IN LOCAL NEWS…
RILEY COUNTY POLICE ARE ASKING FOR ANYONE WHO HAS ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEATH OF BRADLEY MURRAY TO COME FORWARD. LAST FRIDAY MURRAY WAS FOUND CONSCIOUS BUT INTOXICATED. ACCORDING TO POLICE, MURRAY HAD A WOUND ABOVE HIS EYE AND A SEVERE HEAD INJURY. POLICE ALSO SAW TWO MEN HELPING MURRAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED BUT WERE NOT ATTAINED BY POLICE. RILEY COUNTY POLICE KURT MOLDRUP SAID MURRAY WAS TAKEN OFF LIFE SUPPORT ON TUESDAY.
US DEPARTMENT SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES KATHLEEN SEBELIUS IS HAVING A HOMECOMING OF SORTS. ON NOVEMBER 29TH THE FORMER GOVERNOR OF KANSAS WILL DELIVER THE FIRST LANDON LECTURE. SEBELIUS HAS BEEN A KEY FIGURE WHILE UNDER OBAMA. SHE HAS HELPED IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND COORDINATED THE GOVERNMENTS RESPONSE TO THE H1N1 VIRUS IN 2009. SEBELIUS WAS GOVERNOR IN THE STATE OF KANSAS FROM 2003-2009.
IN STATE NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR…TEACHERS IN THE KANSAS CITY AREA SHOULD START TO SEE AN EXTRA BULGE IN THEIR POCKETBOOKS. THE KANSAS CITY SCHOOL BOARD APPROVED A ONE PERCENT INCREASE IN TEACHERS SALARIES DUE TO A 15 MINUTE INCREASE IN THE LENGTH OF THE SCHOOL DAY. THE EXTRA 850 THOUSAND DOLLAR COST WILL COME FROM THE DISTRICTS RESERVE FUND. THE INCREASED DAY IS PART OF SUPERINTENDENT JOHN COVINGTON’S TRANSFORMATION PLAN.
KSNT CHANNEL 27 REPORTS...27 YEAR OLD JASON CROUCHER OF OSAGE CITY PLEAD GUILTY TO COUNTS TO CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGES. US ATTORNEY BARRY GRISSOM SAYS CROUCHER WAS GUILTY OF 2 COUNTS OF RECEIVING OR DISTRIBUTING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND ONE COUNT OF POSSESSING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS THE ACTS TOOK PLACE DURING A ONE-MONTH PERIOD IN 2009. CROUCHER FACES A MAXIMUM SENTENCE OF 50 YEARS.
IN REGIONAL NEWS….
SHAKE RATTLE AND ROLL. ACCORDING TO KCTV 5 AN EARTHQUAKE SHOOK THROUGH PARTS OF OKLAHOMA AND EVEN BOOGIED ITS WAY UP TO PARTS OF KANSAS CITY. TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN THE QUAKE AND TAKEN TO A NORMAN HOSPITAL. GEOPHYSICIST DON BLAKEMAN ADDS THE QUAKE REGISTERED A PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE OF FOUR POINT FIVE.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
USA TODAY REPORTS….TRAVELERS MAY SOON BE ABLE TO TAKE THEIR BOTTLES OF WATER, SHAMPOOS AND EVEN BOTTLES OF CHAMPAGNE ABOARD AIRCRAFTS. A NEW BODY SCANNER IS BEING TESTED AT THE LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY. THE SCANNER WAS PUT TO THE TEST AT THE ALBUQUERQUE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON WEDNESDAY. THE SCANNER USES A MAGNETIC RESONANCE TO TEST THE LIQUID. IF IT IS DANGEROUS THAN THE MACHINE FLASHES A RED LIGHT. IF IT IS OKAY TO PASS THROUGH THAN A GREEN LIGHT. THE TECHNOLOGY IS STILL A FEW YEARS AWAY FROM BEING USED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
PAULA ABDUL, RECENTLY FAMOUS FOR HER ROLE AS A JUDGE ON AMERICAN IDOL WILL CONTINUE IN THE SAME ROLE ON HER CBS SHOW LIVE TO DANCE. CBS ANNOUNCED THAT ABDUL WILL BE JOINED BY FOMER AUSTRALIAN IDOL CO-HOST ANDREW GUNSBERG, CHOREOGRAPHER TRAVIS PAYNE AND FORMER PUSSYCAT DOLL MEMBER KIMBERLY WYATT.
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