IN LOCAL NEWS…
IF YOU CAN’T BEAT EM JOIN EM AND IF YOU CAN BEAT EM THAN JOIN THEIR RIVALS. D.C. COSTON IS ONE OF THREE FINALISTS FOR K-STATES AGRICULTURE DEAN AND DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH. COSTON HOLDS A SIMILAR POSITION AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE. THE OTHER FINALISTS INCLUDE WILLIAM MIKEL AT MISSISSIPPI STATE AND KEVIN KEPHARD AT SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY.
IN STATE NEWS…
AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 2 YEAR OLD ISAIAH MARTINEZ. MARTINEZ WAS LAST SEEN IN GARDEN CITY AT TWELVE THIRTY THIS MORNING. MARTINEZ IS A WHITE MALE, STANDING 2 FEET TALL AND WAS LAST SEEN WEARING A PURPLE SHIRT WITH A MOTORCYCLE LOGO, KHAKI SHORTS AND BROWN SANDALS. AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR A 1999 DARK BLUE DODGE DURANGO WITH 20-INCH CHROME WHEELS. AUTHORITIES RECEIVED A TIP THAT A SIMILAR VEHICLE WAS HEADING EASTBOUND TOWARD GREAT BEND ON K-ONE FIFTY SIX AT THREE. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT ISAIAH’S WHEREABOUTS YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL THE GARDEN CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 1-620-276-1300 OR THE KANSAS BUREAU OF CRIME AT 1-800-KS-CRIME.
THE KC STAR REPORTS….EIGHT HUNDRED SIGNATURES WERE SCRIBBLED ACROSS PETITIONS AT LAWRENCE’S FREE STATE HIGH SCHOOL. AROUND A DECADE AGO, FREE STATE ENACTED A POLICY THAT EXCLUDED PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES FROM BEING ON THE HOMECOMING COURT. THE SCHOOL HAS SINCE ENDED THE POLICY.
IN NATIONAL NEWS
THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPOTS THAT YOUR CHANCES OF DYING WHILE ON THE ROAD ARE THE LOWEST THEY HAVE EVER BEEN DESPITE MORE MILES BEING DRIVEN. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION BARBARA HARSHA SAYS THE REASON BEHIND THE IMPROVED CONDITIONS ARE INCREASED SEATBELT USE, STRONGER DRUNKEN DRIVING LAWS, IMPROVED ROADS AND SAFER VEHICLES.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
CNN HAS CONFIRMED THAT RICH CRONIN, THIRTY SIX OF LFO, FAMOUS FOR THE 90S HIT SUMMER GIRLS HAS PASSED AWAY. CRONIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEUKEMIA IN 2005 AND WAS TREATED WITH STEM CELLS. BANDMATE BRAD FISCHETTI SAYS THE STEM CELLS CAUSED CRONIN TO HAVE A STROKE AND LEG PAIN. LFO DID A SUMMER TOUR IN 2009 DESPITE CRONIN’S DISCOMFORTS.
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