Town tries to move on a decade after Nichols spotlight
Ten years after Terry Nichols briefly lived in Herington the town tries to move past the Oklahoma City bombing memory. FBI agents returned in March to search Nichols home, reviving local interest as residents reflect on a past that once drew crowds and headlines.
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Carl Manning
Associated Press
Herington
Terry Nichols
Oklahoma City
FBI
Nichols
Georgia Rucker
Federal
Timothy McVeigh
Larry Byers
Herington Times
Kansas City
Byers
Rucker
Margie Schlesener
Schlesener
Shawn Barrell
Gerry Hodson
Anniversary: Life After the Oklahoma City Bombing Remains
The memorial for 168 victims stands with 168 chairs as survivors and officials recount the 1995 bombing. Jenny Parsley, who avoided the blast, attends a ceremony and recalls lost friends while others reflect on the city’s rebound and ongoing memory of those killed.
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Jenny Parsley
Parsley
Joseph Allbaugh
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Texas
George Bush
Oklahoma City
Altbaugh
Permit Fees Waived for County Tower Sites Plan
Franklin County Commissioners waived the special use permit fee for four communication tower sites to improve emergency radio coverage. Towers planned near Appanoose School Williamsburg Wellsville and Lane aim to eliminate dead spots for law enforcement and EMS. In other business 25 abandoned bikes were donated to Adopt-a-Bike with help from Wal-Mart Distribution Center and corrective facilities in Hutchinson and Ellsworth.
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Herald
Franklin County
Appanoose School
Williamsburg
Wellsville
Lane
County Planning and Zoning Department
Lake Region
Hutchinson
Ellsworth
County payroll shift to HR eyed amid disputes
Perry challenges the commissioners over payroll changes in Franklin County Kansas. The board cites recommendations from KCAMP the Kansas Association of Counties and the National Association of Counties to move payroll from the County Clerk to Human Resources to curb liability and address wage law concerns. A 2003 employee dispute cost the county 25000 dollars, prompting the move. Some questions persist about cost savings and timing as litigation unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Commission
Kansas Association of Counties
KCAMP
National Association of Counties
Franklin County
Don Hay
Supreme Court ruling on Moussaoui access to al Qaida witnesses
Moussaoui, indicted December 2001, faced three trial delays as the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling. The decision allows no access to three al Qaida witnesses and permits the government to seek the death penalty in the case.
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Supreme Court
Moussaoui
al-Qaida
Father says baby happy healthy after tragedy
Victoria Jo Stinnett, born after a grisly womb theft attack, is four months old and beautiful, according to her father Zeb Stinnett. Prosecutors accuse Lisa Montgomery of kidnapping resulting in death, with the case tied to the killing of Bobbie Jo Stinnett, who was eight months pregnant.
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David Scott
Pransas City
Victoria Jo Stinnett
Zeb Stinnett
Melvern
Victoria
Bobbie Jo Stinnett
Lisa M. Montgomery
Montgomery
Stinnett
Tori Jo
Kansas
Skidmore
Kansas City
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