IN LOCAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY, THE CONVICTED RAPIST OF A SEVENTY YEAR OLD MANHATTAN WOMAN WAS SENTENCED TO SEVENTY YEARS IN PRISON TUESDAY IN THE RILEY COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. QYNTON MATTHEWS, AGE THIRTY-ONE WILL SERVE THE TIME IN THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. THE SENTENCE IS BASED ON CHARGES OF RAPE, AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL, THE FORMER LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER AT IRWIN ARMY COMMUNITTY HOSPITAL AT FORT RILEY HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY FOR STALKING. A GRAND JURY MEETING IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS CHARGED RACHELLE SANTIAGO AGE FORTY-THREE OF MANHATTAN WITH ONE COUNT OF STALKING, ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE, SEXUAL BATTERY, MAKING A TERRORISTIC THREAT, AND UNLAWFULLY ENTERING A FEDERAL MILLITARY INSTALLATION. PROSECUTORS SAY THE CRIMES HAPPENED BETWEEN JANUARY 22ND AND JANUARY 25TH 2011. SANTIAGO WAS PREVIOUSLY CHARGED IN A FEDERAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT OF AN ALLEGED SEXUAL PROPOSITION OF A SOLDIER.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL REPORTS UNION MEMBERS PROTEST IN HOUSE ON THURSDAY. REPUBLICANS FALSELY ACCUSED ACTIVISTS OF FORCING THEMSELVES ON A WOMAN. DEMOCRATS LOOKED AT VIDEO AND SHOWED NOTHING OTHER THAN EXPRESSING THE FIRST AMMENDMENT HAPPENED. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE O’ NEAL SAID “THAT’S THE MOST DISRESPECTFUL DISPLAY I’VE SEEN FROM THE GALLERY IN TWENTY SEVEN YEARS I’VE BEEN HERE. THE BILL BEING PROTESTED AGAINST WOULD ELIMINATE THE OPTION OF UNION MEMBERS TO VOLUNTARILY HAVE MONEY AUTOMATICALLY REMOVED FROM THEIR PAYCHECKS FOR USE BY UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES. THE LEGISLATION DOESN’T INHIBIT PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS BY UNION MEMBERS. O’ NEAL SAID SEVEN OTHER STATES HAVE PASSED SIMILAR LAWS.
AFTER A DAY OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN, KANSAS CITY WAS HIT BY A RUSH HOUR STORM RESULTING IN TWO MIAMI COUNTY DEATHS. ONE CAME IN A HEAD ON CRASH THE OTHER WAS IN A VEHICLE THAT RAN OFF THE ROAD AND SUBMERGED IN A QUARRY PIT. AT SEVEN PM AUTHORITIES CLOSED INTERSTATE THIRTY-FIVE BETWEEN THE CAMBRIDGE CIRCLE EXIT AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE DOWN TOWN LOOP. PARTS OF INTERSTATE SEVENTY AND SEVENTY ONE WERE CLOSED AT VARIOUS POINTS IN THE EVENING TOO. THE POLICE RADIO CRACKLED CONSTANTLY AS OFFICERS RESPONDED TO WRECKS WHETHER IT BE A SEMI THAT JACK KNIFED OR A CAR THAT HIT A WALL. THERE’S A SMALL CHANCE FOR SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING TOO FORECAST SAID.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO TMZ, TWO AND A HALF MEN WILL IMMEDIATELY STOP PRODUCTION FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON BECAUSE OF CHARLIE SHEEN’S ESCEPADES IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. CBS AND WARNER BROTHERS SAID, “BASED ON THE TOTALITY OF CHARLIE SHEEN’S STATEMENTS, CONDUCT AND CONDITION CBS AND WARNER BROTHERS TELEVISION HAVE DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE PRODUCTION OF TWO AND A HALF MEN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON.” THE DECISION CAME SEVERAL HOURS AFTER TMZ POSTED A STORY IN WHICH CHARLIE SHEEN CHALLENGED CREATOR CHUCK LORRE TO A FIGHT ALSO CALLING HIM “A STUPID STUPID LITTLE MAN AND A PUNK.” THERE HAS BEEN NO WORD ON WHETHER PRODUCTION WILL RESUME NEXT SEASON.
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