Overload may cause of fire in Ottawa home
The blast of an electrical overload in a basement circuit may have started a Friday morning house fire at 427 S. Ash. Occupants Steve and Tracy Dickey reported fire climbed a wall to the second floor. Estimated damage reached 13,000 dollars, with 3,000 dollars in contents. The house is repairable but will require electrical code updates and structural work, according to Assistant Ottawa Fire Chief Rick Oglesby.
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Robert Dewayne Tucker
S. Osage Drive
Apt. E
Community Corrections
Wellsville
Franklin County
Rebecca L. Richards
Spring Hill
Shawnee Road
Richards
Cody Wayne New
Kingman
Ash
Jessica S. Robinson
Sycamore
N. Elm
S. Oak
Ottawa Fire
Rick Oglesby
S. Ash
Steve
Tracy Dickey
Oglesby
City Commission to Hold Work Session at City Hall
The Ottawa City Commission will meet in a work-study session at 4 p.m. today in the conference room at City Hall 101 Hickory. Topics include Deerfield subdivision streets drainage sewer term limits EMEA appointments and a revised 2003 budget calendar. The next regular meeting is slated for 7 p.m. on April 17.
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Ottawa City Commission
City Hall
Hickory
Deerfield
EMEA
City Commission
State bonuses anger lawmakers in Kansas budget clash
Kansas lawmakers cry foul over five year distribution of state employee bonuses up to 14000 dollars totaling 12.4 million dollars as a 700 million shortfall prompts House to move to end bonuses for fiscal 2003. The attacks center on bonuses for technology workers and staff at KU Medical Center Rainbow Mental Health Facility Lansing Correctional Facilities and Kansas Department of Transportation.
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Topeka
State of Kansas
Doug Spangler
Kansas City
Alan Goering
Medicine Lodge
House
Bill Graves
University of Kansas and
KU Medical Center
Rainbow
Lansing
Lawrence Journal-World
Graves
Department of Human Resources
Department of Revenue
Don Brown
Brown
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Marty Matthews
Tom Sloan
R-Lawrence
Adrian McKee
McKee
Corrections Officers Union
Armories on chopping block in Kansas plan
Gov. Bill Graves proposes closing 10 of 58 armories transferring property to local authorities and removing National Guard presence. Maj. Gen. Greg Gardner leads staff in a closure formula amid concerns on recruiting and community military ties. Lawrence armory houses 2nd Battalion 137th Infantry aiding security in Europe.
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Gardner
Lawrence
137Th Infantry
Europe
Lawmakers clash on education funds and budget plan
At the Franklin County legislative forum, Tanner Feuerborn and Tyson argued over keeping education funding, tax shifts, and one time money. They debated notification dates for teacher contracts, revenue measures, and a $730 million gap, with talks of sin taxes, food tax relief, and cuts to balance the budget.
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Tanner
Senate
Feuerborn
Tyson
Johnson County
Franklin County
Homewood
Williamsburg
House
Fred Phelps
Feyerborn
Walter Rubel
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