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.

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