News 9-29-09

ONE MANHATTAN MAN IS IN TROUBLE AFTER A RUN IN WITH THE POLICE. LAST NIGHT 20-YEAR-OLD JOSHUA GARCIA WAS ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WITH THE INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE…NO KANSAS DRUG TAX STAMP…FELONY POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA…AND MISDEMEANOR POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. HE IS ON A 10-THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND. THIS ARREST CAME FROM AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION OF THE DRUG DISTRIBUTION IN MANHATTAN.

JUNCTION CITY’S FORMER MAYOR’S TRIAL IS UNDERWAY. THE JURY WAS SELECTED YESTERDAY. MICK WUNDER IS ACCUSED OF BANK FRAUD…CONSPIRACY…AND UNLAWFUL MONETARY TRANSACTIONS FOR A DEAL WITH LAWRENCE DEVELOPER DAVID FREEMAN. WUNDER PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN JULY.

A YEAR LONG INVESTIGATION IN JUCTION CITY HAS LED TO AN ARREST. 54-YEAR OLD THOMAS STAWSKI WAS ARRESTED LAST FRIDAY AND CHARGED WITH CRIMINAL THERAD AND AGGRAVATED INTIMIDATION AT A WITNESS. LAST OCTOBER SOMEONE REPORTED GETTING MAIL WITH PICTURES OF RACIAL VIOLENCE AGAINST MINORITIES. THIS LED THE POLICE TO AN INVESTIGATION AND AFTER FORENSICS TESTING LED THEM TO STAWSKI.


TWO ARE NOW DEAD AFTER A SHOOTOUT YESTERDAY. ACCORDING TO SEDGWICK COUNTY OFFICIALS… 26-YEAR OLD DEPUTY BRIAN ETHERIDGE WHO WAS SHOT YESTERDAY HAS DIED. HE WAS ON THE SCENE OF WHAT NOW COULD HAVE POSSIBLT BEEN A FAKE CALL IN SOUTHEAST WICHITA. POLICE SURROUNDED THE HOUSE WHERE THEY BELIEVED SUSPECT WAS. AFTER SPOTTING HIM IN A FIELD…THERE WAS AN EXCHANGE OF GUNFIRE AND THE SUSPECT DIED TOO. RIGHT NOW THE SUSPECT IS ONLY BEING NAMED AS 27-YEAR OLD PAROLEE.

RIBBONS WILL BE CUT THURSDAY IN SALINA AT THE NEW KANSAS NATIONAL GUARD HEADQUARTERS. THE NEW CENTER IS CALLED THE GREAT PLAINS JOINT TRAINING CENTER. AFTER THAT RIBBON IS CUT…ANOTHER WILL BE FOR THE CRISIS CITY TRAINING VENUE. THIS HEADQUARTERS IS FOR THE 284TH AIR SUPPORT OPERATIONS SQUADRON.

LAWRENCE BUSINESS JOE COLLEGE HAS A CHUNCK OF MONEY THEY HAVE TO PAY. THE T-SHIRT COMPANY HAS TO PAY KANSAS ATHLETICS MORE THAN 667-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO COVER LEGAL FEES AND CASE EXPENSES. JOE COLLEGE WAS MAKING T-SHIRTS THAT INFRINGED ON THE JAYHAWK’S TRADEMARK. THEY WERE ALSO ORDERED EARLIER TO PAY 127-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PENALTIES. UNFORTUNATELY FOR JOE COLLEGE’S OWNER LARRY SINKS…HE SAYS HE DOESN’T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY.


THREE PEOPLE ON A BOAT FROM FLORIDA TO THE BAHAMAS HAVE NOT BEEN SCENE SINCE SUNDAY. ACCORDING TO A NEWS RELEASE…A FRIEND OF THE BOAT’S OWNER SAID HE QUIT GETTING SATTELITE SIGNALS FROM THE BOAT AND CALLED EMERGENCY OFFICIALS. THE BOAT CALLED THE FLYING PIG’S LAST SIGNAL WAS FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF THE GRAND BAHAMA ISLAND. THE COAST GUARD HAS USED A JET TO SEARCH FOR THE MISSING BOAT.



A 9-1-1 DISPATCHER IN MASSACHUESETTES HAD QUITE THE SHOCK WHEN HE ANSWERED A FIRE CALL. THE CALL WAS TO DISPATCHER MIKE BOWES’S OWN HOUSE. HE KEPT ASKING THE CALLER IF THEY WERE SURE OF THE ADDRESS. BOWES RUSHED HOME BECAUSE HIS PARENTS LIVED THERE TOO. FORTUNATLEY,HIS PARENTS WERE IN THE STREET WHEN HE GOT HOME. BOWES SAYS…”NOBODY DIED. WE CAN REBUILD…THE THINGS WE LOST WE CAN GET BACK. THEY’RE MTERIAL THINGS.” ACCORDING TO THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL…THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A NEIGHBOR’S OUTDOOR FIREPLACE THAT WAS LEFT UNATTENDED.


A FLORIDA MAN IS UPSET AFTER COMING HOME FROM VACATION AFTER A ROOFING COMPANY CALLED AND SAID THEY ACCIDENTLY TOOK OFF HIS ROOF. 76-YEAR OLD DAVID FISCHER WANTS HIS ROOF REPLACED FOR FREE BUT BOSSLER..THE COMPANY…SAYS THAT HE’LL JUST HAVE TO PAY HIS DEDUCTABLE. BOSSLER’S LAWYER IS NOT SURE HOW THIS MISTAKE HAPPENED. IF THIS DOESN’T GET FIXED SOON…FISCHER IS CONDISERING A LAWSUIT.

News 9-28-09

YOU MAY BE SEEING STUDENTS ON CAMPUS GETTING YOUNGER BUT DON’T WORRY…YOU’RE NOT GETTING OLDER FASTER. KANSAS STATE IS TEAMING UP WITH HIGH SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE TO ENCOURAGE GIRLS TO CONSIDER A FUTURE IN MATH…SCIENCE…OR ENGINEERING. THEY WILL GO TO CLASS…TOUR THE CAMPUS…MEET WITH STUDENT MENTORS…AND GO TO A WORKSHOP ABOUT CHOOSING THEIR CAREER. THIS IS PUT ON BY K-STATE’S WOMEN IN ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE PROGRAM.

THE DEATH OF A DODGE CITY CHILD IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. POLICE SAY TWO-YEAR-OLD JOSE GUERRERO WASN’T BREATHING WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT HIS HOME LAST WEEK. HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD WHEN HE ARRIVED AT WESTERN PLAINS MEDICAL COMPLEX.


A MAN WHO IS ALREADY IN THE HUTCHINSON JAIL FOR ROBBERY JUST GOT HIMSELF CHARGED FOR SENDING A THREATENING LETTER. INMATE GREGORY WEIR SENT GOVERNOR MARK PARKINSON A LETTER SAYING HE WAS GOING TO SHOOT HIM AFTER HE GOT OUT OF JAIL NEXT MONTH. THE LETTER WAS INTERCEPTED BY PRISON WORKERS LAST MONTH.


A KANSAS MARINE AND HIS DOG ARE REUNITED AGAIN. WHILE IN AFGHANISTAN…LEUTENANT CHRIS CORMAN AND SOME OF HIS FRIENDS FOUND A DOG. CORMAN’S PARENTS ENDED UP RAISING FOUR-THOUSAND DOLLARS TO GET THE MUTT BACK TO DERBY KANSAS.

KANSAS REPRESENTATIVE JERRY MORAN HAS SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN’S SUPPORT IN HIS RACE FOR SAM BROWNBACK’S SENATE SEAT. MCCAIN SAYS MORAN HAS PROVEN HIS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY. MORAN WILL BE FACING TODD TIAHRT (TEA-HEART) IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. BROWNBACK WILL BE RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR AT THE END OF HIS 2010 TERM.


PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE IN COPENHAGEN DENMARK AT THE END OF THIS WEEK TO MAKE A PUSH TO GET THE 2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS IN CHICAGO. OBAMA IS THE FIRST U-S PRESIDENT TO GO TO AN INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE VOTE. CHICAGO IS UP AGAINST MADRID…TOKYO…RIO DE JENEIRO..AND POSSIBLY COPENHAGEN. THE UNITED STATES HAS HOSTED FOUR OTHER SUMMER GAMES.

A SAN FRANSICO ZOO GOER IS VERY LUCKY AFTER A STUNT HE PULLED SATURDAY. THE 27-YEAR-OLD MAN SNUCK INTO THE GRIZZLY BEAR EXHIBIT BUT WAS IMMEDIATELY RESCUED AFTER ANOTHER VISITOR TOLD ZOO STAFF HE WAS IN THERE. THE MAN WAS CONSCIOUS BUT NOT RESPONDING WHEN THEY GOT HIM OUT. THEY DO NOT KNOW WHY HE GOT IN THE BEAR CAGE.

THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE CREW MADE A BIG MISTAKE DURING THE SEASON PREMIERE. DURING A SKIT CALLED BIKER CHIT CHAT JENNY SLATE DROPPED AN F-BOMB. AFTER SAYING IT…SLATE PUFFED OUT HER CHEEKS AFTER MAYBE REALIZING WHAT SHE HAD DONE. THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED ON S-N-L. CHARLES ROCKET MADE THE SAME MISTAKE IN 1981.

News 9-25-09

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY OFFICALLY HAS A NEW PRESIDENT TODAY. YESTERDAY KIRK SCHULZ WAS INAUGURATED AS THE THIRTEENTH PRESIDENT OF KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY. THE HOUR AND A HALF LONG CEREMONY TOOK PLACE AT BRAMLAGE COLISEUM IN FRONT OF STUDENTS, FACULY, COMMUNITY LEADERS AND HIGHER EDUCATION REPRESENTATIVES. PRESIDENT SCHULZ WILL BE ADDRESSING THE UNIVERSITY'S GOALS AT THE STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS TODAY AT 3:30 PM IN THE K – STATE ALUMNI CENTER BALLROOM.

A CAR CRASH THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE ON HIGHWAY 10 NEAR DE SOTO IS BEING FURTHER INVESTIGATED TODAY. A REPORT SAYS THAT ERIC SILL OF OLATHE WAS DRIVING EAST IN WEST BOUND LANES ON KANSAS 10. THE KANSAS HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS THAT A DIFFERENT DRIVER IS NOW AT FAULT FOR THE CRASH THAT KILLED TWO PEOPLE. THE SEPTEMBER TWELFTH CRASH KILLED SILL AND KARA MORGAN OF LAWRENCE.

OLATHE CHILDREN WILL BE RIDING THE BUS TO SCHOOL AGAIN. BUS DRIVERS IN THE OLATHE SCHOOL DISTRICT AGREED ON A NEW CONTRACT TODAY WITH THE BUSING COMPANY FIRST STUDENT. EARLIER IN THE WEEK BUS DRIVERS IN THREE OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICTS REJECTED OFFERS AND BEGAN A STRIKE.

FEDERAL OFFICIALS IN ILLINOIS AND TEXAS HAVE CAPTURED TWO MEN WHO WERE PLANNING TO BLOW UP SEPARATE BUILDINGS IN THE U.S. THIS WEEK. MICHAEL FINTON OF SPRINGFIELD, ILL. AND HOSAM MAHER HUSEIN SMADI, A JORDANIAN NATIONAL, ARE BEHIND BARS TODAY. FINTON WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET OFF EXPLOSIVES AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE NEAR THE ILLINOIS CAPITAL AND SMADI WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE PLACED A CAR BOMB BENEATH A SIXTY STORY OFFICE TOWER. BOTH MEN FACE A CONVICTION OF LIFE BEHIND BARS. AUTHORTIES SAY THAT THE MEN DIDN’T KNOW ONE ANOTHER.

PITTSBURGH IS BRACING FOR A FLOCK OF PROTESTORS TODAY. THE G-20 ECONOMIC SUMMIT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY TODAY. RIOT POLICE TURNED BACK HUNDREDS OF DEMONSTRATORS AND ARRESTED NEARLY SEVENTY PEOPLE YESTERDAY. AT THE SUMMIT LEADERS OF FRANCE, BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES ARE WARNING IRAQ THAT IT WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE UNLESS IT COMES CLEAN ABOUT ITS NUCLER AMBITIONS.

THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR WILL BE GETTING A BIT MORE WONDERFUL THIS YEAR. REO SPEEDWAGON IS SET TO RECORD A CHRSITMAS ALBUM CALLED “NOT SO SILENT NIGHT – CHRISTMAS WITH REO SPEEDWAGON.” THE ALBUM WILL INCLUDE 13 SONGS AND WILL BE RELEASED OCTOBER 27^TH.

News 9-23-09

A MOM IN WICHITA IS IN SOME TROUBLE TODAY. POLICE SAY THAT THE MOTHER CLAIMED TO HAVE DROPPED HER 11 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OFF AT A NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE, THEN SOON AFTER REPORTED THE GIRL MISSING. FOLLOWING THE MOTHER’S REPORT MORE THAN 20 OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEERS STARTED LOOKING FOR THE GIRL. POLICE SAY THAT THE MOTHER TOLD THE NEIGHBOR TO HIDE HER DAUGHTER INSIDE THE HOUSE. THE MOTHER IS NOW IN JAIL FOR FILING A FALSE POLICE REPORT. HER DAUGHTER IS IN PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.

THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AUTHORITY IS RECEIVING A GRANT OF 198 THOUSAND DOLLARS TO HELP ITS MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG SEX OFFENDERS. AUTHORITY COMMISSIONER J. RUSSELL JENNINGS SAYS THE FUNDS WILL PAY FOR A BROAD REVIEW OF THE WAY KANSAS TREATS AND SUPERVISES JUVENILE SEX OFFENDERS. THE GRANT WAS RECEIVED YESTERDAY.

A KANSAS VETERAN IS RECEIVING A LITTLE LOVE FROM THE FRENCH TODAY. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT IS HONORING RAYMOND SCHRADER WITH ITS HIGHEST AWARD FOR SERVICE IN WORLD WAR TWO. THE CEREMONY WAS HELD ON MONDAY AT THE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. SCHRADER SAID THE HONOR WAS “REALLY GREAT.”

WE’VE GOT MORE NEWS ON THE MURDER OF YALE GRADUATE STUDENT ANNIE LE. THE FORMER GIRLFRIEND OF YALE LAB TECHNICIAN RAYMOND CLARK III SAYS THAT HE WAS VERY CONTROLLING, OFTEN TELLING HER WHAT TO WEAR AND WHERE TO GO. POLICE SAY THAT CO-WORKERS ALSO DESCRIBED HIM AS A “CONTROL FREAK.” A MESSAGE IS BEING SENT TO CLARK’S PUBLIC DEFENDERS THIS MORNING.

A SPECIAL NEEDS TEACHER IS IN SOME TROUBLE THIS MORNING. SYLVIA TAGLE IS BEING CHARGED WITH ABUSE AFTER AUTHORITIES SAY SHE PUT HOT SAUCE IN AN AUTISTIC STUDENT’S SODA. AUTHORITIES SAY SHE SPIKED THE SODA TO TEACH THE STUDENT A LESSON AFTER HE GRABBED THE SODA FROM TAGLE’S DESK. JURORS FOUND TAGLE NOT GUILTY OF THREE OTHER CHARGES, ONE BEING PULLING A STUDENT’S HAIR. TAGLE’S SENTECING IS SCHEDULES FOR OCTOBER 7^TH. SHE WILL FACE A MAXIMUM OF FIVE YEARS IN PRISON.

THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME IS GOING TO BE ADDING SOME BIG NAMES TO ITS HALLWAYS IN 2010. KISS, LL COOL J AND THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS COULD BE A PART OF NEW INDUCTEES. THERE ARE MANY OTHER ARTISTS UP FOR THE NOMINATION BUT ONLY FIVE ACTS MAKE IT IN. THE 25^TH ANNUAL INDUCTION CEREMONY IS SET FOR MARCH 15^TH IN NEW YORK CITY. INDUCTEES WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN DECEMBER.

News 9-21-09

KANSAS STATE HAS LOST A VALUED MEMBER OF THEIR ATHLETIC SOMMUNITY TODAY. LEGENDARY ROWING COACH DON ROSE PASSED AWAY ON FRIDAY AT MERCY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS. ROSE IS KNOWN FOR BUILDING THE K-S-U ROWING TEAM FROM NOTHING INTO A POWER HOUSE. HE WAS 79.

A KANSAS CITY GIRL IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION TODAY. A REFRIGERATOR FELL OUT OF A TRUCK GOING SOUTH ON I-35 AND STRUCK THE CAR OF CITARA JO JUAREZ. POLICE SAY THAT THE REFRIGERATOR FELL FROM THE TRUCK FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON OR FELL OUT WHEN THE TRUCK CARRYING THE FRIDGE WAS STRUCK. THE INVESTIGATION IS STILL GOING ON. JUAREX WASN’T WEARING HER SEATBELT. SHE IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AT THE OVERLAND PARK REGIONAL CENTER.

WORK ON THE FANCY CREEK BRIDGE ON U-S 77 WILL BEGIN TODAY. WORKERS WILL BE REPLACING BEARING DEVICES UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE DECK. SOME SHORT RAOD CLOSURES ARE EXPECTED BUT THE LONGEST IS ONLY EXPECTED TO BE 15 MINUTES LONG. LONGER DELAYS MIGHT HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE RAIN. . K-DOT SAYS YOU MAY WANT TO USE ALTERNATE ROUTES OR GIVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME. THE WORK IS SCHEDULED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. IT IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNITL MID OCTOBER.

HARRISIONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL IS CLOSED TODAY. A FIRE BROKE OUT ON FRIDAY IN THE CUSTODIAL CLOSET WHICH FORCED STUDENTS TO EVACUATE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH. THE FIRE WAS QUICKLY PUT OUT AND STUDENTS WERE THEN SENT HOME. CREWS WILL CONTINUE THE CLEAN UP TODAY. EIGHT CALSSROOMS AND SOME HALLWAYS RECEIVED DAMAGE. DISTRICK OFFICIALS SAY THEY HOPE TO GET CLASSES RUNNING BY TOMORROW.

A SCHOOL BUS AND SEMI COLLIDED THIS MORNING. THE TWO VEHICLES COLLIDED AT SIX A.M. THIS MORNING AT WESTBOUND I-670 ON THE RAMP TO THE SOUTHBOUND I-35. FORTUANTELY THERE WERE NO CHILDREN IN THE BUS AND BOTH THE DRIVERS ESCAPED WITH MINOR INJURIES.

IN NATIONAL NEWS FCC CHAIRMAN, JENA GENACHOWSKI, SAYS THAT WIRELESS CARRIERS SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BLOCK CERTAIN TYPES OF INTERNET TRAFFIC FLOWING OVER THEIR NETWORKS. IN A SPEECH TODAY GENACHOWSKI WILL SPEAK TALK ADDRESS WHY WIRELESS CARRIERS SHOULD BE UNDER THE SAME “OPEN INTERNET” RULES THAT THE AGNECY HAS BEGUN TO APPLY TO HOME BROADBAND PROVIDERS.

THE 61^ST EMMY AWARDS WERE LAST NIGHT. SOME OF THE WINENRS WERE 30 ROCK FOR OUTSTANDING COMEDY SERIES, THE AMAZING RACE FOR OUTSTANDING REALITY-COMPETITION PROGRAM AND THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART FOR OUTSTANDING VARIETY, MUSIC OR COMEDY SERIES.

News 9-18-09

AGGIEFEST IS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW IN AGGIEVILLE. OVER 60 BANDS WILL BE PLAYING AT 8 VENUES. TICKETS CAN BE PURCHASED AT SISTERS OF SOUND OR ON THE WILDSIDE. THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR FOR THE EVENT.

EVEN THOUGH K-STATE’S HOMECOMING IS WEEKS AWAY….FORT RILEY WILL BE HAVING ONE THIS MORNING. SOLDIERS FROM THE SECOND BRIGADE FIRST INFANTRY WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY BACK HOME THIS MORNING. THIS IS THE FIRST GROUP OF THE FIRST INFANTRY TO COME BACK AND THE REST WILL BE ON THEIR WAY HOME OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. A BIG CEREMONY IS PLANNED AT FORT RILEY. THERE WILL BE LIVE VIDEO FEED OF THEM COMING BACK TO KANSAS AND HEADING TO THE POST.

WORKERS WILL BEGIN REPAIRS TO FANCY CREEK BRIDGE ON U-S 77 MONDAY. THEY WILL BE REPLACING BEARING DEVICES UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE DECK. THERE MAY BE SOME ROAD CLOSURES BUT THEY ARE ONLY EXPECTED TO LAST AROUND 15 MINUTES. THERE COULD BE A POSSIBLITY FOR LONGER DELAYS THOUGH. K-DOT SAYS YOU MAY WANT TO USE ALTERNATE ROUTES OR GIVE YOURSELF SOME EXTRA TIME. THE WORK IS SCHEDULED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS. IT IS EXPECTED TO LAST UNITL MID OCTOBER.

LEAVENWORTH DOES NOT HAVE THE SAME MAYOR THIS MORNING THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WENT TO BED WITH. LAST NIGHT MAYOR SHAY BAKER WAS REMOVED FROM OFFICE BY CITY COMMISIONERS VOTES. BAKER WILL STAY ON THE CITY COMMISSION. BAKER HAD WRITTEN A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR A FRIEND WHO WAS CONVICED OF DRUG DEALING. SHE APPOLOGIZED LAST NIGHT SAYING SHE WROTE THE LETTER FOR PERSONAL REASONS NOT AS MAYOR.

THE DEATH OF THE YALE GRADUATE STUDENT IS BEEING LOOKED AT AS WORKPLACE VIOLENCE. POLICE THINK ANNIE LE MAY HAVE HAD A DISPUTE WITH RAYMOND CLARK WHO HAS BEED DESCRIBED AS AN OVERBEARING CONTROL FREAK. CLARK IS NOW IN THE STATE PRISON IN NEW HAVEN.

THE LIGHT IS NEAR FOR ONE SOAP OPERA. THE DAYTIME SOAP GUIDING LIGHT WILL BE ENDING ITS RUN AFTER 72 YEARS. IT BEGAN ON N-B-C RADIO IN 1937. WITH SOAP OPERAS NOT BEING AS POPULAR IT’S NOT SURPRISING TO SOME THAT GUIDING LIGHT IS GOING OFF THE AIR. TODAY WILL BE THEIR LAST EPISODE.

News 9-17-09

KANSAS STATE AND CLOUD COUNTY COMMINITY COLLEGE HAVE MADE FOUR NEW DEALS. K-S-U HAS SIGNED FOUR TWO PLUS TWO DEALS WITH CLOUD COUNTY. A TWO PLUS TWO DEAL IS WHERE A STUDENT CAN EARN AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND THEN TRANSFER THOSE CREDITS OVER TO THE UNIVERSITY TO EARN THEIR BACHELOR’S DEGREE. CLOUD COUNTY IS THE 15TH IN-STATE SCHOOL TO SIGN AN AGREEMENT LIKE THIS WITH K-STATE.


AS THE FOCUS CHANGES IN THE WAR OVER SEAS….SO DOES THE FOCUS AT FORT RILEY. FORT RILEY HAS BEEN TRAINING GROUPS OF 12 TO 16 SOLDIERS TO GO AND ADVISE IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. INSTEAD…THIS WILL BE MOVED TO FORT POLK IN LOUISIANA WHERE THEY WILL TRAIN GROUPS OF 35-HUNDRED SOLDIERS. THEY WILL DO ABOUT THE SAME JOB…THE U-S JUST THINKS A BIGGER GROUP CAN DO A BETTER JOB.


SOMEONE NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE WILL BE ADVISING THOSE UNITS IN IRAQ. JUNCTION CITY POLICE CHIEF BOB STOREY WILL BE STEPPING DOWN TO WORK FOR A PRIVATE SERCURITY COMPANY IN IRAQ. STOREY TOLD CITY OFFICIALS THEY COULD EITHER GIVE HIM A LEAVE OF ABSENCE OR HIS RETIREMENT. CITY MANAGER ROD BARNES SAYS THEY’RE LEANING TOWARD ACECPTING THE RETIREMENT BUT WILL MEET WITH THE CITY’S ATTORNEY BEFORE ANY DECISIONS ARE MADE. STOREY WILL BE GONE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.


IF YOU’RE ON U-S 24 HIGHWAY YOU MAY BE SPEEDING AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT. THE SPEED LIMIT HAS BEEN LOWERED FROM 60 MILES PER HOUR TO 55 ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY 24 TO EXCEL ROAD. THIS HAS BEEN DONE AFTER THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DID A SPEED STUDY.


SEDGWICK COUNTY HAS BANNED EMPLOYEES FROM USING CELL PHONES WHILE ON COUNTY BUSINESS. THIS BAN WAS APPROVED YESTERDAY. HOWEVER… THERE IS AN ACCEPTION FOR FIRST RESPONDERS LIKE SHERIFF’S OFFICERS…E-M-S…AND FIREFIGHTERS. THIS BAN COVERS ALL PHONES INCLUDING HANDS FREE. AFTER A NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL REPORT…SEDGWICK COUNTY RISK MANAGEMENT OFFICER MICK MCBRIDE SAYS THAT’S WHERE THE NEW RULE CAME FROM. THE REPORT SAYS MORE THAN HALF A MILLION WRECKS HAPPEN AND 26-HUNDRED PEOPLE DIE EACH YEAR FROM CELL PHONE USAGE WHILE DRIVING.


AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN THE KILLING OF THE YALE GRADUATE STUDENT. NEW HAVEN POLICE CHIEF JAMES LEWIS SAYS THEY ARRESSTED RAYMOND CLARK III AND HIS BOND IS SET AT THREE-MILLION DOLLARS. CLARK IS A LAB TECHNICIAN IN THE BUILDING WHERE LE’S (LAY’S) BODY WAS FOUND. LE TOO WORKED AT THIS LAB. HER BODY WAS FOUND SUNDAY IN A WALL AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS SAY SHE WAS SUFFOCATED.


ONE MAN ISN’T CLOWNING AROUND WHEN HE SAYS HE’S GOING TO SPACE. CIRQUE DU DOLEIL FOUNDER GUY LALIBERTE PLANS TO BE THE “FIRST CLOWN IN SPACE” AND HAS A FEW TRICKS UP HIS SLEEVE. LALIBERTE SAYS HE PLANS TO TICKLE THE ASTRONAUTS WHILE THEY SLEEP AND IS BRINGING PLENTY OF RED CLOWN NOSES. HE WILL BE PAYING 35-MILLION DOLLARS TO GO UP TO THE SPACE STATION. THIS TRIP ISN’T ALL FUN AND GAMES THOUGH….LALIBERTE IS USING THIS TRIP TO RAISE AWARENESS OF WORLDWIDE WATER SHORTAGES.