News 10-21-09

ACCORDING TO K-STATE POLICE CAPTIAN DON STUBBINGS, THEFT IS ON THE RISE ON CAMPUS. USUALLY THEFTS OCCUR IN UNLOCKED PLACES BUT THE RECENT THEFTS HAVE HAPPENED IN HALE LIBRARY AND THE RECREATION COMPLEX. SOME OF THE TOP ITEMS STOLEN HAVE BEEN LAPTOPS, IPODS, CREDIT CARDS, AND PARKING PERMITS. CAPTAIN STUBBINGS SUGGESTS NOT BRINGING VALUABLES TO CAMPUS NLESS YOU NEED THEM AND TO KEEP YOUR EYE ON THEM.

STUDENTS AT RILEY COUNTY SCHOOLS ARE TRYING A COUPLE NEW WAYW TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THE FLU. THEY ARE TURNING OFF THEIR WATER FOUNTAINS AND PROPPING DOORS OPEN. THEY HOPE THESE PRECAUTIONS KEEP GERMS FROM SPREADING. THEY WATER FOUNTAINS WILL BE TURNED OFF OCTOBER 26TH AND THE SCHOOL SAYS THEY CAN BRING A WATER BOTTLE IN THEIR BACKPACK. RIGHT NOW 16% OF THE STUDENTS ARE SICK.

ALL YOUR FAVORITE CELEBRITIES ARE ALL OVER TELEVISION TODAY. TODAY MARIO LOPEZ WILL BE ON ELLEN DEGENERES, T.R. KNIGHT WILL BE ON BONNIE HUNT, GLENN CLOSE WILL BE ON THE VIEW. TONIGHT YOU CAN FIND RAINN WILSON ON LENO, PAUL MCCARTNEY ON LETTERMAN AND JENNIFER ANISTON ON CONAN.

News 10-20-09

THE SEARCH FOR A NEW PROVOST AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT K-STATE IS BEGINNING TO NARROW. THE FOUR CANIDATES WERE ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY. THEY ARE DOCTOR APRIL MASON FROM COLORADO STATE…DOCTOR RALPH RICHARDSON FROM KANSAS STATE…DR. MAUREEN GRASSO FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA…AND DOCTOR MARVIN KAISER FROM PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY. THEY WILL ALL BE SPEAKING IN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS IN THE K-S-U ALUMNI CENTER. TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT EACH CANIDTATE AND WHEN THEY SPEAK YOU CAN GO TO
WWW.K-STATE.EDU/PROVOST/SEARCHES


RILEY COUNTY POLICE HAVE ANOTHER ARREST IN THE DRUG CRACK-DOWN IN THE AREA. SETH ANDERSON WAS ARRESTED LAST NIGHT FOR POSSESION OF MARIJUANA WITH INTENT TO DISTRUBUTE 1,000 FEET FROM A SCHOOL AND FOR NOT HAVING A KANSAS DRUG TAX STAMP. ANDERSON IS BEING HELD ON A 7,500 DOLLAR BOND.

GOOD THING SWIMMING SEASON IS OVER. A PUBLIC BEACH AT THE LAKE OF THE OZARKS IS BEING CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGH LEVELS OF
E-COLI. ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES… TESTS FRIDAY SHOW HIGH LEVELS OF BACTERIA IN THE LAKE’S MAIN CHANNEL. THEY ARE BLAMING THE CONTAMINATION ON RUNOFF FROM RAIN LAST WEEK. THIS STUDY WAS DONE AFTER WORD OF A PREVIOUS STUDY’S RESULTS WERE WITH HELD.


THOSE T-MOBILE SIDE KICK USERS WHO LOST THEIR DATA WHEN MICROSOFT SERVERS WENT DOWN HAVE A LITTLE RELEIF. MICROSOFT CORPORATION SAYS THEY CAN GET THEIR NUMBERS BACK BY USING A RECOVERY TOOL ON T-MOBILE’S WEBSITE. RIGHT NOW THEY CAN ONLY GET CONTACTS BUT MICROSOFT IS WORKING ON RETRIEVING PICTURES, NOTES. TO-DO LISTS, AND OTHER DATA. THE SIDE KICK MELT DOWN HAPPENED ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.


A NEBRASKA ZOO HAS TWO NEW MEMBERS TO ADD TO THE FAMILY. IN EXCHANGE FOR A RED PANDA…RIVERSIDE ZOO IN SCOTTSBLUFF GOT TWO EURASIAN LYNX FROM BLACK PARK ZOO IN DES MOINES IOWA. THE LYNX ARE NINE YEAR OLD BROTHER AND SISTER SABRINA AND TOMAS. ACCORDING TO ZOO SUPERVISOR KELLY JENSEN..THE TWO LYNX SHOULD LIVE AT LEAST ANOTHER SIX YEARS. EURASION LYNX ARE THE BIGGEST LYNX SPECIES.


HURRICANE RICK IS ROLLING HIS WAY TOWARD THE BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA AND MEXICO. THE STORM HAS SLOWED DOWN A BIT BECAUSE OF COOLER WATERS AND HAS TONED DOWN FROM A CATEGORY FIVE STORM. HURRICANE RICK’S HIGH WAVES ARE BEING BLAMED FOR THE DEATH OF A FISHERMAN AND A SWIMMER BEFORE IT EVEN HIT LAND. SHELTERS HAVE BEEN SET UP IN LOS CABOS AND HOTELS HAVE CLEARED THE OUTDOOR FURNITURE. THEY HAVEN’T YET BEGUN TO BOARD WINDOWS OR SEND THEIR GUESTS TO SHELTERS.


ROUNDING OUT YOUR NEWS TODAY LETS TAKE A LOOK A CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS. TOM PETTY IS TURNING 59…. HOOTIE AND THE BLOWFISH DRUMMER JIM “SONI” SONEFELD IS TURNING 45….RAPPER SNOOP DOGG IS TURNING 38….AND ACTOR JOHN KRASINSKI…MAYBE BETTER KNOWN AS JIM FROM THE OFFICE.. IS TURNING 30.

News 10-19-09

TWO RILEY COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS ARE INJURED AFTER RESPONDING TO AN ACCIDENT YESTERDAY MORNING. OFFICER TONY APODACA AND AUXILIARY JOHN DULANEY WERE RESPONDING TO A CAR ROLL OVER ON K-177 WHEN THEIR CAR CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE THEY WERE GOING TO. THEY WERE TAKEN TO MERCY REGIONAL IN MANHATTAN AND THEN FLOWN TO VIA CHRISTIE IN WICHITA. THEY ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION BUT THEIR INJURIES ARE NOT LIFE THREATENING.


KANSAS STATE’S FRATERNITY PHI DELTA THETA HAS BEEN SUSPENDED AFTER THE HAZING INCIDENT BACK IN SEPTEMBER. AN 18-YEAR OLD FRESHMAN WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT THEIR OUT OF HOUSE AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR ALCOHOL POISONING. PHI DELTA THETA WILL BE ON PROBABTION UNTIL SEPTEMBER 2011. THEY HAVE TO PAY FINES AND CAN’T HOLD ANY EVENTS INVOLVING ALCOHOL UNTIL FEBRUARY 2011. IF THEY VIOLATE THEIR PROBABTION K-STATE WILL WITHDRAW THEIR RECOGNITION AS A HOUSE.


MANY STUDENTS ACROSS THE STATE ARE MISSING SCHOOL DUE TO THE FLU. DURING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 5TH THROUGH THE 9TH..NEARLY 20-PERCENT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS…25-PERCENT OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND 10-PERCENT OF HIGH SCHOOLS WERE MISSING FROM SCHOOL. THIS WAS ON THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT’S WEEKLY INFLUENZA REPORT.

A SUMMIT WILL BE HELD BY THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL BEFORE GRADUATION. THE PROGRAM CALLED KANSAS DROP-INS WILL BE OCTOBER 20TH AT WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY’S RHATIGAN STUDENT CENTER. ONE OF THE SPEAKERS IS KANSAS CITY CHIEFS HALL OF FAME KICKER NICK LOWERY. LOWERY IS THE FOUNDING DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL FUND FOR EXCELLENCE IN AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION.

CHARGES WILL BE FILED EITHER BY THE END OF TODAY OR TOMORROW AGAINST THE PARENTS OF BALLOON BOY. 6-YEAR OLD FALCON HEENE HEE-NEE) WAS THOUGHT TO BE FLYING ACROSS COLORADO IN A BALLOON BUT WAS LATER FOUND HIDING IN THE ATTIC. AN ATTORNEY SAYD ON THE TODAY SHOW THIS MORNING THAT RICHARD AND MAYUMI HEENE HEE-NEE) ARE WILLING TO VOLUNTARILY TURN THEMSELVES IN ONCE CHARGES ARE FILED. THE WHOLE THING IS ALLEGEDLY A HOAX.


A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT RIGHTS GROUP WANTS A HALLOWEEN COSTUME SOLD AT TARGET AND OTHER PLACES TO BE TAKEN OFF THE SHELVES. THE COSTUME IS AN ALIEN MASK WITH A GREEN CARD AND AN ORANGE JUMP SUIT WITH ILLEGAL ALIEN WRITTEN ON IT. IN EMAILS WRITTEN TO TARGET AND BUY-SEASONS INC…EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANT RIGHTS SAYS THE COSTUME IS “DISTASTEFUL…MEAN SPIRITED…AND IGNORANT OF SOCIAL STIGMAS AND CURRENT DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION REFORM.” TARGET IS TAKING THE COSTUME OFF THEIR WEBSITE AND A SPOKESMAN SAYS THEY NEVER INTENDED TO SELL IT AND IT WAS INCLUDED ON THEIR WEBSITE BY MISTAKE.


LOOKING AT THIS WEEKEND’S BOX OFFICE TOP FIVE…WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE DOMINATED WITH 32.5 MILLION DOLLARS…10-MILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN LAW ABIDING CITIZEN WHICH CAME IN SECOND. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY WAS ON JAMIE FOXX AND GERARD BUTLER’S HEELS SNEAKING INT THE THIRD SPOT. PARANORMAL ACTIVITY IS STILL ONLY BEING PLAYED IN 760 THEATERS. COUPLE’S RETREAT DROPPED TO FOURTH PLACE AND THE REMAKE OF THE 1987 MOVIE THE STEPFATHER DEBUTED IN FIFTH.

News 10-16-09

RILEY COUNTY HAS STARTED DISTRIBUTING THE H1N1 VACCINE. THEY GAVE IT IN THE FORM OF NASAL SPRAY TO KIDS BETWEEN TWO AND NINE AND THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS UNDER 49. THEY GAVE IT FROM FOUR TO FIVE THIRTY YESTERDAY AND DEPENDING ON HOW MANY WERE LEFT… AGAIN THIS MORNING FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT THIRTY.


UNFORTUNATELY FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY AND KU THEY AREN’T AS LUCKY WHEN IT COMES TO THE H1N1 VACCINE. KU IS CANCELING THEIR FIRST VACCINATION CLINIC THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OCTOBER 30TH. HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY THEY DIDN’T RECEIVE ENOUGH OF THE VACCINE. THEY ARE ALSO CANCELING THE CLINIC AT THE DOUGLAS COUNTY FAIR THAT WAS ALSO SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 30TH.


A LAWRENCE WOMAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER A HIT AND RUN EARLY THIS MORNING. LAWRENCE POLICE SERGEANT SAYS A RESIDENT HEARD SOMETHING AND WENT TO GO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. SHE FOUND THE WOMAN LAYING BY THE CURB WITH WHAT WERE THOUGHT TO BE INJURIES FROM A CAR. THEY MOVED HER TO MEMORIAL STADIUM’S PARKING LOT WHERE A HELICOPTER TOOK HER TO A KANSAS CITY AREA HOSPITAL. THERE IS NO DESCRIPTION OF THE VEHICLE.


A COLORADO BOY IS SAFE AFTER IS FAMILY THOUGHT IT WAS FLYING AROUND IN A MYLAR BALLOON. BALLOON BOY’S BROTHER BRADFORD SAID HE THOUGHT THE CHILD WAS IN THE BALLOON. AFTER A HUGE SEARCH THE BALLOON LANDED AND THE BOY..FALCON..WAS NOT IN IT. HE WAS LATER FOUND HIDING IN THE ATTIC. FALCON SAID HE WAS HIDING BECAUSE HIS DAD HAD JUST YELLED AT HIM. THE FAMILY HAD BEEN ON WIFE SWAP BACK IN MARCH WHICH IS MAKING SOME PEOPLE THINK THIS IS A PUBLICITY STUNT.


DEFENSE ATTORNEYS ARE MAKING THEIR CASE TO DROP MURDER CHARGES AGAINST CASEY ANTHONY TODAY. ANTHONY IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HER 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER CAYLEE. MORE EVIDENCE CAME OUT LAST WEEK IN THE CASE LIKE A TATTOO ON ANTHONY’S BACK AND DUCT TAPE THAT WAS ON HER DAUGHTER. ANTHONY SAYS SHE’S NOT GUILTY AND A BABY SITTER KIDNAPPED CAYLEE.


A HUGE RODENT IS ON THE RUN AT MARION LAKE. THE ANIMAL IS CALLED A PATAGONIA CAVY AND COMES FROM ARGENTINA. IT IS ONE OF THE LARGEST RODENTS IN THE WORLD AND CAN BE UP TO 35 POUNDS. IT CAN ALSO RUN ABOUT 25 MILES PER HOUR WHICH IS MAKING IT EVEN HARDER TO CAPTURE. WILDLIFE OFFICERS SAY THEY HAVE TO CATCH IT BECAUSE IT ISN’T A NATIVE SPECIES OF KANSAS. THE LAKE’S SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THEY AREN’T GIVING UP.

News 10-15-09

KANSAS STATE PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ WILL BE MEETING WITH THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE AUDIT. HE WILL BE TELLING THEM WHAT THE UNIVERSITY IS DOING ABOUT THE PROBLEMS THE AUDITORS FOUND. BACK IN JUNE THEY FOUND $845,000 THAT HAD BEEN PAID TO A FORMER ATHELTIC DIRECTOR…A FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WHO HAD ALSO BEEN AN ATHLETIC DIRECTOR…AND BILL SNYDER. THE AUDIT WAS DONE AS AN EXIT REVIEW FOR FORMER PRESIDENT JON WEFALD AFTER HE RETIRED.


ZEBRA MUSSELS HAVE BEEN FOUND IN LAKE WILSON NEAR SALINA. THE MUSSELS CAN DAMAGE PIPES AND CROWD OUT OTHER LIFE IN THE LAKE. A KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE A PARKS SPECIALIST SAYS THE FINDING IS TROUBLING BECAUSE IT MEANS THE MUSSELS ARE NOW IN THE SALINE RIVER AND THREATEN OTHER LAKES DOWNSTREAM. THEY USUALLY GET SPREAD AROUND BY ATTACHING TO THE BOTTOMS OF BOATS. ZEBRA MUSSELS HAVE NOW BEEN FOUND IN SEVEN LAKES IN KANSAS.


TOPEKA BASED COMPANY PAYLESS SHOE SOURCE ANNOUNCED TODAY THEY ARE STARTING A NEW PROGRAM. THEY WILL BE GIVING OUT COUPONS FOR 1-POINT-2- MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF FREE SHOES TO NEEDY CHILDREN IN THE U-S…CANADA…PUERTO RICO…AND 10 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES. THE COUPONS SHOULD ALL BE GIVEN OUT BY CHRISTMAS EVE AND ABLE TO BE USED UNTIL FEBURUARY 28TH.


KANSAS IS NOW UP TO SEVEN H1N1 DEATHS. A 50 YEAR OLD WOMAN FROM AND KANSAS CITY AREA DIED FROM THE VIRUS. SHE DIDN’T HAVE ANY OTHER HEALTH PROBLEMS UNLIKE THE OTHERS WHO HAVE DIED. THE VACCINE IS BEGINNING TO BE AVAILABLE IN LIMITED QUANTITIES AROUND KANSAS.


COUNTRY MUSIC SUPERSTAR GARTH BROOKS HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS COMING OUT OF HIS RETIRMENT. BROOKS MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN A NEWS CONFERENCE IN NASHVILLE TODAY AFTER RUMORS HAD BEEN GOING AROUND THE MUSIC INDUSTRY FOR WEEKS. HE WILL BE PLAYING AN EXTENDED ENGAGEMENT IN LAS VEGAS AT THE WYNN RESORT. BROOKS HAD ORIGINALLY GONE INTO RETIREMENT IN 2000 TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH HIS KIDS BUT DID MAKE A FEW APPEARANCES LIKE THE SHOWS AT THE SPRINT CENTER IN KANSAS CITY.


PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE VISITING NEW ORLEANS TODAY TO CHECK OUT THE PROGRESS MADE AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA. HE WILL BE HAVING A TOWN HALL MEETING AND STOPPING BY A SCHOOL IN THE LOWER NINTH WARD…ONE OF THE HARDEST HIT AREAS. DURING A RADIO ADDRESS OBAMA SAYS HE WILL FULFILL PROMISES MADE ABOUT HELPING THE AREA. THERE ARE STILL MANY PROPERTIES THAT ARE ABANDONED AND THE PROJECT TO STRENGTHEN THE LEVEES IS ONLY A THIRD OF THE WAY FINISHED.


GOOD SIGNS ABOUT THE ECONOMY. THE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBER HAS DROPPED TO THE LOWEST IT’S BEEN SINCE JANUARY. PEOPLE ALSO MAY BE MORE WILLING TO GO SHOPPING WHEN PRICES STAY LOW A SOME STORES. THERE HASN’T BEEN ANY INFLATION AND THE CONSUMER PRICE HAS RISEN JUST POINT TWO PERCENT IN SEPTEMBER.


SINGER LEONA LEWIS WAS A MAJOR HIT DURING AN AUTOGRAPH SESSION…OR AT LEAST GOT ONE. LEWIS WAS SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS IN A LONDON BOOKSTORE WHEN A MAN JUMPED OUT OF LINE AND PUNCHED HER IN THE HEAD. SECURITY TOOK THE 29 YEAR OLD AWAY AND POLICE HAVE PUT HIM IN CUSTODY FOR SUSPICION OF ASSAULT. LEWIS’S SPOKESPERSON SAID SHE WAS SHAKEN BY THE INCIDENT AND WENT TO THE DOCTOR AS A PRECAUTION.


DON’T FORGET TONIGHT IS WEEK TWO OF THE WILDCAT 91.9’S ROCKTOBER CONCERT SERIES AT THE KATHOUSE LOUNGE. TONIGHT IS AN 18 AND UP SHOW FEATURING PILOT FOR KITE…ANTENNAS UP…AND THE RUCKUS. THERE ARE MORE SHOWS ALL THIS MONTH FEATURING MORE BANDS. YOU CAN STOP BY THE KATHOUSE TONIGHT TO GET YOUR FILL OF SOME GREAT MUSIC BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE WILCAT 91.9.

News 10-14-09

THIS MORNING AT AROUND TEN O CLOCK KANSAS STATE WILL BE TESTING THEIR EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM. THE UNIVERSITY WILL BE TESTING TEXT MESSAGES…AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS…EMAILS…AND ALERT BEACONS. THE BEACONS ARE LOCATED ON WALLS IN EISENHOWSER HALL AND BEHIND DESKS IN RESIDENT HALLS. THE BEACONS WILL SOUND AN ALARM AND SCROLL TEXT FOR TWO MINUTES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION BEFORE IT HAPPENS WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR YOU CAN GO TO EID.KSU.EDU.

IF YOU LIVE IN RILEY COUNTY AND YOU’VE GOT THE FLU… I’VE GOT SOME BAD NEWS. THE RILEY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS OUT OF FLU SHOTS TODAY. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON WHEN MORE VACCINES ARRIVE IN THE RILEY COUNTY AREA.

FROM 11 AM TO 3 PM KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY WILL BE HOSTING ITS ACADEMIC MAJORS FAIR. THE FAIR WILL BE HELD IN THE KANSAS STATE STUDENT UNION BALLROOM. STUDENTS WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET K-STATE FACULTY, EXLOPORE MAJORS AND MINORS, AND SECONDARY MAJORS. THE FAIR IS SPONSORED BY THE ACADEMIC AND CAREER INFORMATION CENTER.

AN OLD OVERLAND PARK MAN IS GUILTY OF BIGAMY TODAY. 62 YEAR OLD CHARLES L. CLEMENS JR. WAS MARRIED TO A WOMAN FOR 20 YEARS BEFORE HE MARRIED ANOTHER WOMAN IN LAS VEGAS IN MAY 2008. BOTH WOMEN THAT CLEMENS MARRIED LIVE IN THE SAME APARTMENT COMPLEX. OFFICIALS SAY THAT THE SECOND WIFE WENT TO THE FIRST WIFE’S APARTMENT IN NOVEMBER TO COMFRONT CLEMENS AND FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS MARRIED TO ANOTHER WOMAN. CLEMENS WILL BE SENTENCED IN DECEMBER.

A MISSING NEW YORK GIRL IS WITH HER FAMILY TODAY. JAYCEE DUGARD WAS KIDNAPPED AT THE AGE OF 11 AND SHE RESURFACED TWO MONTHS AGO, SHE IS NOW 29 YEARS OLD. A FAMILY SPOKESWOMAN SAYS THAT DUGARD, HER TWO DAUGHTERS, SISTER, AND MOTHER HAVE BECOME VERY CLOSE AND THEY SEEM LIKE ANY OTHER FAMILY.

THE GODFATHER HAS COME TO LIFE THROUGH SIX FLORIDA MEN. THE MEN ARE A PART OF A SOUTH FLORIDA CREW FOR NEW YORK’S BONANNO ORGANIZED CRIME FAMILY. THE SIX MAFIA MEMBERS AND ARE PLEADING GUILTY TO RACKETEERING OR RICO CONSPIRACY BY COMMITTING MURDER CONSPIRACY, MEDICARE FRAUD, IDENTITY THEFT AND SELLING STOLEN GOODS. THE SIX MEN COULD FACE UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON.

NOW WE’VE GOT YOUR BIRTHDAY UPDATE. TODAY POP / R&B SINGER USHER IS 30 YEARS OLD, DESIGNER RALPH LAUREN IS 70, FORMER UCLA BASKETBALL COACH JOHN WOODEN IS 99 AND FORMER PRESIDENT, STRAIGHT OUT OF ABILINE, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER WOULD BE 119 YEARS OLD TODAY.

News 10-13-09

TOMORROW MORNING AROUND TEN KANSAS STATE WILL BE TESTING THEIR EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM. THEY WILL BE TESTING TEXT MESSAGES…AUTOMATED PHONE CALLS…EMAILS…AND ALERT BEACONS. THE BEACONS ARE ON THE WALLS IN EISENHOWER AND BEHIND THE DESKS AT THE RESIDENTS HALLS. THEY WILL SOUND AN ALARM AND SCROLL TEXT FOR TWO MINUTES. TO SIGN UP FOR THE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS YOU CAN GO TO EID.KSU.EDU.


A LAWRENCE MAN GOT HIMSELF INTO A LITTLE TROUBLE ON SUNDAY AFTER TAKING AN AMBULANCE. THE 21-YEAR OLD MAN IS ACCUSED OF STEALING THE AMBULANCE FROM DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE. ACCORDING TO POLILCE SARGENT SUSAN HADL…THE MAN HAD BEEN DRINKING AND BELIEVED HE HAD NO OTHER WAY TO GET HOME.


A KANSAS CITY PIZZA DELIVERY MAN IS SAFE THIS MORNING AFTER BEING KIDNAPPED WHILE ON A DELIVERY. THE PIZZA MAN WAS BRINGING PIZZA TO A HOUSE WHERE A WOMAN WAS WAITING.. WHEN A MAN WITH A GUN SHOVED HIM INSIDE. POLICE SAY THE COUPLE ROBBED THE DRIVER AND TIED HIM UP WITH DUCT TAPE. THEY THEN PUT HIM IN THE TRUNK OF HIS CAR WHERE HE WAS EVENTUALLY FOUND NEAR OAK GROVE MISSOURI. POLICE ARE STILL SERACHING FOR THE TWO INVOLVED WITH THIS.


A FIRE IN BELTON LEAVES A BUNCH OF CATS HOMELESS. 62 CATS WERE IN TINA SANDS’S HOME WHERE SHE FOSTERS THEM WHEN IT WENT UP IN FLAMES. 17 CATS DIED FROM THE FIRE AND MANY MORE ARE SUFFERING FROM SMOKE INHALLATION. THE CATS STAYED WITH SANDS SO THEY COULD STAY OUT OF SHELTERS WHERE THEY WOULD BE PUT DOWN.


A 7-YEAR OLD OHIO BOY IS RECOVERING AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY A DEER. WHILE PLAYING FOOTBALL ON SATURDAY BRANDON HILES WENT TO GO GET THE BALL AFTER IT WENT INTO THE WOODS. THAT’S WHEN THE DEER RAN AT HIM AND FLIPPED HIM WITH ITS ANTLERS GIVING HIM BRUISES AND A GASH. A FRIEND OF HILES’ HIT THE DEER WITH A STICK UNTIL IT WENT AWAY. POLICE SAY THERE WERE TWO DEER GETTING READY FOR A FIGHT AND HILES GOT BETWEEN THEM.


THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE IS MEETING TODAY AND IS EXPECTED TO PASS A 10-YEAR 892-BILLION DOLLAR PLAN TO REDO THE NATION’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. DEMOCRATS HAVE A 13 TO 10 ADVANTAGE EVEN THOUGH TWO OF THEM HAVE BIG CONCERNS. ONE OF WEST VIRGINIA SENATOR JAY JOCKEFELLER’S CONCERNS IS NOT HAVING A PUBLIC OPTION. THE HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY RELEASED A REPORT YESTERDAY SAYING THAT THIS WOULD ALSO CAUSE A BIG INCREASE IN PREMIUMS.


PRESIDENT OBAMA WILL BE MEETING WITH SPANISH PRIME MINISTER JOSE LUIS RODRIGUEZ ZAPATERO (ZAH-PAH-THE-ROH) AT THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY. THEY WILL HAVE A WORKING LUNCH BUT THEN THE FESTIVITIES WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING. THEY WILL BE JOINED BY THE FIRST LADY…THE VICE PRESIDENT…AND HIS WIFE FOR “FIESTA LATINA” ON THE SOUTH LAWN. THIS CONCERT WILL CELEBRATE HISPANIC MUSICAL HERITAGE. SOME OF THE EXPECTED ARTISTS ARE MARC ANTHONY…GLORIA ESTEFAN…AND GEORGE LOPEZ. THIS CONCERT WILL BE TELEVISED AT A LATER DATE.


HEIDI KLUM GAVE BIRTH TO HER AND HUBBY SEAL’S FOURTH CHILD ON FRIDAY. THE COUPLE NAMED THEIR SECOND DAUGHTER LOU SULOLA SAMUEL. TALKING ABOUT THE NEW BABY, SEAL SAYS “FROM THE MOMENT SHE LOOKED INTO BOTH OF OUR EYES, IT WAS ENDLESS LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.”