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.
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