11-01-10

IN LOCAL NEWS…

A MANHATTAN WOMEN WAS RECOGNIZED FOR HER EFFORTS AS AN EDUCATOR. THE MANHATTAN MERCURY REPORTS…ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AT JUNCTION CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL ANGELA MESSER WON THE KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF MIDDLE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR PRINCIPAL OF THE YEAR.

MAKE SURE YOU DON’T LET YOUR HALLOWEEN CANDY GO STALE. KSTATE PROFESSOR KAREN BLAKELEE SAID CANDY’S SHELF LIFE CAN BE AS LITTLE AS TWO WEEKS OR AS LONG AS A YEAR. BLAKESLEE WARNS THAT PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED SALMONELLA FROM CHOCOLATE. SHE ADDS THAT THE SOFTER THE CANDY THE SHORTER THE SHELF LIFE. IF YOU THINK CANDY IS BAD….JUST THROW IT AWAY.

IN STATE NEWS…

35 YEAR OLD ROSS CLARK OF ALTA VISTA DIED ON SUNDAY MORNING. THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTS CLARK WAS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND ON K-177 WHEN CLARK ENTERED A WEST DITCH. CLARK OVERCORRECTED AND HIT THE EAST DITCH TOSSING HIS CAR UP IN THE AIR. THE PICKUP LANDED ON TOP. CLARK THEN DIED AT THE STORMONT-VAIL HOSPITAL IN TOPEKA.

AN EMPORIA WOMEN WHO LEFT A BABY IN A DUMPSTER…30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR AFTER BEING BORN…IS JAILED IN THE LYON COUNTY JAIL. THE WOMAN CHRSTINA NICOLE DEVINE ACCORDING TO POLICE DOCUMENTS KNEW SHE WAS PREGNANT ONE MONTH BEFORE GIVING BIRTH. DEVINE APPARENTLY FELL ASLEEP AND BLACKED OUT IN HER EMPORIA APARTMENT. WHEN DEVINE AWOKE THE BATHTUB WAS FULL OF BLOOD AND HER STOMACH WAS FLAT. DEVINE’S BOND IS SET AT TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS

KMBC REPORTS…SENIOR FOOTBALL PLAYER AT SPRING HILL NATHAN STILES DIED AFTER COLLAPSING ON THE SIDELINES. STILES WAS AIRLIFTED BY AN AMBULANCE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER. THE EFFORT WAS TO NO AVAIL AS STILES DIED AT THE HOSPITAL. STILES SUFFERED A CONCUSSION EARLIER IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. STILES FATHER SAID HIS SON WAS CLEARED TO PLAY AND THERE WERE NOT ANY MALICIOUS HITS DURING THE GAME. HE ADDS THAT HE HAS NO IDEA WHY HIS SON DIED.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS….

FOUR DAYS FROM BEING RELEASED FROM JAIL, LIL WAYNE HAS THE NUMBER ONE ALBUM AND TWO SINGLES ON THE CHARTS. LIL WAYNE’S I AM NOT A HUMAN BEING MAKES HIM THE FIRST ARTIST IN 15 YEARS TO HAVE THE TOP SELLING ALBUM WHILE SERVING A SENTENCE. DURING HIS STAY WAYNE WROTE ON A BLOG WHERE HE UPDATED HIS FANS ON HIS DAY TO DAY DUTIES. WAYNE HAS SPEND THE LAST MONTH OF HIS SENTENCE IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT AFTER A CHARGER FOR A MUSIC PLAYER AND HEADPHONES WERE DISCOVERED.