Thursday, April 28, 2011

4-28-11

In local news…

A certification hearing for fourteen-year-old Cole Drake has been set for September 22nd and 23rd. 1350 KMAN reports County Attorney Barry Wilkerson is asking for drake to be tried as an adult in the murder of fourteen-year-old Tyler Dowling. Drake is being charged with first-degree murder and aggravated robbery.

A Manhattan therapist who stalked a Fort Riley soldier she was ruled mentally competent. Rachelle Santiago was working at the Irwin Army Community Hospital at Fort Riley. Santiago faces a five-count indictment of stalking, sexual battery, making a criminal threat, eluding a pursuing police vehicle and unlawfully entering a military installation.

A three-time Fulbright recipient and K-state professor Emizet Kisangani is going to Central Africa for eight months. The university released this information this morning stating Kisangani is K-state’s director of African studies and is researching the parliament and the banking sector on post-conflict reconstruction on the region. He wants to show the importance of parliament and a banking sector on post-conflict reconstruction because he feels that those two areas have been overlooked in the past.

In state news…
Governor Sam Brownback is asking the U.S. Department of Agricutlture to declare a drought in 21 counties in western Kansas. According to KSNT, The declaration would make farmers eligible for loans from USDA’s farm service agency as well as other types of aid.
Dylan spencer and his wife Amy as well as their two children were laid to rest yesterday in holton. The Topeka Capital Journal writes Outside of the church…Holton residents held American flags in support of the couple and their two children. The residents outside were blocking members of Topeka’s Westboro Baptist Church from interrupting the procedures.

For the first time in six years…measles was reported in Johnson County. According to the Associated Press, The Johnson County Health Department is investigating the report. The case was reported at Blue Valley North High School in Overland Park. It is being suggested that the student was not treated for the disease. Other students and staff that had also not been vaccinated for the disease were told to stay home. Ten people who had not been treated for the disease came in contact with the patient.

In entertainment news…
During their second rehearsal in as many days…the soon to be wed Kate Middleton and Prince William thanked everyone for their affection. The Associated Press reports that the two were both delighted that many are able to join them in celebrating what they hope will be one of the happiest days of their lives.” "The affection shown to us by so many people during our engagement has been incredibly moving, and has touched us both deeply. Thousand of guests are expected to line the streets on Friday for the couple’s parade route. Around nineteen hundred people have been invited to the wedding. Although Britain did revoke it’s invitation to Syria yesterday due to violent attacks on protesters.

Friday, April 22, 2011

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.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

4-21-2011

IN LOCAL NEWS…

ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY, MANHATTAN’S JOBLESS RATE FELL FROM 5 PERCENT IN FEBRARURY TO FOUR-POINT-EIGHT PERCENT IN MARCH. THE SAME TREND HELD TRUE FOR THE MANHATTAN METROPOLITAN AREA WHICH INCLUDES RILEY, GEARY AND POTTAWATTOMIE COUNTIES. THAT WAS FIVE POINT NINE PERCENT IN FEBRUARY AND IN MARCH IT WAS FIVE POINT SEVEN PERCENT

ACCORDING TO 1350 KMAN AM, RILEY COUNTY POLICE RECENTLY ARRESTED FIVE MAGAZINE PEDDLERS ON SOLICITING A BUSINESS WITHOUT A PERMIT. ALL FIVE OF THE PEDDLERS WERE FROM OUT OF STATE AND NONE OF THEM HAD LICENSES. RCPD CAPTAIN KURT MOLDRUP URGED MANHATTAN RESIDENTS TO CALL THE POLICE IF THEY FEEL PRESSURED BY THESE INDIVIDUALS. ACCORDING TO MOLDRUP, IT’S VERY LIKELY THAT THIS PERSON WILL NOT HAVE A LICENSE TO SELL MAGAZINES.

ACCORDING TO KSNT CHANNEL TWENTY SEVEN IN TOPEKA, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, A TRANSIT SYSTEM CONNECTS JUNCTION CITY FORT RILEY AND MANHATTAN. THE SERVICE WILL ALLOW RIDERS TO GO FROM ONE PLACE TO THE NEXT. IT WILL COST TWO DOLLARS PER RIDER AND THE SERVICE WILL OPERATE FROM SIX IN THE MORNING TO SEVEN AT NIGHT.

IN STATE NEWS…

ACCORDING TO TOPEKA POLICE CHIEF RON MILLER RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES AND VEHICLE BREAK-INS ARE UP. MILLER SAYS THE CRIMES ARE HIGHER THEN WERE FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. MILLER ADDED THAT VIOLENT CRIMES DIPPED BY POINT SIX THREE PERCENT.

THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL ROBBERIES HAS CLIMBED FROM TWENTY THREE IN 2010 TO THIRTY FOUR IN 2011. MILLER THINKS THE PROBLEM IS GANGS, BUT THE PROBLEM IS NOT AS LARGE AS PEOPLE THINK.

MILLER’S GOAL COMING IN TO OFFICE WAS TO REDUCE VIOLENT CRIMES BY TWENTY FIVE PERCENT AND CRIME OVERALL BY TEN PERCENT. TO DO THIS…THE POLICE ARE USING DATA TO DETERMINE WHERE CRIMES ARE HAPPENING. THE POLICE THEN INCREASE THEIR PRESENCE IN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.

ACCORDING TO KSNT CHANNEL 27 IN TOPEKA, HAVE A NEED FOR SPEED? WELL KANSAS GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK JUST INCREASED THE SPEED LIMIT TO SEVENTY FIVE ON DESIGNATED AREAS OF FOUR LANE HIGHWAYS. THE NEW INCREASE WILL BE IMPLEMENTED JULY FIRST. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS THAT OVER A THOUSAND MILES OF HIGHWAY WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE NEW SPEED LIMIT. THE NEW LAW HOPES TO ENCOURAGE FREIGHT COMPANIES TO STOP SKIPPING KANSAS IN FAVOR OF OTHER STATES WITH HIGHER SPEED LIMITS.

IN NATIONAL NEWS…

ACCORDING TO USA TODAY, A NEW REPORT IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PERSPECTIVES PURPORTS THAT CHILDREN EXPOSED TO HIGH PESTICIDE LEVELS IN THE WOMB ARE MORE LIKELY HAVE A LOWER IQ. THE STUDY INCLUDED 400 CHILDREN. THE STUDY FOUND THAT THOSE CHILDREN HAD AN AVERAGE IQ, SEVEN POINTS LOWER THEN THE NORMAL CHILD.

A UCLA OBSTETRICIAN MICHAEL LU SAID THAT EXPOSURE TO PESTICIDES CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF PREGNANCY WHEN THE BRAIN IS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP.

IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…

ACCORDING TO THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, FORMER DISNEY STAR DEMI LOVATO TWEETED HER SUPPORT OF ACTRESS CATHERINE ZETA JONES. JONES WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH BI-POLAR DISORDER. LOVATO…THE EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD SINGER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE AFTER A THREE MONTH STAY IN REHAB. LOVATO WHO IS MOST FAMOUS FOR HER ROLE ON THE SHOW SONNY WITH A CHANCE HAS DECIDED TO LEAVE THE SHOW. SHE SAID THE SHOW WOULD HINDER HER RECOVERY. SHE IS CURRENTLY WRITING ARTICLES FOR SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE’S WEBSITE AND IS ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO SEEK HELP.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

4-20-11

In local news…

K-state Junior Joshua Ericson mathematics major is trying to track and predict the spread of rural epidemics. Ericson is studying the town of Chanute to help him research for his project.

Ericson says “these outbreaks very often originate in rural settings, so our results will be able to be applied immediately to regions throughout Kansas and the Midwest."

The study has been going on since this past summer.

According to the Manhattan Mercury, when the Manhattan school board meets tonight, it will decide on whether it wants to cut the school year short. The board made the school year one day shorter last year.

According to WIBW, police in Junction City seized fifty-two pounds of narcotics during a normal traffic stop. The cops called in the k-9 unit after they became suspicious of the vehicle. The unit proceeded to find the stash of drugs that is worth two hundred and sixty thousand dollars in street value. Police then arrested the two men.

In state news…

According to KSNT, A Tyson plant in Emporia is cutting its workforce by sixty to eighty employees this week.

Tyson spokesman Gary Michelson said the cuts are due to improved efficiency at other plants.

Mickelson added that the released employees are being encouraged to apply to other Tyson plants.

The Tyson Emporia plant reduced its workforce in 2008 from twenty four hundred employees to one thousand employees

In national news…

According to USA Today, Three children are in stable condition after a school shooting in Houston. A six year old brought a loaded gun to the school. The gun then fired after the boy dropped the firearm on the floor. Thirty three year old Shawn Dixon said that the school should add metal detectors as an added security concern.

Spokesman for Houston public schools normal reminded parents that they should keep their firearms locked up and away from their children and to check through your child’s backpack before sending them off to school.

In entertainment news…

According to Yahoo Entertainment, The Black Eyed Peas are starting a music academy in New York City that will start this July. The academy will allow kids from the ages of thirteen to nineteen to work with professional level audio and video equipment.

The peapod Adobe Youth Voices Academy will accept students that are recommend by their teachers or have an interest in music and video production.

Friday, April 15, 2011

4-15-2011

In local news…

A teen has been arrested in the dowling homicide case. The Manhattan Mercury reports on Thursday police announced the arrest of Manhattan High School Freshman Cole Drake in connection with the discovery of the body of Tyler Dowling Wednesday evening. Dowling’s body was discovered in a field near Eisenhower middle school Wednesday night. The Riley County Police Department said the homicide happened just blocks from Dowling’s home. Drake was confined at the Geary County Juvenile Detention Facility last night. Police are continuing to investigate the case with Dowling’s autopsy is still pending.

On Saturday April 16th, The Wildcat 91.9 will host the first annual block party on Legore Lane. The charity event will benefit the International Rescue Committee with their work on the crisis in Japan and the Children's feeding program in Cebu, Philippines. The block party starts at noon and will go on until 10:45 pm.

In state news…

The Kansas City Star reports, a gate keeper in the University of Kansas ticket scandal has been sentenced to prison. The sentence is set for 57 months. Along with the sentence, Charlotte Faye Bluebaw and other defendents in the case have been ordered to pay $2.5 million in restitution to the university.

The University of Kansas warns female students of a man peeping in showers. The Topeka Capital Journal reports that a man snuck into dorms to watch women shower in three instances this week. The Public Safety office said he had entered at least one building by tailgating... The suspect is described to be White Male, 18-21 years old 6 foot 3 165 pounds, with short light brown hair. In all three instances the suspect was wearing a red shirt, blue jeans, and white tennis shoes.


In entertainment news…

Abc announced today that it will cancel it’s long-time running daytime dramas, “All My Children” and “One Life to Live". Each series has been on the network’s airwaves for nearly 43 years. The move has been made to transform the network’s daytime programming to a more informative approach. Abc added that All My Children’s final episode will air in September, while One life to Live will run until next January.