9-01-10

IN LOCAL NEWS…..

ACCORDING TO THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN, DUSTIN RINGLE, THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF MEGHAN WILL HAS BEEN ARRESTED. DETECTIVE MATT FISCHER OF SALINE COUNTY SAYS RINGLE IS BEING CHARGED WITH INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER WHILE DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, FELONY DUI, DRIVING WHILE SUSPENDED, DRIVING LEFT OF CENTER, UNSAFE SPEED AND NO SEATBELT. RINGLE IS BEING HELD IN THE SALINE COUNTY JAIL.

ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL, A 45 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DEATH OF HER 88 YEAR OLD MOTHER. JUNE J. SMITH DUE TO SEVERE LACERATIONS WAS TAKEN TO MERCY REGIONAL HOSPITAL WHERE SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. THE DAUGHTER, DIANE RENE WASHAM (WASH-EM) WAS TAKEN IN TO CUSTODY BY THE OFFICERS. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

IN STATE NEWS……

ACCORDING TO THE KC STAR, A TODDLER WAS FOUND OUTSIDE A KANSAS CITY-AREA DAYCARE ALONE. THE TODDLER HAD ON A T-SHIRT AND A DIAPER, BUT NO SHOES. AN INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING.

SHAWNEE MISSION SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DWINDLING EVEN THOUGH ENROLLMENT IS UP. SUPERINTENDENT GENE JOHNSON WILL NAME WHICH SCHOOLS HE SUGGESTS SHOULD CLOSE ON SEPTEMBER 13TH. THE LAST CLOSING FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS IN 2007.

IN NATIONAL NEWS….

OBAMA TOLD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE MET OUR RESPONSIBILITY. YESTERDAY MARKED THE END OF THE SEVEN YEAR IN IRAQ. SINCE BECOMING PRESIDENT OBAMA WITHDREW 100,000 TROOPS. 50,000 TROOPS ARE STILL IN IRAQ AND WILL SUPPORT THE COUNTRY’S SECURITY FORCES UNTIL THE END OF 2011, WHEN THEY WILL COME HOME. 4,400 TROOPS HAVE DIED IN COMBAT SINCE 2003 AND 1 TRILLION HAS BEEN SPENT.

HURRICANE EARL HAS WEAKENED FROM A CATEGORY 4 TO A CATEGORY 3, BUT ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER IN MIAMI THESE TYPES OF FLUCTUATIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. THE STORMS UNPREDICTABILITY HAS CAUSED THE EVACUATION OF NORTH CAROLINA ISLANDS. FEDERAL OFFICIALS HAVE WARNED OF MORE POSSIBLE EVACUATIONS. A HURRICANE WATCH WAS EXTENDED FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO VIRGINIA THIS MORNING.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS,

J.K. ROWLING, FAMOUS FOR PENNING THE HARRY POTTER NOVELS HAS DONATED 15.4 MILLION DOLLARS TO SET UP A MS RESEARCH CENTER. MS OR MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS KILLED ROWLING’S MOTHER IN 1990. THE CENTER WILL BE BASED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH IN SCOTLAND. THE CENTER WILL ALSO STUDY OTHER NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES LIKE ALZHEIMERS. THE 15.4 MILLION DOLLAR DONATION IS THE LARGEST SINGLE DONATION THE UNIVERSITY HAS EVER RECEIVED.