8-30-10

GOOD AFTERNOON THIS IS _______________ WITH WILDCAT 91.9 NEWS

TAKING A REAL QUICK LOOK AT WEATHER IT IS CURRENTLY ________. LATER ON TODAY EXPECT____________________________.

NOW HERES THE NEWS….

WE OPEN UP TODAY’S NEWSCAST WITH SOME SAD NEWS FOR THE KSTATE FAMILY.

KSTATE SOPHOMORE MEGHAN WILL DIED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT. DEPUTY BERNIE HOESLI OF SALINE COUNTY SAYS WILL WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. HOESLI CLAIMS THE CAR SWERVED IN TO A DITCH, HIT A CULVERT AND BECAME AIRBORNE.
THE DRIVER, DUSTIN RINGLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL SALINA HOSPITAL FOR A MILD BRAIN TRAUMA.

THIS STORY WAS FIRST REPORTED BY THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN.

IN OTHER LOCAL NEWS, FORMER KSTATE STUDENT ERIC STONESTREET WON AN EMMY LAST NIGHT. STONESTREET, WHO PLAYS A GAY MAN ON ABCS MODERN FAMILY, WON BEST SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTOR FOR HIS ROLE.

IN STATE NEWS….

LAWRENCE POLICE CHIEF RON OLIN IS RETIRING THIS MONTH, BUT HIS RETIREMENT WON’T LAST VERY LONG. OLIN WILL STEP IN AS THE HEAD OF SECURITY FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT. KANSAS ASSOCIATE AD JIM MARCHIONY SAYS PERKINS AND OLIN HAVE DISCUSSED THE NEWLY CREATED POSITION FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A MISSING BODY AT ABANDONED JOHNSON COUNTY INDUSTRIAL SITE. INVESTIGATORS DRAINED TWO LARGE CONCRETE PONDS YESTERDAY. INVESTIGATORS WILL SEARCH THE EMPTY PONDS TODAY.

IN REGIONAL NEWS….

AN OMAHA MAN, GEORGE VOGEL WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF SPRAYING TEAR GAS IN TO A CROWD OF FUNERAL GATHERERS ON SATURDAY. AMONG THE FUNERAL GATHERERS WERE PROTESTORS FROM THE TOPEKA-BASED WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH. OMAHA POLICE SPOKESMAN MICHAEL PECHA SAYS AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE WERE SPRAYED. PECHA SAYS IT APPEARS VOGEL WAS TARGETING THE PROTESTORS. VOGEL CURRENTLY FACES 16 MISDEMEANOR CHARGES AND TWO FELONIES.

TRUMAN STATE HAS ITS LARGEST ENROLLMENT IN FIVE YEARS. THE KIRKSVILLE, MO LOCATED UNIVERSITY WELCOMED 1,400 FRESHMAN ON TO ITS CAMPUS LAST WEEK, A 6 PERCENT JUMP FROM LAST YEAR. TOTAL ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR IS 5,900.

IN NATIONAL NEWS….

PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS IN NEW ORLEANS THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR THE FIVE-YEAR REMEMBRANCE OF HURRICANE KATRINA.. OBAMA CALLED THE CLEAN-UP OF KATRINA FIVE YEARS AGO, A SHAMEFUL BREAKDOWN IN GOVERNMENT. HE ALSO VOWED TO THE INVITATION-ONLY CROWD THAT NEW ORLEANS WILL BE REBUILT. OBAMA DIVULGED THAT THE CITY WILL BE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, THANKS TO IMPROVED HEALTHCARE AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE HURRICANE HIT.

30 NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS WILL ARRIVE ON THE MEXICO-ARIZONA BORDER TODAY. GUARDSMEN WILL BE SENT EVERY MONDAY UNTIL 532 HAVE ARRIVED ON THE BORDER. NATIONAL GUARDSPOKESMAN LT, VALENTINE CASTILLO SAID THE PATROL SHOULD BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY OCTOBER. CALIFORNIA GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER EXPECTS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS IN HIS STATE ON WEDNESDAY.

WELL THAT WAS QUICK. AFTER A SERIES OF TWEETS SPARKED RUMORS THAT DRAKE AND NICKI MINAJ WERE MARRIED, A TWEET BY NICKI MINAJ SAYS THE PAIR HAS DECIDED TO CALL IT QUITS. DRAKE FUELED THE RUMORS OF A BREWING RELATIONSHIP IN THE SONG MISS ME ON HIS RECENTLY RELEASED ALBUM THANK ME LATER.

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LASLTY, HELP KSDB CELEBRATE THE A.Q. MILLER SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATIONS' 100TH ANNIVERSARY THIS WEEKEND. THE WILDCAT 91.9 AND THE JMC CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION...PRESERVING THE PAST, PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. FOR THE WILDCAT 91.9. I’M PAUL HARRIS REPORTING