NO NEED TO MAKE THAT DRIVE TO OGDEN OR WAMEGO ON SUNDAYS ANYMORE. LIQUOR STORES ARE NOW OPEN ON SUNDAYS IN MANHATTAN. STARTING YESTERDAY THE DOORS WERE OPEN AND ALCOHOL WAS SOLD. THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED IN SEPTEMBER NOT ONLY INCLUDES SUNDAYS BUT ALSO SUMMER HOLIDAYS.
THE POPULAR GAME ROCK BAND ISN’T JUST FOR FUN ANYMORE. TWO K-STATE PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSORS ARE USING THE VIDEO GAME FOR RESEARCH. PROFESSOR CLIVE FULLIGAR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR PATRICK KNIGHT ARE STUDYING SOMETHING KNOWN AS FLOW. IT’S WHEN PEOPLE LOSE TRACK OF TIME AND CONTINUE A TASK BECAUSE THEY ENJOY IT. RECENTLY THE PROFESSORS HAD STUDENTS PLAY FOR AN HOUR WHILE THEY SAT IN ADJECENT ROOMS WATCHING.
A FORT RILEY SOLDIER’S DEATH IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. 24-YEAR OLD SERGEANT CRAIG GAGLIA WAS FOUND DEAD LAST MONDAY. GAGLIA WAS ASSIGNED AS A MEDIC TO HEADQUARTERS COMPANY, 1ST BATTALION, 16TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 1ST HEAVY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION. ACCORDING TO FORT RILEY, GAGLIA JOINED THE ARMY IN JUNE 2003 AND HAS BEEN DEPLOYED TWICE IN THE WAR ON TERRORISM.
A STAND OFF IN MIAMI COUNTY ENDED PEACFULLY EARLY THIS MORNING. MIAMI COUNTY SHERIFF FRANK KELLY SAYS THE STAND OFF BEGAN AROUND 6:30 PM WHEN SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE HOME. KELLY ADDS GUNSHOTS WERE EXCHANGED WHEN AN OFFICER TRIED TO CONTACT THE SUSPECT. POLICE CAUGHT THE SUSPECT, 56-YEAR OLD STEPHEN BOUCHER WHEN HE LEFT THE HOUSE AROUND 2 AM. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
A FORMER US AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ WILL SPEAK AT FORT LEAVENWORTH THIS WEEK. RYAN CROCKER WILL BE SPEAKING TO MORE THAN 1,000 US AND INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS STUDYING AT THE COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE TUESDAY ABOUT LESSONS FROM THE FIGHT IN IRAQ. CROCKER WAS THE AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ FROM 2007 UNTIL FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR. HE RETIRED AFTER 37 YEARS OF DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.
THE KANSAS LOTTERY IS ASKING PARENTS TO NOT GIVE THEIR UNDERAGE CHILDREN LOTTERY TICKETS AS GIFTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS. A RECENT STUDY SHOWS THAT 19% OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVE RECEIVED A LOTTERY TICKET OR SCRATH-OFF CARD AS A GIFT. THE KANSAS LOTTERY EXECUTIVE SAYS IT’S ILLEGAL FOR ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18 TO BUY A TICKET AND PARENTS SHOULDN’T GIVE TICKETS TO YOUNGER CHILDREN. LOTTERY OFFICIALS ADD THAT THERE’S A CONCERN GIVING TICKETS TO YOUNGER CHILDREN MAY ALSO FOSTER PROBLEM GAMBLING IN ADOLESCENTS.
FOUR LAKEWOOD POLICE OFFICERS ARE DEA AFTER BEING SHOT IN A COFFEE SHOP YESTERDAY MORNING. AFTER A SEVEN HOUR MANHUNT POLICE TRACKED DOWN THE SUSPECT MAURICE CLEMMONS TO A HOUSE IN SEATTLE. POLICE NOW BELIEVE CLEMMONS IS EITHER WOUNDED OR DEAD. THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH HIM BY LOUDSPEAKER…EXPLOSIONS…AND EVEN A ROBOT BUT HAVE NOT GOTTEN A RESPONSE. CLEMMONS HAS A LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY INCLUDING A 95 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE THAT WAS COMMUTED IN 2000 BY THEN ARKANSAS GOVERNOR MIKE HUCKABEE.
FUNNY MAN TOM ARNOLD GOT MARRIED THIS WEEKEND FOR THE FOURTH TIME. MORE THAN 75 FAMILY AND FRIENDS GATHERED IN AN INTIMATE CEREMONY SATURDAY IN MAUI TO SEE ARNOLD AND ASHLEY GROUSSMAN TIE THE KNOT. THE TWO MET THROUGH MUTUAL FRIENDS IN 2008 AND BECAME ENGAGED LAST MARCH AT ARNOLDS 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY. ON THEIR WEDDINGCHANNEL.COM PAGE ARNOLD WROTE “I KNEW THAT IF I COULD GET ASHLEY TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ME, I’D NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE AS LONG AS I LIVED.” AND GROUSSMAN WROTE “I’M THE LUCKIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD.”
Monday, November 30, 2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
News 11-23-09
A PREGNANT WICHITA WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF BURGLARY AFTER STEALING FROM PEOPLE TRYING TO HELP HER. 26 YEAR OLD NICOLE BELL KNOCKED ON DOORS IN WEST WICHITA AND TOLD THE PEOPLE SHE NEEDED TO USE THE PHONE BECAUSE HER CAR BROKE DOWN. ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS SHE TOOK CASH AT LEAST TWICE. INVESTIGATORS SUSPECT SHE MAY BE INVOLVED WITH SIMILAR CRIMES IN MAIZE AND GODDARD. BELL’S BAIL WAS SET AT $15,000 AND WILL APPEAR IN COURT DECEMBER 3RD.
US REPRESENTATIVE DENNIS MOORE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION NEXT YEAR. THE DEMOCRAT WHO REPRESENTS JOHNSON, WYANDOTTE, AND PART OF DOUGLAS COUNTIES IS EXPTECTED TO FINISH HIS TERM WHICH ENDS IN JANURAY 2011. FORMER KANSAS LAWMAKER PATRICIA LIGHTNER SAYS TWO LITTLE KNOWN REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING FOR THE SPOT. MOORE WILL PUT OUT A STATEMENT LATER TODAY EXPLAINING HIS DECISION.
AN OVERLAND PARK WOMAN WHO WON AN HGTV INTERIOR DESIGN CONTEST IS IN NEED OF SOME HELP. JENNIFER BERTRAND’S 9 MONTH OLD SON HAS HEALTH PROBLEMS AND NEEDS TO USE FEEDING AND TRACHEOTOMY TUBES. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, THE TRAVEL AND MEDICAL EXPENSES ARE GETTING BIGGER. THE BLUE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HOSTING A FUNDRAISER TO HELP THE BERTRAND FAMILY OUT. IT WILL BE AT COTTONWOOD POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE SHE USED TO TEACH.
THE NERMAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AT JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS GETTING A NICE GIFT. PHILANTHROPOIST AND ART COLLECTOR MARY COHEN IS DONATING $1 MILLION TO THE MUSEUM TO ADD TO THE 850 PIECES THEY ALREADY HAVE. IT WILL BE IN HER LATE HUSBAND, BARTON P COHEN’S NAME. BEFORE THE MUSEUM OPENED THE COHENS DONATED MONEY TO ESTABLISH PROJECT SPACE FOR AREA ARTISTS.
THERE’S BEEN SOME EXCITEMENT FOR THE ASTRONAUTS WHO ARE AT THE SPACE STATION. THEY ARE MAKING THEIR THIRD AND FINAL SPACE WALK TODAY. THE WALK WAS DELAYED AN HOUR BECAUSE A VALVE ON ROBERT SATCHER JUNIOR’S DRINK BAG CAME OFF. THEY ATTATCHED IT AND EVERYTHING IS FINE. RANDOLPH BRESNICK ALSO HAS BECOME A FATHER WHILE ON ATLANTIS. HIS WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL ON SATURDAY JUST HOURS AFTER HIS FIRST EVER SPACE WALK. THE ASTRONAUTS WILL BE HOOKING UP A NEW OXYGEN TANK AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A DAYS INN IN INDIANA WENT UP IN FLAMES EARLY THIS MORNING. TWO PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM SMOKE INHALATION AND HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AROUND 2:30 AM TO SMOKE AND FIRE. ONE ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR WAS GUTTED AND OTHERS HAVE SMOKE AND HEAT DAMAGE. FIRE CHIEF MIKE LANKFORD SAYS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE ISN’T IMMEDIATLY KNOWN.
MICHAEL JACKSON’S DOCTOR IS EXPECTED TO RETURN BACK TO WORK AT HIS HOUSTON PRACITCE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE DOCTOR CONRAD MURRAY’S FIRST TIME BACK SINCE JACKSON’S DEATH IN JUNE. MURRAY HAS BEEN THE CENTER OF THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION AFTER TELLING AUTHORITIES HE ADMINISTERED A POWER ANESTHETIC TO JACKSON. MURRY HASN’T BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME.
THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS WERE FULL OF SUPRISES ALL NIGHT LONG LAST NIGHT. RIHANNA GAVE A WILD COMEBACK PERFORMANCE ALONG WITH LADY GAGA WHO IS KNOWN FOR SHCOKING PEOPLE. GAGA BROKE GLASS AND PLAYED ON A PIANO THAT WAS ON FIRE. THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS PERFORMANCE HAD TO COME FROM AMERICAN IDOL RUNNER UP ADAM LAMBERT. HE DID HIS PART WITH DRAGGING WOMEN ACROSS THE FLOOR… HAD TWO GUYS ON LEASES…AND HAD THE FIRST AMA KISS BETWEEN TWO MEN, ONE BEING HIMSLEF. AT THE END TAYLOR SWIFT CAME OUT THE BIGGEST WINNER BEATING OUT MICHAEL JACKSON FOR ARTIST OF THE YEAR MAKING HER TOTAL WINS FIVE. MICHAEL STILL WON FOUR AMA’S GIVING HIM A GRAND TOTAL OF 23 AWARDS…MORE THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST.
US REPRESENTATIVE DENNIS MOORE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION NEXT YEAR. THE DEMOCRAT WHO REPRESENTS JOHNSON, WYANDOTTE, AND PART OF DOUGLAS COUNTIES IS EXPTECTED TO FINISH HIS TERM WHICH ENDS IN JANURAY 2011. FORMER KANSAS LAWMAKER PATRICIA LIGHTNER SAYS TWO LITTLE KNOWN REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNING FOR THE SPOT. MOORE WILL PUT OUT A STATEMENT LATER TODAY EXPLAINING HIS DECISION.
AN OVERLAND PARK WOMAN WHO WON AN HGTV INTERIOR DESIGN CONTEST IS IN NEED OF SOME HELP. JENNIFER BERTRAND’S 9 MONTH OLD SON HAS HEALTH PROBLEMS AND NEEDS TO USE FEEDING AND TRACHEOTOMY TUBES. EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, THE TRAVEL AND MEDICAL EXPENSES ARE GETTING BIGGER. THE BLUE VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT IS HOSTING A FUNDRAISER TO HELP THE BERTRAND FAMILY OUT. IT WILL BE AT COTTONWOOD POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHERE SHE USED TO TEACH.
THE NERMAN MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART AT JOHNSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE IS GETTING A NICE GIFT. PHILANTHROPOIST AND ART COLLECTOR MARY COHEN IS DONATING $1 MILLION TO THE MUSEUM TO ADD TO THE 850 PIECES THEY ALREADY HAVE. IT WILL BE IN HER LATE HUSBAND, BARTON P COHEN’S NAME. BEFORE THE MUSEUM OPENED THE COHENS DONATED MONEY TO ESTABLISH PROJECT SPACE FOR AREA ARTISTS.
THERE’S BEEN SOME EXCITEMENT FOR THE ASTRONAUTS WHO ARE AT THE SPACE STATION. THEY ARE MAKING THEIR THIRD AND FINAL SPACE WALK TODAY. THE WALK WAS DELAYED AN HOUR BECAUSE A VALVE ON ROBERT SATCHER JUNIOR’S DRINK BAG CAME OFF. THEY ATTATCHED IT AND EVERYTHING IS FINE. RANDOLPH BRESNICK ALSO HAS BECOME A FATHER WHILE ON ATLANTIS. HIS WIFE GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY GIRL ON SATURDAY JUST HOURS AFTER HIS FIRST EVER SPACE WALK. THE ASTRONAUTS WILL BE HOOKING UP A NEW OXYGEN TANK AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A DAYS INN IN INDIANA WENT UP IN FLAMES EARLY THIS MORNING. TWO PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FROM SMOKE INHALATION AND HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL. FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AROUND 2:30 AM TO SMOKE AND FIRE. ONE ROOM ON THE GROUND FLOOR WAS GUTTED AND OTHERS HAVE SMOKE AND HEAT DAMAGE. FIRE CHIEF MIKE LANKFORD SAYS THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE ISN’T IMMEDIATLY KNOWN.
MICHAEL JACKSON’S DOCTOR IS EXPECTED TO RETURN BACK TO WORK AT HIS HOUSTON PRACITCE THIS MORNING. THIS WILL BE DOCTOR CONRAD MURRAY’S FIRST TIME BACK SINCE JACKSON’S DEATH IN JUNE. MURRAY HAS BEEN THE CENTER OF THE HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION AFTER TELLING AUTHORITIES HE ADMINISTERED A POWER ANESTHETIC TO JACKSON. MURRY HASN’T BEEN CHARGED WITH ANY CRIME.
THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS WERE FULL OF SUPRISES ALL NIGHT LONG LAST NIGHT. RIHANNA GAVE A WILD COMEBACK PERFORMANCE ALONG WITH LADY GAGA WHO IS KNOWN FOR SHCOKING PEOPLE. GAGA BROKE GLASS AND PLAYED ON A PIANO THAT WAS ON FIRE. THE MOST OUTRAGEOUS PERFORMANCE HAD TO COME FROM AMERICAN IDOL RUNNER UP ADAM LAMBERT. HE DID HIS PART WITH DRAGGING WOMEN ACROSS THE FLOOR… HAD TWO GUYS ON LEASES…AND HAD THE FIRST AMA KISS BETWEEN TWO MEN, ONE BEING HIMSLEF. AT THE END TAYLOR SWIFT CAME OUT THE BIGGEST WINNER BEATING OUT MICHAEL JACKSON FOR ARTIST OF THE YEAR MAKING HER TOTAL WINS FIVE. MICHAEL STILL WON FOUR AMA’S GIVING HIM A GRAND TOTAL OF 23 AWARDS…MORE THAN ANY OTHER ARTIST.
Friday, November 20, 2009
News 11-20-09
THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WARNING PEOPLE OF A BLUE VAN IN THE AREA. AN OLDER MALE WITH GRAY HAIR AND CLASSES IS REPORTED DRIVING THE OLDER MODEL BLUE MINI VAN WITH TINTED WINDOWS AND A BLACK HORIZONTAL STRIPE ON THE BOTTOM. HE HAS APPROACHED CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS ON A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT OCCASIONS AROUND MANHATTAN. IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION THEY CAN CALL THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT AT 785-537-2112 OR RILEY COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS AT 785-539-7777.
THE CITY OF MANHATTAN WILL BE HOLDING AN OPEN HOUSE TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THEY CITY WILL BE BRINGING IN TRANSYSTEMS CORPORATION FROM KANSAS CITY MISSOURI TO UPDATE THE TRANSIT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MADE IN 2001. THEY WILL SEE THE SHORT AND LONG TERM ATTAINABILITY OF A TRANSIT SYSTEM IN MANHATTAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2ND AT 5:30 IN THE CITY COMMISSION ROOM AT CITY HALL AT 1101 POYNTZ AVENUE
A SOLDIER FROM FORT RILEY HAS DIED FROM INJURIES HE GOT DURING A VEHICLE ROLL OVER IN IRAQ. 35-YEAR OLD STAFF SERGEANT RYAN ZORN OF UPTON WYOMING DIED MONDAY. HE WAS IN THE 1ST BATTALION, 34TH ARMOR REGIMENT, 1ST BRIGADE, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION AT FORT RILEY. ZORN MAKES THE 169TH FORT RILEY SOLDIER, AIRMEN, AND SAILOR THAT HAS DIED WHILE SERVING IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.
A 19-YEAR OLD GIRL IN WASHINGTON CALLED POLICE TO TELL THEM SHE WAS UNDERAGE AND VERY DRUNK. WASHINGTON STATE PATROL TROOPER DAN MCDONALD SAID ALYSHA MCINNIS WAS PULLED OVER AND STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. SHE ALSO HAD A DRINK IN THE CAR THAT WAS 12% ALCOHOL. MCINNIS WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO AUBURN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE WAS RELEASED FOR DETOX TREATMENT.
OPRAH WINFREY WILL ANNOUNCE ON HER SHOW TODAY THAT SHE WILL BE ENDING HER TALK SHOW. ACCORDING TO HARPO INC. AFTER IT'S 25TH SEASON, THE FINAL EPISODE WILL BE SEPTEMBER 9TH OF 2011. THE SHOW BEGAN IN 1984 AND WENT NATIONAL IN 1986. THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW HAS BEEN THE HIGHEST RATED TALK SHOW FOR 23 YEARS IN A ROW. OPRAH WON'T BE GONE THOUGH. IN 2009 THE DISCOVERY HEALTH CHANNEL WILL BE NAMED OWN - THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK WHICH HER WEBSITE SAYS IS “A MULTI-PLATFORM MEDIA COMPANY DESIGNED TO ENTERTAIN, INFORM, AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES.” HARPO PRODUCTIONS ALSO NOW INCLUDES HARPO FILMS.
TODAY IS THE OPENING OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE TWILIGHT SAGA. NEW MOON OPENED LAST NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT SELLING OUT THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BASED OFF OF THE TWILIGHT BOOKS WRITTEN BY STEPHENIE MEYER, THIS MOVIE CHANGES UP ITS DIRECTOR FROM THE LAST BRINGING IN CHRIS WEITZ, WHO DIRECTED THE GOLDEN COMPASS. THE SCRIPT WAS WRITTEN BY MELISSA ROSENBERG.
THE CITY OF MANHATTAN WILL BE HOLDING AN OPEN HOUSE TO TALK ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THEY CITY WILL BE BRINGING IN TRANSYSTEMS CORPORATION FROM KANSAS CITY MISSOURI TO UPDATE THE TRANSIT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MADE IN 2001. THEY WILL SEE THE SHORT AND LONG TERM ATTAINABILITY OF A TRANSIT SYSTEM IN MANHATTAN AND SURROUNDING AREAS. THE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 2ND AT 5:30 IN THE CITY COMMISSION ROOM AT CITY HALL AT 1101 POYNTZ AVENUE
A SOLDIER FROM FORT RILEY HAS DIED FROM INJURIES HE GOT DURING A VEHICLE ROLL OVER IN IRAQ. 35-YEAR OLD STAFF SERGEANT RYAN ZORN OF UPTON WYOMING DIED MONDAY. HE WAS IN THE 1ST BATTALION, 34TH ARMOR REGIMENT, 1ST BRIGADE, 1ST INFANTRY DIVISION AT FORT RILEY. ZORN MAKES THE 169TH FORT RILEY SOLDIER, AIRMEN, AND SAILOR THAT HAS DIED WHILE SERVING IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM.
A 19-YEAR OLD GIRL IN WASHINGTON CALLED POLICE TO TELL THEM SHE WAS UNDERAGE AND VERY DRUNK. WASHINGTON STATE PATROL TROOPER DAN MCDONALD SAID ALYSHA MCINNIS WAS PULLED OVER AND STOPPED ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. SHE ALSO HAD A DRINK IN THE CAR THAT WAS 12% ALCOHOL. MCINNIS WAS ARRESTED AND TAKEN TO AUBURN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER WHERE SHE WAS RELEASED FOR DETOX TREATMENT.
OPRAH WINFREY WILL ANNOUNCE ON HER SHOW TODAY THAT SHE WILL BE ENDING HER TALK SHOW. ACCORDING TO HARPO INC. AFTER IT'S 25TH SEASON, THE FINAL EPISODE WILL BE SEPTEMBER 9TH OF 2011. THE SHOW BEGAN IN 1984 AND WENT NATIONAL IN 1986. THE OPRAH WINFREY SHOW HAS BEEN THE HIGHEST RATED TALK SHOW FOR 23 YEARS IN A ROW. OPRAH WON'T BE GONE THOUGH. IN 2009 THE DISCOVERY HEALTH CHANNEL WILL BE NAMED OWN - THE OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK WHICH HER WEBSITE SAYS IS “A MULTI-PLATFORM MEDIA COMPANY DESIGNED TO ENTERTAIN, INFORM, AND INSPIRE PEOPLE TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES.” HARPO PRODUCTIONS ALSO NOW INCLUDES HARPO FILMS.
TODAY IS THE OPENING OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SECOND INSTALLMENT OF THE TWILIGHT SAGA. NEW MOON OPENED LAST NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT SELLING OUT THEATERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. BASED OFF OF THE TWILIGHT BOOKS WRITTEN BY STEPHENIE MEYER, THIS MOVIE CHANGES UP ITS DIRECTOR FROM THE LAST BRINGING IN CHRIS WEITZ, WHO DIRECTED THE GOLDEN COMPASS. THE SCRIPT WAS WRITTEN BY MELISSA ROSENBERG.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
News 11-19-09
MARLATT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILL BE CLOSED TODAY DUE TO BOILER FAILURE. NO STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE SCHOOL TODAY. PARENTS WILL BE INFORMED WHETHER TOMORROW’S CLASSES WILL BE CANCELLED TOO.
KANSAS STATE PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS PRESENTING WHAT THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO DO ABOUT THE AUDIT THEY RECEIVED IN JUNE. THE AUDIT WAS AN EXIT REVIEW OF FORMER PRESIDENT JOHN WEFALD AFTER HIS RETIREMENT. IT FOUND UNDOCUMENTED PAYMENTS OF $845,000 TO A FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WHO ALSO SERVED AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, AND FOOTBALL COACH BILL SNYDER.
THE CITY OF MANHATTAN’S NEW ICE RINK WILL OPEN TODAY. IT WILL BE OPEN THREE TO SEVEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND ONE TO SEVEN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. DAILY ADMISSIONS AND SKATE RENTALS CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE RINK OR A TEN AMISSION PUNCH CARD CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE MANHATTAN PARKS AND RECREATION OFFICE AT 1100 FREEMONT. THE RINK WLL ALSO HOLD SKATING AND HOCKEY LESSONS AND CAN BE RENTED OUT FOR PRIVATE EVENTS.
POLICE IN BELAIRE, KANSAS SAY THEY SUSPECT FOUL PLAY IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AN 82-YEAR OLD MAN. WILLIAM HOWELL WAS LAST SEEN ON MARCH 5TH AT THE BEL AIRE RECREATION CENTER. HOWELL IS FIVE FOOT EIGHT INCHES AND WEIGHS 140 POUNDS. HE HAS BROWN EYES, SHORT GREY HAIR, AND WALKS WITH A LIMP OR CANE. HE IS ALSO DIABETIC AND INSULIN DEPENDENT. HOWELL’S FAMILY AND CRIME STOPPERS ARE BOTH OFFERING REWARDS FOR INFORMATION ON THIS CASE.
AN ARKANSAS POLICE OFFICER IS SUSPENDED AFTER USING A STUN GUN ON A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL. HE ISN’T IN TROUBLE FOR USING THE TASER BUT FOR NOT HAVING THE VIDEO CAMERA ATTACHED WHEN HE USED IT. OZARK MAYOR VERNON MCDANIEL SAYS DUSTIN BRADSHAW IS SUSPENDED FOR SEVEN DAYS WITH PAY. HE ALSO ADDS THAT HE WANTS THE ARKANSAS POLICE OR THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE USE OF THE TASER WAS PROPER. THE GIRL’S MOTHER CALLED THE POLICE AND GAVE PERMISSION TO USE THE STUN GUN WHEN SHE WOULDN’T GET IN THE SHOWER. THE GIRL WASN’T INJURED AND IS NOW AT A YOUTH SHELTER.
FLIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY A
RE CANCELLED AND DELAYED BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE FAA SYSTEM THAT COLLECTS AIRLINES’ FLIGHT PLANS. ACCORDING TO FAA SPOKESMAN CHRISTOPHER WHITE FLIGHT PLANS ARE HAVING TO BE ENTERED MANUALLY. FAA SPOKESWOMAN KATHLEEN GERGEN SAYS SHE DOESN’T KOW HOW MANY FLIGHTS ARE BEING EFFECTED OR WHEN THE PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED.
THE SIMPSON’S WILL HAVE A NEW CHARACTER THIS SEASON AND HE’LL BE QUITE THE LADIES MAN. THE SHOW HELD A CONTEST FOR FANS TO COME UP WITH THE NEW CHARACTER AND ORANGE CONNECTICUT’S PEGGY BLACK WON WITH RICARDO BOMBA. NICKNAMED LA BOMBA, HE WILL BE ON THE JANUARY 31ST EPISODE. THIS IS THE TV SHOWS 20TH YEAR ON THE AIR.
KANSAS STATE PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ WILL BE IN FRONT OF THE KANSAS BOARD OF REGENTS PRESENTING WHAT THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO DO ABOUT THE AUDIT THEY RECEIVED IN JUNE. THE AUDIT WAS AN EXIT REVIEW OF FORMER PRESIDENT JOHN WEFALD AFTER HIS RETIREMENT. IT FOUND UNDOCUMENTED PAYMENTS OF $845,000 TO A FORMER ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WHO ALSO SERVED AS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, AND FOOTBALL COACH BILL SNYDER.
THE CITY OF MANHATTAN’S NEW ICE RINK WILL OPEN TODAY. IT WILL BE OPEN THREE TO SEVEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND ONE TO SEVEN ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. DAILY ADMISSIONS AND SKATE RENTALS CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE RINK OR A TEN AMISSION PUNCH CARD CAN BE BOUGHT AT THE MANHATTAN PARKS AND RECREATION OFFICE AT 1100 FREEMONT. THE RINK WLL ALSO HOLD SKATING AND HOCKEY LESSONS AND CAN BE RENTED OUT FOR PRIVATE EVENTS.
POLICE IN BELAIRE, KANSAS SAY THEY SUSPECT FOUL PLAY IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF AN 82-YEAR OLD MAN. WILLIAM HOWELL WAS LAST SEEN ON MARCH 5TH AT THE BEL AIRE RECREATION CENTER. HOWELL IS FIVE FOOT EIGHT INCHES AND WEIGHS 140 POUNDS. HE HAS BROWN EYES, SHORT GREY HAIR, AND WALKS WITH A LIMP OR CANE. HE IS ALSO DIABETIC AND INSULIN DEPENDENT. HOWELL’S FAMILY AND CRIME STOPPERS ARE BOTH OFFERING REWARDS FOR INFORMATION ON THIS CASE.
AN ARKANSAS POLICE OFFICER IS SUSPENDED AFTER USING A STUN GUN ON A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL. HE ISN’T IN TROUBLE FOR USING THE TASER BUT FOR NOT HAVING THE VIDEO CAMERA ATTACHED WHEN HE USED IT. OZARK MAYOR VERNON MCDANIEL SAYS DUSTIN BRADSHAW IS SUSPENDED FOR SEVEN DAYS WITH PAY. HE ALSO ADDS THAT HE WANTS THE ARKANSAS POLICE OR THE FBI TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER THE USE OF THE TASER WAS PROPER. THE GIRL’S MOTHER CALLED THE POLICE AND GAVE PERMISSION TO USE THE STUN GUN WHEN SHE WOULDN’T GET IN THE SHOWER. THE GIRL WASN’T INJURED AND IS NOW AT A YOUTH SHELTER.
FLIGHTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY A
RE CANCELLED AND DELAYED BECAUSE OF A PROBLEM WITH THE FAA SYSTEM THAT COLLECTS AIRLINES’ FLIGHT PLANS. ACCORDING TO FAA SPOKESMAN CHRISTOPHER WHITE FLIGHT PLANS ARE HAVING TO BE ENTERED MANUALLY. FAA SPOKESWOMAN KATHLEEN GERGEN SAYS SHE DOESN’T KOW HOW MANY FLIGHTS ARE BEING EFFECTED OR WHEN THE PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED.
THE SIMPSON’S WILL HAVE A NEW CHARACTER THIS SEASON AND HE’LL BE QUITE THE LADIES MAN. THE SHOW HELD A CONTEST FOR FANS TO COME UP WITH THE NEW CHARACTER AND ORANGE CONNECTICUT’S PEGGY BLACK WON WITH RICARDO BOMBA. NICKNAMED LA BOMBA, HE WILL BE ON THE JANUARY 31ST EPISODE. THIS IS THE TV SHOWS 20TH YEAR ON THE AIR.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
News 11-18-09
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW PROVOST. APRIL MASON HAS ACCEPTED THE JOB AND WILL BEGIN IN JANUARY 10TH AFTER SHE PASSES A BACKGROUND CHECK. MASON IS THE DEAN OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF APPLIED HUMAN SCIENCES. DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS MASON SAYS SHE WAS “STRUCK BY THE DEPTH OF TALENT REPRESENTED IN THE FACULTY…STAFF… ADMINISTRATION …AND STUDENTS AT K-STATE.” PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ SAYS HE IS “EXCITED FOR HER TO JOIN THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.”
THE FIRST DEMOCRAT HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. FORMER PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY EXECUTIVE TOM WIGGINS APPOINTED HIS CAMPAIGN TREASURER TUESDAY, SOMETHING HE HAS TO DO BY LAW TO RAISE MONEY. THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IS EXPECTED TO BE US SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK SEVERE STORMS BETTER. THEY ARE THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO GET UPGRADED RADAR. THE DUAL POLARIZATION RADAR IS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. LAST WEEK AT THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY IN WICHITA FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT THE RADAR WILL BE INSTALLED NEXT FALL. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS UPGRADED RADARS WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE REST OF THE WEATHER SERVICE BRANCHES.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FOOTBALL COACH MARK MANGINO IS IN A BIT OF TROUBLE TODAY. MANGINO IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE K-U ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AFTER HE WAS REPORTED FOR POKING SENIOR LINE BACKER ARIST WRIGHT IN THE CHEST DURING A WALK THROUGH PRACTICE BEFORE THE COLORADO GAME. KU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR LEW PERKINS MET WITH THE ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM ON MONDAY NIGHT AND AFTERWARDS HE COMFIRMED REPORTS OF AN INTERNAL REVIEW ON MANGINO.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS PITCHER ZACK GREINKE IS THIS YEARS WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LEAGURE CY YOUNG AWARD. GREINKE DOMINATED THE BALLOTS BY TAKING 25 of 28 FIRST PLACE VOTES AND HAD 134 TOTAL POINTS IN THE BASEBALL WRITER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA VOTING. GREINKE IS THE THIRD ROYALS PITCHER TO WIN THE CY YOUNG AWARD, BRET SABERHAGEN WON IN 1985 AND 1989; DAVID CONE WON IN 1994. GREINKE FINISHED THE YEAR WITH A 16 & 8 RECORD, A 2 POINT ONE SIX ERA AND TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTY TWO STRIKEOUTS.
THE FIRST DEMOCRAT HAS ANNOUNCED HE IS RUNNING FOR GOVERNOR. FORMER PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY EXECUTIVE TOM WIGGINS APPOINTED HIS CAMPAIGN TREASURER TUESDAY, SOMETHING HE HAS TO DO BY LAW TO RAISE MONEY. THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE IS EXPECTED TO BE US SENATOR SAM BROWNBACK.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA WILL BE ABLE TO TRACK SEVERE STORMS BETTER. THEY ARE THE FIRST IN THE NATION TO GET UPGRADED RADAR. THE DUAL POLARIZATION RADAR IS BEING DEVELOPED BY THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION IN NORMAN, OKLAHOMA. LAST WEEK AT THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY IN WICHITA FEDERAL OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT THE RADAR WILL BE INSTALLED NEXT FALL. OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS UPGRADED RADARS WILL BE INSTALLED AT THE REST OF THE WEATHER SERVICE BRANCHES.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS FOOTBALL COACH MARK MANGINO IS IN A BIT OF TROUBLE TODAY. MANGINO IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE K-U ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AFTER HE WAS REPORTED FOR POKING SENIOR LINE BACKER ARIST WRIGHT IN THE CHEST DURING A WALK THROUGH PRACTICE BEFORE THE COLORADO GAME. KU ATHLETIC DIRECTOR LEW PERKINS MET WITH THE ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM ON MONDAY NIGHT AND AFTERWARDS HE COMFIRMED REPORTS OF AN INTERNAL REVIEW ON MANGINO.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS PITCHER ZACK GREINKE IS THIS YEARS WINNER OF THE AMERICAN LEAGURE CY YOUNG AWARD. GREINKE DOMINATED THE BALLOTS BY TAKING 25 of 28 FIRST PLACE VOTES AND HAD 134 TOTAL POINTS IN THE BASEBALL WRITER'S ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA VOTING. GREINKE IS THE THIRD ROYALS PITCHER TO WIN THE CY YOUNG AWARD, BRET SABERHAGEN WON IN 1985 AND 1989; DAVID CONE WON IN 1994. GREINKE FINISHED THE YEAR WITH A 16 & 8 RECORD, A 2 POINT ONE SIX ERA AND TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTY TWO STRIKEOUTS.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
KSU New Provost
Kansas State University has announced April Mason will be the new Provost. Mason will be taking the job in early 2010. Mason is the Dean of Colorado State University's College of Applied Human Sciences.
News 11-17-09
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW PROVOST. APRIL MASON HAS ACCEPTED THE JOB AND WILL BEGIN IN EARLY 2010. MASON IS THE DEAN OF COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY’S COLLEGE OF APPLIED HUMAN SCIENCES. DURING THE INTERVIEW PROCESS MASON SAYS SHE WAS “STRUCK BY THE DEPTH OF TALENT REPRESENTED IN THE FACULTY…STAFF… ADMINISTRATION …AND STUDENTS AT K-STATE.” PRESIDENT KIRK SCHULZ SAYS HE IS “EXCITED FOR HER TO JOIN THE LEADERSHIP TEAM.”
FORT RILEY IS GETTING A TEST PROGRAM THAT WILL IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF VETERANS TO BE EVALUATED FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS. THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER 2007. THEY ARE ADDING SIX NEW PLACES, INCLUDING FORT RILEY BRINGING THE NUMBER UP TO 27. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS THE DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM INCLUDES ONE MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND ONE RATING PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE DISABILITY AND THE BENEFITS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE UP AND RUNNING AT FORT RILEY BY MARCH.
DURING THE 2009 FISCAL YEAR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE KANSAS FARMERS A RECORD SETTING $148 MILLION IN LOANS. THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S FARM SERVICE AGENCY IN KANSAS SAYS THE MONEY WENT TO ABOUT 1,300 FAMILY FARMERS. THE LOANS HELPED FARMERS PLANT AND HARVEST CROPS, PURCHASE LIVESTOCK AND MACHINERY, OR REORGANIZE THEIR BUSINESS.
A PRATT MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN LAST YEAR’S MURDER OF A PARTIALLY DISABLED WOMAN. THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS 31 YEAR OLD DAN RIENDEAU WAS SENTENCED 22 YEARS ON PRISON YESTERDAY FOR INTENTIONAL SECOND DEGREE MURDER. PROSECUTERS SAY RIENDIAU AND ANOTHER MAN STABBED 48 YEAR OLD ALESIA DORRIS-GRAHAM 90 TO 100 TIMES BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO SELL THEM PERSCRIPTION DRUGS. THE OTHER MAN, 18 YEAR OLD CHARLES DEMNARK-WAGNER WAS SENTENCED IN MARCH TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR 20 YEARS AFTER HE PLEADED GUILTY TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
A FATHER AND SON IN LIBERAL HAD QUITE THE FIND IN THEIR BACK YARD. 10 YEAR OLD CHANDLER HARP WAS PLAYING IN HIS BACKYARD WHEN THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND DIRT AND DEBRIS WENT FLYING ABOUT 15 FEET FROM HIM. HE FOUND A 2 INCH ROCK AT THE BOTTOM OF A FOOT-DEEP HOLE AND BROUGHT IT TO HIS DAD. ONCE HIS DAD, LEE, SAW THE ROCK HE DIDN’T THINK IT WAS SOMETHING FROM AROUND HERE. “I KNEW HE HAD A METEORITE” LEE SAYS ABOUT THE ROCK HIS SON FOUND.
A MAN IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WHO WAS ALREADY CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS WIFE IS NOW ACCUSED OF FORGING DOCUMENTS IN JAIL. 39 YEAR OLD JOHN GERHOLT SENIOR SAYS HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIS WIFE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2008 WHE SHE WAS LEAVING WORK. BEDFORD COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY GERHOLT KILLED HER ON PURPOSE WITH A RIFLE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE DOCUMENTS HE FORGED WERE TO OBTAIN THE BURIAL PLOT NEXT TO HIS WIFE’S THAT HER FAMILY HAD BOUGHT. THEY LEARNED OF THE SCHEME AND ARE TRYING TO SELL THE PLOT. GERHOLT’S ATTORNEY SAYS HE LOVSE HIS WIFE AND WANTS TO BE NEAR HER.
A MAN IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HAS DEER CARCASSES SCATTERED AROUND HIS YARD. RANDY GOOD HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REMOVE ROAD KILL FROM THE ROADS OF FIVE COUNTIES. WITH WEEKEND LANDFILL CLOSURES AND A BROKEN DOWN TRUCK, GOOD HAS HAD TO DROP THEM IN HIS YARD TO DEAL WITH DEMAND. HE PICKS UP 50 TO 100 A, DAY. THE STINK HAS GOTTEN SO BAD NEIGHBORS A HALF A MILE AWAY HAVE HAD TO LIGHT CANDLES. GOOD SAYS HE HAS A NEW TRASH CONTAINER THAT SHOULD HELP BUT IT’LL TAKE A WEEK OR TWO TO GET RID OF ALL THE CARCASSES.
THREE ADULTS AND A 12 YEAR OLD CHILD ARE DEAD AFTER BEING HIT BY AN AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA STATE LINE LAST NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE JASPER COUNTY CORONER THE FOUR PEOPLE WERE FROM HARDEEVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. THEY HAD TRIED TO GO AROUND THE CROSSING ARM TO BEAT THE TRAIN BUT GOT HIT AND THEIR CAR WAS PUSHED ABOUT A MILE BEFORE THE TRAIN COULD STOP. NO ONE ON THE TRAIN WAS INJURED.
THE NEW OXFORD AMERICAN DICTIONARY HAD NAMED THEIR 2009 WORD OF THE YEAR. THE WORD…WHICH MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH IS UNFRIEND. THE DICTIONARY’S DEFINITION IS TO REMOVE SOMEONE AS A FRIEND ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE LIKE FACEBOOK. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS TRACKS HOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHANGES AND PICKS A WORD THAT REFLECTS THE MOOD OF THE YEAR. FINALISTS WERE NETBOOK…WHICH IS A SMALL COMPUTER AND SEXTING…SENDING EXPLICIT TEXTS AND PICTURES BY CELL PHONE.
FORT RILEY IS GETTING A TEST PROGRAM THAT WILL IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF VETERANS TO BE EVALUATED FOR DISABILITY BENEFITS. THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM IN NOVEMBER 2007. THEY ARE ADDING SIX NEW PLACES, INCLUDING FORT RILEY BRINGING THE NUMBER UP TO 27. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS THE DISABILITY EVALUATION SYSTEM INCLUDES ONE MEDICAL EXAMINATION AND ONE RATING PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE DISABILITY AND THE BENEFITS. IT IS EXPECTED TO BE UP AND RUNNING AT FORT RILEY BY MARCH.
DURING THE 2009 FISCAL YEAR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE KANSAS FARMERS A RECORD SETTING $148 MILLION IN LOANS. THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S FARM SERVICE AGENCY IN KANSAS SAYS THE MONEY WENT TO ABOUT 1,300 FAMILY FARMERS. THE LOANS HELPED FARMERS PLANT AND HARVEST CROPS, PURCHASE LIVESTOCK AND MACHINERY, OR REORGANIZE THEIR BUSINESS.
A PRATT MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED FOR HIS INVOLVEMENT IN LAST YEAR’S MURDER OF A PARTIALLY DISABLED WOMAN. THE KANSAS ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE SAYS 31 YEAR OLD DAN RIENDEAU WAS SENTENCED 22 YEARS ON PRISON YESTERDAY FOR INTENTIONAL SECOND DEGREE MURDER. PROSECUTERS SAY RIENDIAU AND ANOTHER MAN STABBED 48 YEAR OLD ALESIA DORRIS-GRAHAM 90 TO 100 TIMES BECAUSE SHE REFUSED TO SELL THEM PERSCRIPTION DRUGS. THE OTHER MAN, 18 YEAR OLD CHARLES DEMNARK-WAGNER WAS SENTENCED IN MARCH TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF PAROLE FOR 20 YEARS AFTER HE PLEADED GUILTY TO FIRST DEGREE MURDER.
A FATHER AND SON IN LIBERAL HAD QUITE THE FIND IN THEIR BACK YARD. 10 YEAR OLD CHANDLER HARP WAS PLAYING IN HIS BACKYARD WHEN THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND DIRT AND DEBRIS WENT FLYING ABOUT 15 FEET FROM HIM. HE FOUND A 2 INCH ROCK AT THE BOTTOM OF A FOOT-DEEP HOLE AND BROUGHT IT TO HIS DAD. ONCE HIS DAD, LEE, SAW THE ROCK HE DIDN’T THINK IT WAS SOMETHING FROM AROUND HERE. “I KNEW HE HAD A METEORITE” LEE SAYS ABOUT THE ROCK HIS SON FOUND.
A MAN IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA WHO WAS ALREADY CHARGED WITH MURDERING HIS WIFE IS NOW ACCUSED OF FORGING DOCUMENTS IN JAIL. 39 YEAR OLD JOHN GERHOLT SENIOR SAYS HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIS WIFE BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2008 WHE SHE WAS LEAVING WORK. BEDFORD COUNTY PROSECUTORS SAY GERHOLT KILLED HER ON PURPOSE WITH A RIFLE. AUTHORITIES SAY THE DOCUMENTS HE FORGED WERE TO OBTAIN THE BURIAL PLOT NEXT TO HIS WIFE’S THAT HER FAMILY HAD BOUGHT. THEY LEARNED OF THE SCHEME AND ARE TRYING TO SELL THE PLOT. GERHOLT’S ATTORNEY SAYS HE LOVSE HIS WIFE AND WANTS TO BE NEAR HER.
A MAN IN SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HAS DEER CARCASSES SCATTERED AROUND HIS YARD. RANDY GOOD HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REMOVE ROAD KILL FROM THE ROADS OF FIVE COUNTIES. WITH WEEKEND LANDFILL CLOSURES AND A BROKEN DOWN TRUCK, GOOD HAS HAD TO DROP THEM IN HIS YARD TO DEAL WITH DEMAND. HE PICKS UP 50 TO 100 A, DAY. THE STINK HAS GOTTEN SO BAD NEIGHBORS A HALF A MILE AWAY HAVE HAD TO LIGHT CANDLES. GOOD SAYS HE HAS A NEW TRASH CONTAINER THAT SHOULD HELP BUT IT’LL TAKE A WEEK OR TWO TO GET RID OF ALL THE CARCASSES.
THREE ADULTS AND A 12 YEAR OLD CHILD ARE DEAD AFTER BEING HIT BY AN AMTRAK PASSENGER TRAIN NEAR THE SOUTH CAROLINA GEORGIA STATE LINE LAST NIGHT. ACCORDING TO THE JASPER COUNTY CORONER THE FOUR PEOPLE WERE FROM HARDEEVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA. THEY HAD TRIED TO GO AROUND THE CROSSING ARM TO BEAT THE TRAIN BUT GOT HIT AND THEIR CAR WAS PUSHED ABOUT A MILE BEFORE THE TRAIN COULD STOP. NO ONE ON THE TRAIN WAS INJURED.
THE NEW OXFORD AMERICAN DICTIONARY HAD NAMED THEIR 2009 WORD OF THE YEAR. THE WORD…WHICH MANY PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH IS UNFRIEND. THE DICTIONARY’S DEFINITION IS TO REMOVE SOMEONE AS A FRIEND ON A SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE LIKE FACEBOOK. THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS TRACKS HOW THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHANGES AND PICKS A WORD THAT REFLECTS THE MOOD OF THE YEAR. FINALISTS WERE NETBOOK…WHICH IS A SMALL COMPUTER AND SEXTING…SENDING EXPLICIT TEXTS AND PICTURES BY CELL PHONE.
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