IN LOCAL NEWS…

KMAN RADIO REPORTS, A MANHATTAN MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO NEARLY SEVENTY YEARS BY THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. THIRTY TWO YEAR OLD QYNTON MATTHEWS WAS SENTENCED EARLIER THIS WEEK IN THE RILEY COUNTY COURTS ON COUNTS OF RAPE, AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. MATTHEWS WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL OF TWO THOUSAND NINE FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT OF HOLDING A SEVENTY YEAR OLD WOMAN AGAINST HER WILL FOR A PERIOD OF TWO HOURS.

AGGIEVILLE WELCOMES A BRAND NEW BUSINESS TO THE STRIP…DOUGH BOY PIZZA WILL HAVE THEIR GRAND OPENING TONIGHT AT FIVE O’CLOCK. DOUGH BOY PIZZA PURCHASED AND RENOVATED THE LOCATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF MORO AND ELEVENTH STREET IN JANUARY AFTER FORMER TENANT, GUMBY’S PIZZA & PUB, CHOSE NOT TO RENEW THEIR LEASE. FOR INFORMATION ON DOUGH BOY PIZZA YOU CAN FOLLOW THEM ON TWITTER AT TWITTER.COM/AGGIEDOUGHBOY.

IN STATE NEWS…

STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A NEW ABORTION BILL TODAY. THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL WRITES THAT NEW ABORTION RESTRICTIONS INCLUDING, A FETAL PAIN BILL, TO BLOCK LATE-TERM PROCEDURES CLEARED THE HOUSE EASILY. THE BILL IS SIMILAR TO A LAW PASSED BY NEBRASKA IN TWO THOUSAND TEN REQUIRING DOCTORS TO GET A PARENTAL CONSENT UPON ENDING A MINOR’S PREGNANCY.THE HOUSE NOW WAITS FOR FEEDBACK AFTER SENDING THE BILL TO THE STATE SENATE.

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS BEN KIRTLAND, A FORMER ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PLEAD GUILTY TODAY TO CONSPIRACY FOR WIRE FRAUD, EVADING TAXES, AND TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN GOODS. KIRTLAND, A FIFTY FOUR YEAR OLD MAN FROM LENEXA, IS THE LAST DEFENDANT IN THE SCHEME THAT STOLE MORE THAN TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN ATHLETIC TICKETS FROM THE UNIVERSITY. KIRTLAND IS SCHEDULED TO FACE SENTENCING ON MAY 12TH.

IN NATIONAL NEWS…

A FLORIDA WOMAN WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY AFTER AN ALTERCATION WITH HER ROOMMATE REGARDING GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. ACCORDING TO CBS NEWS, THIRTY ONE YEAR OLD HERSHA HOWARD OF NAPLES WOKE UP TO FIND THAT HER THIN MINT COOKIES HAD BEEN EATEN. HOWARD AWAKENED HER ROOMMATE AND AFTER DETERMINING THAT HER ROOMMATE HAD GIVEN THE COOKIES TO HOWARD’S CHILDREN, HOWARD BEGAN CHASING HER ROOMMATE WITH SCISSORS AND HITTING HER REPEATEDLY WITH A BOARD. HOWARD WAS CHARGED WITH BOTH AGGRAVATED BATTERY AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, BEFORE BEING RELEASED ON MONDAY ON A $10,000 BALE.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
AN ACTOR TOLD OPRAH WINFREY DURING A TAPING OF HER TALK SHOW THAT HE BEGAN CONSUMING ALCHOL AT AGE FOUR. THIRTY NINE YEAR OLD, DAVID ARQUETTE SAYS IN AN INTERVIEW SET TO AIR THIS AFTERNOON THAT AT A YOUNGER AGE HE STOLE MARIJUANA FROM HIS FATHER ON A CONSECUTIVE BASIS. AFTER GOING AN INTERVENTION IN 2010, CBS NEW REPORTS THAT ARQUETTE CLAIMS HE HAS BEEN SOBER SINCE DECEMBER 30TH.