Kansas gun bill moves to standardize state controls
Kansas Senate passed SB 477 to nullify city and county firearm restrictions and shift regulation to the state, aiming for uniform rules across cities. Ottawa city attorney Bob Bezek questions the broad language and seeks clarity as the bill heads to the House. Senator Caryn Tyson backs the measure as a simplification akin to recent seat belt laws.
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Dylan Lysen
Herald
Kansas
Bob Bezek
Ottawa
Bezek
Kansas Senate
House
Caryn Tyson
R-Parker
Tyson
Berek
Kansas lawmakers clash over gun carry rules in city bills
Kansas lawmakers debate proposed legislation limiting municipal liability for actions of persons with firearms. Bezek questions sections 3 and 6, arguing section 3 could shield cities from responsibility for employee firearm actions and conceal carry outcomes.
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Bezek
Ottawa opposes limits on municipal broadband in Kansas
Ottawa city officials, Franklin County, Ottawa school district and local economic leaders partnered to supply high speed broadband to government, industrial and commercial users while residential service remains with private providers. A Kansas bill seeks to bar cities from building networks or partnering with private providers, reflecting a national trend seen in 20 states.
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Doug Carder
Herald
Ottawa
Kansas
Franklin County
Utah
Isaac Kalloch the God and Devil of Ottawa's Founding Era
The Herald revisits Isaac Smith Kalloch's life as Ottawa's Founding Father, detailing his role in establishing Ottawa University, attracting a railroad, starting a newspaper, and other ventures. Born 1832 in Maine, he became a Baptist minister at 18 and gained fame as a dynamic orator who drew large congregations.
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San Francisco Examiner
Isaac Smith Kalloch
Ottawa
The
Herald
Kalloch
Ottawa University
Second
Main Streets
Finch, Covington & Boyd, Chtd
Maine
Franklin County Historical Society
Seventh St. Terrace
Deb Barker
Reverend Isaac Kalloch’s Noted Life in Ottawa and Beyond
Four fast facts recount the life of Rev. Isaac Kalloch, Ottawa founder and preacher accused of adultery, linked to Elmer Gantry as a muckraker. The piece covers his abolitionist stance, business ventures, fundraising for antislavery Kansas, trial for adultery, and eventual move to Kansas near the Ottawa Indian reservation.
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Isaac Kalloch
Ottawa
Elmer Gantry
Sinclair Lewis
Deb Barker
Franklin County Historical Society
the Herald
Kalloch
Brooklyn
Henry Ward Beecher
Kansas
Beecher
Cambridge
Mass
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Marais Des Cygnes
Ottawa Indian Reservation
Tauy Jones and the Ottawa Tribe Leaders in Franklin County
Barker notes Jones known as Ottaway or Tauy Jones led the Ottawa in Franklin County. He was a minister, storekeeper, hotel operator and tribal figure, adopted into the Ottawa by joining the tribe and guiding relations with Founding Ottawa colleagues.
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John Tecumseh Jones
Barker
Franklin County History Portal
Franklincoks.org
Jones
Tauy
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