4-1-10

A UNIT FROM FORT RILEY IS SCHEDULED TO HEAD OVERSEAS THIS AFTERNOON. AROUND 160 SOLDIERS OF TE 116TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY WILL BE ON THEIR WAY TO AFGHANISTAN. THEY WILL BE CONDUCTING MILITARY POLICE OPERATIONS AND TRAINING SECURITY FORCES FOR A YEAR. THE POST IS HOME TO AROUND 16-THOUSAND SOLDIERS AND MORE THAN EIGHT-THOUSAND ARE DEPOLOYED TO EITHER IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN.


THE MAN WHO IS CONVICTED OF KILLING A WICHITA ABORTION PROVIDER WILL BE RETURNING TO COURT. SCOTT ROEDER IS FACING A LIFE SENTENCE BUT NOW THE JUDGE NEEDS TO DECIDE WHEN HE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE. HE WILL MAKE HIS DECISION OF EITHER 25 OR 50 YEARS TODAY. DR. GEORGE TILLER WAS SHOT AT HIS WICHITA CHURCH LAST MAY.


A HOMELESS MAN IN LAWRENCE HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE DEATH OF A RESIDENT. POLICE SAY 46-YEAR OLD DOUGLAS FLEMING WAS FOUND IN HIS HOME TUESDAY AFTER SUFFERING A HEAD INJURY. POLICE SAY FLEMING AND THE SUSPECT GOT IN A FIGHT SUNDAY WHEN FLEMING WAS INJURED AND REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. FLEMING HAD IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT BEFORE HE DIED AND HE WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND CHARGED WITH RECKLESS INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.


AFTER A LULL IN THE SWINE FLU… A 29TH KANSAN DIED FROM VIRUS. THE KANSAS DEPRATMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SAYS THE LATEST DEATH IS A 71-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM NORTHEASTERN KANSAS WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH PROBLEMS. SWINE FLU VACCINATIONS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AT CLINICS AROUND THE STATE.


PRAIRE VILLAGE KANSAS POLICE SHOT A WOMAN TO DEATH AFTER RESPONDING TO A REPORT OF HER MAKING SUICIDAL THREATS. POLICE ARRIVED TO CHECK ON THE WOMAN, WHO HASN’T BEEN IDENIFIED’S, WELL BEING BUT SHE HAD BARRACADED HER DOOR AND WOULDN’T LET ANYONE IN. A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAYS SHE WAS SHOT AFTER THREATENING OFFICERS WITH A WEAPON WHEN THEY TRIED TO TAKE HER INTO CUSTODY.


TWO INDIANA POLICE OFFICERS ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE SUSPENSION AFTER USING A STUN GUN ON A CHILD AT A HOME DAY CARE. THE OFFICERS RESPONDED AFTER A CALL THAT A 10-YEAR OLD BOY WAS BEING “COMBATIVE AND TRYING TO HURT THE OTHER CHILDREN AND CARETAKERS.” THE OFFICERS SAY THE BOY WAS SO OUT OF CONTROL WHEN THEY GOT THERE THEY USED THE STUN GUN AND SLAPPED THE BOY TO SUBDUE HIM. THE ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF SAYS THEY WILL INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT.


GOOGLE HAS PULLED THEIR APRIL FOOL’S JOKE ON THE WORLD AND THIS ONE HITS A LITTLE CLOSE TO HOME. IF YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE YOU WILL SEE “TOPEKA” INSTEAD OF GOOGLE. IT’S ALL BECAUSE TOPEKA CHANGED THEIR NAME TO GOOGLE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH WHILE CAMPAIGNING TO BECOME THE TEST SITE FOR THEIR NEW FIBER-OPTIC NETWORK. GOOGLE’S BLOG TELLS ITS USERS THE NAME CHANGE IS PERMANENT AND GIVES TIPS HOW TO TOPEKA SOMEONE DURING A SEARCH. HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S!