Tuesday, March 30, 2010

News 3-30-10

AS DANCING WITH THE STARS HAS GOTTEN UNDERWAY IN ABC, K-STATE HAS THEIR OWN VERSION. TONIGHT AT 7:30 IN MCCAIN AUDITORIUM 10 K-STATE “CELEBRITIES” WILL BE DANCING TO TAKE HOME THE TITLE OF SEASON TWO. SOME OF THE DANCERS INCLUDE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT DALTON HENRY, SPEAKER OF THE STUDENT SENATE AMY SCHULTZ, AND WILLIE THE WILDCAT. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE MCCAIN BOX OFFICE.


HUTCHINSON POLICE SAY THEY DON’T THINK FOUL PLAY IS INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF A COUPLE WHO WERE FOUND IN THEIR HOME. SUNDAY NIGHT 59-YEAR OLD GEORGE SAMMS AND 62-YEAR OLD SHARON SAMMS WERE FOUND SUNDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY NO EVIDENCE SHOWS ANY APPARENT INJURIES TO THEM OR SUFFER LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES. POLICE ARE WAITING FOR AUTOPSY RESULTS BEFORE THEY RELEASE ANY MORE DETAILS.


AN 18-YEAR OLD GARDEN CITY MAN IS PLEADING NO GUILTY IN THE DEATH OF A DEERFIELD TEENAGER. JOAQUIN DE ANDA IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER…RAPER…AND AGGRAVATED AND CRIMINAL SODOMY IN THE DEATH OF 16-YEAR OLD JULIA QUINTANA. QUINTANA’S BODY WAS FOUND IN A DUMPSTER BEHIND HER OLD HOME IN GARDEN CITY BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2008. DE ANDA’S MOTHER WAS THE ONE WHO RAISED SPECULATIONS ABOUT HER SON TO POLICE ALONG WITH HIS PEERS TESTIFYING THAT HE BRAGGED ABOUT THE CRIMES AGAISNT QUINTANA. DE ANDA’S TRIAL IS SET FOR JUNE 25TH.


A HISTORIC THEATER IN PITTSBURG KANSAS HAS RECEIVED A $90 THOUSAND GRANT FROM THE KANSAS HERITAGE TRUST FUND. THE COLONIAL FOX THEATER OPENED IT’S DOORS IN 1920 AND WAS CLOSED IN 1985 AFTER ITS CONDITION GOT BAD. THIS GRANT WILL HELP THE RESTORATION PROJECT THAT HAS ALREADY STARTED WITH AN EARLIER GRANT. THEY WILL BE FIXING WATER PROBLEMS IN THE BASEMENT. THE COLONIAL FOX THEATER WAS PUT ON THE NATIONAL HISTORIC REGISTER IN 2008.


YOU MAY WANT TO BE CAREFUL IF YOU DECORATE YOUR HOUSE FOR EASTER. A LANDLORD EVICTED HIS TENANT CAROL BURDICK AFTER SHE REFUSED TO TAKE DOWN EDIBLE EASTER DECORATIONS OFF OF HER DOOR LAST APRIL. BURDICK’S LANDLORD TOOK THE DECORATIONS DOWN AND SAID IT WAS A VIOLATION OF THE LEASE. BURDICK STOPPED PAYING RENT AND WAS EVICTED IN MAY. SHE CLAIMS SHE WAS WRONGLY EVICTED AND IS SUING THE BUILDING MANAGEMENT FOR $2,000 BACK IN RENT. HER TRIAL IS TO BEGIN THIS MORNING.


IF YOU’RE A CHOCOLATE LOVER YOU MAY WANT TO LISTEN UP. GERMAN RESEARCHERS HAVE FOUND THAT A SMALL DOSE EVERY DAY COULD DECREASE YOUR RISK OF HAVING A HEART ATTACK OR STROKE BY NEARLY 40-PERCENT. THE RESEARCHERS STUDIED ABOUT 20-THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO ALL ATE AN AVERAGE OF SIX GRAMS OF CHOCOLATE A DAY. THIS IS THE FIRST STUDY TO TRACK CHOCOLATE’S EFFECTS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. DOCTORS DO SAY TO NOT OVER DO IT. EATING LARGE AMOUNTS OF CHOCOLATE CAN LEAD TO WEIGHT GAIN, WHICH IS A MAJOR RISK FACTOR FOR HEART PROBLEMS AND STROKES.


RICKY MARTIN HAS FINALLY COME OUT AND SAID HE IS “A FORTUNATE HOMOSEXUAL MAN.” MARTIN REVEALED IT ON HIS BLOG YESTERDAY. HE SAYS HIS TWIN SONS INSPIRED HIM TO BE HIS TRUE SELF. PEOPLE HAVE SPECULATED MARTIN FOR YEARS AND BARBARA WALTERS ASKED HIM ABOUT IT BUT HE WOULDN’T ADMIT OR DENY ANYTHING. MARTIN IS KNOWN FOR BEING IN THE LATIN BOY BAND MENUDO ALONG WITH HIS HIT SONG LIVIN’ LA VIDA LOCA.

Monday, March 29, 2010

News 3-29-10

AS DANCING WITH THE STARS HAS GOTTEN UNDERWAY IN ABC, K-STATE HAS THEIR OWN VERSION THIS WEEK. TOMORROW NIGHT AT 7:30 IN MCCAIN AUDITORIUM 10 K-STATE “CELEBRITIES” WILL BE DANCING TO TAKE HOME THE TITLE OF SEASON TWO. SOME OF THE DANCERS INCLUDE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT DALTON HENRY, SPEAKER OF THE STUDENT SENATE AMY SCHULTZ, AND WILLIE THE WILDCAT. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE IN THE MCCAIN BOX OFFICE.


RILEY COUNTY HAS MADE THEIR FIRST EVER DECISION TO SEEK THE DEATH PENALTY AGAINST A MAN WHO IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND AND THEIR CHILD. 22-YEAR OLD LUIS AGUIRRE IS FACING CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATHS OF TANYA MALDONADO AND THEIR 15-MONTH OLD SON, WHO’S BODIES WERE FOUND IN A SHALLOW GRAVE BACK IN OCTOBER. COURT RECORDS SAY AGUIRRE SUFFOCATED MALDONADO IN THE KITCHET ON HER MANHATTAN HOME AND THE CHILD WHILE HE WAS SLEEPING. AGUIRRE HAS ALSO GIVEN SEVERAL DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE STORY TO POLICE.


KANSAS RESIDENTS WHO FELL BEHIND ON THEIR GAS AND ELECTRIC BILLS THIS WINTER BETTER CATCH UP OR THEY RISK GETTING THESE UTILITIES SHUT OFF. KANSAS’S COLD WEATHER RULE ENDS THIS THURSDAY. THIS RULE KEEPS THE STATE FROM CUTTING OFF YOUR SERVICE IF THE TEMPURATURE IS EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 35-DEGREES FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS. IT ALSO OFFERS CUSTOMERS A 12-MONTH PLAN TO PAY OUTSTANDING BILLS.


A NEW ORDINANCE IN LYON KANSAS LETS PEOPLE DRIVE GOLF CARTS ON THE TOWN’S STREETS. BEFORE, DRIVERS EITHER DROVE THEIR CARTS TO THE GOLF COURSE AND RISKED GETTING A $1,000 TICKET OR HAVE TO LOAD THE CART ON A TRAILER AND TAKE IT THE FEW BLOCKS TO THE COURSE. THE LYONS POLICE CHIEF SAYS HE’S HAPPY THIS PASSED SO HE CAN NOW CONCENTRATE ON SERIOUS TRAFFIC VIOLATORS…NOT CHASING GOLF CARTS. THE CHIEF GAVE 12 CARTS PERMITS ON SATURDAY AND WILL HOLD ANOTHER INSPECTION SEPTEMBER FIRST. THIS ORDINANCE WILL TAKE PLACE APRIL FIRST.


FORMER FIRST LADY BARBARA BUSH WAS HOSPITALIZED SATURDAY MORNING FOR ROUTINE TESTS. THE FAMILY SPOKESWOMEN JEAN BECKER SAYS 84-YEAR OLD BUSH IS IN METHODIST HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON. BECKER ALSO SAYS BUSH HADN’T BEEN FEELING WELL FOR ABOUT A WEEK BUT HASN’T BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH ANYTHING AND DOCTORS AREN’T LOOKING FOR ANYTHNG SPECIFIC. THE FAMILY IS HOPING SHE WILL COME HOME TODAY, BUT NO TIMELINE HAS BEEN GIVEN.


A MISSING NEW HAMPSHIRE YELLOW LABRADOR HAS BEEN FOUND AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT. THE DOG’S OWNER TRISH DALE WAS DRIVING HOME WITH HER TWO DOGS IN THE CAR WHEN SHE FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL. HER DOG BUDDY WAS FOUND RIGHT AWAY WHILE HER OTHER DOG TATER TOT WAS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND. AFTER HEARING THE STORY ABOUT 100 PEOPLE WENT OUT TO LOOK FOR TATER TOT, WHO WAS FOUND CURLED UP BY A FENCE ABOUT A MILE FROM WHERE THE ACCIDENT WAS. DALE AND TATER TOT HAVE BEEN REUNITED AND DALE SAYS SHE COULDN’T ASK FOR MORE.

Friday, March 26, 2010

Aggieville Road Closings for Saturday, March 27th




From Riley County Police Department:

Beginning at 3 p.m. on Saturday, March 27th, the Riley County Police Department will be closing a large portion of the roadway in Aggieville to both traffic and parked vehicles. These roadways include the 1100 and 1200 blocks of Moro, the 700 block of N. Manhattan, and portions of 12th Street north and south of Moro. The purpose of this measure is to ensure the safety and security of the citizens visiting the Aggieville area as a result of the KSU Men’s Basketball team’s participation in the Regional Finals of the NCCAA tournament. A map accompanying this release marks depicts those roadways that will be closed. Any vehicles remaining parked in the specified areas after 3 p.m. on March 27th will be towed. Roadways will re-open at 3 a.m. on Sunday, March 28th
Kansas’ jobless rate for the month of February is 6.8 percent. The jobless rate dropped .4 percent from January to February, but increased 1 percent from February of last year. Labor Secretary Jim Garner said there were positive signs in the economy.

A former Wichita school bus driver has pleaded guilty to fondling a 6 year old. Billy Reynolds pleaded guilty Thursday to four counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child. The incidents occurred for nearly four months. Reynolds was fired after his arrest and will be sentenced May 6.

John Coomer sued after he claims he was injured last summer after the Kansas City Royals mascot, Slugerrr flung a foil-wrapped hot dog that struck Coomer in the eye. Coomer is seeking more than 25,000 in damage, but may not see a dime. Coomer filed the lawsuit in Independence, Missouri. Kansas City Royals officials are claiming the lawsuit was filed in the wrong place and should be dismissed due to Coomer’s mistake.


IN NATIONAL NEWS…

WINSTON, A PIT BULL MIX, IN TENNESSEE WAS SENTENECED TO OBEDIENCE TRAINING AFTER HE TOOK A BITE OUT OF A CHATTANOOGA POLICE CRUISER. THE PUP CHEWED OFF THE FRONT BUMPER AND DAMAGED A TIRE. THE DOG WILL ALSO HAVE TO WEAR A TAG THAT SIGNIFIES THE POOCH AS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUIS. CHARGES AGAINST HIS OWNER NANCY ENERLING WIILL BE DISMISSED IF WINSTON FINISHES THE CLASSES WITHOUT ANOTHER MISHAP.

MCKAY HATCH IS NOT JOE BIDENS MOTHER BUT HE WOULD LIKE THE VICE PRESIDENT TO WATCH HIS LANGUAGE. HATCH, THE FOUNDER OF THE NO CUSSING CLUB, WILL SEND BIDEN A NO CUSSING CLUB PENALTY JAR AND AN OFFICIAL CLUB T-SHIRT. BIDEN’S SLIP-UP HAPPENED DURING A BILL-SIGNING CEREMONY EARLIER THIS WEEK.

IN INTERNATIONAL NEWS…
A FRENCH HACKER SAYS HE MEANT NO HARM AFTER HACKING IN TO TWITTER. THE FRENCH MAN SAID HE ONLY DID SO TO SHOW HOW VULNERABLE ONLINE DATA SYSTEMS ARE TO BREAK-INS. HE CALLS HIMSELF A NICE HACKER. BEFORE HE WAS ARRESTED, HE LOOKED AT PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA, BRINTEY SPEARS, AND LILLY ALLEN’S TWITTER ACCOUNTS. IF CONVICTED, THE MAN COULD FACE UP TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON AND A FORTY-THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

News 3-25-10

EVERYONE’S BLEEDING PURPLE TODAY AS THE CATS HEAD TO UTAH TO PLAY XAVIER IN THE SWEET 16 BUT THERE’S A FEW CHANCES FOR YOU TO GIVE THAT BLOOD. K-STATE WILL BE HOLDING A BLOOD DRIVE APRIL 5TH THROUGH THE 9TH. T-SHIRTS WILL BE GIVEN TO EACH DONOR. TO SCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT YOU CAN CALL 1-800-RED CROSS OR VISIT REDCROSSBLOOD.ORG. LISTEN TO THE WILDCAT 91.9 FOR MORE DETAILS AS THE BLOOD DRIVE GETS CLOSER.


AS DEMAND HAS DWINDLED FOR THE SWINE FLU VACCINE SO WILL THE CLINICS. SEDGWICK COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS CLOSING ITS CLINIC’S DOORS FRIDAY. ANYONE IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE AND WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTY’S MAIN CLINIC.


THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS WILL BE PAYING SOME GREEN TO MAKE THEIR SCHOOL MORE GREEN. AN EFFICIENCY PLAN THAT WIL IMPROVE LIGHTING…HEATING AND COOLING…AND VENILATION AND PLUMBING SYSTEMS ON CAMPUS WILL COST $25 MILLION BUT HOPES TO SAVE THE UNIVERSITY $2 MILLION A YEAR. ENERGY SOLUTIONS PROFESSIONALS OF OVERLAND PARK WILL DO THE WORK AND HAVE AGREED IF THE ANNUAL SAVINGS AREN’T AS HIGH AS THEY EXPECT, THEY WILL PAY THE DIFFERENCE FOR 15 AND A HALF YEARS AFTER COMPLETION.


A SOUTH CENTRAL KANSAS MAN HAS BEEN GIVEN TWO CONSECUTIVE LIFE SENTENCES. HE IS CONVICTED FOR A 1996 KILLING OF A GODDARD KANSAS COUPLE. GAVIN SCOTT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN GIVEN THE DEATH PENALTY TWICE BUT THE JUDGE OVERTURNED ONE OF THEM AFTER FINDING OUT A JUROR BROUGHT A BIBLE TO THE DELIBERATIONS. THE OTHER WAS OVERTURNED BY THE KANSAS SUPREME COURT BECAUSE THE JURY RECEIVED INCORRECT INSTRUCTIONS ON THE LAW. THE JUDGE SAYS SCOTT WILL NOT BE ELIGBLE FOR PAROLE UNTIL HE SERVES MORE THAN 80 YEARS.


PHILADELPHIA POLICE HAVE A NEW PROBLEM ON THEIR HANDS RECENTLY. A BIG GROUP OF TEENAGERS WILL MEET AT A SPOT AND START A STREET-CORNER PILLOW FIGHT OR A SIDEWALK DANCE OFF, ALSO KNOWN AS A FLASH MOB. ALLTHOUGH THESE SOUND INNOCENT SOME OF THESE FLASH MOBS HAVE BECOME VIOLENT. LAST SATURDAY THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AS TWO-THOUSAND TEENS COVERED A 10-BLOCK STRIP BLOCKING TRAFFIC…JUMPING ON CARS…AND EVEN ROUGHING UP BYSTANDESR. PHILLY’S POLICE DEPARTMENT IS STEPPING UP THEIR ENFORECEMENT AND STRENGTHENING THEIR PENALTIES AGAINST JUVENILES.


THREE HELECOPTER CREW MEMBERS ARE DEAD AFTER THEIR MEDICAL COPTER WENT DOWN IN WESTERN TENNESSEE. THE TENNESSEE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY SPOKESMAN SAYS IT CRASHED INTO A FIELD AROUND 6 THIS MORNING DURING A RAINSTORM. THE HELECOPTER HAD JUST DROPPED A PATIENT TO A JACKSON HOSPITAL WHEN IT CRASHED NEAR BROWSVILLE WHICH IS ABOUT 55 MILES NORTHEAST OF MEMPHIS.


THINGS DON’T SEEM TO BE LOOKING TOO GOOD FOR OCTOMOM NADYA SULEMAN. HER HOME WILL BE FORECLOSED IF SHE DOESN’T PAY. THE MORTGAGE HOLDER ON HER HOUSE SAYS SHE’S IN DEFALT ON A $450 THOUSAND BALLOON PAYMENT. SULEMAN HAS ACCEPTED AN OFFER FROM PETA FOR $5,000 TO PUT A SIGN IN HER YARD THAT SAYS “DON’T LET YOUR DOG OR CAT BECOME AN OCTOMOM. ALWAYS SPAY OR NEUTER.”

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

News 2-23-10

LAST NIGHT A PEP RALLY WAS HELD AT BRAMLAGE FOR THE K-STATE MEN’S BASKETBALL TEAM. SPEAKERS INCLUDED COACH FRANK MARTIN, ATHLETIC DIRECTOR JOHN CURRIE, JACOB PULLEN, CHRIS MERRIEWETHER, AND STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT WAYNE STOSKOPF. THE CATS WILL BE HEADING TO SALT LAKE CITY THURSDAY TO PLAY XAVIER IN THE FIRST SWEET SIXTEEN SINCE 1988. GAME TIME IS SET FOR 8:37 CENTRAL TIME.


GOOD NEWS FOR THE WINTER WHEAT CROP. THE KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE SHOWS AS OF MONDAY 64% OF THE CROP IS RATED GOOD TO EXCELLENT AND 30% RATED FAIR. ONLY 6% IS RATED POOR TO VERY POOR. RIGHT NOW 77 %OF THE CROP HAS BROKEN DORMANCY AND ONLY 2% HAS BEEN LOST TO WINTER KILL.


A FOUR-YEAR-OLD WICHITA BOY IS DEAD AFTER A BIRTHDAY PARTY. THE BOY WAS AT PURE ENTERTAINMENT WHERE THE OWNER SAYS THE BOY’S PARENTS WERE MISUSING A BOUNCE HOUSE WHEN THE CHILD FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND DIED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.


THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HAS NAMED THEIR NEW PROVOST. THEY HAVE APPOINTED FORMER TEXAS A & M ADMINISTRATOR JEFFREY VITTER. HE WAS A FORMER PROVOST AT A & M AND STEPPED DOWN AFTER THEIR PRESIDENT RESIGNED. VITTER SAYS HIS FIRST FOCUS IS KANSAS’S STRATEGIC PLAN. HE WILL TAKE OVER THE POSITION JULY FIRST.


PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE SIGNING THE HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION INTO LAW TODAY. THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE ON THE BILL THOUGH WITH CHANGES TO BE DONE. REPUBLICANS SAY THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT IT IN WHATEVER FORUM IS APPROPRIATE…INCLUDING COURTS. THIS NEW HEALTH CARE BILL WILL EXTEND COVERAGE TO 32-MILLION UNINSURED AMERICANS AND ALSO PROHIBIT INSURANCE PRACTICES SUCH AS DENYING COVERAGE TO PEOPLE WITH EXISTING MEDICAL PROBLEMS.


TWO ELDERLY SISTERS IN CONNECTICUT ARE FIGHTING OVER A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR LOTTERY JACKPOT. 84-YEAR OLD THERESA SOKAITIS IS TAKING HER 87 YEAR OLD SISTER TO COURT FOR A SHARE OF THE MONEY WON BACK IN 2005. SOKAITIS SAYS SHE HAS A WRITTEN AGREEMENT WITH HER SISTER TO SPLIT GAMBLING WINNINGS. HER SISTER’S LAWYER IS SAYING THE COTNRACT ENDED WHEN THE TWO HAD A FALLING OUT BEFORE THE TICKET WAS EVER PURCHASED.


SACHA BARON COHEN AND HIS FIANCEE OF SIX YEARS ISLA FISHER HAVE FINALLY TIED THE KNOT. WITH JUST SIX GUESTS THE TWO WED IN PARIS AT A TRADITIONAL JEWISH CEREMONY. THE BORAT STAR AND HIS NEW WIFE HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR EIGHT YEARS AND HAVE A TWO YEAR OLD DAUGHTER NAMED OLIVE.

Monday, March 22, 2010

3-22-10

THE HEALTH CARE BILL HAS BEEN PASSED BY HOUSE DEMOCRATS AND IS BIW AWAITING PRESIDENT OBAMA’S SIGNATURE. IT WAS PASSED LATE LAST NIGHT WITH A VOTE OF 219 TO 212. ACCORDING TO THE AP, THIS REFORM BILL WILL EXTEND COVERAGE TO THE 32 MILLION AMERICANS WHO ARE UNINSURED. THEY ALSO SAY IT IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE DEFICITS AND BAN INSURANCE COMPANY PRACTICES SUCH AS DENYING COVERAGE TO PEOPLE WITH PRE-EXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS. WITH NO REPUBLICANS VOTING FOR THIS, THEY SAY IT’S TOO EXPENSIVE AND ARE CALLING IT A GOVERNMENT TAKEOVER. OBAMA IS EXPECTED TO SIGN IT TOMORROW BUT THERE IS STILL WORK TO BE DONE WITH THIS.


US SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK MAY HAVE A COMPETITOR IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR KANSAS GOVENOR. JOAN HEFFINGTON OF DERBY KANSAS HAS NEVER HELD ANY POLITICAL OFFICES SAYS SHE WILL BE RUNNING AGAINST BROWNBACK. HEFFINGTON SAYS “SHE BELIEVES THE NATION’S FAILURE TO PUT GOD FIRST IN ALL THINGS BREEDS CORRUPTION AND IS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE STATE’S ECONOMIC TROUBLES.” IN THE PAST SHE HAS FILED LAW SUITES AGAINST PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND THE US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. SHE HAS ALSO BEEN SUED BY THE STATE’S ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFICE FOR ALLEGEDLY GIVING LEGAL ADVICE WITHOUT A LAW LICENSE.


A POLICE CHASE IN WICHITA LEAVES ONE MAN DEAD. POLICE SAY THEY WERE RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASE SUNDAY WHEN A MAN TOOK OFF. THE 33-YEAR OLD MAN’S TRUCK HIT AN ELECTTIC POLE NEAR NORTH HIGH SCHOOL LEAVING SOME RESIDENTS WITHOUT POWER. HIS NAME HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.


SEDGWICK COUNTY IS LOOKING AT BUILDING A NEW ELEPHANT AND BREEDING FACILITY AT THE ZOO. THEY ALREADY HAVE TWO SOUTH AFRICAN BUSH ELEPHANTS, STEPHANIE AND CINDA AND THEIR EXHIBIT MEASURES 19-THOUSAND SQUARE FEET BUT THAT COULD EXPAND. THERE WILL ALSO BE 4.75 ACRES OF PUBLIC VIEWING SPACE AND CAN HOLD UP TO SIX AFRICAN ELEPHANT COWS WITH CALVES AND TWO BULLS. THE ZOO’S BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL VOTE ON THIS IN JULY.


A 66-YEAR OLD MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN FOUGHT OFF A MAN TRYING TO ABDUCT HER BY BASHING HIM IN THE FACE WITH A ROCK. POLICE SAY SOMEONE WARNED HER OF A SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE NEAR A PARK YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AND THAT PROMPTED HER TO PICK UP A FIST SIZED ROCK. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE MAN GRABBED HER AND TRIED TO DRAG HER INTO HIS CAR. AFTER THE WOMAN FOUGHT HIM OFF THE MAN DROVE OFF. POLICE CHECKED AREA HOSPITALS TO SEE IF THE SUSPECT HAD BEEN THERE BUT HAVEN’T FOUND HIM. THIS IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.


EARTHQUAKES HAVE BEEN HITTING ALL OVER THE WORLD AND THIS TIME ONE HIT WHERE MOST PEOPLE WOULDN’T EXPECT IT, NEBRASKA. A 2.7 MAGNITUDE QUAKE HIT FRIDAY EVENING NEAR AINSWORTH WHICH IS CLOSE TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE LAST QUAKE TO HIT NEBRASKA WAS BACK IN 1877.


HAVE YOU EVER SEEN AN ASTRONAUT DANCE? WELL TONIGHTS YOUR CHANCE WITH A NEW SEASON OF DANCING WITH THE STARS BEGINNING. 80-YEAR OLD BUZZ ALRIN WILL BE COMPETING AGAINST OTHER CELEBRITIES LIKE PAM ANDERSON, KATE GOSSELIN, ERIN ANDREWS AND MORE. THE TWO HOUR SEASON PREMIERE BEGINS TONIGHT AT SEVEN ON ABC. AND WHO KNOWS, MAYBE BUZZ WILL BUST OUT HIS MOON WALK.

Thursday, March 11, 2010

News 3-11-10

ALL THIS RAIN MEANS SPRING IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. AND WITH SPRING COMES STORM SEASON. WITH THIS BEING SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN KANSAS THE STATE WILL BE DOING A TORNADO DRILL. IT IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY AT 1:30 PM. IF YOU HEAR THE ALARM THIS IS A TEST, THERE IS NO SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED IN THE AREA.


THE BIG 12 TOURNAMENT IS UNDERWAY AT THE SPRINT CENTER IN KANSAS CITY. YESTERDAY MISSOURI WAS UPSET BY LAST PLACE NEBRASKA WITH A 76-60 LOSS. THE QUARTER FINALS ARE TODAY WITH NUMBER ONE KANSAS TAKING ON TEXAS TECH AT 11:30, TEXAS A&M PLAYING ON NEBRASKA AT 2, K-STATE FACING OFF AGAINST OKLAHOMA STATE AT 6, AND BAYLOR PLAYING TEXAS AT 8:30.


THE KANSAS CITY MISSOURI SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS VOTED TO CONSOLIDATE SCHOOLS DUE TO A TIGHT BUDGET AND THE RISK OF BANKRUPTCY. NEARLY HALF OF THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT WILL BE SHUTTING DOWN BEFORE THE NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. SUPERINTENDENT JOHN COVINGTON IS CALLING IT THE “RIGHT-SIZE PLAN.” THE BOARD PASSED THE VOTE LAST NIGHT. THIS WILL CUT SEVEN-HUNDRED JOBS AND SAVE THE DISTRICT $50 MILLION . COVINGTON IS TO TALK ABOUT THE CLOSINGS IN A NEWS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING.


GOVENOR MARK PARKINSON HAS A CEREMONY PLANNED FOR TOMMORROW AT 10 AM TO SIGN THE STATE-WIDE SMOKING BAN. TOMORROW HE’LL BE SIGNING IT IN THE SOUTH WING OF THE STATEHOUSE’S SECOND FLOOR AND HE WILL RE-ENACT THE SIGNING MONDAY IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS AND SALINA. THE BILL APPROVED TWO WEEKS AGO WILL TAKE EFFECT JULY FIRST.


TWO CHEMICALS USED TO MAKE THE SYNTHENTIC POT, ALSO KNOWN AS K-2, WILL SOON BE ILLEGAL IN KANSAS. GOVENOR PARKINSON SIGNED THE BILL YESTERDAY AND IT WILL TAKE EFFECT MARCH 18TH. THIS BILL WILL ALSO OUTLAW TWO CHEMICALS USED TO MAKE ECSTASY. MISSOURI LEGISLATORS ARE ALSO CONSIDERING A BAN.


GOOD NEWS FOR HIGHWAY DRIVERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT SAYS TRAFFIC DEATHS HAVE DECLINED NEARLY 9% IN 2009, WHICH IS THE LOWEST SINCE 1954. EXPERTS SAY THIS COULD BE BECAUSE OF SEAT BELT LAWS…LESS DRUNK DRIVING…AND MORE ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC PLANS. THEY ALSO SAY THE SLOW ECONOMY GIVES PEOPLE LESS REASONS TO DRIVE.

WE’VE BEEN UPDATING YOU ON THIS STORY FOR DAYS NOW AND WE FINALLY HAVE ALL THE DETAILS. IT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT BETTY WHITE’S EPISODE OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE WILL BE MAY 8TH. IT’LL BE A MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL THAT WILL ALSO REUNITE FORMER SNL'ERS TINA FEY, AMY POEHLER, MOLLY SHANNON, MAYA RUDOLPH, ANA GASTEYER, AND RACHEL DRATCH. PRODUCER LORNE MICHAELS SAYS THAT EVEN THOUGH 88-YEAR OLD WHITE DOESN’T HAVE CHILDREN OF HER OWN…”SHE’S THE MOTHER OF US ALL IN COMEDY.”

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

News 3-9-10

WHILE THE BARS WERE BUSY THIS WEEKEND WITH FAKE PADDY’S DAY SO WERE THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE. THEY SAY THEY RESPONDED TO 462 CALLS AND RCPD SPOKESMAN TIM HEGARTY SAYS THIS MAKES IT THE BUSIEST 24 HOURS IN THE CITY IN RECENT HISTORY. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE CITATIONS WERE FOR ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS THEY ISSUED 133 CRIMINAL REPORTS…ARRESTED 37…AND GAVE 89 NOTICES FOR PEOPLE TO APPEAR IN COURT. HEGARTY ALSO SAYS HE’S CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL THAT WAS CONSUMED IN AGGIEVILLE.


ALL THIS RAIN MEANS SPRING IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. AND WITH SPRING COMES STORM SEASON. WITH THIS BEING SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN KANSAS THE STATE WILL BE DOING A TORNADO DRILL. IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR TODAY BUT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO THURSDAY AT 1:30 PM.


WITH THE WARM WEATHER FINALLY ON THE UPSWING KANSAS’S WINTER WHEAT CROP IS BREAKING ITS DORMANCY EARLIER THAN USUAL. KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT 20% OF THE CROP BROKE DORMANCY UP FROM THE FOUR PERCENT LAST WEEK. THE CROP’S CONDITION IS ALSO LOOKING GOOD. 10% WAS RATED EXCELLENT, 50% GOOD, 32% FAIR, AND ONLY EIGHT PERCENT RATED POOR OR VERY POOR.


NINE FORMER EMPLOYEES OF A CLOSED JUVENILE CENTER IN TOPEKA ARE SUING THE CENTER. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL REPORTS THE FORMER EMPLOYEES OF FORBES JUVENILE ATTENTION CENTER ALLEGE THAT THEY WERE SUBJECTED TO RACIALLY INSENSITIVE JOKES…INTIMIDATION…AND DISPARITIES IN JOB EVALUATIONS. THEY NINE ARE SEEKING $500 THOUSAND IN DAMAGES. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL ALSO REPORTED LAST YEAR THAT A 12-YEAR OLD RESIDENT ALLEGED HE WAS REPEATEDLY RAPED BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT STAFFING AND ROOM CHECKS. THIS CASE WAS SETTLED OUT OF COURT LAST NOVEMBER AND THE CENTER CLOSED A FEW WEEKS AFTER THIS STORY BROKE.


A TRIPLE SHOOTING BROKE OUT ON THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS LAST NIGHT. THE SHOOTING KILLED ONE EMPLOYEE AND INJURED TWO OTHERS. UNIVERSITY POLICE SAY THEY HAVE THE SUSPECT AND ARE NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MOTIVATED HIM TO SHOOT. ONE OF THE INJURED IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND THE OTHER IS IN STABLE. NO STUDENTS WERE HURT AND CLASSES ARE BEING HELD AS SCHEDULED TODAY.


THE OSCARS HAVE BEEN GETTING SOME GRIEF AFTER FARRAH FAWCETT WAS NOT PUT IN THE IN MEMORIAM DURING THE AWARDS. PATRICK SWAYZE KICKED OFF THE REEL FOLLOWED BY NATASHA RICHARDSON…DAVID CARRADINE…BRITTANY MURPHY…AND EVEN MICHAEL JACKSON. BEA ARTHUR WAS ALSO LEFT OUT BUT DID GET HONORED AT THE EMMYS IN THE FALL. FILM CRITIC ROGER EBERT TWEETED ABOUT THE LACK OF FAWCETT SAYING IT WAS “A MAJOR FAIL” AND THE ACADEMY HAS “A WHOLE LOT OF SPLAINING TO DO.”


THE WAIT IS OVER FOR BETTY WHITE FANS AND ALL THEIR HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF. SHE CONFIRMED AT ELTION JOHN’S OSCAR PARTY SHE WILL BE APPEARING ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. SHE DIDN’T HAVE ANY MORE DETAILS BUT IT HAS BEEN RUMORED SHE MAY DO A WOMEN OF COMEDY SPECIAL WITH SNL ALUM MOLLY SHANNON…TINA FEY…AND AMY POEHLER BUT THIS HAS BEEN DENIED BYE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LORNE MICHAELS. THE QUEST BEGAN TO GET THE GOLDEN GIRL ON SNL AFTER STARRING IN THE PROPOSAL, BEING IN A SNICKER’S COMMERCIAL DURING THE SUPER BOWL, AND HAVING A FACEBOOK GROUP MADE ABOUT HER DOING THE SHOW THAT ATTRACTED HALF A MILLION FANS.

Monday, March 8, 2010

News 3-8-10

WITH SPRING BREAK COMING UP NEXT WEEK MANY PEOPLE WILL BE HEADING OUT OF KANSAS. HOWEVER, ONE ORGANIZATION IS TRYING TO PROMOTE TOURISM TO KANSAS. THE KANSAS SAMPLER FOUNDATION IS TAKING NOMINATIONS FOR ITS EIGHT WONDERS OF KANSAS CONTEST. THIS CONTEST IS MADE TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THE STATE ALONG WITH ENCOURAGE THEM TO VISIT. PREVOUSLY THIS CONTEST HAS SHOWCASED ARCHITECTURE, ART, COMMERCE, CUISINE, CUSTOMS, AND GEOGRAPHY.


KANSAS’S STATE PARKS HAVE HAD AN UPSWING IN VISITORS THIS LAST YEAR. THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDIFE AND PARKS SAY MORE THAN 7.2 MILLION PEOPLE VISITED THE PARKS OVER THE 6.5 MILLION LAST YEAR. THE PARKS SECRETARY SAYS ONE REASON FOR THE EXTRA VISITORS IS MORE EVENTS ARE BEING HELD AT THE PARKS. HE ALSO SAYS THEY ADDED CABINS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR OVERNIGHT STAYS. RIGHT NOW THERE ARE 75 CABINS WITH 23 MORE THAT ARE PLANNED TO OPEN THIS YEAR.


ONE MAD IS DEAD AFTER A FIRE IN WINFIELD. A MAN IN HIS MID 50’S, WHO’S NAME HASN’T BEEN RELEASED, DIED AT AN APARTMENT LATE SATURDAY. WINDFIELD DEPUTY CHIEF FIRE MARSHALL SAYS HE PROBABLY DIED OF SMOKE INHALATION. THE APARTMENT HAD NO WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS AND DAMAGES WERE ESTIMATED BETWEEN EIGHT AND TEN THOUSDAND DOLLARS. THE FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.


17 MILES OF I-70 ARE CLOSED AFTER A ROCK SLIDE PUT GAPING HOLES IN A BRIDGE AND LEFT BOULDERS ON THE HIGHWAY. THE SLIDE HAPPENED AROUND MIDNIGHT NEAR THE HANGING LAKE TUNNEL IN GLENWOOD CANYON, ABOUT 110 MILES WEST OF DENVER. REPORTS ARE SHOWING THE HOLES IN THE BRIDGE ARE THE ABOUT 10 FEET BY 20 FEET AND SOME OF THE BOULDERS ARE THE SIZE OF TRACTOR TRAILER RIGS.


MILLIONS OF LETTERS WERE WRITTEN TO PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY’S WIDOW AFTER HIS ASSASINATION. MOST OF THEM WERE DESTROYED BUT AROUND 200,000 OF THEM WERE HIDDEN IN THE ARCHIVES OF HIS PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY IN BOSTON. NOW MORE THAN 200 OF THEM HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE BOOK “LETTERS TO JACKIE: CONDOLENCES FROM A GRIEVING NATION.” AUTHOR ELLEN FITZPATRICK SPENT MONTHS READING LETTERS AND THEN CONTACTED WRITERS AND THEIR HEIRS TO GET PERMISSION TO PUBLISH THEM. THE BOOK INCLUDES A VIVID RECOLLECTION OF THE DAY KENNEDY WAS SHOT…LETTERS THAT EXPRESS VIEWS ON SOCIETY, POLITICS, AND THE PRESIDENCY, AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCES OF GRIED AND LOSS.


ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE HAS STUCK THE WORLD. THIS TIME TURKEY WAS THE VICTIM WITH OFFICIALS SAYING IT HAD A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF 6. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN MORE THAN 30 AFTERSHOCKS WITH THE STRONGEST BEING A 4.1. OFFICIALS SAY THE EPICENTER IS TOTALLY FLATTENED WITH DOZENS SAID TO BE DEAD.


LAST NIGHT’S 82ND ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS WAS A STAR STUDDED EVENT THAT WRAPS UP AWARDS SEASON. KATHRYN BIGELOW TOOK HOME BEST DIRECTOR FOR HURT LOCKER BEING THE FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THIS AWARD. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS WENT TO MO’NIQUE FOR PRECIOUS AND SUPPORTING ACTOR WENT TO CHRISTOPH WALTZ FOR INGLORIUS BASTERDS. SANDRA BULLOCK TOOK HOME HER FIRST ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS FOR HER ROLE IN THE BLIND SIDE AND JEFF BRIDGES GOT BEST ACTOR. AND THE BIGGEST AWARD OF THE NIGHT BEST MOTION PICTURE WENT TO THE HURT LOCKER. THIS YEAR TEN FILMS WERE UP FOR BEST MOTION PICTURE INSTEAD OF THE FIVE THERE HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.

Friday, March 5, 2010

3-5-10

DENNIS MOORE, A KANSAS CONGRESSMAN, INSTITUTED LEGISLATION THIS WEEK TO HONOR HARRY W. COLMERY. UNDER THE BILL COLMERY WOULD BE HONORED WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL POSTHUMOUSLY. COLMERY, A WORLD WAR I VETERAN WROTE THE SERVICE READJUSTMENT ACT OF 1944 OR THE GI BILL.

BENEDICTINE COLLEGE, LOCATED IN ATCHISON, KANSAS, RECEIVED A 3.3 MILLION DOLLAR DONATION OF LAND AND BUILDINGS FROM ATCHISON HOSPITAL.BENEDICTINE PRESIDENT STEPHEN MINNIS SAID THE BUILDINGS WILL BE USED TO HOUSE STUDENTS….EXPAND SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND CREATE A NURSING PROGRAM. THE RENOVATIONS SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY AUGUST, ACCORDING TO BENDICTINE COLLEGE.



A DEADLY BUS CRASH OCCURRED AT 530 THIS MORNING ON INTERSTATE 10, LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF PHOENIX. DUE TO THE SEVERITY OF THE ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVED A SEMI, A BUS AND POSSIBLY OTHER VEHICLES, THE WESTBOUND LANES OF INTERSTATE 10 HAVE BEEN CLOSED. OFFICER ROBERT BAILEY OF THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY DID NOT KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAD DIED, BUT ADDED THAT THERE WERE MULTIPLE INJURIES.

RICHARD HEENE, FATHER OF BALLOON BOY TURNED HIMSELF INTO AUTHORITIES TODAY TO BEGIN A 90-DAY JAIL SENTENCE. HEENE WILL SERVE HIS SENTENCE IN LARIMER COUNTY JAIL IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO. ALTHOUGH HEENE HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO ATTEMPTING TO INFLUENCE A PUBLIC SERVANT, HE HAS CONTINUED TO PROFESS HIS INNONENCE. LAST WEEK HEENE SAID HE TRULY BELIEVED HIS SON WAS INSIDE THE BALLOON AND ENTERED THE PLEA AS A WAY TO APPEAL TO AUTHORITES AND STOP HIS WIFE FROM BEING DEPORTED TO JAPAN.

FLORIDA’S FRIGID WINTERS HAS TAKEN A TOLL ON THE TOMATO, OR TOEMATO. NO MATTER HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT, FLORIDA GROWERS REPORTEDLY LOST 70 PERCENT OF THEIR CROP. RESTAURANT OWNERS ARE PAYING A WHOLE LOT MORE. THE AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE FOR A 25 POUND BOX IS NEARLY 24 DOLLARS MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

MAN DOWN. MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE DRUMMER , BOB BRYAR LEFT THE BAND FOUR WEEKS AGO. THE GROUP DID NOT SAY WHY BUT WROTE THAT THE DECISION WAS PAINFUL AND THEY WISH BRYAR THE BEST OF LUCK ON THEIR WEBSITE. THERE IS NO WORD ON WHO WILL REPLACE THE DRUMMER, BUT THE BAND HAS BEEN WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM.

STRABUCKS LOVERS MAY JUST FIND A WHOLE LOT MORE TO LOVE. STARBUCKS IS UNVEILING A 31 OUNCE DRINK CALLED TRENTA, ITALIAN FOR 30. THE DRINK IS BEING TESTED IN 170 PHOENIX, TAMPA AND FLORIDA AREA LOCATIONS. THE DRINK WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR ICED COFFEES AND ICED TEAS.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

News 3-4-10

THE K-STATE STUDENTS HAVE VOTED AND DECIDED THAT DANNY UNRUH AND ANNIE OLIVER WILL BE THE 2010-2011 STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. UNRUH AND OLIVER WERE DOWN TO SAM BRINTON AND MOLLY MCGUIRE IN THE PRIMARIES BY 49 VOTES. SOME OF THE ELECTION RESULTS ARE UP ON OUR BLOG WWW.KSDBNEWS.BLOGSPOT.COM AND MORE WILL BE UP SOON. THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT WAS HEARD RIGHT HERE ON 91.9 LAST NIGHT.


CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL MICHAEL MULLEN WILL BE SPEAKING AT FORT LEAVENWORTH TODAY. HE SPOKE YESTERDAY AT A K-STATE LANDON LECTURE WHERE HE TALKED ABOUT HIS VISION FOR US MILITARY AND FOREIGN POLICY. HE ALSO SAID “VICTORY IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN WON’T COME IN ONE GLORIOUS BATTLE.” TODAY MULLEN WILL BE SPEAKING TO ABOUT 1,000 OFFICERS STUDYING AT THE ARMY’S COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE.


THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO IN RILEY COUNTY’S ARRAIGNMENT DATE HAS BEEN SET. LUIS AGUIRRE’S ARRAIGNMENT IS SET FOR MARCH 22ND. HE IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 18-YEAR OLD TANYA MALDONADO AND HER 15-MONTH OLD SON JUAN. THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND IN A DITCH EAST OF OGDEN IN RILEY COUNTY BACK IN OCTOBER. AGUIRRE IS BEING HELD IN RILEY COUNTY JAIL AND HIS BOND IS SET FOR $2.5 MILLION .


STANTON COUNTY JUST PASSED A VOTE TO RENOVATE THEIR HOSPITAL. VOTERS GAVE IT THE O-K WITH A 257 TO 212 VOTE. THE GARDEN CITY TELEGRAM REPORTS THEY PLAN TO ADD NEW PATIENT EXAM ROOMS…RELOCATE THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT…AND EXTENSIVE INFRASTRUCTURE WORK. THE CONSTRUCTION IS HOPED TO BEGIN THIS FALL AND BE FINISHED BY DECEMBER 2011.


KANSAS’S STATE FLOWER IS THE SUNFLOWER…ANIMAL IS THE BUFFALO…SONG IS HOME ON THE RANGE BUT NOW THERE’S A PUSH TO ADD A STATE GRASS TO ADD TO THAT LIST. LITTLE BLUESTEM GRASS HAS PASSED ITS FIRST ROUND APPROVAL IN THE HOUSE AND NOW HAS TO MAKE IT’S WAY THROUGH THE SENATE. THE HOUSE REJECTED TO ADD BIG BLUESTEM BECAUSE IT IS FOUND PRIMARILY IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE AND BUFFALO GRASS BECAUSE IT’S FOUND MOSTLY IN THE WEST. LITTLE BLUESTEM IS FOUND IN EVERY COUNTY.


US SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON IS WRAPPING UP A SIX COUNTRY TOUR. SHE IS IN COSTA RICA PRESSING THE IDEA OF DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT TO THE LATIN AMERICAN NATIONS. CLINON ARRIVED EARLY THIS MORNING AND WILL BE MEETING WITH OFFICIALS FROM 16 CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS. SHE WILL END HER TRIP TOMORROW IN GUATEMALA.


THE RAIL SERVICE IS STOPPED IN PARTS OF TAIWAN AFTER A 6.4 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE COUNTRY TODAY. THE EARTHQUAKE HIT THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE TAIWAN AND SO FAR A SMALL NUMBER OF INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. JUST LAST SATURDAY AN 8.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HIT CHILE.


YESTERDAY WAS FINALLY JESSICA SIMPSON’S TURN TO SPEAK AFTER HER WEIGHT AND ROMANTIC LIFE HAVE BEEN SWIRLING THROUGH HEADLINES. SIMPSON WAS ON OPRAH YESTERDAY WHERE SHE TOUCHED ON THESE ISSUES. HER WEIGHT BECAME AN ISSUE AFTER PICTURES OF HER CAME OUT OF HER PERFORMING AT A CHILI COOK OFF IN 2009. SIMPSON TOLD OPRAH SHE COULDN’T READ THE JOHN MAYER ARTICLE IN PLAYBOY AND SHE WAS DISAPPOINTED IN HIM. MAYER TOLD PLAYBOY ABOUT THE TWO’S LOVE LIFE. SIMPSON WILL HAVE A NEW SHOW ON V-H-1 CALLED THE PRICE OF BEAUTY WHERE SHE WILL TRAVEL TO SEVEN COUNTRIES AND LEARN WHAT WOMEN DO FOR BEAUTY.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

SGA General Election Results

More results will be posted soon


Student Body President & Vice President
Total number of votes for this office: 3224

* Danny Unruh / Annie Oliver 1758 54.5 %
Sam Brinton / Molly McGuire 1466 45.5 %


Board of Directors, Student Publications (1 year term)
Total number of votes for this office: 6113

* Molly McGuire 1418 23.2 %
Michael Champlin 1265 20.7
Jeff Hyder 1142 18.7
Nicholas Sevart 1113 18.2



Board of Directors, Student Publications (2 year term)

* Andrew Rickel 2052 97.0 %



Union Governing Board (1 year term)
Total number of votes for this office: 3828

* Molly McGuire 885 23.1 %
Luke Fangman 782 20.4



Union Governing Board (2 year term)
Total number of votes for this office: 4516

* Sarah Works 1560 34.5 %
Jeff Hyder 1464 32.4
Sophia Dongilli 1444 32.0

SGA General Elections

Listen in to the Wildcat 91.9 for live coverage of the Primary Election. We will announce the top to tickets moving on at 6 pm when the polls close.

Voting can be done at sgaelections.ksu.edu Voting closes at 6 pm tonight.


Looking for your watch parties tonight?

Danny Unruh and Annie Oliver - Ale House

Sam Brinton and Molly McGuire - KSU's Nichols Theater

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

News 3-2-10

VOTING BEGINS TODAY FOR SGA GENERAL ELECTIONS. THE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT AND STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT DUOS ARE DANNY UNRUH AND ANNIE OLIVER AND SAM BRINTON AND MOLLY MCGUIRE. BESIDES VOTING FOR THAT STUDENTS CAN ALSO VOTE FOR SENATORS…UNION GOVERNING BOARD…AND OTHER POSITIONS. VOTING CAN BE DONE AT WWW.K-STATE.EDU/ELECTION AND ENDS TOMORROW AT 6 PM. TUNE IN RIGHT HERE TO THE WILDCAT 91.9 TO HEAR THE RESULTS LIVE AT 6 PM.


K-STATE’S SECOND LANDON LECTURE OF THE SEMESTER IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN WILL BE SPEAKING IN MCCAIN AUDITORIUM AT 3:30. THAT TIME HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED. MULLEN WILL THEN HEAD TO FORT LEAVENWORTH TO SPEAK THURSDAY AT THE ARMY’S COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MULLEN IS THE TOP UNIFORMED OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES.


NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS FROM THE 35TH INFANTRY DIVISION IN LEAVENWORTH WILL DEPLOY TO SOUTH KOREA THIS WEEK. THE 145 TROOPS ARE GOING FOR ANNUAL TRAINING WITH KOREAN MILITARY AND WILL MOST LIKELY BE LEAVING WEDNESDAY. THEY WILL BE HEADING TO SOUTH KOREA’S FIRST ARMY HEADQUATERS IN WONJU AND STAY UNTIL MARCH 20TH. THERE THEY WILL BE WORKING ON STRATEGIC, OPERATIONAL, AND TACTICAL APECTS OF GENERAL MILITARY OPERATIONS.


THE STATE’S HOUSE IS CONSIDERING A NEW BILL THAT COULD AFFECT GAMBELERS IF THEY OWE CHILD SUPPORT. THE NEW BILL WILL REQUIRE WINNERS AT STATE OWNED CASINOS OR RACETRACKS TO GIVE THE MONEY BACK IF THEY OWE CHILD SUPPORT. IF THEY WIN MORE THAN 1200 DOLLARS THEIR NAME WILL RUN THROUGH A CHILD SUPPORT DEBTOR REGISTRY AND THE JACKPOT WILL BE TAKEN TO PAY THE SUPPORT. THE LAWYER FOR A STATE OWNED CASINO IN DODGE CITY SAYS HE SUPPORTS THE BILL BUT SEES PROBLEMS WITH ENFORCING IT. THE COMMITTEE IS GOING TO LOOK AT THE BILL SOME MORE BEFORE ACTING ON IT.


YOU MAY NOT BE GETTING YOUR SATURDAY MAIL MUCH LONGER, AT LEAST IF THE US POSTAL SERVICE HAS ANYTHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. LATER THIS MONTH THE POSTAL SERVICE PLANS TO SUBMIT A REQUEST TO THE US POSTAL REGULATORY COMMISSION TO SCALE BACK DELIVERY TO 5 DAYS A WEEK STARTING IN 2011. ON TOP OF THE SCALE BACK, RATE INCREASES ARE ALSO BEING DISCUSSED. THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS LOST MONEY CONSISTENTLY SINCE 2007 BUT EXPECTS TO SAVE 3 BILLION A YEAR BY ELIMINATING SATURDAY DELIVERIES.


BARACK OBAMA MAY BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BUT HE STRUGGLES WITH SOME OF THE SAME PROBLEMS AS MOST AMERICANS. THIS WEEKEND OBAMA WAS DEEMED FIT FOR DUTY BY THE WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN BUT APPARENTLY NEEDS TO WORK ON LOWERING HIS HIGH CHOLESTEROL AND KICKING THAT SMOKING HABIT. WHILE OBAMA'S CHOLESTEROL IS UP 42 POINTS SINCE 2007 IT IS STILL NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO REQUIRE MEDICATION. THE PRESIDENT ISN'T A HEAVY SMOKER BUT ACCORDING TO REPORTS OCCASIONALLY FALLS OFF THE WAGON.


DURING THE FINALE OF THE BACHELOR LAST NIGHT TOM BERGERON AND MELISSA RYKROFT ANNOUNCED SEASON TEN’S CAST OF DANCING WITH THE STARS. THE CAST IS SHANNEN DOHERTY, PAM ANDERSON, NIECY NASH, NICOLE SCHERZINGER, KATE GOSSELIN, JAKE PAVELKA, EVAN LYSACECK, ERIN ANDREWS, CHAD OCHOCINCO, AIDEN TURNER, AND BUZZ ALDRIN. THIS SEASON WILL HAVE A FEW CHANGES WITH SOME OF THE PROFESSIONAL DANCERS NOT COMING BACK ALONG WITH CO-HOST SAMANTHA HARRIS. THE NEW SEASON BEGINS MARCH 22ND ON ABC. THEY WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE PAIRINGS LATER TODAY.

Monday, March 1, 2010

News 3-1-10

K-STATE WILL BE TESTING THEIR EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION SYSTEMS TODAY AROUND 10 A-M. K-STATE’S WEBSITE SAYS THEY WILL BE TESTING CHANNELS INCLUDING THE TEXT MESSAGING…AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS…EMAILS…ALERT BEACONS IN SOME BUILDINGS AND OTHERS. IF YOU ARE SIGNED UP AND DO NOT GET YOUR ALERT YOU CAN EMAIL THE I-T HELP DESK AT HELP DESK AT K-STATE.EDU OR CALL THEM AT 785-532-7722.

KANSAS’S ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVE SIX IS WORKING TO HELP KANSANS PROTECT THEMSELVES AGAINST IDENTITY THEFT. THEY WILL BE HOLDING SHRED-A-THONS FOR PEOPLE TO BRING DOCUMENTS LIKE BANK STATEMENTS AND TAX FORMS TO BE SHREDDED. THE FIRST ONE TOOK PLACE FRIDAY IN DODGE CITY. OTHERS ARE SCHEDULED FOR LEAVENWORTH, VILLAGE WEST IN KANSAS CITY, TOPEKA, OVERLAND PARK, ROELAND PARK, AND WICHITA.

WITH INTEREST IN FOOD…COOKING…AND HOSPITATLITY ON THE RISE…JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS CONSIDERING BUILDING A NEW CENTER FOR THOSE PROGRAMS. THEY WANT TO RAISE THREE MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP PAY FOR A NEW CENTER. THE KANSAS CITY STAR SAYS JCCC DOESN’T CURRENTLY HAVE SPACE FOR SUCH PROGRAMS. THE COLLEGES BOARD OF TRUSTEES SAYS IF THEY CAN RAISE THE MONEY WITHING 18-MONTHS THEY WILL APPROVE THE 10-MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT.

TAXES ON LIQUOR MAY BE GOING UP IN KANSAS. THE MONEY MADE WITH THE TAX HIKE WOULD SUPPORT PROGRAMS FOR THE DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED AND THE MENTALLY ILL WHO HAVE RECENTLY SEEN CUTS IN THEIR FUNDING. THE KANSAS CITY STAR SAYS THE EXISTING TAX ON WHOLESALE ALCOHOL WOULD DOUBLE…COSTING KANSAS A FEW MORE CENTS FOR EVERY BEER OR GLASS OF WINE. BAR AND LIQUOR STORE OWNERS SAY THIS WILL HURT SALES AND KANSAS BY THE MISSOURI BORDER WILL CROSS THE STATE LINE TO BUY THEIR ALCOHOL. THIS IS ONE OF MANY TAX INCREASES THAT LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING TO HELPC LOSE A 400 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.

THE US AMBASSADOR TO CHILI SAYS HE KNOWS OF NO AMERICAN DEATHS FROM THE EARTHQUAKE. HE IS HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE REGION OF CONCEPTION. AMBASSADOR PAUL SIMON TOLD THE CBS EARLY SHOW “WE DO NOT HAVE ANY CONFIRMED REPORTS OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE DIED.” THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTACT A FEW OF THE ONE-THOUSAND AMERICANS THERE BUT “INFORMATION IS STILL VERY, VERY SCARCE.” A MAGNITUDE EIGHT-POINT-EIGHT EARTHQUAKE HIT CHILI SATURDAY AND POWER IS STILL OUT THERE AND WATER IS IN SHORT SUPPLY.

AS THE BACHELOR WRAPS UP ANOTHER SEASON A PREVIOUS BACHELOR JASON MESNICK AND MOLLY MALANEY ARE MARRIED. ON THE FINALE OF MESNICK’S SEASON HE DUMPED MELISSA RYCROFT AND TOOK RUNNER UP MALANEY BACK. THEY EXCHANGED THEIR VOWS AT THE TERRANEA RESORT IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES CALIFORNIA IN FRONT OF 300 PEOPLE. THE NUPTIALS WILL AIR ON ABC MARCH 8TH.