IN LOCAL NEWS…
THE 2011 K STATE PROUD CAMPAIGN WEEK IS COMING TO A CLOSE TODAY… THIS YEAR IT WILL CONCLUDE WITH THE BLACK OUT AT BRAMALAGE WITH THE GAME AGAINST THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS TOMORROW AT 3 PM… THE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE WILL FINISH GIVING OUT SHIRTS THE SAME PLACE THEY HAVE ALL WEEK ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE STUDENT UNION… ALSO TODAY THE COMMITTEE WILL BE GIVING OUT COOKIES AND ICE CREAM… A PEP RALLY WILL BE HELD FOR K STATE PROUD AT 1:30 BEFORE THE GAME ON SATURDAY… A CHECK WILL BE GIVEN TO THE CO CHAIRS AND HONRARY CHAIR TO COMMEMORATE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY RAISED SO FAR… ALTHOUGH TODAY ENDS THE CAMPAIGN WEEK STUDENTS CAN STILL DONATE, NOMINATE A STUDENT, OR FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION BY GOING TO THE K STATE PROUD WEBCITE AT WWW.K-STATEPROUD.ORG…
ON FEBRUARY 28TH, STUDENTS PART OF USD 283 WILL RECEIVE FOURTEEN MORE MINUTES OF CLASS TIME. ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS VOTED SIX TO ONE WEDNESDAY TO OFFSET LOST TIME IN RESULT OF WINTER WEATHER… THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN FOUR YEARS THE DISTRICT NEEDED TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME. AS WAS SEEN IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE THE SCHOOL BOARD ALSO CHOSE TO ADD MINUTES TO THE SCHOOL DAY IN THOSE INSTANCES AS WELL…
IN STATE NEWS…
WIFE GETS LIFE IN HUSBAND’S SLAYING… THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL WRITES, MICHELLE LYNN EBERHARDT, AGE 44, WHO PLEADED GUILTY ON JANUARY THIRD TO FELONY FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE SHOOTING DEATH ON OCTOBER 25TH 2009 OF FIFTY ONE YEAR OLD GERALD EBERHARDT WAS SENTENCED THURSDAY TO LIFE IN PRISON… THE CONVICTED KILLER DECLINED TO SPEAK BEFORE DISTRICT COURT JUDGE DAVID DEBENHAM IMPOSED A LIFE SENTENCE ON HER… SHE MUST SERVE AT LEAST TWENTY YEARS IN PRISON BEFORE SHE IS FIRST ELIGIBLE TO BE PAROLED FROM PRISON… STILL AWAITING TRIAL IS MICHELLE’S SON SCOTT M MOSHER 20 OF TECUMSEH AND GERALDS STEPSON WHO WILL BE TRIED ON JUNE 13 AND FACE CHARGES OF PREMEDITATED FIRST DEGREE MURDER AND CONSPIRACY TO COMMITT PREMEDITATED FIRST DEGREE MURDER…
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS THAT A FIREFIGHTERS QUICK ACTIONS TO SWERVE LEFT BEFORE A CRASH SAVED THE LIFE OF A THREE YEAR OLD GIRL IN A CAR THAT WAS HEADED RIGHT FOR THEM, POLICE SAID THAT IT PROBABLY SAVED THE MOTHER’S LIFE AS WELL… HOWEVER, JEFF SMITH’S EXTREME RIGHT HAND TURN COST HIM HIS LOWER LEFT LEG, WHICH HAD TO BE AMPUTATED… POLICE SEARGENT BILL MAHONEY SAID, “IF HE HAD TAKEN THE CAR HEAD ON HE WOULD’VE BEEN FINE BUT HE DID WHAT HE HAD TO DO…” THE TWENTY ONE YEAR OLD DRIVER OF THE GRAND PRIX HAD CROSSED OVER THE DOUBLE YELLOW CENTER LINE POLICE SAID… POLICE ARRESTED THE DRIVER AND KEPT HER JAILED OVER NIGHT HOWEVER SHE WAS RELEASED THE NEXT DAY PENDING FURTHER INVESTIGATION…
JORDY NELSON’S RECENT SUPER BOWL VICTORY MAY HAVE EARNED HIM FANS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BUT HE HASN’T FORGOTTEN WHERE HE HAS COME FROM… GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK HONORED NELSON WHOM HE CALLED A FABULOUS KANSAN AND SIGNED A PROCLOMATION DECLARING THURSDAY AS “JORDY NELSON DAY” AT THE CAPITOL... NELSON WAS ACCOMPANIED BY HIS SON ROYAL, WIFE EMILY AND PARENTS ALAN AND KIM… “THIS IS A GREAT KANSAS STORY AND A GREAT KANSAS DAY WHERE WE HONOR ONE OF OUR OWN” BROWNBACK SAID… “IT’S BEEN A WHIRLWIND” SAID NELSON, “IT’S AN HONOR TO WIN THE SUPERBOWL, BE PART OF THE PACKERS, AND BE FROM KANSAS…”
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO PEOPLE ENTERTAINMENT, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS STAR ADRIANNE PALICKI HAS LANDED THE COVETED LEAD ROLE OF WONDER WOMEN IN THE NBC REBOOT OF THE CLASSIC 1970’S SERIES... THE ROLE WAS MADE FAMOUS BY LYNDA CARTER… PALICKI WAS THOUGHT TO BE PERFECT FOR THE ROLE AND WITH A HEIGHT OF 5’11 SHE’S THE IDEAL HEIGHT TO PORTRAY AN AMAZON CRIME FIGHTER… PRODUCER DAVID E. KELLY TEAMED WITH WARNER BROTHERS TO BRING THE SERIES BACK TO TELEVISION…THE IDEA WAS ORIGINALLY SHOT DOWN BY ALL THE MAJOR NETWORKS, HOWEVER NBC FINALLY GAVE THE GREEN LIGHT TO DO THE SHOW IN LATE JANUARY…
Thursday, February 17, 2011
February 17, 2011 KSDB News
IN STATE NEWS…
SUPER BOWL CHAMPION VISITS TOPEKA … ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL, TODAY FORMER KANSAS STATE STAND-OUT AND CURRENT GREEN BAY PACKER, JORDY NELSON WAS HONORED AT THE STATEHOUSE BY GOVENOR SAM BROWNBACK AND THE STATE LEGISLATOR…DURING THE CEREMONY, BROWNBACK SIGNED A PROCLAMATION CALLING FEBRUARY SEVENTEENTH “JORDY NELSON DAY” IN THE STATE OF KANSAS…NELSON BECAME THE FIRST WILDCAT TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN IN THE SUPER BOWL SINCE ANDRE COLEMAN IN SUPER BOWL TWENTY NINE…
PRISON AWAITS TECUMSEH WOMAN…AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN 2009 TO KILLING HER HUSBAND, MICHELLE EBERHARDT WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON TODAY…EBERHARDT AGE FORTY FOUR, WILL SERVE AT LEAST TWENTY YEARS BEFORE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE CJ-ONLINE REPORTS… EBERHARDT’S SON, SCOTT MOSHER AWAITS TRIAL FOR ASSISTING IN THE MURDER…
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
A MALE WRESTLER IN IOWA REFUSES TO FACE A GIRL… CBS NEWS REPORTS THAT JOEL NORTHRUP, A SOPHOMORE AT LINN-MAR HIGH SCHOOL IN MARION QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT AS THE FAVORITE TO WIN ONLY TO BE MATCHED UP WITH CEDAR FALLS FRESHMAN CASSY HERKELMAN… NORTHRUP REFUSED TO COMPETE AGAINST HERKELMAN STATING THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE IT WAS APPROPRIATE…HERKERLMAN IS ONE OF THE FIRST GIRLS TO EVER QUALIFY FOR THE TOURNAMENT…HERKELMAN’S FATHER SAID IN A TEXT MESSAGE THAT HE RESPECTED NORTHRUP’S DECISION AND HOPED HE FINISHES THE TOURNAMENT WELL…HERKELMAN’S NEXT MATCH IS FRIDAY AGAINST ANOTHER MALE WRESTLER…
A HORMONE THAT GIVES MICE HAIR… ACCORDING TO FOX KANSAS CITY, RESEARCHERS IN CHICAGO HAVE FOUND BY BLOCKING A STRESS-INFLUENCING HORMONE LINKED WITH HAIR LOSS, BALD MICE WERE ABLE TO REGROW ALL OF THE HAIR LOST… MILLION MULUGETA, A RESEARCH FROM THE LOS ANGELES SAYS THAT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MICE GREW BACK HAIR…MULUGETA ADDED THE FINDINGS WILL BE PURSUED IN OTHER STUDIES…
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO CELEBRITY CIRCUIT DOT COM, ACTRESS JESSICA ALBA AND HUSBAND CASH WARREN ANNOUNCED ON WEDNESDAY THAT THEY WILL BE HAVING A CHILD… THE BABY WILL BE JUST THE SECOND FOR THE COUPLE…
SUPER BOWL CHAMPION VISITS TOPEKA … ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL, TODAY FORMER KANSAS STATE STAND-OUT AND CURRENT GREEN BAY PACKER, JORDY NELSON WAS HONORED AT THE STATEHOUSE BY GOVENOR SAM BROWNBACK AND THE STATE LEGISLATOR…DURING THE CEREMONY, BROWNBACK SIGNED A PROCLAMATION CALLING FEBRUARY SEVENTEENTH “JORDY NELSON DAY” IN THE STATE OF KANSAS…NELSON BECAME THE FIRST WILDCAT TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN IN THE SUPER BOWL SINCE ANDRE COLEMAN IN SUPER BOWL TWENTY NINE…
PRISON AWAITS TECUMSEH WOMAN…AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN 2009 TO KILLING HER HUSBAND, MICHELLE EBERHARDT WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON TODAY…EBERHARDT AGE FORTY FOUR, WILL SERVE AT LEAST TWENTY YEARS BEFORE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE CJ-ONLINE REPORTS… EBERHARDT’S SON, SCOTT MOSHER AWAITS TRIAL FOR ASSISTING IN THE MURDER…
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
A MALE WRESTLER IN IOWA REFUSES TO FACE A GIRL… CBS NEWS REPORTS THAT JOEL NORTHRUP, A SOPHOMORE AT LINN-MAR HIGH SCHOOL IN MARION QUALIFIED FOR THE STATE TOURNAMENT AS THE FAVORITE TO WIN ONLY TO BE MATCHED UP WITH CEDAR FALLS FRESHMAN CASSY HERKELMAN… NORTHRUP REFUSED TO COMPETE AGAINST HERKELMAN STATING THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE IT WAS APPROPRIATE…HERKERLMAN IS ONE OF THE FIRST GIRLS TO EVER QUALIFY FOR THE TOURNAMENT…HERKELMAN’S FATHER SAID IN A TEXT MESSAGE THAT HE RESPECTED NORTHRUP’S DECISION AND HOPED HE FINISHES THE TOURNAMENT WELL…HERKELMAN’S NEXT MATCH IS FRIDAY AGAINST ANOTHER MALE WRESTLER…
A HORMONE THAT GIVES MICE HAIR… ACCORDING TO FOX KANSAS CITY, RESEARCHERS IN CHICAGO HAVE FOUND BY BLOCKING A STRESS-INFLUENCING HORMONE LINKED WITH HAIR LOSS, BALD MICE WERE ABLE TO REGROW ALL OF THE HAIR LOST… MILLION MULUGETA, A RESEARCH FROM THE LOS ANGELES SAYS THAT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE MICE GREW BACK HAIR…MULUGETA ADDED THE FINDINGS WILL BE PURSUED IN OTHER STUDIES…
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO CELEBRITY CIRCUIT DOT COM, ACTRESS JESSICA ALBA AND HUSBAND CASH WARREN ANNOUNCED ON WEDNESDAY THAT THEY WILL BE HAVING A CHILD… THE BABY WILL BE JUST THE SECOND FOR THE COUPLE…
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
February 16, 2011 News
IN LOCAL NEWS...
THANKS TO FIVE DAYS OFF USD 383 THE MANHATTAN OGDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TALKING OF EXPANDING THE SCHOOL DAY TO ACCOMMODATE THE MERCURY WRITES...THE DAYS WERE TAKEN OFF DUE TO INCELEMENT WEATHER AND THE MEETING TO DECIDE IF THESE DAYS WILL BE TAKEN OFF WILL BE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH AT SIX THIRTY IN THE ROBINSON EDUCATION CENTER.
IN JUST TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS….KSTATE’S CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENTREPENEURSHIP IS ONE OF THE NATION’S EMERGING PROGRAMS. THE UNITED STATE SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPENUERSHIP (USASBE) AWARDED K-STATE WITH ITS 2011 EMERGING PROGRAM AWARD. THE EMERGING PROGRAM AWARD IS GIVEN TO THE BEST ENTREPENURSHIP PROGRAM IN THAT NATION THAT IS THREE YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR CHAD JACKSON SAID THE CENTER LOOKS TO WIN PLENTY MORE AWARDS IN THE UPCOMING YEARS.
IN STATE NEWS...
A MAN USES HIS SON AS A SHIELD WHILE FLEEING POLICE...THE KANSAS CITY STAR WRITES...JASON P. TROXEL, 33 OF OLATHE KANSAS, WAS CHARGED WITH BATTERY ON A LAW OFFICER, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT AFTER HE USED HIS THREE YEAR OLD SON AS A HUMAN SHIELD...THE OFFICER DISPACTHED TO TROXEL'S HOUSE WAS THERE ON A CHILD REMOVAL ORDER WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY TASERED THE YOUNG BOY AS TROXEL WAS ATTEMPTING TO FLEE THE PREMISES...THE CHILD WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AND HAS BEEN LEFT IN THE CARE OF HIS MOTHER...TROXEL WAS RELEASED ON THREE MISDEMEANOR CHARGES.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL…GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK IS DONE CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS GOVERNORSHIP AND NOW HAS TURNED HIS ATTENTION TOWARDS THE BOEING CORPORATION. BROWNBACK IS HOPING THE CORPORATION CAN WIN A CONTRACT FOR AN AIRFORCE REFUELING TANKER. BOEING IS IN DIRECT COMPETITION WITH THE EUROPEAN-BASED EADS. THE GOAL OF THE COMPANY IS TO HELP BUILD A NEW GENERATION OF REFEULING AIRCRAFTS. WHILE THE WORK WOULD BE DONE IN FORTY STATES, A BULK OF THE MANUFACTURING WOULD BE DONE IN KANSAS AND WASHINGTON.
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS POLICE HAVE FOUND A DRIVER WHO DROVE HIS CAR IN TO A LENEXA HOUSE. THE MALE DRIVER WAS BEING TRACKED BY OFFICERS NEAR 95TH AND MONROVIA…BUT DROVE OFF ACCORDING TO KCTV-5. POLICE AND POLICE DOGS HAVE SEARCHED THE AREA FOR THE DRIVER. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE WRECK.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS…
GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING SINGER/SONGWRITER BRUNO MARS IS SET TO PLEAD GUILTY BEFORE A LAS VEGAS JUDGE ABOUT COCAINE POSSESSION. MARS GUILTY PProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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A IS THOUGHT TO BE A DEAL WITH NEVADA PROSECUTORS THAT WOULD WIPE THE FELONY CONVICTION OFF HIS RECORD AFTER A YEAR. MARS OR PETER HERNANDEZ IS NOT CONTESTING THAT HE WAS FOUND WITH 2-POINT-6 GRAMS OF COCAINE IN A CASINO MEN’S ROOM AFTER A PERFORMANCE. MARS WILL BE PLACED ON PROBATION, PAY A TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE AND PERFORM TWO HUNDRED HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
THANKS TO FIVE DAYS OFF USD 383 THE MANHATTAN OGDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT IS TALKING OF EXPANDING THE SCHOOL DAY TO ACCOMMODATE THE MERCURY WRITES...THE DAYS WERE TAKEN OFF DUE TO INCELEMENT WEATHER AND THE MEETING TO DECIDE IF THESE DAYS WILL BE TAKEN OFF WILL BE WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH AT SIX THIRTY IN THE ROBINSON EDUCATION CENTER.
IN JUST TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS….KSTATE’S CENTER FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENTREPENEURSHIP IS ONE OF THE NATION’S EMERGING PROGRAMS. THE UNITED STATE SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPENUERSHIP (USASBE) AWARDED K-STATE WITH ITS 2011 EMERGING PROGRAM AWARD. THE EMERGING PROGRAM AWARD IS GIVEN TO THE BEST ENTREPENURSHIP PROGRAM IN THAT NATION THAT IS THREE YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER. ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR CHAD JACKSON SAID THE CENTER LOOKS TO WIN PLENTY MORE AWARDS IN THE UPCOMING YEARS.
IN STATE NEWS...
A MAN USES HIS SON AS A SHIELD WHILE FLEEING POLICE...THE KANSAS CITY STAR WRITES...JASON P. TROXEL, 33 OF OLATHE KANSAS, WAS CHARGED WITH BATTERY ON A LAW OFFICER, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT AFTER HE USED HIS THREE YEAR OLD SON AS A HUMAN SHIELD...THE OFFICER DISPACTHED TO TROXEL'S HOUSE WAS THERE ON A CHILD REMOVAL ORDER WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY TASERED THE YOUNG BOY AS TROXEL WAS ATTEMPTING TO FLEE THE PREMISES...THE CHILD WAS TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES AND HAS BEEN LEFT IN THE CARE OF HIS MOTHER...TROXEL WAS RELEASED ON THREE MISDEMEANOR CHARGES.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL…GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK IS DONE CAMPAIGNING FOR HIS GOVERNORSHIP AND NOW HAS TURNED HIS ATTENTION TOWARDS THE BOEING CORPORATION. BROWNBACK IS HOPING THE CORPORATION CAN WIN A CONTRACT FOR AN AIRFORCE REFUELING TANKER. BOEING IS IN DIRECT COMPETITION WITH THE EUROPEAN-BASED EADS. THE GOAL OF THE COMPANY IS TO HELP BUILD A NEW GENERATION OF REFEULING AIRCRAFTS. WHILE THE WORK WOULD BE DONE IN FORTY STATES, A BULK OF THE MANUFACTURING WOULD BE DONE IN KANSAS AND WASHINGTON.
THE KANSAS CITY STAR REPORTS POLICE HAVE FOUND A DRIVER WHO DROVE HIS CAR IN TO A LENEXA HOUSE. THE MALE DRIVER WAS BEING TRACKED BY OFFICERS NEAR 95TH AND MONROVIA…BUT DROVE OFF ACCORDING TO KCTV-5. POLICE AND POLICE DOGS HAVE SEARCHED THE AREA FOR THE DRIVER. NO ONE WAS INJURED IN THE WRECK.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS…
GRAMMY-AWARD WINNING SINGER/SONGWRITER BRUNO MARS IS SET TO PLEAD GUILTY BEFORE A LAS VEGAS JUDGE ABOUT COCAINE POSSESSION. MARS GUILTY PProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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A IS THOUGHT TO BE A DEAL WITH NEVADA PROSECUTORS THAT WOULD WIPE THE FELONY CONVICTION OFF HIS RECORD AFTER A YEAR. MARS OR PETER HERNANDEZ IS NOT CONTESTING THAT HE WAS FOUND WITH 2-POINT-6 GRAMS OF COCAINE IN A CASINO MEN’S ROOM AFTER A PERFORMANCE. MARS WILL BE PLACED ON PROBATION, PAY A TWO THOUSAND DOLLAR FINE AND PERFORM TWO HUNDRED HOURS OF COMMUNITY SERVICE.
Monday, February 14, 2011
February 14, 2011 News
IN LOCAL NEWS.....
- A WOMAN AND CHILD WERE TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL SUNDAY AFTER THE VEHICLE THEY WERE IN FLIPPED AND LANDED ON A GUARDRAIL ALONG INTERSTATE 470, TOPEKA POLICE SERGENT KRISTEN HREN SAID.
THE WOMAN, JENNIFER HINRICHSEN, OF KECHI, WAS WESTBOUND IN A BLUE MAZDA ON I-470 NEAR THE S.W. 21ST EXIT AT 3:15PM.
SERGENT HREN SAID "IT APPEARS SHE WAS INATTENTIVE AND DROVE OFF THE ROADWAY.
IN NATIONAL NEWS.....
- INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE OF A GAS EXPLOSION THAT KILLED FIVE PEOPLE IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA LAST WEEK ARE FOCUSING ON AN "IMPERFECTION" IN A PIPE NEAR THE BLAST SITE. WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S EXPLOSION FLATTENED A PAIR OF HOUSES AND SET FIRE TO A BLOCK OF HOMES, KILLING FIVE PEOPLE -- INCLUDING A 4-MONTH-OLD BOY AND A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
- A NEW YORK TIMES REPORT SAYS REPRESENTATIVE GABRIELLE GIFFORDS' EFORTS TO RELEARN HOW TO SPEAK INCLUDE MOUTHING THE WORDS TO SONG LYRICS, SUCH AS "TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR."
GIFFORDS HAS BEEN RECEIVING BEDSIDE BRIEFINGS FROM AIDES ON THE UPRISING IN EGYPT AND LOCAL UPDATES FROM HER HOME STATE OF ARIZONA. HER CHIEF OF STAFF, PIA CARUSONE, SAYS GIFFORDS DEFINITELY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS BEING SAID AND HAS BEEN PROVIDING SHORT, VERBAL RESPONSES.
- EGYPT'S MILITARY RULERS TOOK SWEEPING ACTION TO DISMANTLE THE LEGACY OF FORMER PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK ON SUNDAY, DISSOLVING PARLIAMENT, SUSPENDING THE CONSTITUTION AND PROMISING ELECTIONS IN MOVES CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMED BY PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS.
THE CARETAKER GOVERNMENT, BACKED BY THE MILITARY, SAID RESTORING SECURITY AFTER THE 18-DAY UPRISING THAT OUSTED MUBARAK WAS A TOP PRIORITY
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS.....
- THE 53RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS TOOK PLACE SUNDAY NIGHT RECOGNIZING THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
"THE SUBURBS" BY ARCADE FIRE WON ALBUM OF THE YEAR. LADY ANTEBELLUM WON RECORD OF THE YEAR AND SONG OF THE YEAR WITH THEIR HIT "NEED YOU NOW". BEST NEW ARTIST WENT TO ESPERANZA SPALDING WHO BEAT OUT JUSTIN BIEBER AND DRAKE FOR THE AWARD.
- A WOMAN AND CHILD WERE TRANSPORTED TO AN AREA HOSPITAL SUNDAY AFTER THE VEHICLE THEY WERE IN FLIPPED AND LANDED ON A GUARDRAIL ALONG INTERSTATE 470, TOPEKA POLICE SERGENT KRISTEN HREN SAID.
THE WOMAN, JENNIFER HINRICHSEN, OF KECHI, WAS WESTBOUND IN A BLUE MAZDA ON I-470 NEAR THE S.W. 21ST EXIT AT 3:15PM.
SERGENT HREN SAID "IT APPEARS SHE WAS INATTENTIVE AND DROVE OFF THE ROADWAY.
IN NATIONAL NEWS.....
- INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE OF A GAS EXPLOSION THAT KILLED FIVE PEOPLE IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA LAST WEEK ARE FOCUSING ON AN "IMPERFECTION" IN A PIPE NEAR THE BLAST SITE. WEDNESDAY NIGHT'S EXPLOSION FLATTENED A PAIR OF HOUSES AND SET FIRE TO A BLOCK OF HOMES, KILLING FIVE PEOPLE -- INCLUDING A 4-MONTH-OLD BOY AND A 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL.
- A NEW YORK TIMES REPORT SAYS REPRESENTATIVE GABRIELLE GIFFORDS' EFORTS TO RELEARN HOW TO SPEAK INCLUDE MOUTHING THE WORDS TO SONG LYRICS, SUCH AS "TWINKLE, TWINKLE, LITTLE STAR."
GIFFORDS HAS BEEN RECEIVING BEDSIDE BRIEFINGS FROM AIDES ON THE UPRISING IN EGYPT AND LOCAL UPDATES FROM HER HOME STATE OF ARIZONA. HER CHIEF OF STAFF, PIA CARUSONE, SAYS GIFFORDS DEFINITELY UNDERSTANDS WHAT IS BEING SAID AND HAS BEEN PROVIDING SHORT, VERBAL RESPONSES.
- EGYPT'S MILITARY RULERS TOOK SWEEPING ACTION TO DISMANTLE THE LEGACY OF FORMER PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK ON SUNDAY, DISSOLVING PARLIAMENT, SUSPENDING THE CONSTITUTION AND PROMISING ELECTIONS IN MOVES CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMED BY PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTERS.
THE CARETAKER GOVERNMENT, BACKED BY THE MILITARY, SAID RESTORING SECURITY AFTER THE 18-DAY UPRISING THAT OUSTED MUBARAK WAS A TOP PRIORITY
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS.....
- THE 53RD ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS TOOK PLACE SUNDAY NIGHT RECOGNIZING THE BIGGEST NAMES IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
"THE SUBURBS" BY ARCADE FIRE WON ALBUM OF THE YEAR. LADY ANTEBELLUM WON RECORD OF THE YEAR AND SONG OF THE YEAR WITH THEIR HIT "NEED YOU NOW". BEST NEW ARTIST WENT TO ESPERANZA SPALDING WHO BEAT OUT JUSTIN BIEBER AND DRAKE FOR THE AWARD.
Monday, January 24, 2011
1-23-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
THE K-STATE COLLEGIAN REPORTS…K-STATE SEES HAS A RECORD ENROLLMENT IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC STUDENTS. ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE REGISTARS OFFICE THERE ARE 993 AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AND 1,077 HISPANIC STUDENTS. IN FIVE YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN NEARLY TWO HUNDRED AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AND NEARLY EIGHT HUNDRED HISPANIC STUDENTS.
THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL REPORTS…A 15-PASSENGER VAN TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON I-70 CRASHED. THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL SAID THAT BLACK ICE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WRECK. THE VAN ENTERED THE MEDIAN AND THEN CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE. THE DRIVER WAS UNINJURED, BUT EIGHT PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO MERCY REGIONAL HOSPITAL. SEVERAL OF THE PASSENGERS WERE CLOUD COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS.
THE MANHATTAN MERCURY REPORTS…THE MANHATTAN AIRPORT HAS GROWN CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST YEAR. THE REGIONAL AIRPORT ADDED FLIGHTS TO CHICAGO AND DALLAS OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD. THE NEW FLIGHTS INCREASED TICKET SALES FROM OVER 19 THOUSAND TO 39 THOUSAND.
IN STATE NEWS…
A TEXAS WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF SELLING HER SON’S IDENTITY TO AN ARKANSAS CITY WOMEN. MARIA DE JESUS SOTO, A BROWNSVILLE TEXAS RESIDENT SOLD HER SON’S SOCIAL SECURITY CARD AND BIRTH CERTIFICATE. SOTO HAS ALREADY BEEN INDICTED ON ILLEGAL SALE OF A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT AND POSSESSION OF UNLAWFULLY OBTAINED DOCUMENTS. JESUS SOTO HAD A CHANGE OF PLEA-HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY IN WICHITA.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
USA TODAY REPORTS…A STUDY FOUND HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD IN REUSABLE BAGS. BAGS SOLD BY WALGREENS, SAFEWAY AND BLOOM ALL HAD LEAD CONTENT 100 PARTS OVER MILLION. THIS IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT MANY STATES ALLOW. SAFEWAY SAID IT IS PULLING THE O ORGANICS BAG AND IS QUESTIONING THE BAGS MAKER. WALGREENS IS CURRENTLY TESTING ITS BAGS AND SAYS ALL OF ITS BAGS HAVE PASSED.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
Hollywoodnews.com reports...NICOLE POLIZZI BETTER KNOWN AS SNOOKI ON THE HIT MTV SHOW JERSEY SHORE, IS NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. POLIZZI REVEALED THE NEWS ON TWITTER. POLIZZI TWEETED OMG I’M A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY FANS, FAMILY AND EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE! LOVE YOU ALL !!. POLIZZI’S BOOK IS CALLED A SHORE THING AND REGISTERED #24 ON THE LIST.
THE K-STATE COLLEGIAN REPORTS…K-STATE SEES HAS A RECORD ENROLLMENT IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC STUDENTS. ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM THE REGISTARS OFFICE THERE ARE 993 AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AND 1,077 HISPANIC STUDENTS. IN FIVE YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN NEARLY TWO HUNDRED AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS AND NEARLY EIGHT HUNDRED HISPANIC STUDENTS.
THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL REPORTS…A 15-PASSENGER VAN TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON I-70 CRASHED. THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL SAID THAT BLACK ICE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WRECK. THE VAN ENTERED THE MEDIAN AND THEN CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE. THE DRIVER WAS UNINJURED, BUT EIGHT PASSENGERS WERE TRANSPORTED TO MERCY REGIONAL HOSPITAL. SEVERAL OF THE PASSENGERS WERE CLOUD COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS.
THE MANHATTAN MERCURY REPORTS…THE MANHATTAN AIRPORT HAS GROWN CONSIDERABLY OVER THE PAST YEAR. THE REGIONAL AIRPORT ADDED FLIGHTS TO CHICAGO AND DALLAS OVER THE SAME TIME PERIOD. THE NEW FLIGHTS INCREASED TICKET SALES FROM OVER 19 THOUSAND TO 39 THOUSAND.
IN STATE NEWS…
A TEXAS WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF SELLING HER SON’S IDENTITY TO AN ARKANSAS CITY WOMEN. MARIA DE JESUS SOTO, A BROWNSVILLE TEXAS RESIDENT SOLD HER SON’S SOCIAL SECURITY CARD AND BIRTH CERTIFICATE. SOTO HAS ALREADY BEEN INDICTED ON ILLEGAL SALE OF A SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT AND POSSESSION OF UNLAWFULLY OBTAINED DOCUMENTS. JESUS SOTO HAD A CHANGE OF PLEA-HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY IN WICHITA.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
USA TODAY REPORTS…A STUDY FOUND HIGH LEVELS OF LEAD IN REUSABLE BAGS. BAGS SOLD BY WALGREENS, SAFEWAY AND BLOOM ALL HAD LEAD CONTENT 100 PARTS OVER MILLION. THIS IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL THAT MANY STATES ALLOW. SAFEWAY SAID IT IS PULLING THE O ORGANICS BAG AND IS QUESTIONING THE BAGS MAKER. WALGREENS IS CURRENTLY TESTING ITS BAGS AND SAYS ALL OF ITS BAGS HAVE PASSED.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
Hollywoodnews.com reports...NICOLE POLIZZI BETTER KNOWN AS SNOOKI ON THE HIT MTV SHOW JERSEY SHORE, IS NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. POLIZZI REVEALED THE NEWS ON TWITTER. POLIZZI TWEETED OMG I’M A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY FANS, FAMILY AND EVERYONE WHO MADE THIS POSSIBLE! LOVE YOU ALL !!. POLIZZI’S BOOK IS CALLED A SHORE THING AND REGISTERED #24 ON THE LIST.
Friday, January 21, 2011
1-21-10 (Audition information)
KING ARTHUR’S QUEST Audition
An audition will be held for the Missoula Children's Theatre production of KING ARTHUR’S QUEST on Monday, January 24th at the Manhattan Arts Center from 4pm to 6pm. Those auditioning should arrive at 4pm and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition.
Approximately 60 roles are available for local students. All students, grades first through 12th grade, are encouraged to audition. No advance preparation is necessary. Most students rehearse approximately 4 ½ hours each day, Monday through Friday. Performances are scheduled for January 29th at 3 and 7 pm at the Manhattan Arts Center, 1520 Poyntz Avenue.
For more information call the Manhattan Arts Center at 785-537-4420.
KING ARTHUR’S QUEST is part of the Missoula Children's Theatre's unique international touring project and is presented in Manhattan by the Manhattan Arts Center.
The Manhattan Arts Center is funded in part by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Additional funding comes from the City of Manhattan and MAC members and friends.
An audition will be held for the Missoula Children's Theatre production of KING ARTHUR’S QUEST on Monday, January 24th at the Manhattan Arts Center from 4pm to 6pm. Those auditioning should arrive at 4pm and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition.
Approximately 60 roles are available for local students. All students, grades first through 12th grade, are encouraged to audition. No advance preparation is necessary. Most students rehearse approximately 4 ½ hours each day, Monday through Friday. Performances are scheduled for January 29th at 3 and 7 pm at the Manhattan Arts Center, 1520 Poyntz Avenue.
For more information call the Manhattan Arts Center at 785-537-4420.
KING ARTHUR’S QUEST is part of the Missoula Children's Theatre's unique international touring project and is presented in Manhattan by the Manhattan Arts Center.
The Manhattan Arts Center is funded in part by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency which believes that a great nation deserves great art. Additional funding comes from the City of Manhattan and MAC members and friends.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
12-07-10
IN LOCAL NEWS…
MORE THAN TWELVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES. ONE THOUSAND OF THE DEGREES WITH BE BACHELORS DEGREES. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AND HUMAN ECOLOGY WILL KICK OFF COMMENCEMENT ON SATURDAY AT 9 IN THE MORNING. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING WILL SHUT COMMENCEMENT DOWN. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER….GRADUATION WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ONLINE AT WWW.KSTATE.EDU/GRADUATION.
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY…TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT CITY COMMISSIONERS WILL VOTE ON A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD MAKE GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION A PROTECTED CLAUSE. RALLIES TOOK PLACE IN THE K-STATE STUDENT UNION LAST WEEK. THE VOTE WILL END MONTHS OF RESEARCH AND SPECULATION. AT THE END OF THE AUG. 24 MEETING WHEN COMMISSIONERS LAST DISCUSSED THE ORDINANCE, 3 OF THE 5 COMMISSIONERS APPEARED TO BE IN FAVOR OF THE NEW ORDINANCE.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL REPORTS…A PREGNANT WOMEN AND ANOTHER MAN WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER THEIR CAR WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE 470. KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL LT. HAROLD TILLMAN SAID THE VICTIMS 1988 GRAND MERCURY MARQUIS BLEW A TIRE. THIS CAUSED THE 28 YEAR OLD DRIVER TO OVERCORRECT. THE OVERCORRECTION CAUSED THE CAR TO SPIN ACROSS THE WESTBOUND LANES. THE DRIVER MIGUEL PANUCO AND HIS WIFE WERE TRANSPORTED TO STORMONT-VAIL REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER. PANUCO WAS LISTED IN HIS SERIOUS CONDITION. HIS WIFE WAS LISTED IN FAIR CONDITION.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL…IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL…THE TOPEKA POLICE DEPARTMENT VISITED 23 LOCAL BUSINESSES INCLUDING LIQUOR STORE, GROCERY STORES AND CONVENIENCE STORES AS UNDERAGE UNDERCOVER OFFICER. FIVE OF THE TWENTY THREE BUSINESSES SOLD TO THE OFFICER.
ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR…THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HAS REOPENED A SCIENCE BUILDING THAT WAS SHUT DOWN TO A STRONG CHEMICAL ODOR. OFFICIALS SEARCHED THE BUILDING BUT WHERE UNABLE TO FIND THE ORIGIN OF THE ODOR. ONE WORKER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER COMPLAINING OF DIZZINESS AND A HEADACHE. THE BUILDING WAS EVACUATED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
CARRIE UNDERWOOD WAS THE STAR OF THE NIGHT AT THE INAUGURAL AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS. THE FORMER AMERICAN IDOL CONTESTANT TOOK HOME SIX AWARDS INCLUDING ARTIST AND ALBUM OF THE YEAR. UNDERWOOD IS FRESH OFF OF HOSTING THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS. WINNERS WERE CHOSEN BY AN ONLINE VOTE. THE AWARDS SHOW AIRED LAST NIGHT ON FOX.
MORE THAN TWELVE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVE STUDENTS WILL RECEIVE THEIR DEGREES. ONE THOUSAND OF THE DEGREES WITH BE BACHELORS DEGREES. COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES AND HUMAN ECOLOGY WILL KICK OFF COMMENCEMENT ON SATURDAY AT 9 IN THE MORNING. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING WILL SHUT COMMENCEMENT DOWN. FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER….GRADUATION WILL BE STREAMED LIVE ONLINE AT WWW.KSTATE.EDU/GRADUATION.
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY…TONIGHT IS THE NIGHT CITY COMMISSIONERS WILL VOTE ON A PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WOULD MAKE GENDER IDENTITY AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION A PROTECTED CLAUSE. RALLIES TOOK PLACE IN THE K-STATE STUDENT UNION LAST WEEK. THE VOTE WILL END MONTHS OF RESEARCH AND SPECULATION. AT THE END OF THE AUG. 24 MEETING WHEN COMMISSIONERS LAST DISCUSSED THE ORDINANCE, 3 OF THE 5 COMMISSIONERS APPEARED TO BE IN FAVOR OF THE NEW ORDINANCE.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL REPORTS…A PREGNANT WOMEN AND ANOTHER MAN WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER THEIR CAR WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON INTERSTATE 470. KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL LT. HAROLD TILLMAN SAID THE VICTIMS 1988 GRAND MERCURY MARQUIS BLEW A TIRE. THIS CAUSED THE 28 YEAR OLD DRIVER TO OVERCORRECT. THE OVERCORRECTION CAUSED THE CAR TO SPIN ACROSS THE WESTBOUND LANES. THE DRIVER MIGUEL PANUCO AND HIS WIFE WERE TRANSPORTED TO STORMONT-VAIL REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER. PANUCO WAS LISTED IN HIS SERIOUS CONDITION. HIS WIFE WAS LISTED IN FAIR CONDITION.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL…IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL…THE TOPEKA POLICE DEPARTMENT VISITED 23 LOCAL BUSINESSES INCLUDING LIQUOR STORE, GROCERY STORES AND CONVENIENCE STORES AS UNDERAGE UNDERCOVER OFFICER. FIVE OF THE TWENTY THREE BUSINESSES SOLD TO THE OFFICER.
ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS CITY STAR…THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS HAS REOPENED A SCIENCE BUILDING THAT WAS SHUT DOWN TO A STRONG CHEMICAL ODOR. OFFICIALS SEARCHED THE BUILDING BUT WHERE UNABLE TO FIND THE ORIGIN OF THE ODOR. ONE WORKER WENT TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER COMPLAINING OF DIZZINESS AND A HEADACHE. THE BUILDING WAS EVACUATED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
CARRIE UNDERWOOD WAS THE STAR OF THE NIGHT AT THE INAUGURAL AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS. THE FORMER AMERICAN IDOL CONTESTANT TOOK HOME SIX AWARDS INCLUDING ARTIST AND ALBUM OF THE YEAR. UNDERWOOD IS FRESH OFF OF HOSTING THE COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOCIATION AWARDS. WINNERS WERE CHOSEN BY AN ONLINE VOTE. THE AWARDS SHOW AIRED LAST NIGHT ON FOX.
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