HEY K-STATERS DON’T FORGET YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR EID PASSWORD FOR THE SEMESTER. THE IT HELP DESK SAYS IF YOU DON’T CHANGE IT BY TODAY YOU WILL LOSE ACCESS TO YOUR EMAIL…K-STATE ONLINE…UNIVERSITY COMPUTER LABS…PRINTING…AND OTHER IT SERVICES. ALL YOU NEED TO DO TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD IS GO TO EID.KSU.EDU AND UNDER PASSWORD SETTINGS CLICK CHANGE YOUR EID PASSWORD OR PASSWORD RESET OPTIONS.
THE KANSAS STATE THEATRE PRODUCTION… ‘BIG LOVE’ IS SET TO TAKE THE STAGE AGAIN TONIGHT. THE PRODUCTION BEGAN ON FEBRUARY 4TH AND WAS ON STAGE THROUGH THE 6TH… IT WILL BEGINAGAIN TONIGHT AND WILL RUN THROUGH SATURDAY THE 13TH. THE SHOW… DIRECTED BY KATE ANDERSON…WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AT 7 PM THIS EVENING AT NICHOLS THEATRE. YOU CAN BUY TICKETS ONLINE OR CALL THE BOX OFFICE AT 532-6428.
KANSAS LAWMAKERS ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE STATE CONSTITUTION. THE PROPOSAL IS STANDING UP FOR KANSANS’ RIGHT TO OBJECT BUYING HEALTH INSURANCE. THE PROPONENTS ARE CALLING THIS AMENDMENT A RESPONSE TO DEMOCRATIC PROPOSALS IN CONGRESS THAT SAY PEOPLE MUST PURCHASE HEALTH INSURANCE OR FACE PENALTIES IS THEY REFUSE.
PEOPLE NEAR CHICAGO, IOWA AND INDIANA RECEIVED A RUDE WAKE UP CALL THIS MORNING. A 3. 8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE STRUCK NEAR THESE MIDWESTERN LOCATIONS EARLIER THIS MORNING. THE STRIKING POINT OF THE EARTHQUAKE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN ABOUT 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF CHICAGO BUT IT COULD BE FELT IN IOWA AND INDIANA. OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED THAT NO INJURIES OR DAMAGE HAVE BEEN RECORDED YET.
A RICE VENDOR IN HAITI HAS BEEN REPORTED TO HAVE SURVIVED FOR TWENTY SEVEN DAYS BENEATH THE RUBBLE OF A FLEA MARKET FOLLOWING THE EARTHQUAKE. THE MAN WAS BROUGHT TO A CLINIC BY TWO OTHER MEN AFTER HE WAS DISCOVERED BENEATH THE RUBBLE. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE HEALTH CLINIC HE WAS VERY DEHYDRATED AND MALNOURISHED. THE MAN IS NOW IN STABLE CONDITION AND BEING TREATED BY DOCTORS.
ELLEN DEGENERES MADE HER FIRST APPEARANCE ON AMERICAN IDOL LAST NIGHT AND SHE WAS DEFINITELY HAVING SOME FUN. SHE TOLD ONE CONTESTANT THAT THERE IS A FINE LINE BETWEEN BEING SEXY AND BEING SCARY. TONIGHT IDOL HITS THE HILLS OF HOLLYWOOD AND YOU CAN CATCH IT ON FOX STARTING AT 8 PM.
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Monday, February 8, 2010
News 2-8-10
ANXIETY WAS BUZZING THROUGHOUT SALINA AS THEY PREPARED FOR A BIG NAME TO COME SPEAK. NEWS DIRECTOR LAURA DUVAL WAS THERE TO SEE WHAT THE BUZZ WAS ALL ABOUT.
*ROLL PKG* 3:00
SALINA HELD THEIR ANNUAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE SALINA BICENTENNIAL CENTER.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SPOKE IN FRONT OF A SOLD OUT CROWD OF SIX-THOUSAND PEOPLE.
BUT WHAT BROUGHT THIS HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE?
WITH JOKES ABOUT IT COULD BE A VAN HALEN CONCERT, WHY DID MOST PEOPLE COME?
*TO SEE SARAH PALIN. SARAH PALIN..*
YOU BETCHA - IT WAS VAN PALIN.
THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER OF THE NIGHT WAS FORMER ALASKA GOVERNOR, FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, AND A NEW FOX NEWS CORRESTOPNDENT, SARAH PALIN.
PALIN BROUGHT HER ENTOURAGE, HER DAUGHTER PIPER, WITH HER.
BEFORE PALIN EVEN SPOKE, ANTICIPATION GREW IN THE CENTER AS CHAIRMAN ELECT TODD DAVIDSON SPOKE…
MISS KANSAS PLAYED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ON THE TRUMPET…
AND SALINA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT DENNIS LAUVER MADE SURE EVERYONE KNEW “THIS WAS THE LARGEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING EVER.”
AND HE DIDN’T MEAN JUST IN SALINA…HE MEANT EVER.
THEN THERE WAS JUST ONE PERSON STANDING BETWEEN PALIN AND HER SIX-THOUSAND SUPPORTERS… CONGRESSMAN JERRY MORAN.
WHILE INTRODUCING HER, HE WELCOMED HER TO KANSAS. HE LET HER KNOW SHE’D FIT RIGHT IN BECAUSE “WE’RE AVID HUNTERS.”
HE THEN SET HER UP BY SAYING, “SHE’S AS CLOSE TO RONALD REAGAN AS WE ARE TODAY.”
DURING PALIN’S 40-MINUTE SPEECH, SHE TOUCHED ON MANY POLITICAL TOPICS INCLUDING THE FARMING INDUSTRY, THE CHRISTMAS TERRORIST, AND THE WAR IN IRAQ.
MANY OF THESE HIT HOME FOR THE AUDIENCE LIKE SALINA RESIDENT LORETTA REECE….
"MADE A LOT OF SENSE. EMPHASIZE WITH HER ABOUT HER SON COMING BACK FROM DEPLOYMENT..."
WITH HOOTS AND HOLLERS COMING FROM THE ONLOOKERS THROUGHOUT HER WHOLE SPEECH, PALIN RECIEVED A STANDING OVATION WHEN SHE SAID “WE NEED A COMMANDER IN CHIEF, NOT A PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTION LAW.”
THE NIGHT CAME TO AN END WITH MISS KANSAS ONCE AGAIN ON THE TRUMPET PLAYING GOD BLESS AMERICA.
AFTERWARDS SALINA NATIVE ROBERT EATON REFLECTED ON PALIN’S SPEECH
"I THINK SHE HAS A LOT OF GOOD POINTS. THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE COMMON SENSE IN GOV. AND WASHINGTON. THERE’RE OVER THINKING THINGS."
AND DONALD HARMONSON AGREED
"I THOUGHT IT WAS SO REFRESHING TO HAVE SOMEONE SO FRESH LIKE THAT. I WISH THERE WERE A WHOLE LOT MORE PEOPLE LIKE HER TALKING IN WASHINGTON."
AND WHEN HARMONSON WAS ASKED IF HE THOUGHT SHE WAS THE NEXT RONALD REAGAN HIS SISTER CHIMED IN WITH, “SHE’S MUCH PRETTIER”
AT THE SALINA BICENTENNIAL CENTER, LAURA DUVAL, KSDB NEWS.
PALIN WILL BE BACK IN KANSAS AGAIN MAY SECOND TO SPEAK AT A FUNDRAISER FOR BETHEL LIFE SCHOOL. PICTURES WILL BE UP ON OUR BLOG SOON.
DO PLASTIC BAGS IN YOUR YARD AND FENCE DRIVE YOU CRAZY? IT DOES FOR ONE GARDEN CITY MAN SO HE’S DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. FINNEY COUNTY COMMISSIONER LARRY JONES HAS PROPOSED A FUTURE BAN ON USING DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAGS IN HOLCOMB AND GARDEN CITY. AN EDUCATION PROGRAM HAD BEGUN LAST YEAR IN GARDEN CITY ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES INCLUDING REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PLASTIC BAGS USED. THEY HAVE NOW BEEN ASKED TO REVISIT IT MORE SPECIFICALLY.
A BODY WAS FOUND IN A DITCH NEAR EL DORADO SATURDAY. BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS A WOMAN FOUND IT WHILE WALKING. THE BODY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 19-YEAR OLD GERMAN LUIS CLERICI WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING FEBRUARY FIRST. ALTHOUGH THE CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED IN CLERICI’S DEATH.
CHARLIE SHEEN WILL BE HEADING TO COURT TODAY FOR ARRAIGNMENT FOR HIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARREST INVOLVING HIS WIFE. BOTH HIM AND HIS WIFE BROOK WILL BE APPEARING IN COURT BEFORE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE BOYD. SHEEN IS SCHEDULED TO ENTER A PLEA ON SUSPICION OF FELONY MENACING, SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT, AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. WHILE AN OFFICER HAS QUOTED BROOKE SAYING SHEEN HELD A KNIFE TO HER THROAT, HE DENIES THREATENING OR HITTING HER.
AFTER WEEKS OF DOMINATING THE BOX OFFICE AVATAR HAS FINALLY FALLEN TO NUMBER TWO. DEAR JOHN HAS TAKEN THE TOP MAKING 32-POINT-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS. IT ALSO SET A RECORD FOR HIGHEST GROSSING SUPERBOWL SUNDAY MOVIE IN HISTORY. THE CHANNING TATUM – AMANDA SEYFRIED FLICK IS BASED ON A BOOK WRITTEN BY NICHOLAS SPARKS, THE SAME AUTHOR OF THE NOTEBOOK. BEHIND AVATAR WAS FROM PARIS WITH LOVE AND ROUNDING OUT THE TOP FIVE IS EDGE OF DARKNESS AND TOOTH FAIRY.
*ROLL PKG* 3:00
SALINA HELD THEIR ANNUAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE SALINA BICENTENNIAL CENTER.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SPOKE IN FRONT OF A SOLD OUT CROWD OF SIX-THOUSAND PEOPLE.
BUT WHAT BROUGHT THIS HUGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE?
WITH JOKES ABOUT IT COULD BE A VAN HALEN CONCERT, WHY DID MOST PEOPLE COME?
*TO SEE SARAH PALIN. SARAH PALIN..*
YOU BETCHA - IT WAS VAN PALIN.
THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER OF THE NIGHT WAS FORMER ALASKA GOVERNOR, FORMER VICE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE, AND A NEW FOX NEWS CORRESTOPNDENT, SARAH PALIN.
PALIN BROUGHT HER ENTOURAGE, HER DAUGHTER PIPER, WITH HER.
BEFORE PALIN EVEN SPOKE, ANTICIPATION GREW IN THE CENTER AS CHAIRMAN ELECT TODD DAVIDSON SPOKE…
MISS KANSAS PLAYED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ON THE TRUMPET…
AND SALINA AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT DENNIS LAUVER MADE SURE EVERYONE KNEW “THIS WAS THE LARGEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEETING EVER.”
AND HE DIDN’T MEAN JUST IN SALINA…HE MEANT EVER.
THEN THERE WAS JUST ONE PERSON STANDING BETWEEN PALIN AND HER SIX-THOUSAND SUPPORTERS… CONGRESSMAN JERRY MORAN.
WHILE INTRODUCING HER, HE WELCOMED HER TO KANSAS. HE LET HER KNOW SHE’D FIT RIGHT IN BECAUSE “WE’RE AVID HUNTERS.”
HE THEN SET HER UP BY SAYING, “SHE’S AS CLOSE TO RONALD REAGAN AS WE ARE TODAY.”
DURING PALIN’S 40-MINUTE SPEECH, SHE TOUCHED ON MANY POLITICAL TOPICS INCLUDING THE FARMING INDUSTRY, THE CHRISTMAS TERRORIST, AND THE WAR IN IRAQ.
MANY OF THESE HIT HOME FOR THE AUDIENCE LIKE SALINA RESIDENT LORETTA REECE….
"MADE A LOT OF SENSE. EMPHASIZE WITH HER ABOUT HER SON COMING BACK FROM DEPLOYMENT..."
WITH HOOTS AND HOLLERS COMING FROM THE ONLOOKERS THROUGHOUT HER WHOLE SPEECH, PALIN RECIEVED A STANDING OVATION WHEN SHE SAID “WE NEED A COMMANDER IN CHIEF, NOT A PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTION LAW.”
THE NIGHT CAME TO AN END WITH MISS KANSAS ONCE AGAIN ON THE TRUMPET PLAYING GOD BLESS AMERICA.
AFTERWARDS SALINA NATIVE ROBERT EATON REFLECTED ON PALIN’S SPEECH
"I THINK SHE HAS A LOT OF GOOD POINTS. THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE COMMON SENSE IN GOV. AND WASHINGTON. THERE’RE OVER THINKING THINGS."
AND DONALD HARMONSON AGREED
"I THOUGHT IT WAS SO REFRESHING TO HAVE SOMEONE SO FRESH LIKE THAT. I WISH THERE WERE A WHOLE LOT MORE PEOPLE LIKE HER TALKING IN WASHINGTON."
AND WHEN HARMONSON WAS ASKED IF HE THOUGHT SHE WAS THE NEXT RONALD REAGAN HIS SISTER CHIMED IN WITH, “SHE’S MUCH PRETTIER”
AT THE SALINA BICENTENNIAL CENTER, LAURA DUVAL, KSDB NEWS.
PALIN WILL BE BACK IN KANSAS AGAIN MAY SECOND TO SPEAK AT A FUNDRAISER FOR BETHEL LIFE SCHOOL. PICTURES WILL BE UP ON OUR BLOG SOON.
DO PLASTIC BAGS IN YOUR YARD AND FENCE DRIVE YOU CRAZY? IT DOES FOR ONE GARDEN CITY MAN SO HE’S DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT. FINNEY COUNTY COMMISSIONER LARRY JONES HAS PROPOSED A FUTURE BAN ON USING DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAGS IN HOLCOMB AND GARDEN CITY. AN EDUCATION PROGRAM HAD BEGUN LAST YEAR IN GARDEN CITY ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES INCLUDING REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PLASTIC BAGS USED. THEY HAVE NOW BEEN ASKED TO REVISIT IT MORE SPECIFICALLY.
A BODY WAS FOUND IN A DITCH NEAR EL DORADO SATURDAY. BUTLER COUNTY SHERIFF SAYS A WOMAN FOUND IT WHILE WALKING. THE BODY HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 19-YEAR OLD GERMAN LUIS CLERICI WHO WAS REPORTED MISSING FEBRUARY FIRST. ALTHOUGH THE CAUSE OF DEATH HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED, FOUL PLAY IS SUSPECTED IN CLERICI’S DEATH.
CHARLIE SHEEN WILL BE HEADING TO COURT TODAY FOR ARRAIGNMENT FOR HIS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ARREST INVOLVING HIS WIFE. BOTH HIM AND HIS WIFE BROOK WILL BE APPEARING IN COURT BEFORE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE BOYD. SHEEN IS SCHEDULED TO ENTER A PLEA ON SUSPICION OF FELONY MENACING, SECOND DEGREE ASSAULT, AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. WHILE AN OFFICER HAS QUOTED BROOKE SAYING SHEEN HELD A KNIFE TO HER THROAT, HE DENIES THREATENING OR HITTING HER.
AFTER WEEKS OF DOMINATING THE BOX OFFICE AVATAR HAS FINALLY FALLEN TO NUMBER TWO. DEAR JOHN HAS TAKEN THE TOP MAKING 32-POINT-FOUR MILLION DOLLARS. IT ALSO SET A RECORD FOR HIGHEST GROSSING SUPERBOWL SUNDAY MOVIE IN HISTORY. THE CHANNING TATUM – AMANDA SEYFRIED FLICK IS BASED ON A BOOK WRITTEN BY NICHOLAS SPARKS, THE SAME AUTHOR OF THE NOTEBOOK. BEHIND AVATAR WAS FROM PARIS WITH LOVE AND ROUNDING OUT THE TOP FIVE IS EDGE OF DARKNESS AND TOOTH FAIRY.
Friday, February 5, 2010
2-5-10
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT IN KANSAS FOR COUNTIES INCLUDING RILEY, POTTAWATOMIE, AND GEARY. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AROUND AN INCH MORE OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND ONE TO THREE INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. THIS COULD CAUSE THE ROADS TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK AND MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TODAY.
MORE DEER HAVE BEEN KILLED AT SHAWNEE MISSION PARK IN JOHNSON COUNTY DURING A CONTROLLED HUNT. PARK OFFICIALS SAY 342 WERE SHOT 313 BY SHARPSHOOTERS AND 29 BY ARCHERS. THIS IS ALL BEING DONE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DEER AT THE PARK. THEY ARE HOPING TO MINIMIZE IT TO 50 PER SQUARE MILE BUT IT WASN’T MET AND A SURVEY WILL BE DONE TO COUNT THE CURRENT NUMBER.
A MAN IN OVERLAND PARK IS FACING CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF HIS PREGNANT WIFE. 30-YEAR OLD JASON COTT IS ACCUSED OF STRANGLING IS 29-YEAR OLD WIFE ANGELA WHILE CARRYING AN UNBORN CHILD. THESE CHARGES MEAN COTT CAN BE GIVEN THE DEATH PENALTY OR TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER. BECAUSE OF ALEXA’S LAW, IT IS A CRIME TO KILL OR WOUND AN UNBORN CHILD DURING AN ATTACK ON THE MOTHER. THIS IS WHY HE FACES THE CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE.
AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A MISSING 8-MONTH-OLD CARTHAGE MISSOURI BOY. EDDIE SALAZAR WAS TAKEN FROM HIS HOME LAST NIGHT BY TWO MEN IN MASKS. SALAZAR IS DESCRIBED TO BE AROUND 20-POUNDS, DARK HAIR, AND BROWN EYES. THE TWO MEN BROKE INTO THE HOUSE, BEAT THE FATHER, WHO WAS SLEEPING ON THE COUCH, AND RAIDED THE HOUSE BEFORE THEY TOOK THE BOY. CARTHAGE POLICE CHIEF TOLD KSHB TV EARLY INFORMATION SHOWS THE ABDUCTION WAS RANDOM. WITH LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECTS, THEY AREN’T SURE WHERE THEY MAY BE HEADED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL 417-237-7200.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK TWICE BEFORE DOODLING ON YOUR DESK IN CLASS. 12-YEAR OLD ALEXA GONZALES WAS DOING JUST THAT IN HER NEW YORK CITY JUNIOR HIGH AND WAS ARRESTED. SHE WROTE “LEX WAS HERE 2/1/10” AND “I LOVE MY FRIENDS ABBY AND FAITH.” GONZALES’S MOTHER SAYS SHE WAS RELEASED HOURS LATER AFTER BEING TAKING TO THE POLICE STATION. THE NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FILED A LAWSUIT LAST MONTH ALLEGING MORE THAN 20 INSTANCES OF WRONGFUL ARRESTS BY SCHOOL AFETY OFFICERS. GONZALES’S PUNISHMENT IS EIGHT HOURS OF COMMINITY SERVICE, A BOOK REPORT, AND AN ESSAY ON WHAT SHE LEARNED FROM THE EXPERIENCE.
THE REASON OF BRITTANY MURPHY’S DEATH HAS COME OUT. MURPHY DIED OF PNEUMONIA BACK IN DECEMBER 20TH. LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHIEF CORONER SAYS HE SHE WOULD’E GONE TO THE DOCTOR IN TIME, SHE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE. MURPHY HAD A DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED FOR A FEW DAYS LATER. HE ALSO SAYS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND ANEMIA ALSO PLAYED A ROLE BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF WRONG DOING. THE FULL REPORT ON HER DEATH IS STILL WEEKS FROM BEING FINISHED.
MORE DEER HAVE BEEN KILLED AT SHAWNEE MISSION PARK IN JOHNSON COUNTY DURING A CONTROLLED HUNT. PARK OFFICIALS SAY 342 WERE SHOT 313 BY SHARPSHOOTERS AND 29 BY ARCHERS. THIS IS ALL BEING DONE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DEER AT THE PARK. THEY ARE HOPING TO MINIMIZE IT TO 50 PER SQUARE MILE BUT IT WASN’T MET AND A SURVEY WILL BE DONE TO COUNT THE CURRENT NUMBER.
A MAN IN OVERLAND PARK IS FACING CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES IN THE DEATH OF HIS PREGNANT WIFE. 30-YEAR OLD JASON COTT IS ACCUSED OF STRANGLING IS 29-YEAR OLD WIFE ANGELA WHILE CARRYING AN UNBORN CHILD. THESE CHARGES MEAN COTT CAN BE GIVEN THE DEATH PENALTY OR TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER. BECAUSE OF ALEXA’S LAW, IT IS A CRIME TO KILL OR WOUND AN UNBORN CHILD DURING AN ATTACK ON THE MOTHER. THIS IS WHY HE FACES THE CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE.
AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A MISSING 8-MONTH-OLD CARTHAGE MISSOURI BOY. EDDIE SALAZAR WAS TAKEN FROM HIS HOME LAST NIGHT BY TWO MEN IN MASKS. SALAZAR IS DESCRIBED TO BE AROUND 20-POUNDS, DARK HAIR, AND BROWN EYES. THE TWO MEN BROKE INTO THE HOUSE, BEAT THE FATHER, WHO WAS SLEEPING ON THE COUCH, AND RAIDED THE HOUSE BEFORE THEY TOOK THE BOY. CARTHAGE POLICE CHIEF TOLD KSHB TV EARLY INFORMATION SHOWS THE ABDUCTION WAS RANDOM. WITH LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SUSPECTS, THEY AREN’T SURE WHERE THEY MAY BE HEADED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION CAN CALL 417-237-7200.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK TWICE BEFORE DOODLING ON YOUR DESK IN CLASS. 12-YEAR OLD ALEXA GONZALES WAS DOING JUST THAT IN HER NEW YORK CITY JUNIOR HIGH AND WAS ARRESTED. SHE WROTE “LEX WAS HERE 2/1/10” AND “I LOVE MY FRIENDS ABBY AND FAITH.” GONZALES’S MOTHER SAYS SHE WAS RELEASED HOURS LATER AFTER BEING TAKING TO THE POLICE STATION. THE NEW YORK CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FILED A LAWSUIT LAST MONTH ALLEGING MORE THAN 20 INSTANCES OF WRONGFUL ARRESTS BY SCHOOL AFETY OFFICERS. GONZALES’S PUNISHMENT IS EIGHT HOURS OF COMMINITY SERVICE, A BOOK REPORT, AND AN ESSAY ON WHAT SHE LEARNED FROM THE EXPERIENCE.
THE REASON OF BRITTANY MURPHY’S DEATH HAS COME OUT. MURPHY DIED OF PNEUMONIA BACK IN DECEMBER 20TH. LOS ANGELES COUNTY CHIEF CORONER SAYS HE SHE WOULD’E GONE TO THE DOCTOR IN TIME, SHE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE. MURPHY HAD A DOCTOR’S APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED FOR A FEW DAYS LATER. HE ALSO SAYS PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND ANEMIA ALSO PLAYED A ROLE BUT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF WRONG DOING. THE FULL REPORT ON HER DEATH IS STILL WEEKS FROM BEING FINISHED.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
2-4-10
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT IN KANSAS FOR COUNTIES INCLUDING RILEY, POTTAWATOMIE, AND GEARY. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TODAY AND UP TO THREE OR FOUR INCHES BY FRIDAY EVENING. THIS COULD CAUSE THE ROADS TO BECOME SNOW PACKED AND SLICK AND MAKE FOR DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON TOMORROW.
SMOKING IS ALREADY BANNED INSIDE PUBLIC PLACES IN MANHATTAN AND OTHER KANSAS CITIES BUT IT MAY BE GOING STATEWIDE. A NEW BILL IN KANSAS LEGISLATURE WOULD IMPOSE A STATEWIDE SMOKING BAN BUT WOULD ALLOW SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES WITH VENTILATED ROOMS AND WITH SMOKING AND NON SMOKING SECTIONS. IT WILL ALSO ALLOW HOSPITALITY ESTABLISHMENTS TO PAY A FEE TO ALLOW SMOKING. THE BAN HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE SENATE BUT THE HOUSE HAS NOT PASSED THE PROPOSAL.
A DODGE CITY MAN HAS PLEADED NO CONTEST IN THE DEATH OF HIS INFANT SON. 33-YEAR OLD FRANCICISCO PABLO-BICENTE’S SON JUAN PABLO-TINO DIED IN JULY 2008 OF SEVERAL BLUNT-FORCE INJURIES INCLUDING BROKEN BONES ACCORDING TO THE AUTOPSY. PABLO-BICENTE ENTERED HIS PLEA WEDNESDAY. HE WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER BUT WAS REDUCED TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE PLEA AGREEMENT.
ONE MAN IS DEAD IN FLORIDA AFTER A SHARK ATTACK. 38-YEAR OLD STEPHEN SCHAFER WAS SURFING WHEN HE WAS SURROUNDED AND ATTACKED BY SHARKS. THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A LIFEGUARD SAY SCHAFER OFF THE SHORE AND PADDLED OUT AND BROUGHT HIM BACK ON HIS RESCUE BOARD. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY PARAMEDICS WHERE HE LATER DIED. A SCIENTIST SAYS THE SHARKS WERE PROBABLY JUVENILE GREAT WHITE SHARKS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE’S MORE BAD NEWS HEADED TOYOTA’S WAY. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS OPENED AN INVESTIGATION INTO BRAKE PROBLEMS IN THEIR 2010 PRIUSES. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THEY’VE RECEIVED 124 REPORTS FROM CONSUMERS…FOUR OF THOSE CRASHES. IT WILL LOOK INTO BRAKE LOSS WHILE GOING OVER UNEVEN RAOD SURFACES, POTHOLES, OR BUMPS. THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAS ORDERED TOYOTA TO INVSTIGATE THE BRAKE PROBLEMS. THIS REQUIRES A SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING CHANGE TO FIX.
DONALD TRUMP ISN’T HAPPY ABOUT WEDDINGS TAKING PLACE NEAR HIS TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF CLUB IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES CALIFORNIA. FOUNDERS PARK…WHICH SITS BEHIND TRUMP’S CLUBHOUSE OFFERS WEDDINGS FOR LESS THAN $1000. THIS PARK OFFERS NO BATHROOMS, NOT MUCH PARKING, AND A FEW BENCHES. TRUMP SAYS WEDDING PARTIES WHO BOOK THE PARK ASSUME THEY CAN USE HIS FACILITIES, WHICH USUALLY COST PEOPLE UP TO $150,000. TRUMP, WHO MANAGES PARK RENTALS FOR THE CITY, SAYS HE EITHER WANTS OUT OR AN INCREASE IN WEDDING PRICES. HIS GENERAL MANAGER WROTE A LETTER TO THE CITY SAYING THEY ARE LOSING MONEY ON THIS AND THE MAYOR SAYS THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK OUT A DEAL.
AFTER TAYLOR SWIFT’S BIG NIGHT AT THE GRAMMYS RUMORS BEGAN TO SWIRL THAT THERE MAY BE A NEW MAN IN HER LIFE. EVEN THOUGH SHE AND GLEE STAR CORY MONTEITH HAD DINNER TOGETHER… MONTEITH WAS SPOTTED LATER THAT SAME NIGHT WITH ANOTHER GIRL WHO APPEARED TO BE HIS DATE. HE WAS SPOTTED KISSING THE UNKNOWN BLONDE GIRL ALL NIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE EVEN THOUGH SWIFT’S BEEN RAKING IN THE AWARDS SHE DIDN’T RAKE IN THIS TV STUD.
SMOKING IS ALREADY BANNED INSIDE PUBLIC PLACES IN MANHATTAN AND OTHER KANSAS CITIES BUT IT MAY BE GOING STATEWIDE. A NEW BILL IN KANSAS LEGISLATURE WOULD IMPOSE A STATEWIDE SMOKING BAN BUT WOULD ALLOW SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES WITH VENTILATED ROOMS AND WITH SMOKING AND NON SMOKING SECTIONS. IT WILL ALSO ALLOW HOSPITALITY ESTABLISHMENTS TO PAY A FEE TO ALLOW SMOKING. THE BAN HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY THE SENATE BUT THE HOUSE HAS NOT PASSED THE PROPOSAL.
A DODGE CITY MAN HAS PLEADED NO CONTEST IN THE DEATH OF HIS INFANT SON. 33-YEAR OLD FRANCICISCO PABLO-BICENTE’S SON JUAN PABLO-TINO DIED IN JULY 2008 OF SEVERAL BLUNT-FORCE INJURIES INCLUDING BROKEN BONES ACCORDING TO THE AUTOPSY. PABLO-BICENTE ENTERED HIS PLEA WEDNESDAY. HE WAS ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER BUT WAS REDUCED TO SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE PLEA AGREEMENT.
ONE MAN IS DEAD IN FLORIDA AFTER A SHARK ATTACK. 38-YEAR OLD STEPHEN SCHAFER WAS SURFING WHEN HE WAS SURROUNDED AND ATTACKED BY SHARKS. THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS A LIFEGUARD SAY SCHAFER OFF THE SHORE AND PADDLED OUT AND BROUGHT HIM BACK ON HIS RESCUE BOARD. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BY PARAMEDICS WHERE HE LATER DIED. A SCIENTIST SAYS THE SHARKS WERE PROBABLY JUVENILE GREAT WHITE SHARKS.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE’S MORE BAD NEWS HEADED TOYOTA’S WAY. THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT HAS OPENED AN INVESTIGATION INTO BRAKE PROBLEMS IN THEIR 2010 PRIUSES. THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THEY’VE RECEIVED 124 REPORTS FROM CONSUMERS…FOUR OF THOSE CRASHES. IT WILL LOOK INTO BRAKE LOSS WHILE GOING OVER UNEVEN RAOD SURFACES, POTHOLES, OR BUMPS. THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT HAS ORDERED TOYOTA TO INVSTIGATE THE BRAKE PROBLEMS. THIS REQUIRES A SOFTWARE PROGRAMMING CHANGE TO FIX.
DONALD TRUMP ISN’T HAPPY ABOUT WEDDINGS TAKING PLACE NEAR HIS TRUMP NATIONAL GOLF CLUB IN RANCHO PALOS VERDES CALIFORNIA. FOUNDERS PARK…WHICH SITS BEHIND TRUMP’S CLUBHOUSE OFFERS WEDDINGS FOR LESS THAN $1000. THIS PARK OFFERS NO BATHROOMS, NOT MUCH PARKING, AND A FEW BENCHES. TRUMP SAYS WEDDING PARTIES WHO BOOK THE PARK ASSUME THEY CAN USE HIS FACILITIES, WHICH USUALLY COST PEOPLE UP TO $150,000. TRUMP, WHO MANAGES PARK RENTALS FOR THE CITY, SAYS HE EITHER WANTS OUT OR AN INCREASE IN WEDDING PRICES. HIS GENERAL MANAGER WROTE A LETTER TO THE CITY SAYING THEY ARE LOSING MONEY ON THIS AND THE MAYOR SAYS THEY ARE TRYING TO WORK OUT A DEAL.
AFTER TAYLOR SWIFT’S BIG NIGHT AT THE GRAMMYS RUMORS BEGAN TO SWIRL THAT THERE MAY BE A NEW MAN IN HER LIFE. EVEN THOUGH SHE AND GLEE STAR CORY MONTEITH HAD DINNER TOGETHER… MONTEITH WAS SPOTTED LATER THAT SAME NIGHT WITH ANOTHER GIRL WHO APPEARED TO BE HIS DATE. HE WAS SPOTTED KISSING THE UNKNOWN BLONDE GIRL ALL NIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE EVEN THOUGH SWIFT’S BEEN RAKING IN THE AWARDS SHE DIDN’T RAKE IN THIS TV STUD.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
2-3-10
THREE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN THE MANHATTAN, RILEY COUNTY INVESTIGATION OF THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF MARIJUANA. JOSE SANCHEZ JUNIOR, WAYNE CHRISTIAN JUNIOR, AND SARAH LAWSON, ALL OF JUNCTION CITY WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY AT THE AMERICA’S BEST INN. RCPD RECOVERED MORE THAN 11 POUNDS OF MARIJUANA FROM THE ROOM. SANCHEZ IS BEING HELD AT $25 THOUSAND BOND, CHRISTIAN A $15 THOUSAND BOND, AND LAWSON IS BEING HELD FOR $10 THOUSAND.
OUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST, LAWRENCE,KS, HAD AN INCREASE OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND DRUNK DRIVING CASES THIS PAST YEAR. LAWRENCE POLICE RECORDED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN 2009 COMPARED TO ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT IN 2009. THE DRUNKEN DRIVING CASES WENT UP FROM FOUR HUNDRED AND NINTY ONE TO SIX HUNDRED AND TWELVE IN 2009. THERE WERE THREE DOZEN MORE CRIMES REPORTED IN LAWRENCE IN 2009 THAN IN 2008.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE KANSAS HOUSE TO A BILL THAT WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO USE CHEMICALS IN A HERBAL MIXTURE THAT DUPLICATED THE EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA. THE MIXTURE IS CALLED K2 AND IT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF LAWMAKERS AFTER IT BEGAN SHOWING UP IN DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON COUNTIES. YESTERDAY THE HOUSE ADVANCED THE BILL WHICH WOULD ADD TWO CHEMICALS FOUND IN K2 TO THE STATE’S CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LIST. IF THIS BILL BECOMES A BILL IT WILL REQUIRE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE CHEMICALS FOUND IN K2.
GANG MEMEBERS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA ARE USING SOMETHING NEW TO UPDATE GANG NEWS. TWITTER AND FACEBOOK ARE THE LATEST MODES OF COMMUNICATION FOR MANY GANG MEMBERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IT SEEMS THESE GANG MEMBERS HAVE SOME FANS ON THEIRTWITTER AND FACEBOOK PAGES…. THE POLICE. THE GANGS HAVE BEEN POSTING INFORMATION THAT HAS HELPED AUTHORITIES TRACK DOWN THERE WHERABOUTS AND LEARN ABOUT HOW THEY ARE ORGANIZED. THE GANGS HAVE BEEN USING TWITTER AND FACEBOOK SO THAT THEY CAN BRAG ABOUT CRIMES, MAKE THREATS, AND SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT GANG LIFE WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
TODAY IS BIRTHDAY OF FAMOUS TWENTIETH CENTURY PAINTER NORMAN ROCKWELL. ROCKWELL ,WHO PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 1978, WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS ILLUSTRATIONS OF EVERDAY LIFE SCENARIOS HE CREATED FOR THE SATURDAY EVENING POST MAGAZINE. SOME OF ROCKWELL’S MOST FAMOUS WORKS WERE ROSIE THE RIVETER AND BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
OUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBOR TO THE EAST, LAWRENCE,KS, HAD AN INCREASE OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS AND DRUNK DRIVING CASES THIS PAST YEAR. LAWRENCE POLICE RECORDED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE SEXUAL ASSAULTS IN 2009 COMPARED TO ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT IN 2009. THE DRUNKEN DRIVING CASES WENT UP FROM FOUR HUNDRED AND NINTY ONE TO SIX HUNDRED AND TWELVE IN 2009. THERE WERE THREE DOZEN MORE CRIMES REPORTED IN LAWRENCE IN 2009 THAN IN 2008.
PRELIMINARY APPROVAL HAS BEEN GIVEN BY THE KANSAS HOUSE TO A BILL THAT WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO USE CHEMICALS IN A HERBAL MIXTURE THAT DUPLICATED THE EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA. THE MIXTURE IS CALLED K2 AND IT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF LAWMAKERS AFTER IT BEGAN SHOWING UP IN DOUGLAS AND JOHNSON COUNTIES. YESTERDAY THE HOUSE ADVANCED THE BILL WHICH WOULD ADD TWO CHEMICALS FOUND IN K2 TO THE STATE’S CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE LIST. IF THIS BILL BECOMES A BILL IT WILL REQUIRE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE CHEMICALS FOUND IN K2.
GANG MEMEBERS IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA ARE USING SOMETHING NEW TO UPDATE GANG NEWS. TWITTER AND FACEBOOK ARE THE LATEST MODES OF COMMUNICATION FOR MANY GANG MEMBERS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IT SEEMS THESE GANG MEMBERS HAVE SOME FANS ON THEIRTWITTER AND FACEBOOK PAGES…. THE POLICE. THE GANGS HAVE BEEN POSTING INFORMATION THAT HAS HELPED AUTHORITIES TRACK DOWN THERE WHERABOUTS AND LEARN ABOUT HOW THEY ARE ORGANIZED. THE GANGS HAVE BEEN USING TWITTER AND FACEBOOK SO THAT THEY CAN BRAG ABOUT CRIMES, MAKE THREATS, AND SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT GANG LIFE WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AREA.
TODAY IS BIRTHDAY OF FAMOUS TWENTIETH CENTURY PAINTER NORMAN ROCKWELL. ROCKWELL ,WHO PASSED AWAY ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 1978, WAS FAMOUS FOR HIS ILLUSTRATIONS OF EVERDAY LIFE SCENARIOS HE CREATED FOR THE SATURDAY EVENING POST MAGAZINE. SOME OF ROCKWELL’S MOST FAMOUS WORKS WERE ROSIE THE RIVETER AND BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
2-2-10
IF THIS COLD WEATHER HAS GOT YOU DOWN…YOU MAY NOT LIKE WHAT THE GROUNDHOG HAS TO SAY. PUNXSUTAWNEY PHIL CAME OUT OF HIS PENNSYLVANIA HOLE THIS MORNING ONLY TO BRING WITH HIM SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER. SEEING HIS SHADOW IS NO SURPRISE THOUGH. THE GROUDHOG CLUB SAYS SINCE 1887 PHIL HAS BEEN PREDICTING MORE WINTER ALMOST 100 TIMES.
HEY K-STATERS DON’T FORGET YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR EID PASSWORD FOR THE SEMESTER. THE IT HELP DESK SAYS IF YOU DON’T CHANGE IT BY FEBRUARY 10TH YOU WILL LOSE ACCESS TO YOUR EMAIL, K-STATE ONLINE, UNIVERSITY COMPUTER LABS, PRINTING, AND OTHER IT SERVICES. ALL YOU NEED TO DO TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD IS GO TO EID.KSU.EDU AND UNDER PASSWORD SETTINGS CLICK CHANGE YOUR EID PASSWORD OR PASSWORD RESET OPTIONS.
A NEW RECREATION FACILITY IS OPENING UP AT FORT RILEY. RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE NEW WARRIOR ZONE ON CUSTER HILL WILL BE SUNDAY JUST HOURS BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL KICKS OFF. THE 4,200 SQUARE FOOT CENTER WILL HAVE A HOME MOVIE THEATER, 19 TELEVISIONS, 4 VIDEO GAMES SYSTEMS, WIRELESS INTERNET, AND MORE. HOURS WILL BE FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM. THE ARMY IS ALSO PLANNING TO OPEN A LARGER WARRIOR ZONE DURING THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2012.
AN ELDERLY SALINA WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD. 84-YEAR OLD MARJORIE IRETON’S BODY WAS FOUND IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA IN SOUTH SALINA. SALINA POLICE CHIEF SAYS IRETON’S FAMILY REPORTED HER MISSING SUNDAY NIGHT. SHE HAD LEFT MCCALL MANOR, WHICH IS ABOUT SIX MILES AWAY FROM WHERE HER BODY WAS FOUND. AN AUTOPSY IS BEING CONDUCTED.
STATE OFFICIALS SAY LAWMAKERS ACCIDENTALLY SPENT $17 MILLION THAT WAS INTENDED TO FINANCE LITIGATION AGAINST COLORADO AND NEBRASKA OVER WATER COMPACTS. THIS HAPPENED IN 2007. SENATORS ARE SAYING THEY WANT TO REFORM HOW APPRORIATIONS BILLS ARE WRITTEN AND WANT BETTER TRACKING OF MONEY MEANT FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. THE 17 MILLION CAME FROM KANSAS SUING COLORADO OVER VIOLATIONS OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT WHERE COLORADO PAID KANSAS $34 MILLION . THE 17 MILLION WAS TO BE PUT IN A FUND FOR WATER ISSUES WITH BORDER STATES BUT IT WAS INSTEAD SPENT ON GENERAL STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENSES.
A MISSING GIRL IN OKLAHOMA’S FATHER IS CALLING THE GIRL’S ESTRANGED HUSBAND TO RETURN HIS DAUGHTER SAFELY. FATHER JJ JOHNSON SAYS HIS 7-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AJA JOHNSON IS ON MEDICATION. THE GIRL’S MOTHER TONYA HOBBS WAS FOUND DEAD IN MOTOR HOME SUNDAY. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE GIRL IS WITH HOBBS’S ESTRANGED HUSBAND LESTER HOBBS. AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SAY TO BE ON THE LOOK OUT IN TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, AND OREGON WHERE LESTER HOBBS’S RELATIVES LIVE.
WE’RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AWARDS SEASON AND THIS MORNING THE OSCARS WERE ANNOUNCED. NOMINEES FOR ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE ARE JEFF BRIDGES, GEORGE CLOONEY, COLIN FIRTH, MORGAN FREEMAN, AND JEREMY RENNER. ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE ARE HELEN MIRREN, CAREY MULLIGAN, GABOUREY SIDIBE, MERYL STREEP, AND SANDRA BULLOCK. AND THIS YEAR THERE ARE TEN NOMINEES IN BEST PICTURE AND THEY ARE - AVATAR, THE BLIND SIDE, DISTRICT 9, AN EDUCATION, THE HURT LOCKER, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, PRECIOUS, A SERIOUS MAN, UP, AND UP IN THE AIR. THE OSCARS WLL BE SUNDAY MARCH 7TH AT 7:00 ON A-B-C.
HEY K-STATERS DON’T FORGET YOU NEED TO CHANGE YOUR EID PASSWORD FOR THE SEMESTER. THE IT HELP DESK SAYS IF YOU DON’T CHANGE IT BY FEBRUARY 10TH YOU WILL LOSE ACCESS TO YOUR EMAIL, K-STATE ONLINE, UNIVERSITY COMPUTER LABS, PRINTING, AND OTHER IT SERVICES. ALL YOU NEED TO DO TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD IS GO TO EID.KSU.EDU AND UNDER PASSWORD SETTINGS CLICK CHANGE YOUR EID PASSWORD OR PASSWORD RESET OPTIONS.
A NEW RECREATION FACILITY IS OPENING UP AT FORT RILEY. RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE NEW WARRIOR ZONE ON CUSTER HILL WILL BE SUNDAY JUST HOURS BEFORE THE SUPER BOWL KICKS OFF. THE 4,200 SQUARE FOOT CENTER WILL HAVE A HOME MOVIE THEATER, 19 TELEVISIONS, 4 VIDEO GAMES SYSTEMS, WIRELESS INTERNET, AND MORE. HOURS WILL BE FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM. THE ARMY IS ALSO PLANNING TO OPEN A LARGER WARRIOR ZONE DURING THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2012.
AN ELDERLY SALINA WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD. 84-YEAR OLD MARJORIE IRETON’S BODY WAS FOUND IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA IN SOUTH SALINA. SALINA POLICE CHIEF SAYS IRETON’S FAMILY REPORTED HER MISSING SUNDAY NIGHT. SHE HAD LEFT MCCALL MANOR, WHICH IS ABOUT SIX MILES AWAY FROM WHERE HER BODY WAS FOUND. AN AUTOPSY IS BEING CONDUCTED.
STATE OFFICIALS SAY LAWMAKERS ACCIDENTALLY SPENT $17 MILLION THAT WAS INTENDED TO FINANCE LITIGATION AGAINST COLORADO AND NEBRASKA OVER WATER COMPACTS. THIS HAPPENED IN 2007. SENATORS ARE SAYING THEY WANT TO REFORM HOW APPRORIATIONS BILLS ARE WRITTEN AND WANT BETTER TRACKING OF MONEY MEANT FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES. THE 17 MILLION CAME FROM KANSAS SUING COLORADO OVER VIOLATIONS OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER COMPACT WHERE COLORADO PAID KANSAS $34 MILLION . THE 17 MILLION WAS TO BE PUT IN A FUND FOR WATER ISSUES WITH BORDER STATES BUT IT WAS INSTEAD SPENT ON GENERAL STATE GOVERNMENT EXPENSES.
A MISSING GIRL IN OKLAHOMA’S FATHER IS CALLING THE GIRL’S ESTRANGED HUSBAND TO RETURN HIS DAUGHTER SAFELY. FATHER JJ JOHNSON SAYS HIS 7-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AJA JOHNSON IS ON MEDICATION. THE GIRL’S MOTHER TONYA HOBBS WAS FOUND DEAD IN MOTOR HOME SUNDAY. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THE GIRL IS WITH HOBBS’S ESTRANGED HUSBAND LESTER HOBBS. AN AMBER ALERT HAS BEEN ISSUED AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES SAY TO BE ON THE LOOK OUT IN TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, AND OREGON WHERE LESTER HOBBS’S RELATIVES LIVE.
WE’RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF AWARDS SEASON AND THIS MORNING THE OSCARS WERE ANNOUNCED. NOMINEES FOR ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE ARE JEFF BRIDGES, GEORGE CLOONEY, COLIN FIRTH, MORGAN FREEMAN, AND JEREMY RENNER. ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE ARE HELEN MIRREN, CAREY MULLIGAN, GABOUREY SIDIBE, MERYL STREEP, AND SANDRA BULLOCK. AND THIS YEAR THERE ARE TEN NOMINEES IN BEST PICTURE AND THEY ARE - AVATAR, THE BLIND SIDE, DISTRICT 9, AN EDUCATION, THE HURT LOCKER, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, PRECIOUS, A SERIOUS MAN, UP, AND UP IN THE AIR. THE OSCARS WLL BE SUNDAY MARCH 7TH AT 7:00 ON A-B-C.
Monday, February 1, 2010
2-1-10
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY HAS ANNOUNCED ANOTHER LANDON LECTURE FOR THIS SPRING. ADMIRAL MICHAEL MULLEN WILL BE SPEAKING MARCH THIRD AT FOUR P-M IN MCCAIN AUDITORIUM. MULLEN IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHEIFS OF STAFF. HE WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO SPEAK IN AUGUST BUT HAD TO POSTPONE DUE TO CONFLICT. THE FIRST LECTURE OF THE SEMESTER WILL BE FEBRUARY 22ND BY DENNIS BLAIR AT 1:30 ALSO IN MCCAIN AUDITORIM.
A MANHATTAN MAN WILL STAND TRIAL ON THE CHARGE OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATH OF HIS 12-DAY-OLD SON. RILEY COUNTY MAGISTRATE JUDGE WILLIAM MALCOM RULED FRIDAY THERE WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR THE CASE TO GO TO TRIAL. THE MOTHER TESTIFIED AT THE PRELIMINARY HEARING THAT HER AND COREY GORMAN SHARED A MARIJUANA JOINT AND THAT HE HAD DRANK AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF BEER THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE BABY FELL ASLEEP WHILE GORMAN HELD HIM IN BED AFTER HE HAD BECOME FUSSY. THE BABY WAS FOUND THE NEXT DAY FACE DOWN AND A FORESIC PATHOLOGIST SAID THE CHILD DIED BECAUSE “THE WEIGHT OF ANOTHER PERSON CAUSED HIM TO HAVE TROUBLE BREATHING.”
A TOPEKA MAN IS ONE OF TEN US BAPTISTS BEING HELD IN HAITI. 34-YEAR OLD DREW CULBERTH WAS TRYING TO RESCUE CHILDREN WHEN HE WAS DETAINED IN THE HAITIAN CAPITAL. A FRIEND OF CULBERTH’S SAID HE WENT ON THE TRIP BECAUSE HIS EMT TRAINING WOULD BE VALUABLE. CULBERTH IS A PART TIME PASTOR AT BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE THEY PRAYED FOR HIM YESTERDAY DURING THE SERVICES.
THE ECONOMY STILL ISN’T GETTING BETTER IN OVERLAND PARK. CITY MANAGER JOHN MACHBAR SAID LAST WEEK THEY WILL BE LAYING OFF 42 EMPLOYEES AS THE CITY “CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE.” HE SAYS A FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST SHOWS A DECREASE IN REVENUE IN SALES AND PROPERTY TAXES. OF THE 61 POSITIONS BEING ELIMINATED 42 WERE FILLED, 55 WERE FULL TIME, AND THE REST WERE PART TIME.
SWINE FLU HAS BEEN LAYING LOW LATELY BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN IT’S GONE. KANSAS HAS ITS 27TH DEATH OF THE H1N1. THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SAYS THIS LATEST DEATH IS A 78-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM THE WICHITA AREA WHO DID HAVE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS. THE KDHE SAYS THE FLU USUALLY PEAKS IN FEBRURARY AND MARCH AND THEY SUGGEST GETTING THE H1N1 AND REGULAR FLU SHOTS.
TOYOTA HAS ANNOUNCED THAT DEALERS SHOULD BE GETTING PARTS FOR THE STICKY GAS PEDALS THIS WEEK. THAT DOESN’T MEAN EVERYONE IS GETTING THEIRS FIXED RIGHT AWAY THOUGH. WITH 4.2 MILLION CUSTOMERS AFFECTED, SOME WILL HAVE TO WAIT. THEY WILL BE GETTING SHIMS TO FIX SPRINGS IN THE PEDAL BUT BEFORE REPAIRS CAN START TECHNITIONS STILL NEED TO BE TRAINED. THE REPAIR PLAN WILL OFFICIALLY BE ANNOUNCED LATER TODAY.
LAST NIGHT WAS THE 52ND GRAMMY AWARDS AND THERE WERE SOME BIG WINNERS AND PERFORMERS. THE NIGHT STARTED OFF WITH A DUET BY LADY GAGA AND SIR ELTON JOHN. BEYONCE TOOK HOME SIX, INCLUDING SONG OF THE YEAR FOR SINGLE LADIES, LADY GAGA WON BEST DANCE RECORDING FOR POKER FACE, KINGS OF LEON WON RECORD OF THE YEAR, AND BEST NEW ARTIST WENT TO ZAC BROWN BAND. BUT THE BIG WINNER WAS YOUNG TAYLOR SWIFT WHO TOOK HOME ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR FEARLESS. THERE WAS A 3-D TRIBUTE TO MICHEAL JACKSON WHERE HIS CHILDREN PRINCE MICHEAL AND PARIS ACCEPTED AN AWARD ON HIS BEHALF. AND HAITI GOT HELP FROM MARY J BLIGE AND ADREA BOCELLI SANG BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATER TO BENEFIT HURRICANE RELIEF.
A MANHATTAN MAN WILL STAND TRIAL ON THE CHARGE OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN THE DEATH OF HIS 12-DAY-OLD SON. RILEY COUNTY MAGISTRATE JUDGE WILLIAM MALCOM RULED FRIDAY THERE WAS ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR THE CASE TO GO TO TRIAL. THE MOTHER TESTIFIED AT THE PRELIMINARY HEARING THAT HER AND COREY GORMAN SHARED A MARIJUANA JOINT AND THAT HE HAD DRANK AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF BEER THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE BABY FELL ASLEEP WHILE GORMAN HELD HIM IN BED AFTER HE HAD BECOME FUSSY. THE BABY WAS FOUND THE NEXT DAY FACE DOWN AND A FORESIC PATHOLOGIST SAID THE CHILD DIED BECAUSE “THE WEIGHT OF ANOTHER PERSON CAUSED HIM TO HAVE TROUBLE BREATHING.”
A TOPEKA MAN IS ONE OF TEN US BAPTISTS BEING HELD IN HAITI. 34-YEAR OLD DREW CULBERTH WAS TRYING TO RESCUE CHILDREN WHEN HE WAS DETAINED IN THE HAITIAN CAPITAL. A FRIEND OF CULBERTH’S SAID HE WENT ON THE TRIP BECAUSE HIS EMT TRAINING WOULD BE VALUABLE. CULBERTH IS A PART TIME PASTOR AT BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE THEY PRAYED FOR HIM YESTERDAY DURING THE SERVICES.
THE ECONOMY STILL ISN’T GETTING BETTER IN OVERLAND PARK. CITY MANAGER JOHN MACHBAR SAID LAST WEEK THEY WILL BE LAYING OFF 42 EMPLOYEES AS THE CITY “CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE.” HE SAYS A FIVE YEAR FINANCIAL FORECAST SHOWS A DECREASE IN REVENUE IN SALES AND PROPERTY TAXES. OF THE 61 POSITIONS BEING ELIMINATED 42 WERE FILLED, 55 WERE FULL TIME, AND THE REST WERE PART TIME.
SWINE FLU HAS BEEN LAYING LOW LATELY BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN IT’S GONE. KANSAS HAS ITS 27TH DEATH OF THE H1N1. THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SAYS THIS LATEST DEATH IS A 78-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM THE WICHITA AREA WHO DID HAVE UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS. THE KDHE SAYS THE FLU USUALLY PEAKS IN FEBRURARY AND MARCH AND THEY SUGGEST GETTING THE H1N1 AND REGULAR FLU SHOTS.
TOYOTA HAS ANNOUNCED THAT DEALERS SHOULD BE GETTING PARTS FOR THE STICKY GAS PEDALS THIS WEEK. THAT DOESN’T MEAN EVERYONE IS GETTING THEIRS FIXED RIGHT AWAY THOUGH. WITH 4.2 MILLION CUSTOMERS AFFECTED, SOME WILL HAVE TO WAIT. THEY WILL BE GETTING SHIMS TO FIX SPRINGS IN THE PEDAL BUT BEFORE REPAIRS CAN START TECHNITIONS STILL NEED TO BE TRAINED. THE REPAIR PLAN WILL OFFICIALLY BE ANNOUNCED LATER TODAY.
LAST NIGHT WAS THE 52ND GRAMMY AWARDS AND THERE WERE SOME BIG WINNERS AND PERFORMERS. THE NIGHT STARTED OFF WITH A DUET BY LADY GAGA AND SIR ELTON JOHN. BEYONCE TOOK HOME SIX, INCLUDING SONG OF THE YEAR FOR SINGLE LADIES, LADY GAGA WON BEST DANCE RECORDING FOR POKER FACE, KINGS OF LEON WON RECORD OF THE YEAR, AND BEST NEW ARTIST WENT TO ZAC BROWN BAND. BUT THE BIG WINNER WAS YOUNG TAYLOR SWIFT WHO TOOK HOME ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR FEARLESS. THERE WAS A 3-D TRIBUTE TO MICHEAL JACKSON WHERE HIS CHILDREN PRINCE MICHEAL AND PARIS ACCEPTED AN AWARD ON HIS BEHALF. AND HAITI GOT HELP FROM MARY J BLIGE AND ADREA BOCELLI SANG BRIDGE OVER TROUBLE WATER TO BENEFIT HURRICANE RELIEF.
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