Garnett Chamber steak feed and auction benefit
Garnett Area Chamber of Commerce hosts a ben efit all you can eat steak feed and auction from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday at Garnett Country Club North Lake Park. Proceeds go to the chamber, tickets 25 dollars at the Chamber Office 4198 Oak Garnett. Also notes: Garnett Jaycees 11th Cruisin Car Show September 22 at Anderson County Courthouse lawn. entry forms at Garnett Dairy Queen Wettstein Auto & Welding or call Ivene Meyers 785 448 7180. Cadette Girl Scout Troops No 1470 and 1966 sponsor Senior Citizen Bingo Night 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Pomona Community Center with handmade prizes. Ottawa Library Board of Trustees meets 5:15 p.m. Wednesday at library conference room City Hall to discuss budget and endowment fundraiser.
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Garnett
Garnett Jaycees
Lake Garnett Cruisers
Anderson County
Garnett Dairy Queen
Wettstein Auto & Welding
Ivene Meyers
Pomona
Ottawa Library Board of Trustees
City Hall
City Commission Plans Bid Specs for New Police Station
Ottawa city officials meet at 4 p.m. to draw bid specifications for a new police station at City Hall. Architect Earl Devore estimates the total project at 2.98 million, including sewer line relocation and furnishings. The panel also reviews a 60 thousand dollar update to the electric master plan as a first step toward a second substation, per Jim Bradley.
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Ottawa City Commission
City Commission
City Hall
Earl Devore
Jim Bradley
Road closure detours rise near I-35 construction
The Ottawa public works director announced Marshall Road will close starting today due to crash risks from a lower bridge clearance caused by ongoing I-35 work. A recent accident involved a driver failing to notice height signs, hitting bridge beams. detours route traffic via Montana Labette Nebraska back to 15th Street.
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Ray DeJulio
Public Works
Marshall Road
15Th Street
Ottawa
DeJulio
Montana
Labette
Nebraska
Racial disparity in Kansas prisons tied to socioeconomic factors
Kansas census data show minorities near half of inmates, with blacks making up about 34 percent of the 16,703 prisoners. Experts cite poverty and policing patterns as drivers, while sentencing reforms since 1993 reduced black representation from 39 percent to 36 percent by 2000.
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Wichita
Kansas
U.S. Census Bureau
Brian Withrow
Midwest Criminal Justice Institute
Wichita State University
Kansas Department of Corrections
Barbara Tombs
Sedgwick County
Greg Waller
Sentencing Commission
Waller
Kansas Cities
Western Resources merger talks broken off in Kansas
Public Service Company of New Mexico said talks to restructure a 4.4 billion merger with Western Resources have ended due to disagreements. Regulators had blocked Western’s restructuring and ordered rate cuts, while PNM seeks a path forward with significant modifications to the deal.
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Topeka
Public Service Company of New Mexico
Western Resources Inc
PNM
Kansas
Western
KCC
KPL
KGB
Protection One
Crystal McClernon
McClernon
ECC
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
KGE
Westar Industries
Westar
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kec
State
Spill and heat blamed for fish kill in Turkey Creek
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment warns hundreds of fish may have died in Turkey Creek Johnson County due to a spill and high water temperatures. Investigators say the material likely floor wax leaked from four cardboard containers outside Ohdo City Wide Maintenance, entering the creek via a storm sewer. Haz-Mat was dispatched. Oddo properties owner agreed to cover cleanup costs.
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Lenexa
Turkey Creek
Johnson County
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Ohdo
Brad Oddo
Oddo
Johnson County Environmental Department
Haz-Mat Response
Daily Report: Local Arrests and Thefts Highlight Weekend
Sheriff deputies report arrests for driving under the influence and driving while suspended, plus disorderly conduct and criminal threats. Thefts include roof felting paper, door handles, purse, bicycle, DVD player, license tag, and vehicle damages totaling thousands. Accidents list injuries and non injuries with multiple locations, and numerous medical calls and a structure fire reported across several blocks.
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Ronald V. Ferguson
Lane
U.S
Robert Anderson Pittman
Kansas City
Jesse James Brewer
Lawrence
Maginnis Road
Labette Road
Maple
Gerald Alfred Feitz II
N. Locust
Nicholas A. Robinson
Richmond
Lincoln
bin Oak Circle
Pin Oak Circle
S. Cedar
KU professor to finish Shannon Martin fern study
A University of Kansas biology professor continues work initiated by student Shannon Martin who was fatally stabbed in May in Golfito Costa Rica while researching an unusual fern. The project expands to similar plants in Taiwan with plans to publish later, detailing the drought resistant fern physiology and field data.
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Lawrence
University of Kansas
Costa Rica
Craig Martin
Golfito
Shannon Martin
Kansas
Ottawa
Highland Cemetery
United States
Taiwan
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Bulletin Board
County
Western Resources
Ron Bishop
Steve Bruemmer
Milwaukee
Watkins Community Museum of History
Bruemmer
Daily Report
Sheriff's News
Steven Craig Mason
Montana Road
E. Eighth
Canterbury Courts
W. 11Th
N. Cedar
Daniel A. Sprout
Lee Summit
Rock Creek Road
Sprout
Megan J. Adamson
Williamsburg
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Sandra J. Miles
N. Oak
Princeton
Pauline F. Leach
S. Cherry
Tyler W. Guyett
S. Mulberry
S. Hickory
Labette Terrace
W. Seventh
S. Olive
Martin
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