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NOW HERES THE NEWS….
WE OPEN UP TODAY’S NEWSCAST WITH SOME SAD NEWS FOR THE KSTATE FAMILY.
KSTATE SOPHOMORE MEGHAN WILL DIED EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AFTER A CAR ACCIDENT. DEPUTY BERNIE HOESLI OF SALINE COUNTY SAYS WILL WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. HOESLI CLAIMS THE CAR SWERVED IN TO A DITCH, HIT A CULVERT AND BECAME AIRBORNE.
THE DRIVER, DUSTIN RINGLE WAS TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL SALINA HOSPITAL FOR A MILD BRAIN TRAUMA.
THIS STORY WAS FIRST REPORTED BY THE KSTATE COLLEGIAN.
IN OTHER LOCAL NEWS, FORMER KSTATE STUDENT ERIC STONESTREET WON AN EMMY LAST NIGHT. STONESTREET, WHO PLAYS A GAY MAN ON ABCS MODERN FAMILY, WON BEST SUPPORTING COMEDY ACTOR FOR HIS ROLE.
IN STATE NEWS….
LAWRENCE POLICE CHIEF RON OLIN IS RETIRING THIS MONTH, BUT HIS RETIREMENT WON’T LAST VERY LONG. OLIN WILL STEP IN AS THE HEAD OF SECURITY FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS ATHLETICS DEPARTMENT. KANSAS ASSOCIATE AD JIM MARCHIONY SAYS PERKINS AND OLIN HAVE DISCUSSED THE NEWLY CREATED POSITION FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A MISSING BODY AT ABANDONED JOHNSON COUNTY INDUSTRIAL SITE. INVESTIGATORS DRAINED TWO LARGE CONCRETE PONDS YESTERDAY. INVESTIGATORS WILL SEARCH THE EMPTY PONDS TODAY.
IN REGIONAL NEWS….
AN OMAHA MAN, GEORGE VOGEL WAS ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF SPRAYING TEAR GAS IN TO A CROWD OF FUNERAL GATHERERS ON SATURDAY. AMONG THE FUNERAL GATHERERS WERE PROTESTORS FROM THE TOPEKA-BASED WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH. OMAHA POLICE SPOKESMAN MICHAEL PECHA SAYS AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE WERE SPRAYED. PECHA SAYS IT APPEARS VOGEL WAS TARGETING THE PROTESTORS. VOGEL CURRENTLY FACES 16 MISDEMEANOR CHARGES AND TWO FELONIES.
TRUMAN STATE HAS ITS LARGEST ENROLLMENT IN FIVE YEARS. THE KIRKSVILLE, MO LOCATED UNIVERSITY WELCOMED 1,400 FRESHMAN ON TO ITS CAMPUS LAST WEEK, A 6 PERCENT JUMP FROM LAST YEAR. TOTAL ENROLLMENT FOR THE 2010-2011 SCHOOL YEAR IS 5,900.
IN NATIONAL NEWS….
PRESIDENT OBAMA WAS IN NEW ORLEANS THIS PAST WEEKEND FOR THE FIVE-YEAR REMEMBRANCE OF HURRICANE KATRINA.. OBAMA CALLED THE CLEAN-UP OF KATRINA FIVE YEARS AGO, A SHAMEFUL BREAKDOWN IN GOVERNMENT. HE ALSO VOWED TO THE INVITATION-ONLY CROWD THAT NEW ORLEANS WILL BE REBUILT. OBAMA DIVULGED THAT THE CITY WILL BE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, THANKS TO IMPROVED HEALTHCARE AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE HURRICANE HIT.
30 NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS WILL ARRIVE ON THE MEXICO-ARIZONA BORDER TODAY. GUARDSMEN WILL BE SENT EVERY MONDAY UNTIL 532 HAVE ARRIVED ON THE BORDER. NATIONAL GUARDSPOKESMAN LT, VALENTINE CASTILLO SAID THE PATROL SHOULD BE FULLY OPERATIONAL BY OCTOBER. CALIFORNIA GOV. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER EXPECTS NATIONAL GUARD SOLDIERS IN HIS STATE ON WEDNESDAY.
WELL THAT WAS QUICK. AFTER A SERIES OF TWEETS SPARKED RUMORS THAT DRAKE AND NICKI MINAJ WERE MARRIED, A TWEET BY NICKI MINAJ SAYS THE PAIR HAS DECIDED TO CALL IT QUITS. DRAKE FUELED THE RUMORS OF A BREWING RELATIONSHIP IN THE SONG MISS ME ON HIS RECENTLY RELEASED ALBUM THANK ME LATER.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
News 4-29-10
MANHATTAN IS UNDER A WIND ADVISERY UNTIL 7:00 THIS EVENING. OTHER AREA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE ADVISERY BESIDES RILEY ARE POTTAWATOMIE AND GEARY. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OUT OF TOPEKA SAYS TO EXPECT THE STRONGEST WINDS TO OCCUR IN THE SUNRISE TO MID MORNING HOURS AND AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THEY SAY SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MILES PER HOUR AND GUSTS UP TO 45 MILES PER HOUR WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON EAST TO WEST ROADS DIFFICULT.
THE TOPEKA ZOO HAS HIRED A NEW STAFF MEMBER IN HOPES OF IMPROVEMENTS. THE ZOO HIRED FORMER CURATOR OF THE KANSAS CITY ZOO BRENDAN WILEY TO BE THEIR NEW DIRECTOR. WILEY SAYS HE PLANS ON MOVING THE ZOO AWAY FROM RECENT TROUBLES TO BECOME A TOP RANKED ZOO. WILEY HAS WORKED AT THE KANSAS CITY ZOO FOR 11 YEARS AND HAS BEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A MERRIAM ANIMAL SHELTER SINCE 2005. WILEY WILL BEGIN WORKING AS DIRECTOR MAY 24TH.
A WOMAN IN WICHITA HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR BEING THE SUSPECT IN NINE SCHOOL BOMB THREATS. THE 27-YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER THE LAST THREAT AT PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE FEMALE CALLER SAID THERE WAS A BOMB SET TO GO OFF IN THE SCHOOL BUT NO EVACUATION WAS MADE AND NO BOMB WAS FOUND. WHILE THE MOTIVE IS UNCLEAR, POLICE SAY THEY’RE NOT SURE IF THE WOMAN HAS A CHILD AT THE SCHOOL
A SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SETTING A POST OFFICE ON FIRE. JON BETH…WHO’S FROM STARK HAS ADMITTED TO BURNING THE BUILDING BEING USED BY THE POST OFFICE TO COVER UP THE CRIME AFTER BURGLARIZING IT. BETH HAS ALSO BEEN ORDERED TO PAY $17,000 IN RESTITUTION.
TIME IS TURNING INTO AN ISSUE FOR CREWS WHO’RE TRYING TO CLEAN UP AN OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE COAST GUARD SAYS THE OIL IS LEAKING ABOUT FIVE-THOUSAND GALLONS A DAY WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY LEAKING ONE-THOUSAND GALLONS. LOUISIANA WILDLIFE OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THERE’S A “HIGH PROBABILITY” THAT OIL COULD REACH SENSITIVE HABITATS AND FISHERIES ALONG THE COAST BY TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE UNITED STATES WILL BE GETTING A BRONZE MEDAL TO ADD TO THE COLLECTION FROM THE SYDNEY OLYMPICS. THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS ORDERED CHINA TO RETURN THEIR TEAM MEDAL FOR GYMNASTICS BECAUSE OF EVIDENCE OF DONG FANGZIOS ONLY BEING 14 AT THE TIME. HOWEVER THE CHINESE GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION IS SAYING THERE IS NO CONCRETE EVIDENCE TO PROVE HER AGE WAS A PROBLEM AND RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FILE A CHALLENGE. GYMNASTS MUST TURN 16 DURING THE OLYMPIC YEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE.
THINGS ARE STARTING TO LOOK UP FOR BRET MICHAELS. A STATEMENT ON HIS WEBSITE IS SAYING HIS TOUR COULD RESUME IN MAY. MICHAELS WAS HOSPITALIZED LAST WEEK WITH A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. DOCTORS SAY THAT THE POISON FRONTMAN IS LUCKY BECAUSE HIS CONDITION COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. RIGHT NOW MICHAELS IS SUFFERING SLURRED SPEECH AND BLURRED VISION AND HIS FULL RECOVERY COULD BE MONTSH AWAY.
THE TOPEKA ZOO HAS HIRED A NEW STAFF MEMBER IN HOPES OF IMPROVEMENTS. THE ZOO HIRED FORMER CURATOR OF THE KANSAS CITY ZOO BRENDAN WILEY TO BE THEIR NEW DIRECTOR. WILEY SAYS HE PLANS ON MOVING THE ZOO AWAY FROM RECENT TROUBLES TO BECOME A TOP RANKED ZOO. WILEY HAS WORKED AT THE KANSAS CITY ZOO FOR 11 YEARS AND HAS BEEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF A MERRIAM ANIMAL SHELTER SINCE 2005. WILEY WILL BEGIN WORKING AS DIRECTOR MAY 24TH.
A WOMAN IN WICHITA HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR BEING THE SUSPECT IN NINE SCHOOL BOMB THREATS. THE 27-YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER THE LAST THREAT AT PAYNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE FEMALE CALLER SAID THERE WAS A BOMB SET TO GO OFF IN THE SCHOOL BUT NO EVACUATION WAS MADE AND NO BOMB WAS FOUND. WHILE THE MOTIVE IS UNCLEAR, POLICE SAY THEY’RE NOT SURE IF THE WOMAN HAS A CHILD AT THE SCHOOL
A SOUTHEAST KANSAS MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SETTING A POST OFFICE ON FIRE. JON BETH…WHO’S FROM STARK HAS ADMITTED TO BURNING THE BUILDING BEING USED BY THE POST OFFICE TO COVER UP THE CRIME AFTER BURGLARIZING IT. BETH HAS ALSO BEEN ORDERED TO PAY $17,000 IN RESTITUTION.
TIME IS TURNING INTO AN ISSUE FOR CREWS WHO’RE TRYING TO CLEAN UP AN OIL SPILL IN THE GULF OF MEXICO. THE COAST GUARD SAYS THE OIL IS LEAKING ABOUT FIVE-THOUSAND GALLONS A DAY WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS ONLY LEAKING ONE-THOUSAND GALLONS. LOUISIANA WILDLIFE OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THERE’S A “HIGH PROBABILITY” THAT OIL COULD REACH SENSITIVE HABITATS AND FISHERIES ALONG THE COAST BY TOMORROW NIGHT.
THE UNITED STATES WILL BE GETTING A BRONZE MEDAL TO ADD TO THE COLLECTION FROM THE SYDNEY OLYMPICS. THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE HAS ORDERED CHINA TO RETURN THEIR TEAM MEDAL FOR GYMNASTICS BECAUSE OF EVIDENCE OF DONG FANGZIOS ONLY BEING 14 AT THE TIME. HOWEVER THE CHINESE GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION IS SAYING THERE IS NO CONCRETE EVIDENCE TO PROVE HER AGE WAS A PROBLEM AND RESERVE THE RIGHT TO FILE A CHALLENGE. GYMNASTS MUST TURN 16 DURING THE OLYMPIC YEAR TO BE ELIGIBLE.
THINGS ARE STARTING TO LOOK UP FOR BRET MICHAELS. A STATEMENT ON HIS WEBSITE IS SAYING HIS TOUR COULD RESUME IN MAY. MICHAELS WAS HOSPITALIZED LAST WEEK WITH A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. DOCTORS SAY THAT THE POISON FRONTMAN IS LUCKY BECAUSE HIS CONDITION COULD HAVE BEEN FATAL. RIGHT NOW MICHAELS IS SUFFERING SLURRED SPEECH AND BLURRED VISION AND HIS FULL RECOVERY COULD BE MONTSH AWAY.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
News 4-28-10
DID YOU LOSE SOMETHING? RILEY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT MAY BE ABLE TO HELP. RCPD HAS BEGUN POSTING FOUND PROPERTY ON THEIR WEBSITE WWW.RILEYCOUNTYPOLICE.ORG. RCPD SAYS THIS WILL HELP DETERMINE IF YOUR PROPERTY HAS BEEN LOCATED. YOU WILL HAVE TO SHOW SOME PROOF OF OWNERSHIP BEFORE THE ITEM IS RELEASED. THE ITEM WILL BE HELD FOR 60 DAYS AND THEN WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE CLAIMED AFTER THAT. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS YOU CAN CALL THE RCPD EVIDENCE / PROPERTY SECTION AT 785-537-2112 EXTENSION 3076.
WICHITA POLICE GOT AN INTERESTING CALL YESTERDAY. AN EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD MAN WAS BEARING IT ALL AT A LOCAL APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS TEEN WAS NOT ONLY THAT HE WAS IN HIS BIRTHDAY SUIT BUT THAT HE WAS HIGH ON PILLS, COUGH SYRUP AND POT AND HE WAS ALSO BANGING ON APARTMENT WINDOWS. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED AT THE COMPLEX THE MAN REFUSED TO GET ON THE GROUND SO THE POLICE TASED THE NAKED MAN. THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AFTER WE WAS SUBDUED.
A GARDEN CITY MAN WHO’S ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS SISTER HAS BEEN ORDERED TO UNDERGO A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION BEFORE HE ENTERS HIS PLEA. 53-YEAR OLD LUIS MONTOYA IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE STABBING DEATH OF HIS SISTER MARIA MONTOYA. MONTOYA’S EVALUATION WILL BE DONE AT LARNED STATE HOSPITAL AND HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH THROUGH 24TH.
SOME OF THE OIL REMANING FROM THE RIG EXPLOSION IN LOUSIANA WILL BEGIN BEING BURNED BY AUTHORITIES THIS MORNING. PETTY OFFICER PRENTICE DANNER SAYS FIRE RESISTANT CONTAINMENT BOOMS WILL BE USED TO CORRAL THE OIL THAT IS REMAINING ON THE SURFACE. ONCE THE OIL IS WITHIN THE BOOMS IT WILL BE SET ON FIRE. THIS OIL SLICK IS THE RESULT OF OIL LEAKING FROM THE SITE OF LAST WEEK’S HUGE EXPLOSION OF A DEEP WATER OIL RIG THAT BURNED AND SANK. OIL CONTINUES TO SPILL UNDERSEA, WHERE ROBOT SUBMARINES HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CAP THE WELL.
SANDRA BULLOCK HAS HAD SOME UPS AND DOWNS THIS YEAR AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE SOME MORE. BULLOCK HAS FILED FOR DIVORCED FROM HUSBAND JESSE JAMES AFTER AN AFFAIR SCANDAL. NOW SHE HAS A LITTLE BABY. SANDY IS THE PROUD MOTHER OF THREE AND A HALF MONTH OLD SON LOUIS BARDO BULLOCK. JAMES AND BULLOCK BEGAN THE ADOPTION PROCESS FOUR YEARS AGO AND BROUGHT LITTLE LOUIS HOME IN JANUARY BUT PLANNED TO KEEP THE NEWS TO THEMSELVES UNTIL AFTER THE OSCARS. BULLOCK SAYS SHE’S NOW FINALIZING THE ADOPTION AS A SIGNLE PARENT.
WICHITA POLICE GOT AN INTERESTING CALL YESTERDAY. AN EIGHTEEN YEAR OLD MAN WAS BEARING IT ALL AT A LOCAL APARTMENT COMPLEX. THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT THIS TEEN WAS NOT ONLY THAT HE WAS IN HIS BIRTHDAY SUIT BUT THAT HE WAS HIGH ON PILLS, COUGH SYRUP AND POT AND HE WAS ALSO BANGING ON APARTMENT WINDOWS. WHEN THE POLICE ARRIVED AT THE COMPLEX THE MAN REFUSED TO GET ON THE GROUND SO THE POLICE TASED THE NAKED MAN. THE MAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT AFTER WE WAS SUBDUED.
A GARDEN CITY MAN WHO’S ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS SISTER HAS BEEN ORDERED TO UNDERGO A MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION BEFORE HE ENTERS HIS PLEA. 53-YEAR OLD LUIS MONTOYA IS CHARGED WITH FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE STABBING DEATH OF HIS SISTER MARIA MONTOYA. MONTOYA’S EVALUATION WILL BE DONE AT LARNED STATE HOSPITAL AND HIS TRIAL IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 20TH THROUGH 24TH.
SOME OF THE OIL REMANING FROM THE RIG EXPLOSION IN LOUSIANA WILL BEGIN BEING BURNED BY AUTHORITIES THIS MORNING. PETTY OFFICER PRENTICE DANNER SAYS FIRE RESISTANT CONTAINMENT BOOMS WILL BE USED TO CORRAL THE OIL THAT IS REMAINING ON THE SURFACE. ONCE THE OIL IS WITHIN THE BOOMS IT WILL BE SET ON FIRE. THIS OIL SLICK IS THE RESULT OF OIL LEAKING FROM THE SITE OF LAST WEEK’S HUGE EXPLOSION OF A DEEP WATER OIL RIG THAT BURNED AND SANK. OIL CONTINUES TO SPILL UNDERSEA, WHERE ROBOT SUBMARINES HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO CAP THE WELL.
SANDRA BULLOCK HAS HAD SOME UPS AND DOWNS THIS YEAR AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE SOME MORE. BULLOCK HAS FILED FOR DIVORCED FROM HUSBAND JESSE JAMES AFTER AN AFFAIR SCANDAL. NOW SHE HAS A LITTLE BABY. SANDY IS THE PROUD MOTHER OF THREE AND A HALF MONTH OLD SON LOUIS BARDO BULLOCK. JAMES AND BULLOCK BEGAN THE ADOPTION PROCESS FOUR YEARS AGO AND BROUGHT LITTLE LOUIS HOME IN JANUARY BUT PLANNED TO KEEP THE NEWS TO THEMSELVES UNTIL AFTER THE OSCARS. BULLOCK SAYS SHE’S NOW FINALIZING THE ADOPTION AS A SIGNLE PARENT.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
News 4-27-10
MORE THAN 1,000 PEOPLE GATHERED FOR THE FORMER K-STATE QUARTERBACK’S FUNERAL YESTERDAY. BILL SNYDER SPOKE ABOUT DYLAN MEIER AND HIS ADVENTUROUS SPIRIT SAYING HE HAD A ZEST FOR LIFE AND WAS ALSO A TOUGH ATHLETE AND TEAM LEADER. MEIER PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK DURING A HIKING ACCIDENT IN ARKANSAS WHERE HE FELL AT WHITAKER POINT.
TALKS OF BANNING TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IN MANHATTAN HAVE BEEN AROUND BUT NOW IT’S ON A STATE LEVEL. STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS AND TRIPLE A WILL BE HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY AT THE STATEHOUSE TO DISCUSS THE DANGERS OF TEXTING AND DRIVING. LEGISLATORS ARE CONSIDERING A BILL TO BAN THE PRACTICE AND THE SENATE HAS APPROVED TWO BILLS MAKING IT A TRAFFIC INFRACTION AND VIOLATORS WILL HAVE TO PAY A FINE. THEY ARE MAKING AN EXCEPTION FOR TEXTING ABOUT AN EMERGENCY OR CRIME.
A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A NORTHEAST KANSAS FARMER IS GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. DALE KINGSBURY GAVE ADAM HOOPER A PLACE TO STAY AND TO WORK AS A FARMHAND. KINGSBURY WENT MISSING AUGUST 8TH AND WAS FOUND LATER THAT DAY IN A CISTERN ON HIS PROPERTY. HOOPER TOLD DETECTIVES HE WAS OVERWORKED AND HE HAD BEATEN KINGSBURY MORE THAN 100 TIMES. SENTENCING WILL BE JUNE 8TH.
A MEDICAL CLINIC IN GUATEMALA WILL BE GETTING HELP THANKS TO ONE NORTHEAST KANSAS UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS AT MID-AMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY WILL BE PRESENTING A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK TODAY TO HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL. THE ORGANIZATION IS PLANNING THE CLINIC TO BE ON LAKE ATITLAN WHERE THEY LACK A CLINIC OR HOSPITAL.
THE GOODWILL IN PENNSYLVANIA GOT ONE GEM OF A DONATION. A RETIRED JEWELER WAS SORTING THROUGH DONATIONS AND FOUND A 2.6 CARAT DIAMOND AND PLATINUM RING APPRAISED AT $17,600. THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM EVER DONATED TO GOODWILL INDUSTRIES KEYSTONE AREA. GOODWILL OFFICIALS AREN’T SURE WHY THE RING WAS DONATED AND NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD TO TAKE CREDIT.
HUGH HEFNER SAVES THE DAY IN HOLLYWOOD. THE PLAYBOY FOUNDER DONATED $900-THOUSAND TO PRESERVE THE LAND WHERE THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN IS. DEVELOPERS HAD BEEN LOOKING AT THE LAND TO BUILD MANSIONS BUT GAVE A LAND CONSERVATION GROUP A CHANCE TO RAISE $12.5 MILLION FOR IT. HEF SAYS HE KNEW THEY WERE RAISING MONEY TO SAVE THE SIGN BUT DIDN’T FIND OUT UNTIL LAST WEEK THAT THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. BACK IN 1979 HEF DONATED TO RESTORE THE SIGN AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT.
TALKS OF BANNING TEXTING WHILE DRIVING IN MANHATTAN HAVE BEEN AROUND BUT NOW IT’S ON A STATE LEVEL. STATE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS AND TRIPLE A WILL BE HOLDING A NEWS CONFERENCE TODAY AT THE STATEHOUSE TO DISCUSS THE DANGERS OF TEXTING AND DRIVING. LEGISLATORS ARE CONSIDERING A BILL TO BAN THE PRACTICE AND THE SENATE HAS APPROVED TWO BILLS MAKING IT A TRAFFIC INFRACTION AND VIOLATORS WILL HAVE TO PAY A FINE. THEY ARE MAKING AN EXCEPTION FOR TEXTING ABOUT AN EMERGENCY OR CRIME.
A MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING A NORTHEAST KANSAS FARMER IS GUILTY OF SECOND DEGREE MURDER. DALE KINGSBURY GAVE ADAM HOOPER A PLACE TO STAY AND TO WORK AS A FARMHAND. KINGSBURY WENT MISSING AUGUST 8TH AND WAS FOUND LATER THAT DAY IN A CISTERN ON HIS PROPERTY. HOOPER TOLD DETECTIVES HE WAS OVERWORKED AND HE HAD BEATEN KINGSBURY MORE THAN 100 TIMES. SENTENCING WILL BE JUNE 8TH.
A MEDICAL CLINIC IN GUATEMALA WILL BE GETTING HELP THANKS TO ONE NORTHEAST KANSAS UNIVERSITY. STUDENTS AT MID-AMERICA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY WILL BE PRESENTING A 50-THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK TODAY TO HEART TO HEART INTERNATIONAL. THE ORGANIZATION IS PLANNING THE CLINIC TO BE ON LAKE ATITLAN WHERE THEY LACK A CLINIC OR HOSPITAL.
THE GOODWILL IN PENNSYLVANIA GOT ONE GEM OF A DONATION. A RETIRED JEWELER WAS SORTING THROUGH DONATIONS AND FOUND A 2.6 CARAT DIAMOND AND PLATINUM RING APPRAISED AT $17,600. THIS IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM EVER DONATED TO GOODWILL INDUSTRIES KEYSTONE AREA. GOODWILL OFFICIALS AREN’T SURE WHY THE RING WAS DONATED AND NO ONE HAS COME FORWARD TO TAKE CREDIT.
HUGH HEFNER SAVES THE DAY IN HOLLYWOOD. THE PLAYBOY FOUNDER DONATED $900-THOUSAND TO PRESERVE THE LAND WHERE THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN IS. DEVELOPERS HAD BEEN LOOKING AT THE LAND TO BUILD MANSIONS BUT GAVE A LAND CONSERVATION GROUP A CHANCE TO RAISE $12.5 MILLION FOR IT. HEF SAYS HE KNEW THEY WERE RAISING MONEY TO SAVE THE SIGN BUT DIDN’T FIND OUT UNTIL LAST WEEK THAT THEY WERE RUNNING OUT OF TIME. BACK IN 1979 HEF DONATED TO RESTORE THE SIGN AFTER YEARS OF NEGLECT.
Monday, April 26, 2010
News 4-26-10
THE FUNERAL FOR FORMER K-STATE QUARTERBACK DYLAN MEIER HAS BEEN SET. THE SERVICES WILL BE THIS MORNING AT 10 AM AT THE PITTSBURG MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM. THE MEIER FAMILY IS ASKING MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO BE SENT TO EITHER THE KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL PROGRAM, PITTSBURG YMCA, OR PITTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL QUARTERBACK CLUB. ALL DONATIONS CAN BE MADE THROUGH THE BRENNER FUNERAL HOME IN PITTSBURG KANSAS. MEIER DIED LAST WEEK IN A HIKING ACCIDENT IN ARKANSAS.
THE NEW COMMANDER OF THE KANSAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN CHOSEN. COLONEL BRAD LINK WILL BE SUCCSEEDING BRIGADE GENERAL ED FLORA WHO IS RETIRING. THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY IN TOPEKA WITH A RECEPTION FOR FLORA’S RETIREMENT AFTERWARDS. LINK BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE 1980S AND HAS FLOWN VARIOUS AIRCRAFT INCLUDING B-52 AND B-1 BOMBERS AND KC-135 REFUELING TANKERS.
THE SON OF TOPEKA’S CONTRAVERSIAL PASTOR FRED PHELPS SPOKE OVER THE WEEKEND. NATE PHELPS MADE HIS FIRST RETURN TO TOPEKA IN 20 YEARS AND ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO HAVE SYMPATHY FOR THE MEMBERS OF HIS FATHER’S CHURCH. HE SAID ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN WHO ARE “STUCK IN THAT SITUATION.” THE CAPITAL JOURNAL SAYS NO ONE FROM WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH PICKETED NATE’S TALK.
FEMA WILL TAKE A LOOK TODAY AT THIS WEEKENDS TORNADO AND STORM DAMAGE IN THE SOUTH. THEY WILL CONCENTRATE IN MISSISSIPPI WHERE 10 TO 12 FATALATIES OCCURRED. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PRESIDENT POSSIBLY DECLARING A DISASTER. MISSISSIPPI’S GOVENOR SAYS THE TORNADO WENT THROUGH 16 COUNTIES WITH WINDS OF 160 MILES PER HOUR AND A DESTRUCTION PATH OF AT LEAST 50 MILES.
A 16-YEAR OLD CALIFORNIA GIRL WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO SAIL SOLO AROUND THE WORLD HAS ENDED HER QUEST. ABBY SUNDERLAND WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO MAKE THE TRIP NON STOP WILL BE STOPPING IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR BOAT REPAIRS. SUNDERLAND BLOGGED SATURDAY THAT IT WOULD BE “FOOLISH AND IRRESPONSIBLE” TO KEEP GOING AFTER HER LOSING HER BOAT’S MAIN AUTOPILOT. SHE PLANS TO CONTINUE THE VOYAGE EVEN THOUGH HER NONSTOP ATTEMPT IS OVER.
BRET MICHAELS REMAINS IN INTENSIVE CARE AFTER SUFFERING A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. FURTHER TESTING IS SCHEDULED TO HELP LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE BLEEDING. THE 47-YEAR OLD ROCKER’S WEBSITE SAYS A REPORT FROM DOCTORS IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK AND ADDS “PLEASE REMEMBER BRET IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN A FIGHTER AND SURVIVOR AND IS UNDER THE BEST MEDICAL CARE POSSIBLE.” THE HOSPITAL MICHAELS IS IN HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
THE ANIMATED FLICK HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON RE-GAINED THE TOP SPOT IN THE BOX OFFICE AFTER BEING RELEASED FOR A MONTH. J-LO’S “THE BACK UP PLAN” WAS A NO-GO OPENING IN SECOND FOLLOWED BY DATE NIGHT AND THE NEW RELEASE THE LOSERS.
THE NEW COMMANDER OF THE KANSAS AIR NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN CHOSEN. COLONEL BRAD LINK WILL BE SUCCSEEDING BRIGADE GENERAL ED FLORA WHO IS RETIRING. THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED FOR TODAY IN TOPEKA WITH A RECEPTION FOR FLORA’S RETIREMENT AFTERWARDS. LINK BEGAN HIS CAREER IN THE 1980S AND HAS FLOWN VARIOUS AIRCRAFT INCLUDING B-52 AND B-1 BOMBERS AND KC-135 REFUELING TANKERS.
THE SON OF TOPEKA’S CONTRAVERSIAL PASTOR FRED PHELPS SPOKE OVER THE WEEKEND. NATE PHELPS MADE HIS FIRST RETURN TO TOPEKA IN 20 YEARS AND ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO HAVE SYMPATHY FOR THE MEMBERS OF HIS FATHER’S CHURCH. HE SAID ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN WHO ARE “STUCK IN THAT SITUATION.” THE CAPITAL JOURNAL SAYS NO ONE FROM WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH PICKETED NATE’S TALK.
FEMA WILL TAKE A LOOK TODAY AT THIS WEEKENDS TORNADO AND STORM DAMAGE IN THE SOUTH. THEY WILL CONCENTRATE IN MISSISSIPPI WHERE 10 TO 12 FATALATIES OCCURRED. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE PRESIDENT POSSIBLY DECLARING A DISASTER. MISSISSIPPI’S GOVENOR SAYS THE TORNADO WENT THROUGH 16 COUNTIES WITH WINDS OF 160 MILES PER HOUR AND A DESTRUCTION PATH OF AT LEAST 50 MILES.
A 16-YEAR OLD CALIFORNIA GIRL WHO WAS ATTEMPTING TO SAIL SOLO AROUND THE WORLD HAS ENDED HER QUEST. ABBY SUNDERLAND WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN THE YOUNGEST PERSON TO MAKE THE TRIP NON STOP WILL BE STOPPING IN SOUTH AFRICA FOR BOAT REPAIRS. SUNDERLAND BLOGGED SATURDAY THAT IT WOULD BE “FOOLISH AND IRRESPONSIBLE” TO KEEP GOING AFTER HER LOSING HER BOAT’S MAIN AUTOPILOT. SHE PLANS TO CONTINUE THE VOYAGE EVEN THOUGH HER NONSTOP ATTEMPT IS OVER.
BRET MICHAELS REMAINS IN INTENSIVE CARE AFTER SUFFERING A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. FURTHER TESTING IS SCHEDULED TO HELP LOCATE THE SOURCE OF THE BLEEDING. THE 47-YEAR OLD ROCKER’S WEBSITE SAYS A REPORT FROM DOCTORS IS EXPECTED THIS WEEK AND ADDS “PLEASE REMEMBER BRET IS, AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN A FIGHTER AND SURVIVOR AND IS UNDER THE BEST MEDICAL CARE POSSIBLE.” THE HOSPITAL MICHAELS IS IN HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED.
THE ANIMATED FLICK HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON RE-GAINED THE TOP SPOT IN THE BOX OFFICE AFTER BEING RELEASED FOR A MONTH. J-LO’S “THE BACK UP PLAN” WAS A NO-GO OPENING IN SECOND FOLLOWED BY DATE NIGHT AND THE NEW RELEASE THE LOSERS.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
News 4-20-10
FORMER K-STATE QUARTERBACK IS DEAD AFTER A HIKING ACCIDENT. DETAILS AREN’T AVAILABLE BUT 26-YEAR OLD DYLAN MEIER SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES DURING A FAMILY HIKING TRIP IN ARKANSAS. THE PITTSBURG NATIVE PLAYED FOR THE WILDCATS FROM 2002 THROUGH 2006 WHERE HE APPEARED IN 35 GAMES. MEIER GRADUATED WITH A BUSINESS FINANCE DEGREE AND PLAYED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL IN EUROPE. WE’LL BRING YOU MORE DETAILS WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.
AN EMPORIA MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED IN A FATAL SHOOTING LAST SEPTEMBER. 21-YEAR OLD SAMUEL LLAMAS HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER CHARGE AND AIDING IN A SHOOTING INTO AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE AFTER ONLY FOUR HOURS OF DELIBERATION. WITNESSES DESCRIBED ANOTHER MAN, MIKE NAVARRO, AS THE SHOOTER BUT MOVED TO MEXICO AND HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE. THE PROSECUTOR SAYS LLAMAS WAS WITH NAVARRO WHEN HE SHOT OMAR FLORES AT LEAST TEN TIMES BECAUSE HE WOULDN’T PAY FOR A BAD BATCH OF METHAMPHETAMINE.
THE TWO MEN WE TOLD YOU ABOUT IN JANUARY WITH COCAIN IN THEIR AIRPLANE HAVE BEEN SENT TO PRISON. 40- YEAR OLD DEAN MOYA AND 31-YEAR OLD RICHARD VICKERY, BOTH OF HEMET CALIFORNIA, WERE SENTENCED YESTERDAY IN FEDERAL COURT IN WICHITA. MOYA WAS GIVEN FIVE YEARS AND VICKERY SIX. THE TWO PLEADED GUILTY EARLIER THIS YEAR TO AIDING AND ABETTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE AFTER A DRUG DOG DETECTED COCAINE WHEN THEY LANDED AT LIBERAL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY HAS LANDED BACK ON EARTH. IT WAS DELAYED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER BUT THE SPACE CRAFT AND SEVEN ASTRONAUTS ARE BACK ON THE GROUND. DISCOVERY HAD BEEN ON A 6-MILLION MILE JOURNEY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND ALSO HAD A RARE FLYOVER OF THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND FLYING OVER STATES INCLUDING KANSAS.
THE CENSUS HAS FOUND WOMEN ARE NOW JUST AS LIKELY TO HAVE FINISHED COLLEGE AS MEN AS LONG WITH BEING EQUAL IN EARNING ADVANCED DEGREES. THEIR NUMBERS SHOW 29-PERCENT OF ALL WOMEN IN THE U-S HAVE EARNED AT LEAST A BACHELOR’S DEGREE COMPARED TO 30-PERCENT OF MEN. THEY ARE ALSO 50-50 IN HAVING MASTER’S…PROFESSIONAL DEGREES…OR DOCTORATES. AT THE CURRENT TRENDS WOMEN COULD SURPASS MEN IN TOTAL ADVANCED DEGREES EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE BEHIND IN BUSINESS…SCIENCE…AND ENGINEERING.
ON TOP OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN SANDRA BULLOCK’S LIFE LATELY, SHE’S NOW BEING ASKED TO GIVE BACK HER RAZZIE AWARD FOR WORST ACTRESS. DON’T WORRY THOUGH – SHE ISN’T GETTING HER TITLE TAKEN, THEY JUST WANT TO SWAP TROPHIES. RAZZIE FOUNDER JOHN WILSON SAYS BULLOCK WAS GIVEN THE ORIGINAL RAZZIE BY MISTAKE AND WANTS TO GIVE HER A REPLICA. WILSON SAYS HE WAITED TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING HAPPENING AND ADDS “I HARDLY THINK THE RAZZIE AWARDS SHOULD BE ANY KIND OF PRIORITY IN HER LIFE RIGHT NOW.”
AN EMPORIA MAN HAS BEEN CONVICTED IN A FATAL SHOOTING LAST SEPTEMBER. 21-YEAR OLD SAMUEL LLAMAS HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF THE MURDER CHARGE AND AIDING IN A SHOOTING INTO AN UNOCCUPIED VEHICLE AFTER ONLY FOUR HOURS OF DELIBERATION. WITNESSES DESCRIBED ANOTHER MAN, MIKE NAVARRO, AS THE SHOOTER BUT MOVED TO MEXICO AND HASN’T BEEN SEEN SINCE. THE PROSECUTOR SAYS LLAMAS WAS WITH NAVARRO WHEN HE SHOT OMAR FLORES AT LEAST TEN TIMES BECAUSE HE WOULDN’T PAY FOR A BAD BATCH OF METHAMPHETAMINE.
THE TWO MEN WE TOLD YOU ABOUT IN JANUARY WITH COCAIN IN THEIR AIRPLANE HAVE BEEN SENT TO PRISON. 40- YEAR OLD DEAN MOYA AND 31-YEAR OLD RICHARD VICKERY, BOTH OF HEMET CALIFORNIA, WERE SENTENCED YESTERDAY IN FEDERAL COURT IN WICHITA. MOYA WAS GIVEN FIVE YEARS AND VICKERY SIX. THE TWO PLEADED GUILTY EARLIER THIS YEAR TO AIDING AND ABETTING THE DISTRIBUTION OF COCAINE AFTER A DRUG DOG DETECTED COCAINE WHEN THEY LANDED AT LIBERAL MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY HAS LANDED BACK ON EARTH. IT WAS DELAYED YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER BUT THE SPACE CRAFT AND SEVEN ASTRONAUTS ARE BACK ON THE GROUND. DISCOVERY HAD BEEN ON A 6-MILLION MILE JOURNEY TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION AND ALSO HAD A RARE FLYOVER OF THE AMERICAN HEARTLAND FLYING OVER STATES INCLUDING KANSAS.
THE CENSUS HAS FOUND WOMEN ARE NOW JUST AS LIKELY TO HAVE FINISHED COLLEGE AS MEN AS LONG WITH BEING EQUAL IN EARNING ADVANCED DEGREES. THEIR NUMBERS SHOW 29-PERCENT OF ALL WOMEN IN THE U-S HAVE EARNED AT LEAST A BACHELOR’S DEGREE COMPARED TO 30-PERCENT OF MEN. THEY ARE ALSO 50-50 IN HAVING MASTER’S…PROFESSIONAL DEGREES…OR DOCTORATES. AT THE CURRENT TRENDS WOMEN COULD SURPASS MEN IN TOTAL ADVANCED DEGREES EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE BEHIND IN BUSINESS…SCIENCE…AND ENGINEERING.
ON TOP OF EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN SANDRA BULLOCK’S LIFE LATELY, SHE’S NOW BEING ASKED TO GIVE BACK HER RAZZIE AWARD FOR WORST ACTRESS. DON’T WORRY THOUGH – SHE ISN’T GETTING HER TITLE TAKEN, THEY JUST WANT TO SWAP TROPHIES. RAZZIE FOUNDER JOHN WILSON SAYS BULLOCK WAS GIVEN THE ORIGINAL RAZZIE BY MISTAKE AND WANTS TO GIVE HER A REPLICA. WILSON SAYS HE WAITED TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING HAPPENING AND ADDS “I HARDLY THINK THE RAZZIE AWARDS SHOULD BE ANY KIND OF PRIORITY IN HER LIFE RIGHT NOW.”
Monday, April 19, 2010
News 4-19-10
A BOURBON COUNTY COAL MINE HAS BEEN SITED ON A LIST TO BE UNSAFE. A CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN RELEASED A LIST OF 48 MINES WEDNESDAY THAT ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. THE MINE OWNED BY PHOENIX MINING HAS BEEN CITED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 162 TIMES SINCE MARCH 2008. THE PHOENIX MINING OWNER SAYS MANY OF THE CITATIONS ARE UNFAIR AND IS CHALLENGING SEVERAL OF THEM.
HUGE TURKEY VULTURES IN HUTCHINSON ARE FREAKING OUT SOME RESIDENTS. JIM SUNDERLAND, WHO LIVES BY THE KANSAS STATE FAIRGROUNDS WHERE THE BIRDS HAVE BEEN ROOSTING AT NIGHT, SAYS IT LOOKES LIKE A SCENE FROM HARRY POTTER. THE CITY HAS USED NOISE MAKERS TO TRY TO KEEP THE BIRDS AWAY BUT OFFICIALS SAY THEY SHOULDN’T CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS.
TWO BABY PENGUINS WILL BE MAKING THEIR DEBUT AT THE SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO TODAY. CHICK ONE AND CHICK TWO ARE THE FIRST HUMBOLDT PENGUINS THAT WERE BORN AT THE ZOO. THERE ARE 14 OTHER ADULT PENGUINS AT THE ZOO AND THERE’S A CHANCE FOR TWO MORE TO HATCH IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THEY WERE BORN IN LATE MARCH.
MOST AIRPORTS IN EUROPE ARE CLOSED FOR A FIFTH DAY DUE TO THE CLOUD OF ASH RISING FROM A VOLCANO IN ICELAND. ALL THE AIRPORTS IN SPAIN ARE OPEN AND OFFERING TO BECOME A HUB TO GET PASSENGERS MOVING. BRITIAN IS SENDING ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS TO GET STRANDED BRITONS AND WILL DEPOLY A THIRD SHIP. SOME AIRLINES HAVE TESTED FLIGHTS WITHOUT PASSENGERS BUT A WESTERN DIPLOMAT SAYS SEVERAL NATO F-16 FIGHTERS SUFFERED ENGINE DAMAGE AFTER FLYING THROUGH THE ASH.
WHILE EUROPEAN PLANES ARE STAYING GROUDNED, SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY WILL STAY IN ORBIT AN EXTRA DAY BECAUSE OF CLOUDY WEATHER. THEY HAD A CHANCE THIS MORNING WHERE THE SKY CLEARED BUT MISSION CONTROL DID NOT WANT TO RISK ANYTHING. IF THE CLOUDS STICK AROUND FOR TOMORROW AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, THEY WILL TRY TO LAND AT THEIR BACK UP SITE IN CALIFORNIA. DISCOVERY AND ITS SEVEN ASTRONAUTS ARE COMING BACK AFTER A TWO WEEK MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
HUNDRENDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER TODAY AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY FEDERAL BUILDING TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED IN THE BOMBING. TODAY MARKS THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK THAT KILLED 168 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAT 600 MORE. THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO WILL SPEAK AT THE CEREMONY THAT BEGINS JUST BEFORE 9:02 AM, THE TIME THE BOMB WAS DETONATED. THEY WILL ALSO REMEMBER THE 168 PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED WITH 168 SECONDS OF SILENCE.
LAST NIGHT COUNTRY MUSIC BROUGHT THEIR RHINESTONES FROM NASHVILLE TO LAS VEGAS FOR THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. LADY ANTEBELLUM WERE BIG WINNERS TAKING HOME THREE AWARDS, MIRANDA LAMBERT HAD A BIG NIGHT GETTING ALBUM OF THE YEAR, VIDEO OF THE YEAR, AND TOP FEMALE VOCALIST, BRAD PAISLEY IS THE TOP MALE VOCALIST, AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE TO WIN ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR TWICE. ALONG WITH WINNING THEIR FINAL TOP DUO OF THE YEAR, BROOKS AND DUNN GAVE THEIR FINAL ACM PERFOMANCE. THEY WILL BE AIRING A FAREWELL SHOW THAT WILL AIR MAY 23RD OF CBS.
HUGE TURKEY VULTURES IN HUTCHINSON ARE FREAKING OUT SOME RESIDENTS. JIM SUNDERLAND, WHO LIVES BY THE KANSAS STATE FAIRGROUNDS WHERE THE BIRDS HAVE BEEN ROOSTING AT NIGHT, SAYS IT LOOKES LIKE A SCENE FROM HARRY POTTER. THE CITY HAS USED NOISE MAKERS TO TRY TO KEEP THE BIRDS AWAY BUT OFFICIALS SAY THEY SHOULDN’T CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS.
TWO BABY PENGUINS WILL BE MAKING THEIR DEBUT AT THE SEDGWICK COUNTY ZOO TODAY. CHICK ONE AND CHICK TWO ARE THE FIRST HUMBOLDT PENGUINS THAT WERE BORN AT THE ZOO. THERE ARE 14 OTHER ADULT PENGUINS AT THE ZOO AND THERE’S A CHANCE FOR TWO MORE TO HATCH IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THEY WERE BORN IN LATE MARCH.
MOST AIRPORTS IN EUROPE ARE CLOSED FOR A FIFTH DAY DUE TO THE CLOUD OF ASH RISING FROM A VOLCANO IN ICELAND. ALL THE AIRPORTS IN SPAIN ARE OPEN AND OFFERING TO BECOME A HUB TO GET PASSENGERS MOVING. BRITIAN IS SENDING ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS TO GET STRANDED BRITONS AND WILL DEPOLY A THIRD SHIP. SOME AIRLINES HAVE TESTED FLIGHTS WITHOUT PASSENGERS BUT A WESTERN DIPLOMAT SAYS SEVERAL NATO F-16 FIGHTERS SUFFERED ENGINE DAMAGE AFTER FLYING THROUGH THE ASH.
WHILE EUROPEAN PLANES ARE STAYING GROUDNED, SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY WILL STAY IN ORBIT AN EXTRA DAY BECAUSE OF CLOUDY WEATHER. THEY HAD A CHANCE THIS MORNING WHERE THE SKY CLEARED BUT MISSION CONTROL DID NOT WANT TO RISK ANYTHING. IF THE CLOUDS STICK AROUND FOR TOMORROW AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, THEY WILL TRY TO LAND AT THEIR BACK UP SITE IN CALIFORNIA. DISCOVERY AND ITS SEVEN ASTRONAUTS ARE COMING BACK AFTER A TWO WEEK MISSION TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION.
HUNDRENDS OF PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO GATHER TODAY AT THE OKLAHOMA CITY FEDERAL BUILDING TO REMEMBER THOSE WHO DIED IN THE BOMBING. TODAY MARKS THE 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK THAT KILLED 168 PEOPLE AND INJURED MORE THAT 600 MORE. THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JANET NAPOLITANO WILL SPEAK AT THE CEREMONY THAT BEGINS JUST BEFORE 9:02 AM, THE TIME THE BOMB WAS DETONATED. THEY WILL ALSO REMEMBER THE 168 PEOPLE WHO WERE KILLED WITH 168 SECONDS OF SILENCE.
LAST NIGHT COUNTRY MUSIC BROUGHT THEIR RHINESTONES FROM NASHVILLE TO LAS VEGAS FOR THE ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS. LADY ANTEBELLUM WERE BIG WINNERS TAKING HOME THREE AWARDS, MIRANDA LAMBERT HAD A BIG NIGHT GETTING ALBUM OF THE YEAR, VIDEO OF THE YEAR, AND TOP FEMALE VOCALIST, BRAD PAISLEY IS THE TOP MALE VOCALIST, AND CARRIE UNDERWOOD BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE TO WIN ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR TWICE. ALONG WITH WINNING THEIR FINAL TOP DUO OF THE YEAR, BROOKS AND DUNN GAVE THEIR FINAL ACM PERFOMANCE. THEY WILL BE AIRING A FAREWELL SHOW THAT WILL AIR MAY 23RD OF CBS.
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