Richmond man sought after Ottawa knife attack at residence
Ottawa police search for a 35-year-old Richmond man who injured a 34-year-old Ottawa woman with a knife Thursday morning. Officers responded to a West 10th Street residence where the woman said the suspect damaged her door, entered the home, and stabbed her. The victim received stitches for a neck laceration. The suspect fled before police arrived. his name was not released.
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Ottawa
West 10Th Street
Adam Weingartner
Ottawa Police Department
East Logan Street
South Ash Street
South Main Street
South Cedar Street
Doris Taft
Raytown
Michelle Powell
Taft
Princeton Road
Bruce Powers
Rumble strip project on US 59 to begin in Kansas
KDOT plans new rumble strips on shoulders of U S 59 in Franklin and Douglas counties to warn inattentive drivers. Work starts Tuesday with Diamond Surface Inc. as primary contractor at a total cost of 152817 dollars and is scheduled for completion in late May 2014, weather permitting.
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Ottawa
U.S. 59
Franklin
Douglas
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Diamond Surface Inc
Rogers, Minn
Ottawa honors Arbor Day poster winners plan tree planting
The City of Ottawa will plant a tree at Sacred Heart School on April 25 to honor Arbor Day. Fifth grader Monica Vrbas led the overall poster contest winner, with five school winners named from over 150 entries.
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Ottawa
Sacred Heart
S. Cedar St
Monica Vrbas
Vrbas
Ottawa Tree Advisory Board
Tree Board
City Commission
Dean Harris
Karen Harris
Harris
Donita Callihan
Bethel Christian Academy
Marley Luna
Sandra Luna
Luna
Diedre Altic
Eugene Field
Noah Geschwenter
Patrick
Wendy Geschwenter
IRS to auction seized vehicles in Emporia Thursday
The Internal Revenue Service will hold a public auction Thursday at Williams Automotive in Emporia featuring trucks trailers motorcycles and heavy equipment seized for tax delinquencies. Preview Wednesday 11 am to 3 pm and bidder registration begins 9:30 am with minimum bids starting at 20880.
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Emporia
Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue
Fruehaus and
Dorsey
Peterbilt
Kenworth
Freightliner
Yamaha
Suzuki
TCM
Williams Automotive, Inc
Sixth St
IRS
Treasury.gov
U.S
Ottawa Hospital Notes and Local Incident Summary
Daily hospital report notes admissions for Thursday with names, followed by multiple police actions in Ottawa and Wellsville. Arrests include Paul and Cynthia Schulz for domestic battery, Dalton Wheeler on a warrant, and Stankard and Johnson linked to jail fight warrants. Thefts, a natural death, a protective custody case, vehicle damage, a knife incident, iPod theft, and several accidents and firerescue calls are listed with locations in Ottawa, Wellsville, and surrounding areas.
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Sheriff's Department
Walnut Street
Wellsville
Paul Shulz Jr
Cynthia Shulz
Police Department
Eisenhower Avenue
Dalton Wheeler
Pomona
Franklin County
S. Main St
Dustin Johnson
Waverly
Dalton Stankard
Slankard
Johnson
Stankard
Douglas
Anderson
Herald
Oregon Road
East 15Th Street
Plugging Abandoned Wells Demonstrated by VanHorn Pair
Gene VanHorn and his son Greg VanHorn, Franklin County Farm Bureau board members, demonstrated Monday how to plug abandoned wells. The flyer warns such wells pose direct groundwater contamination risks and hazards to animals and children, with landowner liability for injuries and contamination. Plugging wells restores a protective barrier, reduces hazards, stabilizes the land surface, and protects property values.
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Gene VanHorn
Franklin County Farm Bureau Board
Greg VanHorn
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Forum speaker urges innovation in higher education
Emporia State University president Michael Shonrock told the First Friday Forum at Neosho County Community College that colleges must shed fear of risk and become innovators to meet changing student needs. He urged looking beyond traditional methods to improve the educational experience and prepare students for future success.
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Michael Shonrock
Shonrock
Emporia State University
Shanrock
Neosho County Community College
E. Logan St
Ottawa
Cyber attacks halt Kansas state testing across districts
Statewide Kansas Assessments were briefly suspended after a distributed denial of service attack on the Kansas Interactive Testing Engine. CETE and outside experts worked to restore services. no student data was compromised. Ottawa superintendent Jeanne Stroh called the disruptions frustrating as testing paused and districts adapted with missed instruction time.
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Herald
Kansas
Jeanne Stroh
Ottawa
Kansas Department of Education
Center For Educational Testing and Evaluation
CETE
Diane DeBacker
Stroh
Central Heights
Jim White
Jerry Henn
Wellsville
West Franklin
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Daily Report
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Jennifer Spencer
Sheriff's Department News
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Poplar Street
Main Street
West Third Street
Ottawa Fire Department
South Cedar
East Seventh Streets
S. Willow St
Linda Saueressig
Dotson Bradbury
Bradbury
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