IN LOCAL NEWS…
THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN REPORTS…FRED PHELPS AND A GROUP FROM HIS TOPEKA-BASED WESTBORO CHURCH PROTESTED OUTSIDE OF MANHATTAN’S CITY HALL. THE CITY BEGAN ITS HEARINGS ON PASSING AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW PRIVATE BUSINESSES TO DISCRIMINATE BASED UPON SEXUAL ORIENTATION WHEN HIRING. THE PEOPLE OF MANHATTAN WILL DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT THE ORDINANCE SHOULD GO IN TO AFFECT.
IN STATE NEWS….
AND DON’T LET THE BED BUGS BITE. THE TOPEKA-BASED SCHENDEL PEST SERVICES USES A SPECIAL HEAT TREATMENT TO KILL THE LITTLE CRITTERS. BECAUSE OF THIS NEW PROCEDURE NBC’S THE TODAY SHOW WILL DO A FEATURE ON THE COMPANY. SCHENDEL TREATS BED BUGS IN A FIVE-STATE AREA AND THE COST OF THE PROCEDURE…SCHENDEL’S DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND SALES MICHELE VANCE SAYS BETWEEN SIX HUNDRED AND THIRTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS PER DAY.
IN REGIONAL NEWS…
CYNTHIA L. WALTERS, SIXTY, IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE OF DOMESTIC ASSAULT AFTER SHOOTING HER ROBERT W. WALTERS. THE SHOOTING TOOK PLACE IN CASS COUNTY IN MISSOURI. THE SIXTY SIX YEAR OLD ROBERT WALTERS WAS TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL WITH LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES AND REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
ACCORDING TO THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY THEFTS AT PHARMACIES ARE ON THE RISE. THE PROBLEM IS THE RISING COST OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS. IN OKLAHOMA, THEFTS HAVE RISEN STEADILY IN THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE OKLAHOMA BUREAU OF NARCOTICS AND DANGEROUS DRUGS CONTROL SAYS BURGLARIES HAVE INCREASED FROM 31 IN 2007 TO 51 IN 2009. OKLAHOMA LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS SAY THERE IS NOT MUCH THEY CAN DO TO PREVENT THE THEFTS.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO USA TODAY SCHOOL SUPPLY LISTS HAVE GOTTEN LONGER AND LONGER. THE RECESSSION HAS EATEN AWAY AT SCHOOL BUDGETS AND SCHOOLS HAVE PUSHED THE COSTS ON THE CONSUMER. SCHOOLS ARE ASKING THAT CHILDREN BE SENT TO SCHOOL WITH TISSUES AND SHAVING CREAM IN SOME CASES. AVERAGE SPENDING ON SCHOOL SUPPLIES IS NEARLY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS THIS YEAR, UP SEVENTEEN PERCENT FROM 2009.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
DAVID LETTERMAN’S BLACKMAILER IS READY TO GET BACK TO WORK ACCORDING TO HIS LAWYER. ROBERT HALDERMAN SPENT THE LAST FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL AND HIS LAWYER GERALD SHARGEL SAID HE MADE THE MOST OF HIS EXPERIENCE. SHARGEL ADDS THAT HALDERMAN LOOKS TO SIMPLY RE-ENTER THE WORLD OF TELEVISION NEWS SINCE THAT’S ALL HE HAS EVER DONE. AS PART OF HIS PLEA AGREEMENT, HALDERMAN IS NOT ALLOWED TO DISCLOSE ANYTHING ABOUT THE LETTERMAN INCIDENT.
No comments:
Post a Comment