MANHATTAN IS UNDER A WIND ADVISERY UNTIL 7:00 THIS EVENING. OTHER AREA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE ADVISERY BESIDES RILEY ARE POTTAWATOMIE AND GEARY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OUT OF TOPEKA SAYS TO EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS TO OCCUR IN THE SUNRISE TO MID MORNING HOURS AND AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THEY SAY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR AND GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES PER HOUR WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON EAST TO WEST ROADS DIFFICULT.
THE TOPEKA ZOO HAS HIRED A NEW STAFF MEMBER IN HOPES OF IMPROVEMENTS. THE ZOO HIRED FORMER CURATOR OF THE KANSAS CITY ZOO BRENDAN WILEY TO BE THEIR NEW DIRECTOR. WILEY SAYS HE PLANS ON MOVING THE ZOO AWAY FROM RECENT TROUBLES TO BECOME A TOP RANKED ZOO. WILEY HAS WORKED AT THE KANSAS CITY ZOO FOR 11 YEARS AND HAS BEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A MERRIAM ANIMAL SHELTER SINCE 2005. WILEY WILL BEGIN WORKING AS DIRECTOR MAY 24TH.
A WOMAN IN WICHITA HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR BEING THE SUSPECT IN NINE SCHOOL BOMB THREATS. THE 27-YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER THE LAST THREAT AT PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE FEMALE CALLER SAID THERE WAS A BOMB SET TO GO OFF IN THE SCHOOL BUT NO EVACUATION WAS MADE AND NO BOMB WAS FOUND. WHILE THE MOTIVE IS UNCLEAR, POLICE SAY THEY’RE NOT SURE IF THE WOMAN HAS A CHILD AT THE SCHOOL
A SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SETTING A POST OFFICE ON FIRE. JON BETH…WHO’S FROM STARK HAS ADMITTED TO BURNING THE BUILDING BEING USED BY THE POST OFFICE TO COVER UP THE CRIME AFTER BURGLARIZING IT. BETH HAS ALSO BEEN ORDERED TO PAY $17,000 IN RESTITUTION.
TIME IS TURNING INTO AN ISSUE FOR CREWS WHO’RE TRYING TO CLEAN UP AN OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE COAST GUARD SAYS THE OIL IS LEAKING ABOUT FIVE-THOUSAND GALLONS A DAY WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY LEAKING ONE-THOUSAND GALLONS. LOUISIANA WILDLIFE OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THERE’S A “HIGH PROBABILITY” THAT OIL COULD REACH SENSITIVE HABITATS AND FISHERIES ALONG THE COAST BY TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE UNITED STATES WILL BE GETTING A BRONZE MEDAL TO ADD TO THE COLLECTION FROM THE SYDNEY OLYMPICS. THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS ORDERED CHINA TO RETURN THEIR TEAM MEDAL FOR GYMNASTICS BECAUSE OF EVIDENCE OF DONG FANGZIOS ONLY BEING 14 AT THE TIME. HOWEVER THE CHINESE GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION IS SAYING THERE IS NO CONCRETE EVIDENCE TO PROVE HER AGE WAS A PROBLEM AND RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FILE A CHALLENGE. GYMNASTS MUST TURN 16 DURING THE OLYMPIC YEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE.
THINGS ARE STARTING TO LOOK UP FOR BRET MICHAELS. A STATEMENT ON HIS WEBSITE IS SAYING HIS TOUR COULD RESUME IN MAY. MICHAELS WAS HOSPITALIZED LAST WEEK WITH A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. DOCTORS SAY THAT THE POISON FRONTMAN IS LUCKY BECAUSE HIS CONDITION COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. RIGHT NOW MICHAELS IS SUFFERING SLURRED SPEECH AND BLURRED VISION AND HIS FULL RECOVERY COULD BE MONTSH AWAY.
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