10-26-10

IN LOCAL NEWS…

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR AND EPIDEMOLOGIST (EH-PI-DEE-ME-AH-LO-GIST) H. MORGAN SCOTT RECEIVED A TWO MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. SCOTT WILL USE THE MONEY TO IMPROVE FOOD SAFETY IN BEEF BY TEAMING UP WITH OTHER RESEARCHERS FROM UNIVERSITIES LIKE TEXAS TECH, TEXAS A&M AND COLORADO STATE. SCOTT SAYS THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT CAN BE USED QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY INDUSTRY WIDE.

PERLA SALAZAR EARNED A THREE THOUSAND DOLLAR SCHOLARSHIP FROM THE AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY. THE SCHOLARSHIP IS AVAILABLE TO SENIOR STUDENTS WHO MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR DEGREE DUE TO FINANCIAL REASONS. SALAZER, A MEXICAN NATIVE, IS THE FIRST IN HER FAMILY TO ATTEND COLLEGE. SALAZAR’S GOALS INCLUDE NOT ONLY GRADUATING FROM KANSAS STATE BUT ALSO PURSUING A GRADUATE DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS.

IN STATE NEWS…

KVOE RADIO OF EMPORIA REPORTS….24 YEAR OLD CHRISTINA NICOLE DEVINE FACES A FIRST APPEARANCE IN LYON COUNTY COURT. DEVINE’S CHILD WAS FOUND IN A DUMPSTER ON FRIDAY WITH THE UMBILICAL CORD STILL ATTACHED. TWO MAINTENANCE WORKERS FOUND THE CHILD IN A BAG. DEVINE SAYS SHE WAS RAPED AND DID NOT KNOW WHO THE FATHER WAS. DEVINE FACES A COUNT OF ATTEMPTED INTENTIONAL FIRST-DEGREE WORKER.

THE CAP J REPORTS…POLICE ARE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE THE MOTIVE OF THE TOPEKA WEST SHOOTINGS THAT TOOK PLACE SATURDAY NIGHT. POLICE SAY 19 YEAR OLD AUSTIN TABOR (TAY-BER) AND 21 YEAR OLD COTY (CO-DEE) NEWMAN FIRED THE SHOTS THAT KILLED MATTHEW MITCHELL AND INJURED A 17 YEAR OLD STUDENT. MATTHEW MITCHELL’S MOTHER TABETHA (TAB-ITH-UH) BOATRIGHT SAYS MITCHELL WAS FRIENDS WITH TABOR AND BELIEVES THE TWO MEN WENT TO THE SCHOOL TO KILL HER SON. MITCHELL WAS EXPECTING HIS FOURTH CHILD AND WAS ALSO RECENTLY ENGAGED.

KCTV 5 REPORTS…POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING OF A 4 YEAR OLD BOY. POLICE SAY THE SHOOTING OCCURRED MONDAY NIGHT AROUND 10 P.M. THE CHILD WAS HIT IN THE LEG AND IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER.

IN REGIONAL NEWS…

THE AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMEN REPORTS…FACULTY MEMBERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WANT TO BE IN THE LOOP ON BUDGET DECISIONS. THE FACULTY RECENTLY EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT LOW-PAID STAFF MEMBERS, GRADUATE STUDENTS SERVING AS TEACHING ASSISTANTS. THOSE TWO GROUPS HAVE ACCOUNTED FOR MANY OF THE RECENT LAY-OFFS. TEXAS GOVERNOR RICK PERRY ANNOUNCED THAT THE UNIVERSITY WOULD FACE A 10 PERCENT CUT IN ITS STATE FUNDING. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PRESIDENT WILL POWERS SAID THE 10 PERCENT CUT WOULD RESULTS IN THE RELEASE OF 600 FACULTY MEMBERS AND STAFF.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…

PAUL THE OCTOPUS PREDICTED THE WORLD CUP, BUT DID HE ALSO PREDICT HIS OWN DEATH? THE OCTOPUS APPEARED TO BE DOING FINE ON MONDAY NIGHT, BUT WAS FOUND DEAD TODAY. THE ANIMAL WAS TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS OLD AND IS THOUGHT TO HAVE DIED FROM NATURAL CAUSES.