Ottawa faces loss of US-50 exit amid south side growth
City officials warn that Ottawa will lose the US-50 exit and bridge at I-35 with reconstruction, but push for state aid to widen 23rd Street to four lanes, improve 23rd Eisenhower intersections, and fund south side road upgrades as traffic shifts to a booming commercial district. John D. Montgomery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
KDOT
Eisenhower Road
23Rd Street
Eisenhower
Princeton
23Rd and
23Rd
Ottawa City Commission
Main
17Th Street
US SC
Homewood
Kansas in the American imagination
David S. Awbrey notes Kansans in national culture, from actors Kirstie Alley and Paul Rudd to William Inge and Stephen Sondheim. The piece recalls ZaSu Pitts, Buster Keaton, and Hutchinson poet William Stafford, framing Kansas as a core source of American myth and values through literature, theater, and film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansan
Paul Rudd
Kirstie Alley
Veronica
Kansas
Parsons
ZaSu Pitts
Iola
Buster Keaton
Piqua
Independence
William Inge
Stephen Sondheim
Hutchinson
Hollywood
Inge
Kansas Highway
America
Russell Banks
John Brown
Banks
Territorial
Jane Smiley
Trav
Lidie Newton
Lawrence
Smiley
William Stafford
Stafford
Reader Forum on Ottawa USD 290 Board Duties
A letter criticizes the Ottawa school board for lazily outsourcing duties to attorneys and accountants, noting only Jack Maxwell Cheryl Sylvester and Marcia Mitchell as exceptions for previously negotiating and accepting post responsibilities. The writer urges accountability for tax money and district governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
USD 290
Jack Maxwell
Cheryl Sylvester
Marcia Mitchell
Readers Forum Submissions Guidelines Restated
Opinion letters welcomed in the Reader Forum. Hand signed with author address and phone number required. Submissions limited to 500 words.
Serb mayor rejects rebuilding Banja Luka mosque
In Bosnia during the war Serb leaders denied responsibility for mosque destruction by troops. Djordje Umicevic, mayor of Banja Luka, said rebuilding the mosque would insult the Serb people, framing it as a symbol of 500 years of Ottoman rule. The piece argues reconciliation requires moving beyond wartime rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
Bosnia
Banja Luka
Djordje Umicevic
Moon King and Peeping Ken Clash in Clinton Starr Duel
Thomas X. Powers profiles Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr, tracing Clinton’s rapid rise from school clubs to Arkansas governor and Starr’s path from federal judge to Supreme Court hopeful. The piece contrasts Starr’s behind the scenes maneuvering with Clinton’s resilient comeback after Lewinsky revelations, framing a broader fight between conservative power and liberal privacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas X. Powers
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Bill Clinton
Sweet William
Georgetown
Clinton
Senate
Fulbright
Law
Congress
Arkansas
Supremes
Kenneth Starr
U.S. Supreme Court
Starr
David Souter
New Hampshire Woods
Big Tobacco
Clarence Thomas
Jonas Nightengale
Braverman
Lawman
Gingrich
Waterloo
America
Supreme Court
High Court
Billings, Mont
Also Mentioned on This Page
John D. Montgomery
Saute Lab
David S. Awbrey
The
Kansas Press Associat
Visions OF Kansas
Ottawa School Board
Herald
Clinton and
Peeping Ken
White House
Whitewater Independent Counsel
Paula Jones
Monica Lewinsky
Doonesbury
Mallard Fillmore
Raie Enp
Ion Ane
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!