Chiefs players study Vermeil offense at minicamp
Players on the Kansas City Chiefs began to acclimate to Dick Vermeil's new offensive system during a recent minicamp. The session focused on install, tempo, and play concepts as coaches evaluated fit and execution prior to the season.
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Chiefs
Dick Vermeil
Weather outlook with isolated storms and warm temperatures
Tonight shows a 20 percent chance of evening thunderstorms and mostly partly cloudy skies with a low around 60. A south wind at 5 to 15 mph. Tuesday turns breezy and warm with a high near 85. See Page 2 for more details.
Wal Mart driver Jeff Davis named Kansas Driver of the Year
Jeff Davis a 38 year old Ottawa resident and Wal Mart truck driver earned the Kansas Driver of the Year award from the Kansas Motor Carriers Association for a 2.3 million mile accident free record. He started driving at 18 following family into the business and now works set runs returning home each night. Davis says he stays vigilant imagining other motorists as potential threats and insists the award confirms the value of his weathering challenging trips.
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Walter Rubel
Wal-Mart
Jeff Davis
Davis
Ottawa
Kansas
Kansas Motor Carriers Association
Kansas Motor Carriers
Ron Bishop
Ottawa prom features Hollywood Nights red carpet spectacle
Ottawa High School junior Matt Bryan and his date Amanda Hunter lead a red carpet arrival for the prom themed Hollywood Nights A Walk on the Red Carpet. Students walked the red strip as onlookers lined the corridor into the school for the Saturday event.
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Ottawa High School
Matt Bryan
Amanda Hunter
Baldwin
Ottawa Man Dies in Two Car Crash
An Ottawa man, Stephen Price aged 46, died at the scene after his 1990 Chevrolet Camaro was struck by a southbound 1997 Ford Ranger near the I 35 off ramp on Tennessee Terrace. The other vehicle occupants, all 16, were injured and treated. no seatbelts were worn. The Franklin County Sheriff’s department investigates with an odor of alcohol cited. Price’s road life included work as a welder for Royal Tractor and membership in Faith Lutheran Church.
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Herald
Ottawa
Stephen Price
Tennessee Terrace
Price
Tennessee
Matthew A. Rossi
Oregon Road
Rossi
Angela N. Runnells
Rantoul
Crystal L. Vagenas
Wellsville
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Franklin County
Royal Tractor Company
Gardner
Faith Lutheran Church
Debra
County approves tax break for Stark Truss abatement debated
Stark Truss seeks a 3.4 acre tax abatement for roof truss and wall panel manufacturing while a 10 acre tract added for retail use remains outside the abatement. Franklin County commissioners hear that HQ watchdogs will ensure strict separation of manufacturing and retail and that the exemption awaits approval by the Board of Tax Appeals.
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Franklin County
Trendel Lumber
Main
Stark Truss
Stark
Richeson
Ohio
Commission
Don Waymire
Board of Tax Appeals
Darrin Peschka
WWII veteran to receive Wellsville honorary diploma
Wellsville High School will honor 77-year-old Chuck Gale at the May 20 graduation with an honorary high school diploma under the Operation Recognition program. Gale, who left school for military service in WWII, will wear cap and gown for the ceremony in the football stadium if weather permits, joining peers and family in a long awaited milestone. He earlier completed courses at Liberty Bible College but never earned an official diploma. The Ottawa area paper also lists other local graduations on May 19 and 20 with respective student totals and venues.
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Ezra Sykes
Wellsville High School
Chuck Gale
U.S. Army
Infantry
Wellsville
Gale
Kansas Commission On Veterans’ Affairs
Liberty Bible College
Ottawa High School
Steve Grogan
Future Visions
Central Heights
Pomona High School
Williamsburg
Esykes
Ottawaherald.com