Monday, April 12, 2010

News 4-12-10

THE THRID ANNUAL HIRING HEROES CAREER FAIR HAS BEEN SCHEDULED AT FORT RILEY. IT WILL BE APRIL 20TH. THIS FAIR WILL BE FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS…SPOUSES…CAREGIVRS…AND VETERANS. FORT RILEY OFFICIALS SAY THEIR GOALS IS TO EASE THE TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN LIFE FOR THOSE LEAVING THE ARMY BECAUSE OF COMBAT INJURIES. ABOUT 60 VENDORS ARE EXPECTED TO PARTICIPATE.


KANSAS CONGRESS WOMEN LYNN JENKINS HAS A NEW PROPOSAL TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES TO HIRE MILITARY AND NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS. THE “HIRE A HERO ACT” WOULD GIVE TAX INCENTIVES TO SMALL BUSINESSES TO HIRE THEM. JENKINS WILL OUTLINE HER PROPOSAL TODAY AT A NEWS CONFERENCE AT THE MUSEUM OF THE KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD AT FORBES FIELD.


TWO WICHITA WOMEN ARE TAKING A STANCE AGAINST CHILD ABUSE. BEVERLY VAN ES AND HER FRIEND LILY HILL BOUGHT ONE-HUNDRED YARD SIGNS THAT SAY “BE AWARE. CHILD ABUSE CAN BE ANYWHERE. CALL 911.” THE WOMEN HAVE DONE THIS IN RESPONSE OF FOUR WICHITA AREA TODDLERS AND INFANT WHO HAVE DIED OF CHILD ABUSE IN THE LAST FIVE MONTHS.


WHEN THE WEATHER GETS WARM EVERYONE WANTS TO HAVE CLASS OUTSIDE. SOME KANSAS AND MISSOURI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL GET THEIR WISH. THE STUDENTS AND A TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WILL BE TESTING WATER QULAITY IN PONDS AND STREAMS ALONG WITH TEACHING THEM ABOUT AQUATIC LIFE AND WATER CHEMISTRY. THE FIRST ONE WILL BE IN HOLT MISSOURI NEXT MONDAY AND THEN IN OVERLAND PARK NEXT FRIDAY.


SEARCHERS ARE BACK IN THE WEST VIRGINIA COAL MINE TO RECOVER THE LAST NINE BODIES THAT REMAIN AFTER THE EXPLOSION. LAST WEEK 29 MEN WERE KILLED IN WHAT THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAYS IS THE “WORST US MINING DISASTER SINCE 1970.” THE SEARCHERS WERE FORCED OUT OF THE MINE YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF HIGH METHANE LEVELS. CREWS ARE EXPECTED TO ARRIVE TODAY TO START TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSION.


THREE MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTED IN KENYA FOR HAVING POSSESSION OF IVORY AND SKINS OF PROTECTED ANIMALS. THE MEN WERE TRYING TO SELL IVORY, SKINS OF THREE PYTHONS, A LEOPARD, AND THREE CIVET CATS, ALL OF WHICH ARE PROTECTED UNDER KENYAN LAW. THERE HAS RECENTLY BEEN A PUSH IN PARICAN COUNTRIES TO STEP UP THEIR ENFORECEMENT AGAINST ANIMAL POACHING.


THE VATICAN HAS FINALLY GOTTEN OVER JOHN LENNON’S STATEMENT ABOUT THE BEATLES BEING MORE POPULAR THAN JESUS. THEIR NEWSPAPER GAVE THE BAND A TRIBUTE OVER THE WEEKEND WITH ARTICLES AND A CARTOON ON THE FRONT PAGE. TODAY IS THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEATLES BREAK UP.

Friday, April 9, 2010

4-9-10

NEWS- APRIL 9, 2010

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NOW HERE’S THE NEWS

THE K-STATE BLOOD DRIVE IS ENDING TODAY. THE HOURS ARE 8-30 A-M TO 2 P-M IN THE SECOND FLOOR BALLROOMS. TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT YOU CAN VISIT RED-CROSS-BLOOD-DOT-ORG OR CALL 1-800-RED CROSS.

A BAR FIGHT TURNED FATAL FOR ONE TOPEKA WOMEN, BUT JUSTICE HAS
BEEN SERVED. TONYA MICHELLE SULLIVAN WAS CONVIVCTED THURSDAY OF INVOLUINTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND BATTERY. SULLIVAN GOT IN TO A FIGHT WITH 41 YEAR OLD WENDY GOLES AND 23 YEAR OLD BONITA DAWN-NICOLE THOMAS. GOLES DIED FROM HER INJURIES THREE WEEKS AFTERWARD. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED OUTSIDE OF THE WHIPLASH BAR AND GRILL. SULLIVAN WILL BE SENTENCED APRIL 30.


POTTER LAKE WILL SOON BE GETTING AN UPGRADE. POTTER LAKE HAS BEEN USED A SOURCE OF WATER FOR FIGHTING CAMPUS FIRES AND USED AS A SWIMMING POOL. UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS CHANCELLOR BERNADETTE GRAY-LITTLE APPROVED A STUDENT PROPOSAL TO 125,000 IN STUDENT FEES TO REMOVE SEDIEMNT AND PLANTS. ANOTHER 200,000 DOLLAR PROJECT WILL IMPROVE THE STORM WATER RUNOFF REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND SEDIMENT FLOWING IN TO THE LAKE.

IN NATIONAL NEWS…
A BABY WHALE WAS EUTHANIZED AFTER A THREE DAY STRUGGLE. THE WHALE GOT CAUGHT IN SURF EAST HAMPTON, NEW YORK BUT WAS UNABLE TO FREE ITSELF. PRESIDENT OF THE RIVERHAED FOUNDATION FOR MARINE RESEARCH CHARLES BOWMAN SAYS THE WHALE WAS WEAKENED PRIOR TO GETTING STUCK AND NECROPSY WILL BE CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE WHAT MADE THE WHALE ILL.

FORMER OUSTED ILLINOIS GOVERNOR, ROD BLAGOJEVICH (BLAH-Goy-uh-vich) APOLOGIZED FOR HIS POOR CHOICE OF WORDS IN AN INTERVIEW WITH ESQUIRE. IN THE INTERVIEW BLAGOJEVICH SAYS HE IS BLACKER THAN OBAMA. BLAGOJEVICH CALLED THE COMMENTS STUPID. BLAGOJEVICH WENT ON IN THE INTERVIEW AND SAYS HE SHINED SHOES AS A CHILD AND HIS DAD RAN A SMALL LAUNDROMAT IN A BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN LIGHTER NEWS….
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS HAVING TROUBLE WITH ONE CANADIAN SINGER’S NAME. POP SENSATION JUSTIN BIEBER (BEE-BER. OBAMA PRONOUNCES THE SINGERS NAME AS BYE-BER. BIEBER HAS PERFORMED AT THE WHITE HOUSE TWICE ALREADY IS FINE WITH THE MISPRONUNCIATION CITING OBAMA’S AGE IN A PEOPLE MAGAZINE INTERVIEW.




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Thursday, April 8, 2010

News 4-7-10

THE K-STATE BLOOD DRIVE IS GOING ON THIS WEEK IN THE STUDENT UNION. THE HOURS FOR THE UNION ARE 10:30 AM TO 4:30 TODAY AND 8:30 AM TO 2 PM FRIDAY IN THE SECOND FLOOR BALLROOMS. YOU CAN ALSO GIVE TODAY FROM 3 TO 8 IN THE PUTNAM HALL LOBBY. TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT YOU CAN VISIT REDCROSSBLOOD.ORG OR CALL 1-800-RED CROSS.

TONIGHT AT THE STUDENT SENATE MEETING STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT DALTON HENRY AND VICE PRESIDENT WAYNE STOSKOPF WILL BE PASSING THE TORCH AS THE NEW DUO GETS SWORN IN. TONIGHT DANNY UNRUH AND ANNIE OLIVER WILL TAKE THEIR POSITIONS AS THE HEADS OF THE STUDENT BODY. UNRUH WILL JOIN NEWS DIRECTOR LAURA DUVAL AND LUKE WEMPE MONDAY EVENING AT FIVE RIGHT HERE ON THE WILDCAT 91.9. TUNE IN TO HEAR FROM HIM ABOUT HIS AND OLIVER’S NEW POSITIONS AND EXPERIENCES.


A LEAVENWORTH MAN PLEADS NO CONTEST IN THE SHOOTING DEATHS OF HIS GIRLFRIEND AND UNBORN CHILD. THE LEAVENWORTH TIMES REPORTS 25-YEAR OLD SEDALE FOX FACES CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES OLIVIA JACKSON AND HER UNBORN CHILD’S DEATHS. KANSAS DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS THER IS EVIDENCE THAT FOX AND JACKSON WERE IN A RELATIONSHIP AND JACKSON WANTED MORE OUT OF IT THAN FOX. SENTENCING IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 6TH.


THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ONE OF THE DEADLIEST FOR FIRES IN KANSAS. STATE FIRE MARSHAL DAN MCCLAUGHLIN SAYS AS OF MARCH 31ST 15 CIVILIANS AND TWO FIREFIGHTERS HAVE DIED IN KANSAS FIRES. THE YEARLY AVERAGE IS USUALLY ABOUT 33 CIVILIANS AND TWO FIREFIGHTERS. MCCLAUGHLIN SAYS CHILDREN UNDER 12 AND ADULTS OVER 65 ARE AT THE GREATEST RISK.


A QATAR DIPLOMAT GAVE A PLANE FLYING FROM DENVER TO WASHINGTON QUITE THE SCARE. OFFICIALS SAY DIPLOMAT MOHAMMED AL-MADADI WAS TRYING TO SMOKE A CIGARRETTE IN THE PLANE’S BATHROOM WHEN THINGS GOT A LITTLE SMOKING. AL-MADADI THEN SAID HE WAS TRYING TO LIGHT HIS SHOES. HE HAS BEEN RELEASED FROM QUESTIONING.


THE MASTERS HAS BEGUN TODAY AS JACK NICKLAUS AND ARNOLD PALMER HIT THE CEREMONIAL FIRST SHOTS. THIS WILL ALSO BE THE FIRST TIME TIGER WOODS HAS PLAYED SINCE HIS SCANDAL BROKE. OFFICIALS AT AUGUSTA NATIONAL INSIST THAT NO ONE PLAYER WILL OVERSHADOW THEIR TOURNAMENT. WOODS WILL TEE OFF IN THE NEXT TO LAST GROUP AT 12:42 CENTRAL TIME ALONG WITH KJ CHOI AND MATT KUCHAR.


JON AND KATE GOSSELIN ARE AT IT AGAIN. JON HAS FILED PAPERS TO GET PRIMARY CUSTODY OF THEIR EIGHT KIDS. RIGHT NOW KATE HAS IT AND JON IS PAYING $21 THOUSAND A MONTH IN CHILD SUPPORT. JON SAYS KATE IS AN ABSENTEE PARENT WHILE COMPETING ON DANCING WITH THE STARS IN LOS ANGELES. KATE SAYS SHE’S “A SINGLE WORKING MOM WHO WILL DO EVERYTHING NECESSARY TO PROVIDE FOR HER KIDS.”

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

News 4-7-10

THE K-STATE BLOOD DRIVE IS GOING ON THIS WEEK IN THE STUDENT UNION. THE HOURS FOR THE UNION ARE 10:30 AM TO 4:30 TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND 8:30 AM TO 2 PM FRIDAY IN THE SECOND FLOOR BALLROOMS. YOU CAN ALSO GIVE TODAY, AND TOMORROW FROM 3 TO 8 IN THE PUTNAM HALL LOBBY. TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT YOU CAN VISIT REDCROSSBLOOD.ORG OR CALL 1-800-RED CROSS.


ATTENTION ALL SENIORS. THE TWO THOUSAND TEN GRADUATION FAIR IS HAPPENING TODAY AT THE K-STATE STUDENT UNIOIN. THE FAIR WILL BE TAKING PLACE IN THE BOOKSTORE FROM 11 A.M. TO 6 P.M. YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ORDER YOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS, PICK OUT YOUR CLASS RING, PURCHASE YOUR CAP AND GOWN AND MORE.


KANSAS FARMERS ARE PLEASED WITH THE RECENT TREND OF WARMER WEATHER. THE WARM TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED STATE FARMERS TO START PLANTING CORN WHILE THE REST OF THE WINTER WHEAT MATURES. THE KANSAS ARGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE SAYS THAT ONE PERCENT OF THE CORN HAS ALREADY BEEN PLANTED. THE AVERAGE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR IS USUALLY THREE PERCENT.


ACCORDING TO A CNN REPORT WEST VIRGINIA’S GOVERNOR SAYS THAT TODAY WILL BE A BIG ONE AS A BORE HOLE WAS DRILLED INTO THE AREA OF THE COAL MINE WHERE FOUR OF THE TRAPPED MINERS MAY BE LOCATED AFTER THE DEADLY MINE EXPLOSION THAT OCCURRED ON MONDAY. PIPES WERE LOWERED INTO THE DRILLED HOLES TO TRY AND CONTACT THE TRAPPED MINERS AS WELL AS TO VENTILATE THE MINE AFTER HIGH LEVELS OF METHANE AND CARBON MONOXIDE WERE RELEASED. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED WITH FURTHER NEWS ON THIS STORY.


A SEVEN POINT EIGHT EARTHQUAKE STRUCK INDONESIA EARLY THIS MORNING. A TSUNAMI WATCH WAS IN EFFECT AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE STRUCK. THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS THAT THE TEMBLOR HIT ONE HUNDRED AND FOURT FIVE MILES OFF THE COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA. THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER IS REPORTING THAT A DESTRUCTIVE WIDESPREAD TSUNAMI IS NOT LIKELY, BUT THAT A LOCAL TSUNAMI COULD AFFECT THE COATAL AREAS NEAR THE EPICENTER.


IT LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER CELEBRITY COUPLE HAS MADE THE TRIP TO SPLITS-VILLE. JIM CARREY AND JENNY MCCARTHY ARE CALLING IT QUITS AFTER FIVE YEARS. IN A STATEMENT MCCARTHEY SAID SHE "WILL ALWAYS KEEP JIM AS A LEADING MAN IN MY HEART." CARREY IS ALSO STILL SUPPORTIVE OF HIS EX POSTING ON TWITTER "I WISH HER THE VERY BEST."

Monday, April 5, 2010

4-5-10

RILEY, GEARY, AND POTTAWATOMIE COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL NOON TODAY. A THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER.


THE K-STATE BLOOD DRIVE KICKS OFF TODAY IN THE STUDENT UNION. IT RUNSTHROUGH FRIDAY. THE HOURS FOR THE UNION ARE 10:30 AM TO 4:30 TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND 8:30 AM TO 2 PM FRIDAY IN THE SECOND FLOOR BALLROOMS. YOU CAN ALSO GIVE TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND THURSDAY FROM 3 TO 8 IN THE PUTNAM HALL LOBBY. TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT YOU CAN VISIT REDCROSSBLOOD.ORG OR CALL 1-800-RED CROSS.


RILEY COUNTY POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THREE PEOPLE FOR THE DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE. THE THREE MEN…NICHOLAS SEATON…DALE KRUGER…AND JASON KELLNER WERE ARRESTED THURSDAY AT THEIR RESIDENCE OF 803 BLUEMONT. SEATON HAS A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND WHILE THE OTHER TWO MEN HAVE TWO-THOUSAND DOLLAR BONDS. RCPD SAYS THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING AND MORE ARRESTS ARE PENDING.


A NEBRASKA JUDGE HAS REFUSED TO THROW OUT A FLAG DESECRATION CHARGE AGAINST SHIRLEY PHELPS-ROPER. SHE WAS ACCUSED OF LETTER HER SON STAND ON AN AMERICAN FLAG DURING A FUNERAL PROTEST OF A NATIONAL GUARDSMAN IN BELLEVUE BACK IN 2007. PHELPS-ROPER IS ALSO SAID TO HAVE WORN A FLAG AS A SKIRT AND IT DRAGGED ON THE GROUND. NEBRASKA’S LAW SAYS YOU CAN’T INTENTIONALLY “CAST CONTEMPT OR RIDICULE” TO THE AMERICAN FLAG. THE TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 23RD.


AN OHIO HIGH SCHOOL IS MOURING THE DEATH OF A STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER WHO HAD BEEN RECRUTED TO PLAY FOR NOTRE DAME. A SCHOOL SPOKESMAN SAYS STUDENTS GATHERED TO ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD TO REMEMBER MATT JAMES AFTER REPORTS OF HIM FALLING OFF A BALCONY WHILE ON SPRING BREAK IN PANAMA CITY FLORIDA. PANAMA CITY POLICE HAVE NOT CONFIRMED HIS IDENTITY UNTIL THEY NOTIFY HIS FAMILY.


PEOPLE WERE LINED UP OUTSIDE APPLE STORES SATURDAY TO BUY THE NEW I-PAD. APPLE DOES HAVE SOME WORK TO DO. THEY NEED TO CONVINCE PEOPLE WHO HAVE PRODUCTS LIKE SMART PHONES AND LAP TOPS TO PURCHASE A DEVICE THAT DOES MANY OF THE SAME FUNCTIONS.


MORE TROUBLE FOR ERIN ANDREWS. AFTER PUTTING HER PEEP HOLE FILMER IN JAIL LAST MONTH SHE NOW HAS ANOTHER PROBLEM ON HER HANDS. SHE’S NOW BEEN GETTING THREATENING EMAILS. THE FBI HAS BEGUN WORKING ON THE CASE AND ANDREWS’ ATTORNEY SAYS THEY THINK THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE INDIVIDUAL. BESIDES BEING AN ESPN REPORTER, ANDREWS HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPETING ON ABC’S DANCING WITH THE STARS.

Friday, April 2, 2010

4-2-10

LOCAL NEWS….
A FEDERAL OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGED THE ONGOING PROBLEMS BETWEEN THE FACULTY AND STUDENTS AT HASKELL INDIAN NATIONS UNVERISTY. ASSISTANT INTERIOR SECRETARY LARRY ECHOHAWK VISTED THE CAMPUS ON THURSDAY AND SAYS THE FIRST STEP TO RESOLVING THE ISSUES WILL BE THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION. A NEW DIRECTOR WILL BE NAMED NEXT WEEK. THE DIRECTOR WILL THEN SELECT THE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT.



TOPEKA IS NOT DONE YET. FOUR CORE MEMBERS OF THINK BIG TOPEKA , JARED STARKEY, ALISSA AND BRANDON SHELEY AND BRANDON JENSEN SAY THEIR PHONES HAVE BEEN RINGING OFF THE HOOK SINCE THE APRIL FOOLS GAG. THE SEARCH
ENGINE GOOGLE REPLACED ITS NAME WITH
THE CAPTIAL CITY. TOPEKA CHANGED ITS NAME TO GOOGLE EARLIER IN THE MONTH. THE HOPE IS TO GET A SERIES OF FIBER OPTIC CABLES PLACED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WHILE THE FOUR MEMBERS HAVE RELISED THE MOMENT, THEY ARE FIGURING OUT A WAY TO TOP IT.




IN REGIONAL NEWS…
A 5 YEAR OLD GIRL FELL FROM A SECOND STORY WINDOW AND HER WORST INJURY APPEARS TO BE A BITTEN TONGUE. THE GIRLS AUNT, ANGELA HAMER WAS WATCHING TELEVISION DURING THE INCIDENT AND TURNED AWAY TO TAKE A PHONE CALL DURING THE FALL. A WINDOW SCREEN GAVE WAY AND THE GIRL TUMBLED ON TO THE GRASS BELOW. SHE WAS TAKEN TO OMAHA HOSPITAL.






IN NATIONAL NEWS….
WHY DID THE SALAMANDER CROSS THE ROAD? WHY TO GET TO THE OTHER SIDE OF COURSE. IN MONKTON, VERMONT, SALAMANDERS, SMALL MAMMALS, OTHER AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES WILL HAVE SOME HELP THE NEXT TIME THEY NEED TO CROSS THE HIGHWAY. THE MONKTON CONSERVATION COMMISSION WON A ONE-HUNDERED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR STATE GRANT. THE GRANT WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO INSTALL ONE OR TWO CULVERTS UNDER THE ROAD. FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS, A MONKTON GROUP HAS MONITORED THE CROSSING AND EVEN ASSISTED THE CROSSING IN SOME CASES.

IN LIGHTER NEWS…
DOG HOUSES ARE SO LAST YEAR IN LOS ANGELES. TAMMY KASSIS’ THREE LITTLE DOGS HAVE AN 11-FOOT DOG MANSION TO PLAY IN NOW. THE MANSION MATCHES THE OWNERS HOME AND COMES EQUIPPED WITH A TELEVISION AND AIR CONDITIONING. THE RESIDENCE COST TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. KASSIS DOES NOT REGRET THE DECISION AND EVEN HANGS OUT WITH HER DOGS IN THE DOG MANSION TOO.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

4-1-10

A UNIT FROM FORT RILEY IS SCHEDULED TO HEAD OVERSEAS THIS AFTERNOON. AROUND 160 SOLDIERS OF TE 116TH MILITARY POLICE COMPANY WILL BE ON THEIR WAY TO AFGHANISTAN. THEY WILL BE CONDUCTING MILITARY POLICE OPERATIONS AND TRAINING SECURITY FORCES FOR A YEAR. THE POST IS HOME TO AROUND 16-THOUSAND SOLDIERS AND MORE THAN EIGHT-THOUSAND ARE DEPOLOYED TO EITHER IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN.


THE MAN WHO IS CONVICTED OF KILLING A WICHITA ABORTION PROVIDER WILL BE RETURNING TO COURT. SCOTT ROEDER IS FACING A LIFE SENTENCE BUT NOW THE JUDGE NEEDS TO DECIDE WHEN HE WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE. HE WILL MAKE HIS DECISION OF EITHER 25 OR 50 YEARS TODAY. DR. GEORGE TILLER WAS SHOT AT HIS WICHITA CHURCH LAST MAY.


A HOMELESS MAN IN LAWRENCE HAS BEEN ARRESTED IN THE DEATH OF A RESIDENT. POLICE SAY 46-YEAR OLD DOUGLAS FLEMING WAS FOUND IN HIS HOME TUESDAY AFTER SUFFERING A HEAD INJURY. POLICE SAY FLEMING AND THE SUSPECT GOT IN A FIGHT SUNDAY WHEN FLEMING WAS INJURED AND REFUSED MEDICAL TREATMENT. FLEMING HAD IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT BEFORE HE DIED AND HE WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND CHARGED WITH RECKLESS INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.


AFTER A LULL IN THE SWINE FLU… A 29TH KANSAN DIED FROM VIRUS. THE KANSAS DEPRATMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SAYS THE LATEST DEATH IS A 71-YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM NORTHEASTERN KANSAS WITH UNDERLYING HEALTH PROBLEMS. SWINE FLU VACCINATIONS ARE STILL AVAILABLE AT CLINICS AROUND THE STATE.


PRAIRE VILLAGE KANSAS POLICE SHOT A WOMAN TO DEATH AFTER RESPONDING TO A REPORT OF HER MAKING SUICIDAL THREATS. POLICE ARRIVED TO CHECK ON THE WOMAN, WHO HASN’T BEEN IDENIFIED’S, WELL BEING BUT SHE HAD BARRACADED HER DOOR AND WOULDN’T LET ANYONE IN. A POLICE SPOKESMAN SAYS SHE WAS SHOT AFTER THREATENING OFFICERS WITH A WEAPON WHEN THEY TRIED TO TAKE HER INTO CUSTODY.


TWO INDIANA POLICE OFFICERS ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE SUSPENSION AFTER USING A STUN GUN ON A CHILD AT A HOME DAY CARE. THE OFFICERS RESPONDED AFTER A CALL THAT A 10-YEAR OLD BOY WAS BEING “COMBATIVE AND TRYING TO HURT THE OTHER CHILDREN AND CARETAKERS.” THE OFFICERS SAY THE BOY WAS SO OUT OF CONTROL WHEN THEY GOT THERE THEY USED THE STUN GUN AND SLAPPED THE BOY TO SUBDUE HIM. THE ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF SAYS THEY WILL INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT.


GOOGLE HAS PULLED THEIR APRIL FOOL’S JOKE ON THE WORLD AND THIS ONE HITS A LITTLE CLOSE TO HOME. IF YOU GO TO THEIR WEBSITE YOU WILL SEE “TOPEKA” INSTEAD OF GOOGLE. IT’S ALL BECAUSE TOPEKA CHANGED THEIR NAME TO GOOGLE FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH WHILE CAMPAIGNING TO BECOME THE TEST SITE FOR THEIR NEW FIBER-OPTIC NETWORK. GOOGLE’S BLOG TELLS ITS USERS THE NAME CHANGE IS PERMANENT AND GIVES TIPS HOW TO TOPEKA SOMEONE DURING A SEARCH. HAPPY APRIL FOOL’S!