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Wednesday, March 10
WHILE THE BARS WERE BUSY THIS WEEKEND WITH FAKE PADDY’S DAY SO WERE THE RILEY COUNTY POLICE. THEY SAY THEY RESPONDED TO 462 CALLS AND RCPD SPOKESMAN TIM HEGARTY SAYS THIS MAKES IT THE BUSIEST 24 HOURS IN THE CITY IN RECENT HISTORY. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE CITATIONS WERE FOR ALCOHOL VIOLATIONS THEY ISSUED 133 CRIMINAL REPORTS…ARRESTED 37…AND GAVE 89 NOTICES FOR PEOPLE TO APPEAR IN COURT. HEGARTY ALSO SAYS HE’S CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL THAT WAS CONSUMED IN AGGIEVILLE.
ALL THIS RAIN MEANS SPRING IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. AND WITH SPRING COMES STORM SEASON. WITH THIS BEING SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK IN KANSAS THE STATE WILL BE DOING A TORNADO DRILL. IT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR TODAY BUT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO THURSDAY AT 1:30 PM.
WITH THE WARM WEATHER FINALLY ON THE UPSWING KANSAS’S WINTER WHEAT CROP IS BREAKING ITS DORMANCY EARLIER THAN USUAL. KANSAS AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE REPORTED YESTERDAY THAT 20% OF THE CROP BROKE DORMANCY UP FROM THE FOUR PERCENT LAST WEEK. THE CROP’S CONDITION IS ALSO LOOKING GOOD. 10% WAS RATED EXCELLENT, 50% GOOD, 32% FAIR, AND ONLY EIGHT PERCENT RATED POOR OR VERY POOR.
NINE FORMER EMPLOYEES OF A CLOSED JUVENILE CENTER IN TOPEKA ARE SUING THE CENTER. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL REPORTS THE FORMER EMPLOYEES OF FORBES JUVENILE ATTENTION CENTER ALLEGE THAT THEY WERE SUBJECTED TO RACIALLY INSENSITIVE JOKES…INTIMIDATION…AND DISPARITIES IN JOB EVALUATIONS. THEY NINE ARE SEEKING $500 THOUSAND IN DAMAGES. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL ALSO REPORTED LAST YEAR THAT A 12-YEAR OLD RESIDENT ALLEGED HE WAS REPEATEDLY RAPED BECAUSE OF INSUFFICIENT STAFFING AND ROOM CHECKS. THIS CASE WAS SETTLED OUT OF COURT LAST NOVEMBER AND THE CENTER CLOSED A FEW WEEKS AFTER THIS STORY BROKE.
A TRIPLE SHOOTING BROKE OUT ON THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS LAST NIGHT. THE SHOOTING KILLED ONE EMPLOYEE AND INJURED TWO OTHERS. UNIVERSITY POLICE SAY THEY HAVE THE SUSPECT AND ARE NOW TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MOTIVATED HIM TO SHOOT. ONE OF THE INJURED IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AND THE OTHER IS IN STABLE. NO STUDENTS WERE HURT AND CLASSES ARE BEING HELD AS SCHEDULED TODAY.
THE OSCARS HAVE BEEN GETTING SOME GRIEF AFTER FARRAH FAWCETT WAS NOT PUT IN THE IN MEMORIAM DURING THE AWARDS. PATRICK SWAYZE KICKED OFF THE REEL FOLLOWED BY NATASHA RICHARDSON…DAVID CARRADINE…BRITTANY MURPHY…AND EVEN MICHAEL JACKSON. BEA ARTHUR WAS ALSO LEFT OUT BUT DID GET HONORED AT THE EMMYS IN THE FALL. FILM CRITIC ROGER EBERT TWEETED ABOUT THE LACK OF FAWCETT SAYING IT WAS “A MAJOR FAIL” AND THE ACADEMY HAS “A WHOLE LOT OF SPLAINING TO DO.”
THE WAIT IS OVER FOR BETTY WHITE FANS AND ALL THEIR HARD WORK HAS PAID OFF. SHE CONFIRMED AT ELTION JOHN’S OSCAR PARTY SHE WILL BE APPEARING ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE. SHE DIDN’T HAVE ANY MORE DETAILS BUT IT HAS BEEN RUMORED SHE MAY DO A WOMEN OF COMEDY SPECIAL WITH SNL ALUM MOLLY SHANNON…TINA FEY…AND AMY POEHLER BUT THIS HAS BEEN DENIED BYE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LORNE MICHAELS. THE QUEST BEGAN TO GET THE GOLDEN GIRL ON SNL AFTER STARRING IN THE PROPOSAL, BEING IN A SNICKER’S COMMERCIAL DURING THE SUPER BOWL, AND HAVING A FACEBOOK GROUP MADE ABOUT HER DOING THE SHOW THAT ATTRACTED HALF A MILLION FANS.
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