IN LOCAL NEWS…
THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION’S PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT PRIMARY ELECTION CONCLUDED LAST NIGHT. RUNNING MATES NATE SPRIGGS AND KATE BORRMAN WAITED IN AGGIEVILLE ALONG WITH THEIR OPPOSITION JOHN GRICE AND NATALIE RAUTH ANXIOUSLY ANTICIPATING THE PRIMARY RESULTS. AFTER THE POLLS CLOSED AT SEVEN O’CLOCK, ALL VOTES WERE COUNTED AND A WINNER WAS DETERMINED. SPRIGGS AND BORRMAN WON THE PRIMARY ELECTION WITH A TOTAL OF ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE VOTES. GRICE AND RAUTH FINISHED WITH ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FIVE TOTAL VOTES.
ACCORDING TO THE KANSAS STATE COLLEGIAN, MANHATTAN CITIZENS AWAKENED YESTERDAY MORNING ONLY TO HAVE THEIR DAILY ROUTINE INTERRUPTED. THE CITY OF MANHATTAN AND LARSON CONSTRUCTION BEGAN WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING TO REPLACE A WATER VALVE NEAR THE TWELVE HUNDRED BLOCK OF VATTIER STREET. RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WERE WITHOUT WATER FROM APPROXIMATELY 8:30AM TO ONE O’CLOCK… IN A PRESS RELEASE, THE CITY OF MANHATTAN SAYS THAT THE VALVE COULD NO LONGER PROVIDE ISOLATION DURING A WATER MAIN RUPTURE. THE CONSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS EVENING.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU REPORTS THAT KANSAS EXPERIENCED AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF HISPANIC POPULATION IN THE LAST DECADE. AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED AND TWELVE THOUSAND HISPANICS MIGRATED TO KANSAS BETWEEN 2000 AND 2010, DRAWING AN INCREASE OF SIXTY PERCENT FROM THE PRE-EXISTING HISPANIC POPULATION. THE STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IS IN THE PROCESS OF PASSING A BILL THAT WILL REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO CHECK THE STATUS OF PEOPLE THEY STOP AND SUSPECT OF BEING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
A WICHITA POLICE OFFICER WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER COMMITTING SEXUAL BATTERY WHILE ON DUTY. THE WICHITA EAGLE REPORTS THAT OFFICER JOSEPH MCGILL, AGE 27, WAS CHARGED AFTER INCIDENTS INCLUDING FELONY AGGRAVATED SEXUAL BATTERY ON SUNDAY AND A MISDEAMNOR SEXUAL BATTERY IN 2010. MCGILL WAS HELD ON A BOND OF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IS SCHEDULED FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON MARCH 16TH.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
MAZDA IS RECALLING FIFTY TWO THOUSAND CARS DUE TO A SPIDER PROBLEM. THE CARS ARE BEING RECALLED AFTER THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION DISCOVERED THAT THE VENT LINES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE CLOGGED BY SPIDER WEBS. CBS NEWS REPORTS THE RECALL APPLIES TO ALL 2009-2010 MAZDA 6 MODELS. MAZDA ADDS THAT NO FIRES, ACCIDENTS, OR INJURIES, ARE KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THIS ARACHNID ISSUE.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
IMDB.COM REPORTS THAT WARNER BROTHERS AND ZACK SNYDER OF THE ANTICIPATED SUPERMAN PROJECT HAVE ANNOUNCED THE ACTRESS TO PLAY MARTHA KENT, THE ADOPTIVE MOTHER OF CLARK. FORTY SEVEN YEAR OLD DIANE LANE, KNOWN FOR HER PERFORMANCE IN “THE OUTSIDERS” AND “UNTRACEABLE” WILL FILL THE ROLE… THE MOVIE ENTITLED “SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL” IS EXPECTED TO BE RELEASED IN 2012.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
3-02-11
IN LOCAL NEWS...
THE MARIANNA KISTLER BEACH MUSEUM OF ARTS IS EXPECTING YET MORE BUDGET CUTS THE COLLEGIAN WRITES...DUE TO GOVERNOR BROWNBACK'S EXECUTIVE ORDER IN EARLY FEBRUARY TO ABOLISH THE KANSAS ARTS COMMISSION, LEAVING THE MUSEUM TO WONDER WHERE AND HOW IT WILL REPLACE ITS BIGGEST SOURCE OF FUNDING...THIS RESULTS IN BUDGET CUTS FOR THE MUSEUM WHICH IN TURN MEANS THE MUSEUM IS OPEN FEWERE HOURS AND POSITIONS FOR STUDENT EMPLOYEES WILL BE REDUCED.
AN OLD PIZZA PLACE GETS A NEW TWIST THE COLLEGIAN WRITES…”DOUGHBOYS PIZZA AND PUB,” WHICH REPLACED THE UBER POPULAR “GUMBY’S” PIZZA IN AGGIEVILLE, HAS A SIMILAR ATMOSPHERE AND DELICIOUS FOOD, INCLUDING AN ARRAY OF BRAND NEW SPECIALTY PIZZAS AND FOOD…THE PUB OPENED FEBRUARY 24TH…
IN STATE NEWS…
AN ATCHISON KANSAS MAN IS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL ONLINE REPORTS…ROGER HOLLISTER, ACCUSED OF MURDERING 58 YEAR OLD PATRICIA KIMMI, WAS FOUND GUILTY TUESDAY OF CAPITAL MURDER…DESPITE THE VERDICT, ATCHISON COUNTY ATTORNEY JERRY KUCKLEMEN SAYS THAT “THIS CASE DOESN’T END TODAY-WE WILL KEEP THE INVESTIGATION OPEN.” THE ATTORNEY REFERS TO KIMMI’S HUSBAND, EUGENE, WHO’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE CASE IS UNDER “SPECULATION.” PATRICIA KIMMI’S REMAINS WERE NOT FOUND UNTIL SIX MONTHS AFTER HER DEATH ON PROPERTY OWNED BY HOLLISTER’S BROTHER WHICH IS ADJACENT TO ROGER HOLLISTER’S FARM…IN ADDITION TO THE CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE, HOLLISTER IS TO REAPPEAR IN COURT IN APRIL IN BROWN COUNTY FOR THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF HIS WIFE, REBECCA…HOLLISTER WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE…
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
THE UNREST IN WISCONSIN CONTINUES AS REPORTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES….GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER’S PROPOSED 1.5 MILLION DOLLAR CUTS TO SCHOOLS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS ADDED MORE FUEL TO AN ALREADY TOWERING INFERNO…THE GOVERNOR’S CUTS COME AFTER AN ALREADY CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSITION TO LIMIT THE COLLEVTIVE BARGAINING OF UNIONS AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT FOR HEALTH AND PENSION BENEFITS THAT UNION WORKERS MUST PAY FOR OUT OF POCKET…WALKER IS PROPOSING THESE CUTS IN LIEU OF RAISING TAXES, HE SAYS, “THE PREFERABLE CHOICE, HE SAID, FOR SOLVING A DEFICIT EXPECTED TO ARISE IN THE TWO-YEAR BUDGET PERIOD THAT BEGINS IN JULY…
AND IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
TODAY MARKS THE 107TH BIRTHDAY OF THE LATE “THEODOR ‘SEUSS’ GEISEL,” OR AS HE IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN, “DR. SEUSS”…THE DOCTOR, WHO IS RENOWNED THE WORLD OVER FOR HIS CLEVER RHYMES AND COLORFUL CHARACTERS, HAS CAPTIVATED CHILDREN FOR YEARS WITH BOOKS LIKE “HOP ON POP,” “ONE FISH TWO FISH RED FISH BLUE FISH,” “CAT IN THE HAT,” AND THE EVER-PRESENT, “GREEN EGGS AND HAM.” IN HIS LIFETIME SEUSS WROTE FORTY EIGHT BOOKS THAT CAUSED BOTH CHILDREN AND PARENTS ALIKE TO REFLECT ON LIFE LESSONS LIKE LEARNING TO GET ALONG OR TRYING SOMETHING NEW…HE HAD SUCH AN IMPACT THAT FOURTEEN YEARS AGO HIS BIRTHDAY WAS DECLARED “READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY.” FIRST LADY MICHELE OBAMA WILL BE READING SOME OF HIS BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TODAY.
THE MARIANNA KISTLER BEACH MUSEUM OF ARTS IS EXPECTING YET MORE BUDGET CUTS THE COLLEGIAN WRITES...DUE TO GOVERNOR BROWNBACK'S EXECUTIVE ORDER IN EARLY FEBRUARY TO ABOLISH THE KANSAS ARTS COMMISSION, LEAVING THE MUSEUM TO WONDER WHERE AND HOW IT WILL REPLACE ITS BIGGEST SOURCE OF FUNDING...THIS RESULTS IN BUDGET CUTS FOR THE MUSEUM WHICH IN TURN MEANS THE MUSEUM IS OPEN FEWERE HOURS AND POSITIONS FOR STUDENT EMPLOYEES WILL BE REDUCED.
AN OLD PIZZA PLACE GETS A NEW TWIST THE COLLEGIAN WRITES…”DOUGHBOYS PIZZA AND PUB,” WHICH REPLACED THE UBER POPULAR “GUMBY’S” PIZZA IN AGGIEVILLE, HAS A SIMILAR ATMOSPHERE AND DELICIOUS FOOD, INCLUDING AN ARRAY OF BRAND NEW SPECIALTY PIZZAS AND FOOD…THE PUB OPENED FEBRUARY 24TH…
IN STATE NEWS…
AN ATCHISON KANSAS MAN IS FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER THE TOPEKA CAPITOL JOURNAL ONLINE REPORTS…ROGER HOLLISTER, ACCUSED OF MURDERING 58 YEAR OLD PATRICIA KIMMI, WAS FOUND GUILTY TUESDAY OF CAPITAL MURDER…DESPITE THE VERDICT, ATCHISON COUNTY ATTORNEY JERRY KUCKLEMEN SAYS THAT “THIS CASE DOESN’T END TODAY-WE WILL KEEP THE INVESTIGATION OPEN.” THE ATTORNEY REFERS TO KIMMI’S HUSBAND, EUGENE, WHO’S INVOLVEMENT IN THE CASE IS UNDER “SPECULATION.” PATRICIA KIMMI’S REMAINS WERE NOT FOUND UNTIL SIX MONTHS AFTER HER DEATH ON PROPERTY OWNED BY HOLLISTER’S BROTHER WHICH IS ADJACENT TO ROGER HOLLISTER’S FARM…IN ADDITION TO THE CAPITAL MURDER CHARGE, HOLLISTER IS TO REAPPEAR IN COURT IN APRIL IN BROWN COUNTY FOR THE ATTEMPTED MURDER OF HIS WIFE, REBECCA…HOLLISTER WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE…
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
THE UNREST IN WISCONSIN CONTINUES AS REPORTED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES….GOVERNOR SCOTT WALKER’S PROPOSED 1.5 MILLION DOLLAR CUTS TO SCHOOLS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS ADDED MORE FUEL TO AN ALREADY TOWERING INFERNO…THE GOVERNOR’S CUTS COME AFTER AN ALREADY CONTROVERSIAL PROPOSITION TO LIMIT THE COLLEVTIVE BARGAINING OF UNIONS AND INCREASE THE AMOUNT FOR HEALTH AND PENSION BENEFITS THAT UNION WORKERS MUST PAY FOR OUT OF POCKET…WALKER IS PROPOSING THESE CUTS IN LIEU OF RAISING TAXES, HE SAYS, “THE PREFERABLE CHOICE, HE SAID, FOR SOLVING A DEFICIT EXPECTED TO ARISE IN THE TWO-YEAR BUDGET PERIOD THAT BEGINS IN JULY…
AND IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
TODAY MARKS THE 107TH BIRTHDAY OF THE LATE “THEODOR ‘SEUSS’ GEISEL,” OR AS HE IS MORE COMMONLY KNOWN, “DR. SEUSS”…THE DOCTOR, WHO IS RENOWNED THE WORLD OVER FOR HIS CLEVER RHYMES AND COLORFUL CHARACTERS, HAS CAPTIVATED CHILDREN FOR YEARS WITH BOOKS LIKE “HOP ON POP,” “ONE FISH TWO FISH RED FISH BLUE FISH,” “CAT IN THE HAT,” AND THE EVER-PRESENT, “GREEN EGGS AND HAM.” IN HIS LIFETIME SEUSS WROTE FORTY EIGHT BOOKS THAT CAUSED BOTH CHILDREN AND PARENTS ALIKE TO REFLECT ON LIFE LESSONS LIKE LEARNING TO GET ALONG OR TRYING SOMETHING NEW…HE HAD SUCH AN IMPACT THAT FOURTEEN YEARS AGO HIS BIRTHDAY WAS DECLARED “READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY.” FIRST LADY MICHELE OBAMA WILL BE READING SOME OF HIS BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TODAY.
Monday, February 28, 2011
February 28, 2011 KSDB News
IN LOCAL NEWS...
THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH INTERESTED PARTIES FOR SOME TIME PREPARING FOR THIS YEAR'S FAKE PADDY'S DAY EVENT. THE EVENT HAS NO FORMAL ORGANIZER, BUT IT IS PROMOTED AND ADVERTISED BY SOME AGGIEVILLE BUSINESSES AND K-STATE STUDENTS. FAKE PADDY'S DAY WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 12. RILEY COUNTY POLICE HAVE NO PLAN TO INITIALLY CLOSE TRAFFIC ON ANY STREETS WITHIN AGGIEVILLE. HOWEVER, BARRICADES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON STANDBY TO CLOSE STREETS AS NECESSARY TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
IN STATE NEWS...
KANSAS SENATORS HAVE TAKEN A STEP TOWARD HELPING GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK FULFILL A PROMISE THAT HE MADE DURING THE 2010 ELECTION TO HELP GET RURAL COUNTIES BACK ON THEIR FEET. THE PLAN FOR AN INCOME TAX REDUCTION FOR RESIDENTS WHO MOVE TO RURAL COUNTIES FROM OUT OF STATE CLEARED THE SENATE LAST WEEK. SENATORS MODIFIED BROWNBACK'S ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, EXPANDING IT TO COVER 50 COUNTIES THAT HAVE HAD AN EIGHT PERCENT DECREASE IN POPULATION OR HAVE FEW THEN TWELVE THOUSAND RESIDENTS. THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES A PROVISION FOR THE COUNTIES TO PARTNER WITH THE STATE TO REPAY A PORTION OF THE STUDENT LOANS OF QUALIFYING NEW RESIDENTS. SENATE REPUBLICANS SAID THE PROPOSAL WAS AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE POPULATION LOSSES AND HELP KEEP RURAL COUNTIES STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN SERVICES.
A COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT IN KANSAS CITY CHARGED WITH STABBING A SCHOOL OFFICIAL WILL HAVE A COMPETENCY HEARING TODAY. CASEY BREZIK, AGE 23, IS CHARGED IN JACKSON COUNTY MISSOURI CIRCUIT COURT WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT AND TWO COUNTS OF ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION IN THE SEPTEMBER ATTACK AT METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S PENN VALLEY CAMPUS. HE ALLEGEDLY STABBED A COLLEGE DEAN IN THE NECK SHORTLY BEFORE MISSOURI GOVERNOR JAY NIXON WAS TO ARRIVE AT THE CAMPUS. ANOTHER COLLEGE OFFICIAL WAS CUT WHILE HELPING TO SUBDUE BREZIK. BREZIK WAS WEARING A BULLET-RESISTANT VEST AND THOUGHT HE WAS ATTACKING THE GOVERNOR.
IN NATIONAL NEWS.....
AN OCCUPATION OF THE WISCONSIN CAPITOL BY PROTESTERS FIGHTING EFFORTS TO STRIP PUBLIC WORKERS OF UNION BARGAINING RIGHTS CARRIED ON SUNDAY AFTER POLICE DECIDED NOT TO FORCIBLY REMOVE DEMONSTRATORS AND END A NEARLY TWO-WEEK-LONG SIT-IN. THE STATE AGENCY THAT OVERSEES THE CAPITOL ASKED THE THRONGS OF DEMONSTRATORS WHO HAVE CAMPED OUT INSIDE THE BUILDING SINCE FEBRUARY 15TH TO LEAVE BY 4PM, SAYING THE BUILDING WAS IN DIRE NEED OF A CLEANING. BUT IN THE HOURS BEFORE THE DEADLINE CAME AProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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AFTER IT PASSED, IT WAS CLEAR MOST PROTESTERS DID NOT INTEND TO LEAVE VOLUNTARILY AND POLICE HAD NO IMMEDIATE INTENTION OF FORCING THEM TO GO.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS.....
THE BRITISH MONARCHY SAGA "THE KING'S SPEECH" WON 4 ACADEMY AWARDS SUNDAY NIGHT INCLUDING THE BIGGEST PRIZE, THE OSCAR FOR BEST PICTURE. DIRECTOR TOM HOOPER CHIPPED IN FOR THE FILM WITH A BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR, WHILE CHRISTIAN BALE AND MELISSA LEO EARNED SUPPORTING-ACTING HONORS FOR THE BOXING TALE "THE FIGHTER". NATALIE PORTMAN ACCEPTED THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS FOR HER ROLE IN "THE BLACK SWAN".
THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH INTERESTED PARTIES FOR SOME TIME PREPARING FOR THIS YEAR'S FAKE PADDY'S DAY EVENT. THE EVENT HAS NO FORMAL ORGANIZER, BUT IT IS PROMOTED AND ADVERTISED BY SOME AGGIEVILLE BUSINESSES AND K-STATE STUDENTS. FAKE PADDY'S DAY WILL BE HELD ON MARCH 12. RILEY COUNTY POLICE HAVE NO PLAN TO INITIALLY CLOSE TRAFFIC ON ANY STREETS WITHIN AGGIEVILLE. HOWEVER, BARRICADES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON STANDBY TO CLOSE STREETS AS NECESSARY TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
IN STATE NEWS...
KANSAS SENATORS HAVE TAKEN A STEP TOWARD HELPING GOVERNOR SAM BROWNBACK FULFILL A PROMISE THAT HE MADE DURING THE 2010 ELECTION TO HELP GET RURAL COUNTIES BACK ON THEIR FEET. THE PLAN FOR AN INCOME TAX REDUCTION FOR RESIDENTS WHO MOVE TO RURAL COUNTIES FROM OUT OF STATE CLEARED THE SENATE LAST WEEK. SENATORS MODIFIED BROWNBACK'S ORIGINAL PROPOSAL, EXPANDING IT TO COVER 50 COUNTIES THAT HAVE HAD AN EIGHT PERCENT DECREASE IN POPULATION OR HAVE FEW THEN TWELVE THOUSAND RESIDENTS. THE PLAN ALSO INCLUDES A PROVISION FOR THE COUNTIES TO PARTNER WITH THE STATE TO REPAY A PORTION OF THE STUDENT LOANS OF QUALIFYING NEW RESIDENTS. SENATE REPUBLICANS SAID THE PROPOSAL WAS AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE POPULATION LOSSES AND HELP KEEP RURAL COUNTIES STRUGGLING TO MAINTAIN SERVICES.
A COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT IN KANSAS CITY CHARGED WITH STABBING A SCHOOL OFFICIAL WILL HAVE A COMPETENCY HEARING TODAY. CASEY BREZIK, AGE 23, IS CHARGED IN JACKSON COUNTY MISSOURI CIRCUIT COURT WITH TWO COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE ASSAULT AND TWO COUNTS OF ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION IN THE SEPTEMBER ATTACK AT METROPOLITAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE'S PENN VALLEY CAMPUS. HE ALLEGEDLY STABBED A COLLEGE DEAN IN THE NECK SHORTLY BEFORE MISSOURI GOVERNOR JAY NIXON WAS TO ARRIVE AT THE CAMPUS. ANOTHER COLLEGE OFFICIAL WAS CUT WHILE HELPING TO SUBDUE BREZIK. BREZIK WAS WEARING A BULLET-RESISTANT VEST AND THOUGHT HE WAS ATTACKING THE GOVERNOR.
IN NATIONAL NEWS.....
AN OCCUPATION OF THE WISCONSIN CAPITOL BY PROTESTERS FIGHTING EFFORTS TO STRIP PUBLIC WORKERS OF UNION BARGAINING RIGHTS CARRIED ON SUNDAY AFTER POLICE DECIDED NOT TO FORCIBLY REMOVE DEMONSTRATORS AND END A NEARLY TWO-WEEK-LONG SIT-IN. THE STATE AGENCY THAT OVERSEES THE CAPITOL ASKED THE THRONGS OF DEMONSTRATORS WHO HAVE CAMPED OUT INSIDE THE BUILDING SINCE FEBRUARY 15TH TO LEAVE BY 4PM, SAYING THE BUILDING WAS IN DIRE NEED OF A CLEANING. BUT IN THE HOURS BEFORE THE DEADLINE CAME AProxy-Connection: keep-alive
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AFTER IT PASSED, IT WAS CLEAR MOST PROTESTERS DID NOT INTEND TO LEAVE VOLUNTARILY AND POLICE HAD NO IMMEDIATE INTENTION OF FORCING THEM TO GO.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS.....
THE BRITISH MONARCHY SAGA "THE KING'S SPEECH" WON 4 ACADEMY AWARDS SUNDAY NIGHT INCLUDING THE BIGGEST PRIZE, THE OSCAR FOR BEST PICTURE. DIRECTOR TOM HOOPER CHIPPED IN FOR THE FILM WITH A BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR, WHILE CHRISTIAN BALE AND MELISSA LEO EARNED SUPPORTING-ACTING HONORS FOR THE BOXING TALE "THE FIGHTER". NATALIE PORTMAN ACCEPTED THE ACADEMY AWARD FOR BEST ACTRESS FOR HER ROLE IN "THE BLACK SWAN".
Friday, February 25, 2011
February 25, 2011 KSDB News
IN LOCAL NEWS…
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY, THE CONVICTED RAPIST OF A SEVENTY YEAR OLD MANHATTAN WOMAN WAS SENTENCED TO SEVENTY YEARS IN PRISON TUESDAY IN THE RILEY COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. QYNTON MATTHEWS, AGE THIRTY-ONE WILL SERVE THE TIME IN THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. THE SENTENCE IS BASED ON CHARGES OF RAPE, AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL, THE FORMER LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER AT IRWIN ARMY COMMUNITTY HOSPITAL AT FORT RILEY HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY FOR STALKING. A GRAND JURY MEETING IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS CHARGED RACHELLE SANTIAGO AGE FORTY-THREE OF MANHATTAN WITH ONE COUNT OF STALKING, ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE, SEXUAL BATTERY, MAKING A TERRORISTIC THREAT, AND UNLAWFULLY ENTERING A FEDERAL MILLITARY INSTALLATION. PROSECUTORS SAY THE CRIMES HAPPENED BETWEEN JANUARY 22ND AND JANUARY 25TH 2011. SANTIAGO WAS PREVIOUSLY CHARGED IN A FEDERAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT OF AN ALLEGED SEXUAL PROPOSITION OF A SOLDIER.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL REPORTS UNION MEMBERS PROTEST IN HOUSE ON THURSDAY. REPUBLICANS FALSELY ACCUSED ACTIVISTS OF FORCING THEMSELVES ON A WOMAN. DEMOCRATS LOOKED AT VIDEO AND SHOWED NOTHING OTHER THAN EXPRESSING THE FIRST AMMENDMENT HAPPENED. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE O’ NEAL SAID “THAT’S THE MOST DISRESPECTFUL DISPLAY I’VE SEEN FROM THE GALLERY IN TWENTY SEVEN YEARS I’VE BEEN HERE. THE BILL BEING PROTESTED AGAINST WOULD ELIMINATE THE OPTION OF UNION MEMBERS TO VOLUNTARILY HAVE MONEY AUTOMATICALLY REMOVED FROM THEIR PAYCHECKS FOR USE BY UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES. THE LEGISLATION DOESN’T INHIBIT PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS BY UNION MEMBERS. O’ NEAL SAID SEVEN OTHER STATES HAVE PASSED SIMILAR LAWS.
AFTER A DAY OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN, KANSAS CITY WAS HIT BY A RUSH HOUR STORM RESULTING IN TWO MIAMI COUNTY DEATHS. ONE CAME IN A HEAD ON CRASH THE OTHER WAS IN A VEHICLE THAT RAN OFF THE ROAD AND SUBMERGED IN A QUARRY PIT. AT SEVEN PM AUTHORITIES CLOSED INTERSTATE THIRTY-FIVE BETWEEN THE CAMBRIDGE CIRCLE EXIT AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE DOWN TOWN LOOP. PARTS OF INTERSTATE SEVENTY AND SEVENTY ONE WERE CLOSED AT VARIOUS POINTS IN THE EVENING TOO. THE POLICE RADIO CRACKLED CONSTANTLY AS OFFICERS RESPONDED TO WRECKS WHETHER IT BE A SEMI THAT JACK KNIFED OR A CAR THAT HIT A WALL. THERE’S A SMALL CHANCE FOR SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING TOO FORECAST SAID.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO TMZ, TWO AND A HALF MEN WILL IMMEDIATELY STOP PRODUCTION FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON BECAUSE OF CHARLIE SHEEN’S ESCEPADES IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. CBS AND WARNER BROTHERS SAID, “BASED ON THE TOTALITY OF CHARLIE SHEEN’S STATEMENTS, CONDUCT AND CONDITION CBS AND WARNER BROTHERS TELEVISION HAVE DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE PRODUCTION OF TWO AND A HALF MEN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON.” THE DECISION CAME SEVERAL HOURS AFTER TMZ POSTED A STORY IN WHICH CHARLIE SHEEN CHALLENGED CREATOR CHUCK LORRE TO A FIGHT ALSO CALLING HIM “A STUPID STUPID LITTLE MAN AND A PUNK.” THERE HAS BEEN NO WORD ON WHETHER PRODUCTION WILL RESUME NEXT SEASON.
ACCORDING TO THE MANHATTAN MERCURY, THE CONVICTED RAPIST OF A SEVENTY YEAR OLD MANHATTAN WOMAN WAS SENTENCED TO SEVENTY YEARS IN PRISON TUESDAY IN THE RILEY COUNTY DISTRICT COURT. QYNTON MATTHEWS, AGE THIRTY-ONE WILL SERVE THE TIME IN THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. THE SENTENCE IS BASED ON CHARGES OF RAPE, AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY.
ACCORDING TO THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL, THE FORMER LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER AT IRWIN ARMY COMMUNITTY HOSPITAL AT FORT RILEY HAS BEEN INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY FOR STALKING. A GRAND JURY MEETING IN KANSAS CITY KANSAS CHARGED RACHELLE SANTIAGO AGE FORTY-THREE OF MANHATTAN WITH ONE COUNT OF STALKING, ONE COUNT OF ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE, SEXUAL BATTERY, MAKING A TERRORISTIC THREAT, AND UNLAWFULLY ENTERING A FEDERAL MILLITARY INSTALLATION. PROSECUTORS SAY THE CRIMES HAPPENED BETWEEN JANUARY 22ND AND JANUARY 25TH 2011. SANTIAGO WAS PREVIOUSLY CHARGED IN A FEDERAL CRIMINAL COMPLAINT OF AN ALLEGED SEXUAL PROPOSITION OF A SOLDIER.
IN STATE NEWS…
THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL REPORTS UNION MEMBERS PROTEST IN HOUSE ON THURSDAY. REPUBLICANS FALSELY ACCUSED ACTIVISTS OF FORCING THEMSELVES ON A WOMAN. DEMOCRATS LOOKED AT VIDEO AND SHOWED NOTHING OTHER THAN EXPRESSING THE FIRST AMMENDMENT HAPPENED. HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE O’ NEAL SAID “THAT’S THE MOST DISRESPECTFUL DISPLAY I’VE SEEN FROM THE GALLERY IN TWENTY SEVEN YEARS I’VE BEEN HERE. THE BILL BEING PROTESTED AGAINST WOULD ELIMINATE THE OPTION OF UNION MEMBERS TO VOLUNTARILY HAVE MONEY AUTOMATICALLY REMOVED FROM THEIR PAYCHECKS FOR USE BY UNION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEES. THE LEGISLATION DOESN’T INHIBIT PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS BY UNION MEMBERS. O’ NEAL SAID SEVEN OTHER STATES HAVE PASSED SIMILAR LAWS.
AFTER A DAY OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN, KANSAS CITY WAS HIT BY A RUSH HOUR STORM RESULTING IN TWO MIAMI COUNTY DEATHS. ONE CAME IN A HEAD ON CRASH THE OTHER WAS IN A VEHICLE THAT RAN OFF THE ROAD AND SUBMERGED IN A QUARRY PIT. AT SEVEN PM AUTHORITIES CLOSED INTERSTATE THIRTY-FIVE BETWEEN THE CAMBRIDGE CIRCLE EXIT AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE DOWN TOWN LOOP. PARTS OF INTERSTATE SEVENTY AND SEVENTY ONE WERE CLOSED AT VARIOUS POINTS IN THE EVENING TOO. THE POLICE RADIO CRACKLED CONSTANTLY AS OFFICERS RESPONDED TO WRECKS WHETHER IT BE A SEMI THAT JACK KNIFED OR A CAR THAT HIT A WALL. THERE’S A SMALL CHANCE FOR SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING TOO FORECAST SAID.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
ACCORDING TO TMZ, TWO AND A HALF MEN WILL IMMEDIATELY STOP PRODUCTION FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON BECAUSE OF CHARLIE SHEEN’S ESCEPADES IN THE PAST FEW DAYS. CBS AND WARNER BROTHERS SAID, “BASED ON THE TOTALITY OF CHARLIE SHEEN’S STATEMENTS, CONDUCT AND CONDITION CBS AND WARNER BROTHERS TELEVISION HAVE DECIDED TO DISCONTINUE PRODUCTION OF TWO AND A HALF MEN FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SEASON.” THE DECISION CAME SEVERAL HOURS AFTER TMZ POSTED A STORY IN WHICH CHARLIE SHEEN CHALLENGED CREATOR CHUCK LORRE TO A FIGHT ALSO CALLING HIM “A STUPID STUPID LITTLE MAN AND A PUNK.” THERE HAS BEEN NO WORD ON WHETHER PRODUCTION WILL RESUME NEXT SEASON.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
IN LOCAL NEWS…
KMAN RADIO REPORTS, A MANHATTAN MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO NEARLY SEVENTY YEARS BY THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. THIRTY TWO YEAR OLD QYNTON MATTHEWS WAS SENTENCED EARLIER THIS WEEK IN THE RILEY COUNTY COURTS ON COUNTS OF RAPE, AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. MATTHEWS WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL OF TWO THOUSAND NINE FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT OF HOLDING A SEVENTY YEAR OLD WOMAN AGAINST HER WILL FOR A PERIOD OF TWO HOURS.
AGGIEVILLE WELCOMES A BRAND NEW BUSINESS TO THE STRIP…DOUGH BOY PIZZA WILL HAVE THEIR GRAND OPENING TONIGHT AT FIVE O’CLOCK. DOUGH BOY PIZZA PURCHASED AND RENOVATED THE LOCATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF MORO AND ELEVENTH STREET IN JANUARY AFTER FORMER TENANT, GUMBY’S PIZZA & PUB, CHOSE NOT TO RENEW THEIR LEASE. FOR INFORMATION ON DOUGH BOY PIZZA YOU CAN FOLLOW THEM ON TWITTER AT TWITTER.COM/AGGIEDOUGHBOY.
IN STATE NEWS…
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A NEW ABORTION BILL TODAY. THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL WRITES THAT NEW ABORTION RESTRICTIONS INCLUDING, A FETAL PAIN BILL, TO BLOCK LATE-TERM PROCEDURES CLEARED THE HOUSE EASILY. THE BILL IS SIMILAR TO A LAW PASSED BY NEBRASKA IN TWO THOUSAND TEN REQUIRING DOCTORS TO GET A PARENTAL CONSENT UPON ENDING A MINOR’S PREGNANCY.THE HOUSE NOW WAITS FOR FEEDBACK AFTER SENDING THE BILL TO THE STATE SENATE.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS BEN KIRTLAND, A FORMER ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PLEAD GUILTY TODAY TO CONSPIRACY FOR WIRE FRAUD, EVADING TAXES, AND TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN GOODS. KIRTLAND, A FIFTY FOUR YEAR OLD MAN FROM LENEXA, IS THE LAST DEFENDANT IN THE SCHEME THAT STOLE MORE THAN TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN ATHLETIC TICKETS FROM THE UNIVERSITY. KIRTLAND IS SCHEDULED TO FACE SENTENCING ON MAY 12TH.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
A FLORIDA WOMAN WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY AFTER AN ALTERCATION WITH HER ROOMMATE REGARDING GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. ACCORDING TO CBS NEWS, THIRTY ONE YEAR OLD HERSHA HOWARD OF NAPLES WOKE UP TO FIND THAT HER THIN MINT COOKIES HAD BEEN EATEN. HOWARD AWAKENED HER ROOMMATE AND AFTER DETERMINING THAT HER ROOMMATE HAD GIVEN THE COOKIES TO HOWARD’S CHILDREN, HOWARD BEGAN CHASING HER ROOMMATE WITH SCISSORS AND HITTING HER REPEATEDLY WITH A BOARD. HOWARD WAS CHARGED WITH BOTH AGGRAVATED BATTERY AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, BEFORE BEING RELEASED ON MONDAY ON A $10,000 BALE.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
AN ACTOR TOLD OPRAH WINFREY DURING A TAPING OF HER TALK SHOW THAT HE BEGAN CONSUMING ALCHOL AT AGE FOUR. THIRTY NINE YEAR OLD, DAVID ARQUETTE SAYS IN AN INTERVIEW SET TO AIR THIS AFTERNOON THAT AT A YOUNGER AGE HE STOLE MARIJUANA FROM HIS FATHER ON A CONSECUTIVE BASIS. AFTER GOING AN INTERVENTION IN 2010, CBS NEW REPORTS THAT ARQUETTE CLAIMS HE HAS BEEN SOBER SINCE DECEMBER 30TH.
KMAN RADIO REPORTS, A MANHATTAN MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO NEARLY SEVENTY YEARS BY THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. THIRTY TWO YEAR OLD QYNTON MATTHEWS WAS SENTENCED EARLIER THIS WEEK IN THE RILEY COUNTY COURTS ON COUNTS OF RAPE, AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING, AND AGGRAVATED ROBBERY. MATTHEWS WAS ARRESTED IN APRIL OF TWO THOUSAND NINE FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT OF HOLDING A SEVENTY YEAR OLD WOMAN AGAINST HER WILL FOR A PERIOD OF TWO HOURS.
AGGIEVILLE WELCOMES A BRAND NEW BUSINESS TO THE STRIP…DOUGH BOY PIZZA WILL HAVE THEIR GRAND OPENING TONIGHT AT FIVE O’CLOCK. DOUGH BOY PIZZA PURCHASED AND RENOVATED THE LOCATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF MORO AND ELEVENTH STREET IN JANUARY AFTER FORMER TENANT, GUMBY’S PIZZA & PUB, CHOSE NOT TO RENEW THEIR LEASE. FOR INFORMATION ON DOUGH BOY PIZZA YOU CAN FOLLOW THEM ON TWITTER AT TWITTER.COM/AGGIEDOUGHBOY.
IN STATE NEWS…
STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSED A NEW ABORTION BILL TODAY. THE TOPEKA CAPITAL JOURNAL WRITES THAT NEW ABORTION RESTRICTIONS INCLUDING, A FETAL PAIN BILL, TO BLOCK LATE-TERM PROCEDURES CLEARED THE HOUSE EASILY. THE BILL IS SIMILAR TO A LAW PASSED BY NEBRASKA IN TWO THOUSAND TEN REQUIRING DOCTORS TO GET A PARENTAL CONSENT UPON ENDING A MINOR’S PREGNANCY.THE HOUSE NOW WAITS FOR FEEDBACK AFTER SENDING THE BILL TO THE STATE SENATE.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORTS BEN KIRTLAND, A FORMER ASSOCIATE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS PLEAD GUILTY TODAY TO CONSPIRACY FOR WIRE FRAUD, EVADING TAXES, AND TRANSPORTATION OF STOLEN GOODS. KIRTLAND, A FIFTY FOUR YEAR OLD MAN FROM LENEXA, IS THE LAST DEFENDANT IN THE SCHEME THAT STOLE MORE THAN TWO MILLION DOLLARS IN ATHLETIC TICKETS FROM THE UNIVERSITY. KIRTLAND IS SCHEDULED TO FACE SENTENCING ON MAY 12TH.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
A FLORIDA WOMAN WAS ARRESTED SUNDAY AFTER AN ALTERCATION WITH HER ROOMMATE REGARDING GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. ACCORDING TO CBS NEWS, THIRTY ONE YEAR OLD HERSHA HOWARD OF NAPLES WOKE UP TO FIND THAT HER THIN MINT COOKIES HAD BEEN EATEN. HOWARD AWAKENED HER ROOMMATE AND AFTER DETERMINING THAT HER ROOMMATE HAD GIVEN THE COOKIES TO HOWARD’S CHILDREN, HOWARD BEGAN CHASING HER ROOMMATE WITH SCISSORS AND HITTING HER REPEATEDLY WITH A BOARD. HOWARD WAS CHARGED WITH BOTH AGGRAVATED BATTERY AND AGGRAVATED ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON, BEFORE BEING RELEASED ON MONDAY ON A $10,000 BALE.
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
AN ACTOR TOLD OPRAH WINFREY DURING A TAPING OF HER TALK SHOW THAT HE BEGAN CONSUMING ALCHOL AT AGE FOUR. THIRTY NINE YEAR OLD, DAVID ARQUETTE SAYS IN AN INTERVIEW SET TO AIR THIS AFTERNOON THAT AT A YOUNGER AGE HE STOLE MARIJUANA FROM HIS FATHER ON A CONSECUTIVE BASIS. AFTER GOING AN INTERVENTION IN 2010, CBS NEW REPORTS THAT ARQUETTE CLAIMS HE HAS BEEN SOBER SINCE DECEMBER 30TH.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
2-23-11
IN LOCAL NEWS...
KMAN RADIO REPORTS...
POLICE SPENT A MONTH TRACKING A PROSTITUTION RING
FOUR FACE CHARGES FOR PROMOTING PROSTITUTION, FIVE FACE CHARGES FOR PATRONIZING A PROSTITUTE
ALL SUSPECTS POSTED BOND
K-STATE WOMEN'S STUDIES PROFESSOR DIES AT AGE OF 42
PROFESSOR WAS AT K-STATE FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS
MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT IRVIN-PARKVIEW FUNERAL HOME
IN STATE NEWS...
THE KC STAR REPORTS
FORMER CENTRAL KANSAS POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
OFFICER MOLESTED HIS GIRLFRIEND'S THREE DAUGHTERS
OFFICER DENIES CONVICTION
EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED ITS KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARDS
SEVEN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WERE SELECTED FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS....
KERNEL MUMMAR EL-QADDAFI IS MAINTAINING A STRONG HOLD ON LIBYA'S CAPITAL CITY
CIVILIANS CONTINUE TO FLEE WESTWARD FROM LIBYA TO TUNISIA
A DOCTOR SAYS THAT "REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEES ARE TRYING TO KILL EVERYONE WHO IS AGAINST QADDAFI"
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
FORMER TEA PARTY CANDIDATE CHRISTINE O'DONNELL HAS BEEN ASKED TO JOIN DANCING WITH THE STARS
O'DONNELL HAS YET TO ACCEPT THE OFFER THOUGH
IT LOOKS LIKE ABC’S SMASH HIT “DANCING WITH THE STARS” COULDN’T GET ENOUGH POLITICS YAHOO! ENTERTAINMENT WRITES…AFTER SARAH PALIN’S DAUGHTER BRISTOL PALIN, “DANCING WITH STARS” HAS ASKED FORMER TEA-PARTY CANDIDATE FOR DELAWARE SENATOR CHRISTINE O’DONNELL TO COMPETE ON THE SHOW SHE CONFIRMED ON HER FACEBOOK TUESDAY…”I JUST GOT THE OFFICIAL ASK FROM DANCING WITH THE STARS!” THE “I’M NOT A WITCH” REPUBLICAN, 41, GUSHES…BUT AS FOR ACCPETING THE OFFER, O’DONNELL DECLINES ON THE BASIS THAT, “ALTHOUGH I AM UTTERLY FLATTERE, MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS TO DECLINE, AS MY TWO YEAR OLD NEPHEW HAS MY RHYTHM THAN ME, AND MY TWO LEFT FEET!”
KMAN RADIO REPORTS...
POLICE SPENT A MONTH TRACKING A PROSTITUTION RING
FOUR FACE CHARGES FOR PROMOTING PROSTITUTION, FIVE FACE CHARGES FOR PATRONIZING A PROSTITUTE
ALL SUSPECTS POSTED BOND
K-STATE WOMEN'S STUDIES PROFESSOR DIES AT AGE OF 42
PROFESSOR WAS AT K-STATE FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS
MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD AT IRVIN-PARKVIEW FUNERAL HOME
IN STATE NEWS...
THE KC STAR REPORTS
FORMER CENTRAL KANSAS POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON
OFFICER MOLESTED HIS GIRLFRIEND'S THREE DAUGHTERS
OFFICER DENIES CONVICTION
EMPORIA STATE UNIVERSITY ANNOUNCED ITS KANSAS MASTER TEACHER AWARDS
SEVEN PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS WERE SELECTED FROM ALL OVER THE STATE
IN NATIONAL NEWS…
NEW YORK TIMES REPORTS....
KERNEL MUMMAR EL-QADDAFI IS MAINTAINING A STRONG HOLD ON LIBYA'S CAPITAL CITY
CIVILIANS CONTINUE TO FLEE WESTWARD FROM LIBYA TO TUNISIA
A DOCTOR SAYS THAT "REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEES ARE TRYING TO KILL EVERYONE WHO IS AGAINST QADDAFI"
IN ENTERTAINMENT NEWS…
FORMER TEA PARTY CANDIDATE CHRISTINE O'DONNELL HAS BEEN ASKED TO JOIN DANCING WITH THE STARS
O'DONNELL HAS YET TO ACCEPT THE OFFER THOUGH
IT LOOKS LIKE ABC’S SMASH HIT “DANCING WITH THE STARS” COULDN’T GET ENOUGH POLITICS YAHOO! ENTERTAINMENT WRITES…AFTER SARAH PALIN’S DAUGHTER BRISTOL PALIN, “DANCING WITH STARS” HAS ASKED FORMER TEA-PARTY CANDIDATE FOR DELAWARE SENATOR CHRISTINE O’DONNELL TO COMPETE ON THE SHOW SHE CONFIRMED ON HER FACEBOOK TUESDAY…”I JUST GOT THE OFFICIAL ASK FROM DANCING WITH THE STARS!” THE “I’M NOT A WITCH” REPUBLICAN, 41, GUSHES…BUT AS FOR ACCPETING THE OFFER, O’DONNELL DECLINES ON THE BASIS THAT, “ALTHOUGH I AM UTTERLY FLATTERE, MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS TO DECLINE, AS MY TWO YEAR OLD NEPHEW HAS MY RHYTHM THAN ME, AND MY TWO LEFT FEET!”
Monday, February 21, 2011
February 21, 2011 KSDB News
TODAY'S WEATHER FORCAST CALLS FOR PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES AND A HIGH OF 41 DEGREES. IT IS CURRENTLY "INSERT TEMP" DEGREES.
IN LOCAL NEWS…..
- After a year in Iraq transporting 300,000 passengers and 9 million pounds of cargo, a Fort Riley aviation unit is coming home.
Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade will begin arriving this week with ceremonies planned when they return to Kansas.
The unit grew in size and coverage area during its deployment to Iraq, rising from 2,800 soldiers and almost 120 aircraft to about 4,000 soldiers and more than 230 helicopters.
Fort Riley officials say that as U.S. forces began leaving Iraq, the aviation brigade was the sole unit of its type in the country. Its role was to provide aerial support to ground units conducting a variety of missions.
- It was a case of adults behaving badly at Chuck E. Cheese's when Topeka police had to clear a brawl Saturday night at the kids-oriented restaurant on Wanamaker Road.
In a statement issued Sunday morning by Capt. Bill Cochran, the shift commander said officers responded at 8:45 p.m. Saturday where they found "an active disturbance both inside and outside the business."
The disturbance began, Cochran said, "when two families celebrating different birthday events had a disagreement" and adults from both gatherings began to fight. "The situation spilled out into the parking lot, as well as inside the business," he said.
Officers dispersed the crowd and issued two citations in connection with fighting/brawling and disorderly conduct.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…..
- Texas is preparing to give college students and professors the right to carry guns on campus, adding momentum to a national campaign to open this part of society to firearms.
More than half the members of the Texas House have signed on as co-authors of a measure directing universities to allow concealed handguns. The Senate passed a similar bill in 2009 and is expected to do so again. Republican Governor Rick Perry, who sometimes packs a pistol when he jogs, has said he's in favor of the idea.
Texas has become a prime battleground for the issue because of its gun culture and its size, with 38 public universities and more than 500,000 students. It would become the second state, following Utah, to pass such a broad-based law.
- Fifty-three people were killed in a 72-hour span in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, making it one of the deadliest three-day periods in recent memory. Among the dead were four police officers from three different agencies.
Suspected drug traffickers are believed to be behind the violence, setting cars ablaze and destroying street lights and security cameras. Among the casualties, a human head was discovered on a street and another body was found near a charred vehicle.
Juarez is one of Mexico's deadliest cities and an epicenter of drug cartel violence. The Juarez cartel and the Sinaloa cartel are fighting a bloody turf war in the region for lucrative smuggling routes, and for drug-dealing territory in the city.
IN LOCAL NEWS…..
- After a year in Iraq transporting 300,000 passengers and 9 million pounds of cargo, a Fort Riley aviation unit is coming home.
Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Division’s Combat Aviation Brigade will begin arriving this week with ceremonies planned when they return to Kansas.
The unit grew in size and coverage area during its deployment to Iraq, rising from 2,800 soldiers and almost 120 aircraft to about 4,000 soldiers and more than 230 helicopters.
Fort Riley officials say that as U.S. forces began leaving Iraq, the aviation brigade was the sole unit of its type in the country. Its role was to provide aerial support to ground units conducting a variety of missions.
- It was a case of adults behaving badly at Chuck E. Cheese's when Topeka police had to clear a brawl Saturday night at the kids-oriented restaurant on Wanamaker Road.
In a statement issued Sunday morning by Capt. Bill Cochran, the shift commander said officers responded at 8:45 p.m. Saturday where they found "an active disturbance both inside and outside the business."
The disturbance began, Cochran said, "when two families celebrating different birthday events had a disagreement" and adults from both gatherings began to fight. "The situation spilled out into the parking lot, as well as inside the business," he said.
Officers dispersed the crowd and issued two citations in connection with fighting/brawling and disorderly conduct.
IN NATIONAL NEWS…..
- Texas is preparing to give college students and professors the right to carry guns on campus, adding momentum to a national campaign to open this part of society to firearms.
More than half the members of the Texas House have signed on as co-authors of a measure directing universities to allow concealed handguns. The Senate passed a similar bill in 2009 and is expected to do so again. Republican Governor Rick Perry, who sometimes packs a pistol when he jogs, has said he's in favor of the idea.
Texas has become a prime battleground for the issue because of its gun culture and its size, with 38 public universities and more than 500,000 students. It would become the second state, following Utah, to pass such a broad-based law.
- Fifty-three people were killed in a 72-hour span in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, making it one of the deadliest three-day periods in recent memory. Among the dead were four police officers from three different agencies.
Suspected drug traffickers are believed to be behind the violence, setting cars ablaze and destroying street lights and security cameras. Among the casualties, a human head was discovered on a street and another body was found near a charred vehicle.
Juarez is one of Mexico's deadliest cities and an epicenter of drug cartel violence. The Juarez cartel and the Sinaloa cartel are fighting a bloody turf war in the region for lucrative smuggling routes, and for drug-dealing territory in the city.
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