IN LOCAL NEWS…
THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION’S PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT PRIMARY ELECTION CONCLUDED LAST NIGHT. RUNNING MATES NATE SPRIGGS AND KATE BORRMAN WAITED IN AGGIEVILLE ALONG WITH THEIR OPPOSITION JOHN GRICE AND NATALIE RAUTH ANXIOUSLY ANTICIPATING THE PRIMARY RESULTS. AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED AT SEVEN O’CLOCK, ALL VOTES WERE COUNTED AND A WINNER WAS DETERMINED. SPRIGGS AND BORRMAN WON THE PRIMARY ELECTION WITH A TOTAL OF ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE VOTES. GRICE AND RAUTH FINISHED WITH ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE TOTAL VOTES.
ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS STATE COLLEGIAN, MANHATTAN CITIZENS AWAKENED YESTERDAY MORNING ONLY TO HAVE THEIR DAILY ROUTINE INTERRUPTED. THE CITY OF MANHATTAN AND LARSON CONSTRUCTION BEGAN WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING TO REPLACE A WATER VALVE NEAR THE TWELVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF VATTIER STREET. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WERE WITHOUT WATER FROM APPROXIMATELY 8:30AM TO ONE O’CLOCK… IN A PRESS RELEASE, THE CITY OF MANHATTAN SAYS THAT THE VALVE COULD NO LONGER PROVIDE ISOLATION DURING A WATER MAIN RUPTURE. THE CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS EVENING.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS THAT KANSAS EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF HISPANIC POPULATION IN THE LAST DECADE. AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND HISPANICS MIGRATED TO KANSAS BETWEEN 2000 AND 2010, DRAWING AN INCREASE OF SIXTY PERCENT FROM THE PRE-EXISTING HISPANIC POPULATION. THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS IN THE PROCESS OF PASSING A BILL THAT WILL REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CHECK THE STATUS OF PEOPLE THEY STOP AND SUSPECT OF BEING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
A WICHITA POLICE OFFICER WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER COMMITTING SEXUAL BATTERY WHILE ON DUTY. THE WICHITA EAGLE REPORTS THAT OFFICER JOSEPH MCGILL, AGE 27, WAS CHARGED AFTER INCIDENTS INCLUDING FELONY AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY ON SUNDAY AND A MISDEAMNOR SEXUAL BATTERY IN 2010. MCGILL WAS HELD ON A BOND OF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IS SCHEDULED FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON MARCH 16TH.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
MAZDA IS RECALLING FIFTY TWO THOUSAND CARS DUE TO A SPIDER PROBLEM. THE CARS ARE BEING RECALLED AFTER THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION DISCOVERED THAT THE VENT LINES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE CLOGGED BY SPIDER WEBS. CBS NEWS REPORTS THE RECALL APPLIES TO ALL 2009-2010 MAZDA 6 MODELS. MAZDA ADDS THAT NO FIRES, ACCIDENTS, OR INJURIES, ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THIS ARACHNID ISSUE.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
IMDB.COM REPORTS THAT WARNER BROTHERS AND ZACK SNYDER OF THE ANTICIPATED SUPERMAN PROJECT HAVE ANNOUNCED THE ACTRESS TO PLAY MARTHA KENT, THE ADOPTIVE MOTHER OF CLARK. FORTY SEVEN YEAR OLD DIANE LANE, KNOWN FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN “THE OUTSIDERS” AND “UNTRACEABLE” WILL FILL THE ROLE… THE MOVIE ENTITLED “SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL” IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN 2012.
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