10-25-10

IN LOCAL NEWS…

K-STATE’S VET SCHOOL EARNED ACCREDITATION FROM THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION COUNCIL ON EDUCATION. THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS TAKES PLACE EVERY SEVEN YEARS. DEAN FOR THE COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE RALPH RICHARDSON SAYS THE ACCREDITATION PROCESS IS FOUNDATIONAL TO EVERY ONE OF OUR GRADUATES BECAUSE IF THEY DO NOT GRADUATE FROM AN ACCREDITED COLLEGE, THEY CANNOT GET LICENSED.

SALINA.COM REPORTS…KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY-SALINA STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE SEVENTH ANNUAL TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT THIS THURSDAY. STUDENTS WILL DECORATE THEIR CARS AND HAND OUT CANDY TO TRICK OR TREATERS FROM 5-7 PM IN THE SOUTH PARKING LOT.

IN STATE NEWS…

KSNT 27 IN TOPEKA REPORTS..SHOTS WERE FIRED AT TOPEKA WEST HIGH SCHOOL SATURDAY AROUND 10:30 P.M.. OFFICERS WERE CALLED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. TWO PEOPLE WERE SHOT DURING THE INCIDENT. ONE MAN MATHEW MITCHELL WAS SHOT AND KILLED. ANOTHER MAN WAS SHOT BUT WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED BY THE OFFICERS. COTY NEWMAN AUSTIN TABOR AND SAMANTHA HOCAHARD WERE ARRESTED ON COUNTS OF 1ST DEGREE MURDER AND 1ST DEGREE ATTEMPTED MURDER.

GARDEN CITY’S FINNEY COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER HAS EUTHANIZED 879 ANIMALS THIS YEAR. SPOKESMAN FOR THE DENVER-BASED DUMB FRIENDS LEAGUE MICHELLE RAYS SAYS THE POOR ECONOMY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO PEOPLE DROPPING OFF THEIR ANIMALS. OFFICIALS FROM THE FINNEY COUNTY SHELTER SAY THEY HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY BUSY SINCE THEY OPENED UP. THE SHELTER CAN HOLD UP TO 60 DOGS AND 40 CATS.

KC STAR REPORTS…DARLING INTERNATIONAL REPORTED 2.5 TO 3 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF DAMAGES AFTER A SATURDAY FIRE. THE ANIMAL FEED PROCESSING MANUFACTURER SAYS ALL EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCT INVENTORY WERE DESTROYED. FIREFIGHTERS ADD THAT INITIAL REPORTS SHOW THE FIRE WAS ACCIDENTAL AND WAS CREATED BY A PROCESSING BY-PRODUCT OVERHEATING.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…

JOHNNY CASH’S PERSONAL BELONGINGS WILL BE UP FOR SALE ON DECEMBER 5TH. AMONG THE ITEMS INCLUDED ARE HANDWRITTEN LYRICS, A HARMONICA AND VINTAGE GUITARS. THE AUCTION WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY JULIE’S AUCTIONS. PORTIONS OF THE AUCTION WILL GO TO MUSICARES, A CHARITY SET UP BY THE RECORDING ACADEMY FOR MUSICIANS IN NEED.