DEPTH OF TALENT REPRESENTED IN THE FACULTY…STAFF… ADMINISTRATION …AND STUDENTS AT K-STATE.” PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ SAYS HE IS “EXCITED FOR HER TO JOIN THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.”


FORT RILEY IS GETTING A TEST PROGRAM THAT WILL IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF VETERANS TO BE EVALUATED FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS. THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER 2007. THEY ARE ADDING SIX NEW PLACES, INCLUDING FORT RILEY BRINGING THE NUMBER UP TO 27. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS THE DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM INCLUDES ONE MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND ONE RATING PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE DISABILITY AND THE BENEFITS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE UP AND RUNNING AT FORT RILEY BY MARCH.


DURING THE 2009 FISCAL YEAR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE KANSAS FARMERS A RECORD SETTING $148 MILLION IN LOANS. THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S FARM SERVICE AGENCY IN KANSAS SAYS THE MONEY WENT TO ABOUT 1,300 FAMILY FARMERS. THE LOANS HELPED FARMERS PLANT AND HARVEST CROPS, PURCHASE LIVESTOCK AND MACHINERY, OR REORGANIZE THEIR BUSINESS.


A PRATT MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN LAST YEAR’S MURDER OF A PARTIALLY DISABLED WOMAN. THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS 31 YEAR OLD DAN RIENDEAU WAS SENTENCED 22 YEARS ON PRISON YESTERDAY FOR INTENTIONAL SECOND DEGREE MURDER. PROSECUTERS SAY RIENDIAU AND ANOTHER MAN STABBED 48 YEAR OLD ALESIA DORRIS-GRAHAM 90 TO 100 TIMES BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO SELL THEM PERSCRIPTION DRUGS. THE OTHER MAN, 18 YEAR OLD CHARLES DEMNARK-WAGNER WAS SENTENCED IN MARCH TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR 20 YEARS AFTER HE PLEADED GUILTY TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER.


A FATHER AND SON IN LIBERAL HAD QUITE THE FIND IN THEIR BACK YARD. 10 YEAR OLD CHANDLER HARP WAS PLAYING IN HIS BACKYARD WHEN THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND DIRT AND DEBRIS WENT FLYING ABOUT 15 FEET FROM HIM. HE FOUND A 2 INCH ROCK AT THE BOTTOM OF A FOOT-DEEP HOLE AND BROUGHT IT TO HIS DAD. ONCE HIS DAD, LEE, SAW THE ROCK HE DIDN’T THINK IT WAS SOMETHING FROM AROUND HERE. “I KNEW HE HAD A METEORITE” LEE SAYS ABOUT THE ROCK HIS SON FOUND.


A MAN IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WHO WAS ALREADY CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS WIFE IS NOW ACCUSED OF FORGING DOCUMENTS IN JAIL. 39 YEAR OLD JOHN GERHOLT SENIOR SAYS HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIS WIFE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2008 WHE SHE WAS LEAVING WORK. BEDFORD COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY GERHOLT KILLED HER ON PURPOSE WITH A RIFLE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE DOCUMENTS HE FORGED WERE TO OBTAIN THE BURIAL PLOT NEXT TO HIS WIFE’S THAT HER FAMILY HAD BOUGHT. THEY LEARNED OF THE SCHEME AND ARE TRYING TO SELL THE PLOT. GERHOLT’S ATTORNEY SAYS HE LOVSE HIS WIFE AND WANTS TO BE NEAR HER.


A MAN IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HAS DEER CARCASSES SCATTERED AROUND HIS YARD. RANDY GOOD HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REMOVE ROAD KILL FROM THE ROADS OF FIVE COUNTIES. WITH WEEKEND LANDFILL CLOSURES AND A BROKEN DOWN TRUCK, GOOD HAS HAD TO DROP THEM IN HIS YARD TO DEAL WITH DEMAND. HE PICKS UP 50 TO 100 A, DAY. THE STINK HAS GOTTEN SO BAD NEIGHBORS A HALF A MILE AWAY HAVE HAD TO LIGHT CANDLES. GOOD SAYS HE HAS A NEW TRASH CONTAINER THAT SHOULD HELP BUT IT’LL TAKE A WEEK OR TWO TO GET RID OF ALL THE CARCASSES.


THREE ADULTS AND A 12 YEAR OLD CHILD ARE DEAD AFTER BEING HIT BY AN AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA STATE LINE LAST NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE JASPER COUNTY CORONER THE FOUR PEOPLE WERE FROM HARDEEVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. THEY HAD TRIED TO GO AROUND THE CROSSING ARM TO BEAT THE TRAIN BUT GOT HIT AND THEIR CAR WAS PUSHED ABOUT A MILE BEFORE THE TRAIN COULD STOP. NO ONE ON THE TRAIN WAS INJURED.


THE NEW OXFORD AMERICAN DICTIONARY HAD NAMED THEIR 2009 WORD OF THE YEAR. THE WORD…WHICH MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH IS UNFRIEND. THE DICTIONARY’S DEFINITION IS TO REMOVE SOMEONE AS A FRIEND ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE LIKE FACEBOOK. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS TRACKS HOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHANGES AND PICKS A WORD THAT REFLECTS THE MOOD OF THE YEAR. FINALISTS WERE NETBOOK…WHICH IS A SMALL COMPUTER AND SEXTING…SENDING EXPLICIT TEXTS AND PICTURES BY CELL PHONE.

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.”

Thursday, November 12, 2009

News 11-12-09

THE LAFENE HEALTH CENTER HAS RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF H1N1 INFLUENZA VACCINE. THE H1N1 CLINIC WILL BE TODAY NOVEMBER AT KANSAS STATE’S FORUM HALL FROM ONE PM TO 4:30 PM. THE CLINIC IS OPEN TO K-STATE STUDENTS AGES 16-24 YEARS AND K-STATE STUDENTS 25-64 YEARS WHO HAVE ASTHMA, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, KIDNEY AND LIVER DISORDERS, EPILEPSY, CEREBRAL PALSY, AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSION. YOUR WILDCAT ID IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE CLINIC. THE VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH THE SHOT AND MIST FORMS. THERE WILL BE AN ADMISSION FEE FOR THOSE ATTENDING AND CHECK AND CREDIT CARD WILL BE ACCEPTED.


THE FUNERAL FOR FORMER GOVERNOR WILLIAM AVERY WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY IN WAKEFIELD…WHERE HE GREW UP. THE VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY FROM 6TO 8PM AT THE WAKEFIELD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND THE FUNERAL WILL BE THE FOLLOWING MORNING AT 10:30. AVERY SERVED A TWO YEAR TERM AS GOVERNOR IN 1964. HE WAS 98 YEARS OLD.


A MAN TRYING TO ROB A DISCOUNT CIGARETTE STORE GOT HIMSELF CAUGHT EARLY THIS MORNING, LITERALLY. POLICE SAY HE WAS STUCK IN A VENTILATION PIPE FOR ABOUT THREE HOURS. THE MAN HAD CALLED HIS DAUGHTER WHO THEN CALLED 911. FIREFIGHTERS TOOK HIM TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE WILL BE CHARGES AS SOON AS HE IS RELEASED. POLICE LEUTENANT CHUCK HAGGARD SAYS THE BURGLAR “WASN’T VERY CAT LIKE.”


LAWYERS FOR THE MAN WHO ADMITTED TO KILLING A WICHITA ABORTION PROVIDER WANT TO MOVE THE TRIAL OUT OF WICHITA. 51-YEAR OLD SCOTT ROEDER IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND AGGREVATED ASSAULT IN THE MAY 31ST SHOOTING DEATH OF DOCTOR GEORGE TILLER. ROEDER TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FROM JAIL THAT HE HAS NO REGRETS AND BELIEVES IT WAS JUSTIFIED TO SAVE UNBORN CHILDREN. THE HEARING TO CHANGE THE LOCATION OF THE TRIAL IS DECEMBER 22ND.


THE PARENTS OF THE BALLOON BOY WILL BE PLEADING GUILTY IN COLORADO COURTS. THEIR LAWYER DAVID LANE SAYS THE BOY’S MOTHER MAYUMI HEENE WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO FALSE REPORTING TO AUTHORITIES…A MISDEMEANOR. THE BOY’S FATHER RICHARD WILL PLEAD GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE A PUBLIC SERVANT. LANE SAYS PROSECUTORS HAVE AGREED TO ALLOW BOTH OF THEM TO SERVE PROBATION SENTENCES. ACCORDING TO LARIMER COUNTY SHERIFF JIM ALDERDEN THE MOST SERIOUS CHARGES RECOMMENDED WOULD BE A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF SIX YEARS IN PRISON.


A MAN HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF CAPITAL MURDER IN THE DEATH OF A LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS MORNING NEWS ANCHOR. ON WEDNESDAY… CURTIS LAVELLE VANCE WAS CONVICTED OF FOR THE DEATH OF ANNE PRESSLY. PRESSLY WAS FOUND BADLY BEATEN AND UNCONSCIOUS IN HER HOME BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2008 AND DIED FIVE DAYS LATER. VANCE HAD PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES IN PRESSLY'S DEATH… HOWEVER HIS DNA LINKED HIM TO THE MURDER. THE JURY ALSO CONVICTED VANCE OF RESIDENTIAL BURGLARY, RAPE, AND THEFT OF PROPERTY. A SENTENCING PHASE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER HE RECEIVES LIFE IN PRISON OR THE DEATH PENALTY.


SANTA BRINGS EVERYTHING TO KIDS….MAYBE EVEN THE SWINE FLU. AS HOLIDAY SEASON GETS CLOSER SOME PEOPLE THINK KIDS MIGHT GET THE H1N1 FROM SANTA’S LAP. ACCORDING TO THE HEAD OF PEDIATRICS AT UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN FLORIDA DOCTOR JAMES ORLOWSKI…THE VIRUS CAN LIVE UP TO EIGHT HOURS IN CLOTHING. THIS INCLUDES SAINT NICK’S HAIR, .SUIT, AND EVEN BEARD. THE INTERNATIONAL PLAZA IN TAMPA IS PUTTING DISINFECTANT ALL AROUND THE MALL JUST TO MAKE SURE SANTA DOESN’T GIVE OUT ANY EXTRA GIFTS.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

News 11-11-09

A MANHATTAN WOMAN WHO IS CREDITED WITH HELPING SAVE THE CHEYENNE BOTTOMS WETLANDS HAS DIED. JAN GARTON DIED YESTERDAY AT 59. GARTON WORKED TO SAVE THE WETLANDS IN THE 1980S WHEN THEY WERE DRYING UP. HER LOBBYING GAVE THE CHEYENNE BOTTOMS A PRIORITY WATER RIGHT THAT IS STILL IN USE TODAY.


THE LAFENE HEALTH CENTER HAS RECEIVED A SHIPMENT OF H1N1 INFLUENZA VACCINE. THE H1N1 CLINIC WILL BE ON THURSDAY NOVEMBER 12TH AT KANSAS STATE’S FORUM HALL FROM 1 ONE PM TO FOUR THIRTY PM. THE CLINIC IS OPEN TO K-STATE STUDENTS AGES 16-24 YEARS AND K-STATE STUDENTS 25-64 YEARS WHO HAVE ASTHMA, HEART DISEASE, DIABETES, KIDNEY AND LIVER DISORDERS, EPILEPSY, CEREBRAL PALSY, AND IMMUNOSUPPRESSION. YOUR WILDCAT ID IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE CLINIC. THE VACCINE WILL BE AVAILABLE IN BOTH THE SHOT AND MIST FORMS. THERE WILL BE A $12 ADMISSION FEE CHARGE FOR THOSE ATTENDING AND CHECK AND CREDIT CARD WILL BE ACCEPTED.


A UNITED AIRLINES PILOT WAS CHARGED WITH HAVING TOO MUCH ALCOHOL IN HIS SYSTEM MONDAY. THE AMERICAN PILOT ERWIN WASHINGTON WAS ARRESTED IN LONDON’S HEATHROW AIRPORT BEFORE HIS FLIGHT WAS DUE TO LEAVE FOR CHICAGO. WASHINGTON IS THE THIRD U.S. PILOT IN 13 MONTHS TO BE OVER THE ALCOHOL LIMIT. BRITISH LAW FORBIDES PILOTS FROM DRINKING MORE THAN 20 MICROGRAMS OF ALCOHOL FOR 100 MILLILITERS OF BLOOD IN THEIR SYSTEM. WASHINGTON HAS BEEN RELEASED ON BAIL AND WILL HAVE A FACE COURT DATE ON NOVEMBER 20TH. IF WASHINGTON IS CONVICTED HE WILL FACE UP TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON, A FINE OR BOTH.


A GERMAN MAN WHO STABBED AN EGYPTIAN WOMAN TO DEATH IN A GERMAN COURTROOM HAS BEEN CONVICTED OF MURDER AND WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS. ALEXANDER WIENS, A 28 YEAR OLD RUSSIAN BORN GERMAN, ADMITTED TO KILLING MARWA AL-SHERBINI AT A JULY 1ST COURT HEARING. THE STABBING OCCURRED AT A HEARING OVER A COMPLAINT THAT AL –SHERBINI FILED AGAINST WIENS ACCUSING HIM OF INSULTING HER WITH ETHNIC SLURS.


ON NOVEMBER 11TH 1919 U.S. PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON PROCLAIMED THE DAY AN ARMISTICE DAY IN HONOR OF THE ENDING OF WORLD WAR ONE. TODAY NOVEMBER 11TH MARKS A DAY IN WHICH WE HONOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE LINE FO FIRE FOR OUR COUNTRY. SO THANK YOU TO ALL MILITARY WHO HAVE SERVED THIS COUNTRY IN WAR.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

News 11-10-09

TWO K-STATE STUDENTS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF THE POSSESSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ILLEGAL DRUGS. K-STATE POLICE HAD A SEARCH WARRANT AND WENT INTO ROOM 23 OF GOODNOW HALL. ANDREW KUEHLER AND MICHELLE CALHOUN WERE ARRESTED ON NOVEMBER 7TH WHEN MARIJUANA, PSILOCYBIN MUSHROOMS, CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES, AND PARAPHERNALIA USED IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF DRUGS WAS FOUND. KUEHLER’S BOND WAS SET AT $5,000 AND CALHOUN’S WAS SET AT $2,500.


LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE, WHO’S CHARGED WITH KILLING 18-YEAR OLD CARMEN LYDIA MALDONADO AND HER 15-MONTH OLD SON JUAN MALDONADO WILL BE FACING CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES. AGUIRRE WAS ARRESTED IN TEXAS AND SENT BACK TO RILEY COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, THE DEATH PENALTY DEFENSE UNIT WAS APPOINTED TO THE CASE. AGUIRRE’S NEXT HEARING IS DECEMBER 7TH.


SCOTT ROEDER HAS CONFESSED TO SHOOTING WICHITA ABORTION DOCTOR GEORGE TILLER. 51-YEAR OLD ROEDER SHOT TILLER AT CHURCH IN MAY. HIS JUSTIFICATION IS HE WAS PROTECTING THE LIVES OF UNBORN CHILDREN. A DEFENSIVE ACTION STATEMENT SAYING THE SAME THING WAS RELEASED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CONFESSION. SIGNERS OF THIS WANT THIS TO BE CONSIDERED DEFENSE AT ROEDER’S TRIAL ON JANUARY 11TH. OF THE SIGNERS…THREE OF THEM ARE ALSO SERVING TIME FOR TARGETING ABORTION DOCTORS.


THE REASON OF DEATH HAS BEEN FOUND FOR THE GORILLA AT THE TOPEKA ZOO SATURDAY MORNING. ZOO DIRECTOR MIKE COKER SAYS THE GORILLA DIED FROM AN AORTIC ANEURYSM. M’BILI, A 17-YEAR OLD GORILLA HAD NO SIGNS OF ILLNESS OR DISTRESS. KANSAS STATE VETERINARIANS DID THE AUTOPSY. M’BILI IS THE SECOND GORILLA IN FOUR YEARS TO DIE AT THE TOPEKA ZOO WELL BEFORE ITS LIFE EXECTANCY, WHICH IS 40 TO 50 YEARS.


THE DEER POPULATION IS GETTING UNDER CONTROL AT SHAWNEE MISSION PARK IN JOHNSON COUNTY. PARK SPOKESMAN RANDY KNIGHT SAYS PHASE ONE TOOK PLACE OVER FOUR DAYS LAST WEEK WHEN SHARPSHOOTERS SHOT AND KILLED 313 DEER IN THE PARK. THEY PLAN ON THINNING THE POPULATION FROM 200 DEER PER SQUARE MILE TO ABOUT 50. THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SHARPSHOOTERS SHOT THE DEER AT NIGHT OUTSIDE OF PARK HOURS. KNIGHT ALSO SAYS THE DEER MEAT WILL BE TESTED AND THEN BE GIVEN TO NEEDY FAMILIES THROUGH HARVESTERS’ COMMUNITY FOOD NETWORK AND THE HIDES WILL GO TO THE ELK’S VETERAMS LEATHER PROGRAM.


A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD TODAY AT FORT HOOD IN TEXAS. PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE THERE AMOUNG THOUSANDS OF OTHERS. LAST THURSDAY 13 PEOPLE WERE KILLED DURING THE SHOOTING SPREE. SUSPECT MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN IS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING MORE THAN 100 ROUNDS BEFORE HE WAS SHOT. HE IS NOW IN STABLE CONDITION. HASAN WAS ASSESSED BY TERRORISM INVESTIGATORS NEARLY A YEAR AGO AND WAS SAID TO NOT POSE A THREAT. HASAN WILL BE TRIED IN MILITARY COURT.


A BOSTON SUBWAY DRIVER IS A HERO THIS MORNING AFTER STOPPING HER TRAIN JUST BEFORE HITTING A WOMAN ON THE TRACKS. DRIVER CHARICE LEWIS GOT A CALL FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE JACQUELINE OSORIO WHO SAW THE WOMAN FALL. LEWIS SAW PEOPLE WAVING THEIR ARMS AND PULLED HER EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE WOMAN, WHO TOLD AUTHORITIES SHE HAD BEEN DRINKING, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION AND SUFFERED FROM SOME SCRAPES. THE TWO WOMEN, LEWIS AND OSORIO, RECEIVED A CALL OF CONGRATULATIONS FROM GOVORNER DEVAL PATRICK AND WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY.


BASKETBALL LEGEND KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR ANNOUNCED THIS MORNING THAT HE HAS CANCER. HE HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH CHRONIC MYELOID LEIKEMIA FOR ALMOST A YEAR. 62-YEAR OLD ABDUL-JABBAR IS BEING TREATED WITH MEDICINE THAT TARGETS THE ABNORMAL PROTEIN THAT CAUSES HIS LEUKEMIA. HE IS A COACH WITH THE LAKERS AND IS EXPECTED TO LIVE A FULL, ACTIVE LIFE.


THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IS CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF JANIS JOPLIN WITH A WEEK FULL OF EVENTS LEADING TO HER TRIBUTE CONCERT. THE HALL CALLS JOPLIN ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENCIAL ARTISTS. JOPLIN PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 27 FROM A DRUG OVERDOSE IN 1970. THIS WEEK THE ROCK HALL OF FAME AND CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY ARE HOSTING TALKS BY PEOPLE INCLUDING HER SIBLINGS, FORMER ROAD MANAGER, AND JEFFERSON AIRPLANE GUITARIST JORMA KAUKONEN. THE TRIBUTE SHOW SATURDAY WILL INCLUDE LUCINDA WILLIAMS, COUNTRY JOE MCDONALD, AND THE SONGWRITER OF HER SONG "MERCEDES BENZ" BOB NEUWIRTH.

Monday, November 9, 2009

News 11-9-09

A LAWRENCE MAN SHOT HIMSELF SATURDAY IN A MANHATTAN RESIDENCE. POLICE SAY THEY WERE LOOKING FOR 33-YEAR OLD MATTHEW TESSENDORF TO CHECK ON HIS WELFARE WHEN THEY FOUND HIM AT THE 1000 BLOCK OF JULIETTE AVENUE. RCPD LEUTENANT HERB CROSBY JUNIOR SAYS TESSENDORF WAS TALKING TO POLICE FOR A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME AND SHOT HIMSELF WITH A HAND GUN. HE WAS TAKEN TO MERCY REGIONAL AND THEN AIR LIFTED TO STORMONT-VAIL HEALTH CENTER IN TOPEKA. THE INCIDENT IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.


VANDALS HIT K-STATE’S VANIER FOOTBAL COMPLEX EARLY SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE K-STATE TOOK ON KU. RED AND BLUE PAINT WAS SPLASHED OUTSIDE THE STADIUM DEFACING A POWERCAT LOGO AND SOME PARKED CARS. IT WAS CLEANED UP BY THE TIME ANYONE GOT THERE. WITH THIS ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE, K-STATE DEFEATED THE JAYHAWKS 17 TO 10.


24 HIGHWAY TURNED INTO A RUWNAY LAST NIGHT. A SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA PLANE LOST POWER DURING A FLYING LESSON AND HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE HIGHWAY JUST NORTHWEST OF TOPEKA. THE PLANE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LANDING AT FORBES FIELD IN TOPEKA. THE FLYING TEACHER LEE MOYER TOOK OVER AND LANDED IT SAFELY WESTBOUND. MOTORISTS PULLED OVER WHEN THEY SAW THE PLANE COMING DOWN FOR LANDING.


AN ATCHISON WOMAN IS STILL MISSING AFTER HER DISAPPEARANCE FRIDAY. AUTHORITIES SAY 58-YEAR OLD PATRICIA KIMMI WAS “FORCEFULLY REMOVED” FROM HER HOME NEAR HORTON. SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING BY HER FAMILY SATURDAY. KIMMI IS WHITE WITH BROWN HAIR AND BLUE EYES AND IS FIVE FOOT SIX INCHES TALL WEIGHING ABOUT 160 POUNDS. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL ATCHISON COUNTY SHERIFFS DISPATCHERS AT 913-367-4323.


BUSES AND TROLLEY’S AND SUBWAYS OH MY. THE PHILADELPHIA TRANSIT STRIKE IS OVER AFTER A SIX DAY STRIKE. LUCKY FOR COMMUTERS, THEY FOUND OUT EARLY ENOUGH TO WAITING AT THE BUS AND SUBWAY STATIONS THIS MORNING. LAST TUESDAY ABOUT 5,000 TRANSPORT WORKERS WALKED OFF THE JOB.


THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER OF THE FORT HOOD KILLING SPREE IS IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION. ACORDING TO COLONEL JOHN ROSSI, MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN HAS REMAINED IN THE SAME CONDITION AFTER HE WAS TAKEN OFF THE VENTILATOR SATURDAY. 13 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AT 29 MORE WOUNDED DURING THURSDAY’S SHOOTING SPREE AT A PROCESSING CENTER ON POST. ROSSI ALSO SAID THE CENTER REMAINS A CRIME SCENE AND THE BASE IS “WORKING ON HEALING.”


THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKLEY HAS A UNIQUE WAY OF CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR CENTER FOR JAPANESE STUDIES. THEY MADE A 330 FOOT CALIFORNIA ROLL. TO MAKE THEIR GIANT SUSHI ROLL, THEY USED 200 POUNDS OF RICE, 80 POUNDS OF AVOCADO, 80 POUNDS OF CUCUMBER, AND 180 POUNDS OF FISH. THE LAST 15 FEET WAS MADE VEGETARIAN FRIENDLY WITH TOFU INSTEAD OF FISH. THIS IS THE LARGEST SUSHI ROLL BEATING A 300 FOOT CALIFORNIA ROLL MADE IN HAWAII IN 2001.

Friday, November 6, 2009

News 11-6-09

SAD NEWS COMING FROM FORT HOOD IN TEXAS. 13 ARE DEAD AND 30 MORE INJURED AFTER THE SUSPECTED SHOOTER MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN WENT ON A SHOOTING RAMPAGE AROUND 1:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. HASAN WAS SHOT FOUR TIMES BY SERGANT KIMBERLY MUNLEY WHO WAS SHOT ONCE HERSELF. THEY ARE BOTH IN STABLE CONDITION. HASAN WAS AN ARMY PSYCHIATRIST AND WAS ALSO GOING TO BE DEPLOYED TO IRAQ. OFFICIALS SAY HASAN DIDN’T WANT TO GO TO IRAQ BUT WOULD GO TO AFGHANISTAN. WE WILL HAVE MORE ON THIS STORY IN THE COMING DAYS.


FORT RILEY WILL REMAIN OPEN AND SAYS THEY WILL BE ADJUSTING SECURITY MEASURES TO MAKE SURE THEIR POST IS SAFE. ACCORDING TO MAJOR GENERAL VINCENT BROOKS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE SODLERS, FAMILIES, AND CIVILIAN WORKERS IS THEIR PRIMARY CONCERN. THEY WILL BE DOING CHECKS AT ENTRY POINTS AND ASSES THREATS.


FLAGS IN KANSAS ARE FLYING AT HALF STAFF FROM TODAY UNTIL SUNDOWN NOVERMBER 14TH IN HONOR OF THE PASSING OF FORMER KANSAS GOVERNOR WILLIAM AVERY. AVERY WAS A REPUBLICAN FROM WAKEFIELD. HE WAS ELECTED TO THE KANSAS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1950 AND IN 1964 HE LEFT THE HOUSE AND SERVED ONE TERM AS GOVERNOR. AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL BID AT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION TO THE US SENATE, HE LIVED A PRIVATE LIFE IN WICHITA. AVERY WAS 98 YEARS OLD.


A HISTORIC OPERA HOUSE IN WILSON KANSAS IS DESTROYED AFTER A LATE NIGHT FIRE. A FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 2 AM IN A GARAGE ON THE CITIES MAIN STREET AND SPREAD TO THE OPERA HOUSE AND OTHER BUSINESSES ON THE STREET. THE FIRE WAS UNDER CONTROL BY 5 AM. NO ONE WAS INJURED.


A GARDEN CITY TEACHER WAS TICKETED FOR FALSY REPORTING A CRIME. BACK ON AUGUST 9TH MICHAEL BLANKS TOLD POLICE HE WAS BEATEN AND STABBED IN THE LEG BY TWO MEN WHO FORCED THEIR WAY INTO THE SCHOOL. GARDEN CITY POLIEC SARGEANT MICHAEL REAGLE SAYS POLICE NOW BELIEVE BLANKS FELL OFF HIS DESK WHILE STAPLING THINGS TO A CLASSROOM WALL AND WAS INJURED. THEY AREN’T SURE WHY HE MADE UP THE STORY. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS TAKEN NO DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS AGAINST HIM.


THE UNEMLOYMENT RATE IS OVER 10% AND IS EXPECTED TO GO HIGHER. EVEN THOUGH THE RECESSION HAS APPARENTLY ENDED, NEARLY 16,000,000 PEOPLE DON’T HAVE JOBS. 190,000 PEOPLE LOST THEIR JOBS IN OCTOBER. THIS IS THE 22ND STRAIGHT MONTH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LOSING THEIR JOBS, THE LONGEST ON RECORD.


BRITNEY SPEARS IS UNDER FIRE IN AUSTRALIA FOR LIP-SYNCING PARTS OF HER CONCERT. THE MINISTER FOR FAIR TRADIN FOR NEW SOUTH WALES VIRGINIA JUDGE WANTS TO BRING THIS UP SO PEOPLE WOULDN’T BE MISLED WHEN THEY BUY CONCERT TICKETS. JUDGE THINKS THERE SHOULD BE A DISCLAIMER SAYING PART OF THE SHOW IS PRE-RECORDED. DESPITE THIS, MANY OF THE SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA ARE SOLD OUT.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

News 11-5-09

K-STATE POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR INFORMATION ABOUT A SKID LOADER THAT WENT MISSING ON OCTOBER 30TH. THE CAT SKID LOADER WAS TAKEN FROM THE KSU BEEF STOCK UNIT. IT WAS LATER FOUND AT A CAR WASH IN TOPEKA. IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS YOU CAN CALL CAPTAIN STUBBINGS AT 785-532-6412.


THE SUSPECT IN A RILEY COUNTY DOUBLE HOMICIDE WILL BE SENT TO RILEY COUNTY JAIL IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE IS IN A TEXAS JAIL RIGHT NOW. AGUIRRE IS THE SUSPECT IN THE DEATHS OF 18 YEAR OLD TANYA CARMEN LYDIA MALONADO AND HER 15 MONTH OLD SON JUAN LUIS MALDONADO. A HUNTER FOUND THEIR BODIES BACK ON OCTOBER 25TH.


A COLORADO MAN HAS BEEN RULED OUT OF BEING THE SERIAL RAPIST THAT HAS HIT MANHATTAN AND LAWRENCE. 47 YEAR OLD ROBERT BRUCE IS SUSPECTED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING MORE THAN A DOZEN WOMEN IN NEW MEXICO AND TEXAS. LAWRENCE POLICE CALLED COLORADO POLICE TO SEE IF ANY DNA MATCHED UP AFTER HE TRIED TO KILL A POLICE OFFICER IN PUEBLO COLORADO. THEY DETERMINED NO CONNECTIONS AROUND HERE BUT IT DID PROMPT INVESTIGATIONS IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO AND LUBBOCK, TEXAS.


AN EMPORIA STATE STUDENT WHO HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE SUNDAY HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD. POLICE SAY 24 YEAR OLD SAMUEL JACOB WILLIAMS’ MOTORCYCLE LOST CONTROL IN LYONS COUNTY AND HE WAS FOUND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WILLIAMS WAS AN ALL-AMERICAN INDOOR AND OUTDOOR TRACK ATHLETE AT EMPORIA STATE. A CANDLE LIGHT VIGIL, BEING HELD BY THE TRACK TEAM, WILL BE TONIGHT AT WELSH STADIUM ON THE CAMPUS.


MIKE HUCKABEE WILL BE MAKING A STOP IN KANSAS DURING HIS BOOK TOUR. HUCKABEE’S BOOK, A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS: TWELVE STORIES THAT CELEBRATE THE TRUE HOLIDAY SPIRIT, IS A BOOK ABOUT HIS CHILDHOOD, TIME AS A MINISTER, AND HIS MARRIAGE. THE BOOK SIGNING WILL BE AT WATERMARK BOOKS AND CAFÉ IN WICHITA AT 10:30 ON MONDAY. OF HIS 60 CITY TOUR…THIS IS HIS ONLY STOP IN KANSAS.


A 7 MONTH OLD BABY IN FLORIDA THAT HAS BEEN MISSING FOR FIVE DAYS HAS BEEN FOUND ALIVE UNDER THE BABY SITTER’S BED. FLORIDA AUTHORITIES SAY THEY PLAN ON CHARGING THE BABY SITTER, HER HUSBAND, AND THE CHILD’S MOTHER. THE BABY’S PARENTS REPORTED HER MISSING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MORE INFORMATION IS TO BE RELEASED SOON.


THE NEW YORK YANKEES HAVE THEIR 27TH WORLD SERIES TITLE AFTER WINNING LAST NIGHT’S GAME. THEY BEAT THE PHILLIES 7–3 TO CLINCH THE TITLE. HIDEKI MATSUI, THE WORLD SERIES M-V-P, TIED BOBBY RICHARDSON’S 49 YEAR OLD RECORD OF SIX RBI’S IN A WORLD SERIES GAME BY HITTING A TWO RUN HOME RUN, A DOUBLE, AND A SINGLE. THIS WAS ALSO THE YANKEE’S FIRST SEASON AT THEIR NEW $1.5BILLION STADIUM.


KIRSTIE ALLEY, WHO’S WEIGHT STRUGGLES ARE NO SECRET TO ANYONE, HAS SIGNED ON TO A NEW REALITY SERIES ON A&E WHERE SHE WILL BE GETTING BACK INTO SHAPE. ALLIE HAS BEEN A JENNIE CRAIG SPOKESPERSON AND AFTER GETTING DOWN TO 145 POUNDS, SHE GAINED 83 POUNDS BACK. VP FOR A&E ROBERT SHARENOW SAYS “HER PERSONAL LIFE HAS BEEN SHOWN IN THE MEDIA FOR YEARS, BUT THIS WILL BE THE FIRST TIME SHE’LL BE OPENING UP TO REVEAL HER REAL LIFE FOR THE CAMERAS.”

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

News 11-4-09

A SET OF BROTHERS ARE BEING CHARGED IN TWO SEPARATE HOMICIDE CASES. ONE BROTHER FROM, FROM LYONS, KANSAS, IS BEING CHARGED IN THE DEATH OF HIS GIRLFRIEND. HIS BORTHER IS BEING CHARGED IN A BARTON COUNTY MURDER. ARMANDO MOSQUEDA WAS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER MONDAY AND HIS BROTHER ANTONIO MOSQUEDA JR. IS SCHEDULED TO BE SENTENCED THURSDAY FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER.


A RARE SURGERY WAS PERFORMED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HOSPITAL. THE SURGERY THAT WAS PERFORMED MAY HELP A 19 YEAR OLD MAN HAVE BETTER USE OF HIS PROSTHETIC ARM AFTER AN ARM AMPUTATION. THE SURGERY TOOK A TOTAL OF TEN HOURS. THE SURGEONS SAVED AS MANY AS OF THE MAN’S NERVES AS POSSIBLE AND PLACED THEM IN THE MAN’S CHEST. THE SURGEONS SAY THAT THIS WILL ALLOW THE MAN TO HAVE BETTER CONTROL OF HIS PROSTHETIC ARM. THIS WAS THE 35TH TARGETED MUSCLE REINNERVATION PROCEDURE, AND THE FIRST ON A CANCER PATIENT RATHER THAN TRAUMA PATIENT.


BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO HAS LEGALIZED MARIJUANA. THE COLORADO TOWN KNOWN FOR ITS SKIING VOTED TO LEGALIZE MARIJUANA ON TUSDAY NIGHT. ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 21 ARE NOW ALLOWED TO CARRY UP TO ONE OUNCE OF MARIJUANA. THIS IS A LARGE STEP AT A TIME WHEN MEDICAL MARIJUANA IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF LEGALIZATION TALKS.


THE SPACE ELEVATOR GAMES IN THE MOJAVE DESERT ARE HAPPENING THIS WEEK. A SPACE ELEVATOR IS THE FUTURE GOAL OF THE ELEVATOR GAMES. SEVERAL DIFFERENT TEAMS WILL BE BEGIN THE ELEVATOR PROCESS TODAY ON THE FRY LAKEBED NEAR NASA’S DRYDEN FLIGHT RESEARCH CENTER AT EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE. THE TEAMS WILL BE TRYING TO TEST IF ROBOTIC MACHINES POWERED BY LASER BEAMS CAN CLIMB A CABLE SUSPENDED FROM A HELICOPTOR A HALF MILE IN THE AIR.


THE POPULAR SEARCH ENGINE GOOGLE IS LOOKING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY. GOOGLE IS CELEBRATING SESAME STREET’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY, WHICH IS ON NOVEMBER 10TH, BY USING THE LONG LEGS OF BIG BIRD FOR ITS HOMEPAGE LOGO. THE SHOW BEGAN IN 1969 AND IS THE LONGEST RUNNING CHILDRENS SHOW IN UNITED STATES HISTORY. USA TODAY SAYS THAT SESAME STREET HAS OVER EIGHT MILLION VIEWERS IN 120 COUNTRIES.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

News 11-3-09

THE TWO BODIES FOUND IN A DITCH LAST WEEK AT THE 6300 BLOCK OF SOUTH 32ND STREET HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED ALONG WITH A SUSPECT. THE WOMAN WAS 18 YEAR OLD TANYA CARMEN LYDIA MALDONADO AND THE BABY WAS 15 MONTH OLD JUAN LUIS MALDONADO. THE SUSPECT IS 22 YEAR OLD LUIS ANTONIO AGUIRRE WHO’S FROM AUSTIN TEXAS BUT LIVED IN OGDEN. AGUIRRE WAS ARRESTED IN AUSTIN FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND IS BEING HELD ON A $2.5 MILLION BOND. POLICE SAY MALDONADO HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH AGUIRRE BUT THEY AREN’T SURE IF HE’S THE FATHER OF THE BABY.


RILEY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS 1,000 MORE H1N1 VACCINES AVAILABLE FOR THEIR CLINIC TODAY FROM 4:00 TO 5:30 TODAY AND AGAIN TOMORROW FROM 5:00 TO 7:00 IF THEY DON’T RUN OUT. MORE GROUPS OF PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET THEM. THOSE GROUPS ARE, PREGNANT WOMEN, PERSONS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 6 MONTHS AND 24 YEARS, PERSONS BETWEEN 25 AND 64 WITH MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT PUT THEM AT HIGHER RISK OF FLU COMPLICATIONS, HEALTH CARE AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL, AND CAREGIVERS FOR AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITH INFANTS UNDER 6 MONTHS OLD.


THE DEATH TOLL FOR KANSAS SWINE FLU VICTIMS HAS GONE UP TWO MORE. STATE HEALTH OFFICALS SAY NOW 14 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE VIRUS. THEY WERE A 72 YEAR OLD MAN FROM NORTHEAST KANSAS AND A 53 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM THE WICHITA AREA. THE KANSAS HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SAYS BOTH OF THEM HAD UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS.


A FORMER LAWRENCE POLICE OFFICER IS ON PROBATION FOR TWO YEARS FOR SELLING STOLEN VIDEO GAMES. 32 YEAR OLD ROBERT SAYLER WOULD BUY VIDEO GAMES, REMOVE THEM FROM THE BOXES AND RETURN THE BOXES FOR A REFUND. THEN HE WOULD SELL THE GAMES ON EBAY FROM $30 TO $46. SAYLER WAS FIRED FROM THE POLICE FORCE IN 2008 AFTER SERVING MORE THAN EIGHT YEARS.


FORMER ALASKA GOVERNOR AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANIDATE SARAH PALIN WILL BE VISITING SALINA IN FEBRUARY. SHE WILL BE THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE SALINA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNUAL BANQUET. FORMER SPEAKERS HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH, SPORTSCASTER BOB COSTAS, AND FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT. THE BANQUET WILL BE FEBRUARY 5TH AT THE SALINA BENTENNIAL CENTER. TICKETS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO NONMEMBERS OF THERE ARE TICKETS LEFT AFTER CHAMBER MEMBERS BUY THEIRS.


GOOD THING THE WORLD SERIES IS HEADING OUT OF PHILADELPHIA. THE SUBWAY STATION’S DOORS ARE GATED OFF AND NO BUSES ARE ON THE STREETS WHEN TRANSIT WORKERS WENT OF STRIKE AT 3 AM. THE RAIL SERVICE IS STILL OPERATING BUT THE TRAINS ARE PACKED AND THERE ARE DELAYS. LOCAL PRESIDENT WILLIE BROWN SAYS THE UNION DECIDED TO STRIKE WHEN BOTH SIDES DECIDED NEGOTIATIONS WENT AS FAR AS THEY COULD. THEY DECIDED THIS JUST HOURS BEFORE THE PHILLIES BEAT THE YANKEES EIGHT TO SIX SENDING THE WORLD SERIES TO GAME SIX IN NEW YORK.


BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD WILL BE COMPLETELY UNDER THE OWNERSHIP OF WARREN BUFFET’S BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY. RIGHT NOW BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY OWNES ABOUT 22% OF THE COMPANY BUT WILL PAY %100 A SHARE FOR THE REST OF IT. THE DEAL WAS ANNOUCNED TODAY AND HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE BOARDS OF BOTH COMPANIES. THIS WILL BE THE LARGEST ACQUISITION EVER FOR BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY.


JESSICA SIMPSON ISN’T VERY HAPPY ABOUT HER SISTER ASHLEE BEING CUT FROM THE CAST OF MELROSE PLACE. SIMPSON WROTE ON HER TWITTER.. “I HAVE HAD BAD SCRIPTS TO WORK WITH, BUT THIS? THANKS GOD MY SISTER IS AMAZING AND GOT YOU SOME PRESS.” HERS SISTER SIMPSON-WENTZ IS A LITTLE MORE GRATEFUL FOR HER ROLE. AND THANKS THE CW FOR HER CHANCE TO BE ON THE SHOW AND SHE KNEW IT WOULD COME TO AN UNPREDICTABLE END. A RECENT POLL ON PEOPLE.COM ASKED READERS IF THEY WOULD MISS SIMPSON-WENTZ ON THE SHOW AND 67% SAID NO.

Monday, November 2, 2009

News 11-2-09

A LANDON LECTURE WILL BE TAKING PLACE THIS MORNING AT MCCAIN AUDITORIUM AT KANSAS STATE. CHAIR OF THE FDIC SHEILA BAIR WILL BE SPEAKING AT 10:30. CHAIR OF THE LANDON LECTURE SERIES CHARLES REAGAN SAYS ONE OF BAIR’S TOPICS WILL BE “WHO SHOULD CONTROL OUR NATION’S BIG BANKS IN LIGHT OF THE FEDERAL BAILOUT PROGRAM.” SHE IS A KANSAS NATIVE BEING BORN AND RAISED IN INDEPENDENCE AND EARING HER BACHELOR’S AND LAW DEGREE AT KU.


GOVERNOR PARKINSON HAS NOMINATED HIS NEW COMMERCE SECRETARY. WILLIAM THORNTON WILL BE REPLACING DAVID KERR WHO SAID THURSDAY HE WAS GOING TO BECOME MISSOURI’S DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THORNTON…WHO SERVES ON THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS… WILL BE TAKING OVER NOVEMBER 9TH.


POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR TWO TEENS AFTER A WOMAN WAS SHOT AT TOPEKA’S CENTRAL PARK ON OCTOBER 26TH. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES.. 34-YEAR OLD MARINA MCKNIGHT WAS TRYING TO BREAK UP A FIGHT BETWEEN 30 TO 40 KIDS WHEN SOMEONE FIRED SHOTS AND SHE WAS KILLED. THE PERSONS OF INTEREST ARE 18-YEAR OLD GARRY WAYNE WELLS JUNIOR AND 16-YEAR OLD ANTHONY LAVERNE MARSHALL III…BOTH FROM TOPEKA. POLICE SAY MARSHALL GOES BUY THE NICKNAMES MAN AND MAYHAM AND WELLS’S NICKNAME IS NIPPY. TWO FUNDS HAVE BEEN SET UP FOR MCNIGHT. ONE IS FOR HER FIVE CHILDREN AT THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF LABOR CREDIT UNION AND THE OTHER IS AT THE EDUCATIONAL CREDIT UNION AND WILL HELP WITH FUNERAL COSTS.


AN OLATHE MAN IS DEAD AFTER A FIRE STARTED WHEN HE WAS SMOKING WHILE USING OXYGEN TO HELP HIM BREATHE. THE 74-YEAR OLD MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY WHERE HE DIED. HIS WIFE MADE IT OUT OF THE DUPLEX HERSELF AND SUFFERS FROM MINOR SMOKE INHALATION. ABOUT $5,000 OF DAMAGE WAS DONE.


THE ONLINE AUCITON TO RAISE MONEY FOR SCOTT ROEDER…THE MAN WHO SHOT AND KILLED ABORTION DOCTOR GEORGE TILLER HAS BEEN THREATENED BY EBAY. EBAY SAYS THEY WILL SHUT DOWN THEIR AUCTIONS BECAUSE THEY VIOLATE THEIR POLICIES ON OFFENSIVE MATERIALS. TWO ITEMS WERE PUT ON THE WEBSITE LAST NIGHT. ONE WAS A BIBLE THAT WAS SHELLEY SHANNON’S…A WOMAN WHO SHOT AND WOUNDED DR. TILLER IN 1993 AND THE OTHER IS CATACHISM WRITTEN BY ANTI ABORTION ACTIVIST MICHAEL BRAY. THE POSTINGS WERE STILL UP HOURS AFTER THEY WERE PUT ON THE SITE.


A SURVEY SHOWS THERE WILL BE A SLUMP OF HOLIDAY SALES IN THE MIDWEST. HOLIDAY SALES ARE EXPECTED TO DECLINE 1.6% FROM LAST YEAR. CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY ECONOMIST ERNIE GOSS SAYS DURING A NORMAL HOLIDAY SEASON THERE IS A 6% GROWTH IN SALES. THIS MID-AMERICA SURVEY WAS TAKEN IN NINE STATES INCLUDING KANSAS.


THE COUNCIL IN D-C WILL CONTINUE TO CONSIDER A BILL THAT WILL ALLOW SAME SEX MARRAGE IN WASHINGTON. TODAY WILL BE THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. LAST MONTH OPENLY GAY COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID CATANIA INTRODUCED THE MEASURE. NINE OF THE 12 COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SIGNED ON AS CO-SPONSORS OF THE BILL. OPPONENTS HAVE ASKED THE DC BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO PUT THE ISSUE ON NEXT YEAR’S BALLOT.


A NEW YORK MEAT COMPANY IS RECALLING GROUND BEEF BECAUSE IT’S LINKED TO CASES OF E-COLI. ONE PERSON HAS DIED AND TWO OTHERS BECAME SICK BECAUSE OF IT. FAIRBANK FARMS’S MEAT WAS DISTRIBUTED IN RETAIL STORES IN MARYLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, NORTH CAROLINA, NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, PENNSYLVANIA, AND VIRGINA. THE PACKAGES HAVE THE NUMBER EST 492 ON THE LABEL. NEARLY 546,000 POUNDS OF GROUND BEEF HAVE BEEN RECALLED.


ELTON JOHN IS IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING FROM E-COLI AND THE FLU. JOHN’S SPOKESMAN GARY FARROW SAYS HE HOPES TO BE RELEASED SOON BUT HAS TO CANCEL CONCERTS IN ENGLAND, IRELAND, AND THE US. JOHN IS REJOINING THE FACE2FACE TOUR WITH BILLY JOEL LATER THIS MONTH.


THE MICHAEL JACKSON FILM THIS IS IT SHOWED THIS WEEKEND IT REALLY WAS IT. DURING ITS FIRST FIVE DAYS OUT IT MADE 101 MILLION DOLLAR WORLDWIDE AND 21.3 MILLION IN THE US MAKING IT THE NUMBER ONE MOVIE IN THE LAND. THE MOVIE’S POPULARITY WAS BIGGER OVER SEAS WHERE ABOUT 70% OF ITS STRENGTH CAME FROM. THE FILM IS ABOUT JACKSON GETTING READY FOR HIS COMBACK TOUR BEFORE HE DIED IN JUNE.