LOCAL NEWS
CAMPUS POLICE CALL A RECENT CAMPAIGN, A SUCCESS
From May 23rd to June 6th, University Police conducted a Click-It- Or-Ticket campaign on campus to raise awareness for traffic safety.
During the campaign, KSU Police reportedly wrote 217 safety belt citations, 18 speeding citations, and 73 others including driving with a suspended license and no proof of liability insurance. A total of 294 vehicle stops were made by the patrol division.
The campaign was supported by a grant from the Kansas Department of Transportation.
AREA CITIZENS MAY HEAR LOUD NOISES WHILE OUTDOORS
THIS WEEK
The First Infantry Division of Fort Riley has issued a noise and training advisory until next Sunday, June 26th.
The division says the training will consist of explosions of 40-millimeter devices, low flying aircraft noises, and other loud artillery.
No roads near Fort Riley will be closed in result of the exercises.
For more information you can call the Community Relations Office at 785-239-2022.
STATE NEWS
LAST NIGHT’S WEATHER HAD SOME KANSANS TAKING COVER
National weather service spotters reported a tornado that touched down in Morris County near the town of Latimer moving northeast at about 15 miles per hour.
According to the Topeka Capital Journal, no damage was reported from the affected area.
Riley County as well as other local counties was
under a tornado watch until two o’clock this morning.
NATIONAL NEWS
PEDOPHILE AUTHOR RECEIVES FINAL SENTENCE
CBS News reports that Phillip R. Greaves II, plead no contest last week to distributing obscene material depicting minors engaged in harmful conduct.
Greaves wrote a book titled “The Pedophile’s Guide
To Love and Pleasure” which led to his arrest in December.
Greaves received a two-year sentence of probation while on trial in Florida and will now go to his home in Colorado where he will not register as a sex offender.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
A FORMER OSCAR-WINNER TURNS DOWN RETIREMENT RUMORS
74-year-old actor Morgan Freeman told the Washington Post over the weekend that his career is far from over and that he still has much more to contribute to the film industry.
Freeman adds that he will reprise his role as Lucius Fox in England later this month when filming the final film of the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy.
SPORTS
The Royals dropped their final game of the weekend against their in-state rival the St. Louis Cardinals.
The two teams were tied in the bottom of the ninth thanks to an Alcides Escobar home run in the top half, but it took a heroic walk-off home run by Cardinals second baseman Skip Schumaker who came in to pinch hit and finished off the Royals with a 5-4 win. The Royals have the night off tonight before taking on the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.
The 112th Annual U.S. Open concluded on Father’s Day. After leading each day of the tournament, Ireland’s Rory McIlroy hoisted the trophy on Sunday, becoming the youngest professional golfer to do so at 22 years of age.
McIlroy broke a ten-year old open record shooting an 16-under, which led the runner-up by 8 strokes in his first ever, PGA tour win.
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