2-5-10

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT IN KANSAS FOR COUNTIES INCLUDING RILEY, POTTAWATOMIE, AND GEARY. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AROUND AN INCH MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND ONE TO THREE INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS COULD CAUSE THE ROADS TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK AND MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY.


MORE DEER HAVE BEEN KILLED AT SHAWNEE MISSION PARK IN JOHNSON COUNTY DURING A CONTROLLED HUNT. PARK OFFICIALS SAY 342 WERE SHOT 313 BY SHARPSHOOTERS AND 29 BY ARCHERS. THIS IS ALL BEING DONE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DEER AT THE PARK. THEY ARE HOPING TO MINIMIZE IT TO 50 PER SQUARE MILE BUT IT WASN’T MET AND A SURVEY WILL BE DONE TO COUNT THE CURRENT NUMBER.


A MAN IN OVERLAND PARK IS FACING CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF HIS PREGNANT WIFE. 30-YEAR OLD JASON COTT IS ACCUSED OF STRANGLING IS 29-YEAR OLD WIFE ANGELA WHILE CARRYING AN UNBORN CHILD. THESE CHARGES MEAN COTT CAN BE GIVEN THE DEATH PENALTY OR TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER. BECAUSE OF ALEXA’S LAW, IT IS A CRIME TO KILL OR WOUND AN UNBORN CHILD DURING AN ATTACK ON THE MOTHER. THIS IS WHY HE FACES THE CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE.


AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A MISSING 8-MONTH-OLD CARTHAGE MISSOURI BOY. EDDIE SALAZAR WAS TAKEN FROM HIS HOME LAST NIGHT BY TWO MEN IN MASKS. SALAZAR IS DESCRIBED TO BE AROUND 20-POUNDS, DARK HAIR, AND BROWN EYES. THE TWO MEN BROKE INTO THE HOUSE, BEAT THE FATHER, WHO WAS SLEEPING ON THE COUCH, AND RAIDED THE HOUSE BEFORE THEY TOOK THE BOY. CARTHAGE POLICE CHIEF TOLD KSHB TV EARLY INFORMATION SHOWS THE ABDUCTION WAS RANDOM. WITH LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECTS, THEY AREN’T SURE WHERE THEY MAY BE HEADED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL 417-237-7200.


YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK TWICE BEFORE DOODLING ON YOUR DESK IN CLASS. 12-YEAR OLD ALEXA GONZALES WAS DOING JUST THAT IN HER NEW YORK CITY JUNIOR HIGH AND WAS ARRESTED. SHE WROTE “LEX WAS HERE 2/1/10” AND “I LOVE MY FRIENDS ABBY AND FAITH.” GONZALES’S MOTHER SAYS SHE WAS RELEASED HOURS LATER AFTER BEING TAKING TO THE POLICE STATION. THE NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FILED A LAWSUIT LAST MONTH ALLEGING MORE THAN 20 INSTANCES OF WRONGFUL ARRESTS BY SCHOOL AFETY OFFICERS. GONZALES’S PUNISHMENT IS EIGHT HOURS OF COMMINITY SERVICE, A BOOK REPORT, AND AN ESSAY ON WHAT SHE LEARNED FROM THE EXPERIENCE.


THE REASON OF BRITTANY MURPHY’S DEATH HAS COME OUT. MURPHY DIED OF PNEUMONIA BACK IN DECEMBER 20TH. LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHIEF CORONER SAYS HE SHE WOULD’E GONE TO THE DOCTOR IN TIME, SHE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE. MURPHY HAD A DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED FOR A FEW DAYS LATER. HE ALSO SAYS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND ANEMIA ALSO PLAYED A ROLE BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF WRONG DOING. THE FULL REPORT ON HER DEATH IS STILL WEEKS FROM BEING FINISHED.