4-22-2011

For local news…
The Manhattan Mercury reports Governor Sam Brownback visited Kansas State students on Wednesday night and had a bit of advice for them. His wise words were for the students to build relationships. Brownback said it is a skill comes in handy later in life too. “I see a lack of relationships in this society” Brownback said Wednesday evening during a speech at the K-state Alumni Center.

According to the Manhattan Mercury, USD 383 will cut part of it’s school year short. However, this doesn’t mean teachers get to start their summer early they will still work the whole year and get paid the same. The school voted to take this action at a Wednesday night meeting of the school.

For state news…
According to the Topeka Capital Journal, a youth age Al Ryon Jaquoin Perkins, age seventeen, is to be tried as an adult for the rape of a child aged five during what was a home invasion. The judge made the decision Thursday in Shawnee County district court. Topeka police officers were summoned about 3:45 am on November 9th to a report of a break in. Once the police were told the five year old had been the victim of a sexual crime. Of the five felonies Perkins was charged with three of them are level one offenses. These include rape, aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated kidnapping. Thursday’s hearing was conducted behind closed doors because Perkins’ defense attorney objected to a reporter covering the proceeding.

KSNW reports texting driver blamed for slamming into police cruiser on Kellogg. Wichita police say a texting driver is to blame in a crash that happened on Kellogg Wednesday that heavily damaged a police cruiser. Police say an officer pulled 300 feet behind a motorist with a disabled vehicle in the traffic lane. It was then that a ford explorer slammed into the back of the patrol car witnesses said the driver made no attempt to stop. “The cause of the accident appears to be the driver was texting” said lt. Doug Nolte with the Wichita police. Thankfully no one was seriously injured in the crash and the driver accused of causing the crash was cited for careless driving.

In entertainment news…
According to TMZ, Mel Gibson has broken his code of silence over his controversial tapes. “It’s one terribly awful moment in time said to no one person in the span of one day and doesn’t represent what i truly believe or how I’ve treated people my entire life. “ In the wide-ranging interview with Deadlinehollywood.com Mel says “I’ve never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their religion, gender, race, or sexuality.” Mel also talked about the TMZ story of 2006 about his rant he said at the time he felt it was the last straw in his marriage and ends up it was true they separated the day after. Mel was still mum however in his battle with Oksana Grigorieva on reasons that he didn’t want to drag his family through the mud.