IN LOCAL NEWS...
THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH INTERESTED PARTIES FOR SOME TIME PREPARING FOR THIS YEAR'S FAKE PADDY'S DAY EVENT. THE EVENT HAS NO FORMAL ORGANIZER, BUT IT IS PROMOTED AND ADVERTISED BY SOME AGGIEVILLE BUSINESSES AND K-STATE STUDENTS. FAKE PADDY'S DAY WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 12. RILEY COUNTY POLICE HAVE NO PLAN TO INITIALLY CLOSE TRAFFIC ON ANY STREETS WITHIN AGGIEVILLE. HOWEVER, BARRICADES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON STANDBY TO CLOSE STREETS AS NECESSARY TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
IN STATE NEWS...
KANSAS SENATORS HAVE TAKEN A STEP TOWARD HELPING GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK FULFILL A PROMISE THAT HE MADE DURING THE 2010 ELECTION TO HELP GET RURAL COUNTIES BACK ON THEIR FEET. THE PLAN FOR AN INCOME TAX REDUCTION FOR RESIDENTS WHO MOVE TO RURAL COUNTIES FROM OUT OF STATE CLEARED THE SENATE LAST WEEK. SENATORS MODIFIED BROWNBACK'S ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, EXPANDING IT TO COVER 50 COUNTIES THAT HAVE HAD AN EIGHT PERCENT DECREASE IN POPULATION OR HAVE FEW THEN TWELVE THOUSAND RESIDENTS. THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES A PROVISION FOR THE COUNTIES TO PARTNER WITH THE STATE TO REPAY A PORTION OF THE STUDENT LOANS OF QUALIFYING NEW RESIDENTS. SENATE REPUBLICANS SAID THE PROPOSAL WAS AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE POPULATION LOSSES AND HELP KEEP RURAL COUNTIES STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN SERVICES.
A COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT IN KANSAS CITY CHARGED WITH STABBING A SCHOOL OFFICIAL WILL HAVE A COMPETENCY HEARING TODAY. CASEY BREZIK, AGE 23, IS CHARGED IN JACKSON COUNTY MISSOURI CIRCUIT COURT WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT AND TWO COUNTS OF ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION IN THE SEPTEMBER ATTACK AT METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S PENN VALLEY CAMPUS. HE ALLEGEDLY STABBED A COLLEGE DEAN IN THE NECK SHORTLY BEFORE MISSOURI GOVERNOR JAY NIXON WAS TO ARRIVE AT THE CAMPUS. ANOTHER COLLEGE OFFICIAL WAS CUT WHILE HELPING TO SUBDUE BREZIK. BREZIK WAS WEARING A BULLET-RESISTANT VEST AND THOUGHT HE WAS ATTACKING THE GOVERNOR.
IN NATIONAL NEWS.....
AN OCCUPATION OF THE WISCONSIN CAPITOL BY PROTESTERS FIGHTING EFFORTS TO STRIP PUBLIC WORKERS OF UNION BARGAINING RIGHTS CARRIED ON SUNDAY AFTER POLICE DECIDED NOT TO FORCIBLY REMOVE DEMONSTRATORS AND END A NEARLY TWO-WEEK-LONG SIT-IN. THE STATE AGENCY THAT OVERSEES THE CAPITOL ASKED THE THRONGS OF DEMONSTRATORS WHO HAVE CAMPED OUT INSIDE THE BUILDING SINCE FEBRUARY 15TH TO LEAVE BY 4PM, SAYING THE BUILDING WAS IN DIRE NEED OF A CLEANING. BUT IN THE HOURS BEFORE THE DEADLINE CAME AProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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AFTER IT PASSED, IT WAS CLEAR MOST PROTESTERS DID NOT INTEND TO LEAVE VOLUNTARILY AND POLICE HAD NO IMMEDIATE INTENTION OF FORCING THEM TO GO.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS.....
THE BRITISH MONARCHY SAGA "THE KING'S SPEECH" WON 4 ACADEMY AWARDS SUNDAY NIGHT INCLUDING THE BIGGEST PRIZE, THE OSCAR FOR BEST PICTURE. DIRECTOR TOM HOOPER CHIPPED IN FOR THE FILM WITH A BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR, WHILE CHRISTIAN BALE AND MELISSA LEO EARNED SUPPORTING-ACTING HONORS FOR THE BOXING TALE "THE FIGHTER". NATALIE PORTMAN ACCEPTED THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS FOR HER ROLE IN "THE BLACK SWAN".
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