IN LOCAL NEWS...
THANKS TO FIVE DAYS OFF USD 383 THE MANHATTAN OGDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TALKING OF EXPANDING THE SCHOOL DAY TO ACCOMMODATE THE MERCURY WRITES...THE DAYS WERE TAKEN OFF DUE TO INCELEMENT WEATHER AND THE MEETING TO DECIDE IF THESE DAYS WILL BE TAKEN OFF WILL BE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH AT SIX THIRTY IN THE ROBINSON EDUCATION CENTER.
IN JUST TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS….KSTATE’S CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENTREPENEURSHIP IS ONE OF THE NATION’S EMERGING PROGRAMS. THE UNITED STATE SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPENUERSHIP (USASBE) AWARDED K-STATE WITH ITS 2011 EMERGING PROGRAM AWARD. THE EMERGING PROGRAM AWARD IS GIVEN TO THE BEST ENTREPENURSHIP PROGRAM IN THAT NATION THAT IS THREE YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR CHAD JACKSON SAID THE CENTER LOOKS TO WIN PLENTY MORE AWARDS IN THE UPCOMING YEARS.
IN STATE NEWS...
A MAN USES HIS SON AS A SHIELD WHILE FLEEING POLICE...THE KANSAS CITY STAR WRITES...JASON P. TROXEL, 33 OF OLATHE KANSAS, WAS CHARGED WITH BATTERY ON A LAW OFFICER, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT AFTER HE USED HIS THREE YEAR OLD SON AS A HUMAN SHIELD...THE OFFICER DISPACTHED TO TROXEL'S HOUSE WAS THERE ON A CHILD REMOVAL ORDER WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY TASERED THE YOUNG BOY AS TROXEL WAS ATTEMPTING TO FLEE THE PREMISES...THE CHILD WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AND HAS BEEN LEFT IN THE CARE OF HIS MOTHER...TROXEL WAS RELEASED ON THREE MISDEMEANOR CHARGES.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL…GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK IS DONE CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS GOVERNORSHIP AND NOW HAS TURNED HIS ATTENTION TOWARDS THE BOEING CORPORATION. BROWNBACK IS HOPING THE CORPORATION CAN WIN A CONTRACT FOR AN AIRFORCE REFUELING TANKER. BOEING IS IN DIRECT COMPETITION WITH THE EUROPEAN-BASED EADS. THE GOAL OF THE COMPANY IS TO HELP BUILD A NEW GENERATION OF REFEULING AIRCRAFTS. WHILE THE WORK WOULD BE DONE IN FORTY STATES, A BULK OF THE MANUFACTURING WOULD BE DONE IN KANSAS AND WASHINGTON.
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS POLICE HAVE FOUND A DRIVER WHO DROVE HIS CAR IN TO A LENEXA HOUSE. THE MALE DRIVER WAS BEING TRACKED BY OFFICERS NEAR 95TH AND MONROVIA…BUT DROVE OFF ACCORDING TO KCTV-5. POLICE AND POLICE DOGS HAVE SEARCHED THE AREA FOR THE DRIVER. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE WRECK.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS…
GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING SINGER/SONGWRITER BRUNO MARS IS SET TO PLEAD GUILTY BEFORE A LAS VEGAS JUDGE ABOUT COCAINE POSSESSION. MARS GUILTY PProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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A IS THOUGHT TO BE A DEAL WITH NEVADA PROSECUTORS THAT WOULD WIPE THE FELONY CONVICTION OFF HIS RECORD AFTER A YEAR. MARS OR PETER HERNANDEZ IS NOT CONTESTING THAT HE WAS FOUND WITH 2-POINT-6 GRAMS OF COCAINE IN A CASINO MEN’S ROOM AFTER A PERFORMANCE. MARS WILL BE PLACED ON PROBATION, PAY A TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE AND PERFORM TWO HUNDRED HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
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