Regional Forecast With Temperatures and Rain Outlook
Regional forecast shows highs and lows for today and tomorrow, with precipitation totals and records. Thunderstorms anticipated in New Mexico and western Texas, with storms also in the Southern Rockies and parts of the Plains. Reachable river and reservoir data list stages at Clinton Hillsdale Melvern Pomona and other sites.
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Eeker
Nation
Intermountain
Rockies
Plains
New Mexico
Texas
Florida
H.D. Lee employee reunion set for Monday
The H D Lee employee reunion begins at 5 30 p m Monday at Sirloin Stockade Ottawa. For information call Beverly Hjorth or Dorcus Bowen.
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H.D. Lee
Sirloin Stockade
S. Princeton St
Ottawa
Beverly Hjorth
Dorcus Bowen
K-68 road work begins south of Wellsville
Work has begun on a resurfacing project along K-68 east of the K-33 intersection six miles south of Wellsville. Traffic will be reduced to one lane during daylight hours with a pilot car to guide motorists. The project, by Heckert Construction, aims to finish by late September if weather permits and covers almost 26 miles to the Missouri line.
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Herald
Wellsville
Kansas Department of Transportation
Heckert Construction
Pittsburg
Priscilla Petersen
KDOT
Missouri
Franklin County
Petersen
Eight vie for Franklin County administrator post
Eight applicants have submitted for the Franklin County administrator opening as the deadline passed October 1. Interim county administrator Jay Newton said the county aims to hire by year end when his contract expires. The process follows voters approving the administrator position nearly two years ago and marks a transition after former administrator Ron Henrickson was fired after six months.
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Herald
Jay Newton
Franklin County
Newton
Butler
Miami
Ron Henrickson
Henrickson
San Juan County
Washington
Restoration work eyed for Franklin County Courthouse
Ottawa officials discuss a $360000 restoration project with bids due by August 31 including foundation repairs and stone replacement. Groundwork includes seeding grass next year while completion is projected for summer. City school updates cover Garfield and Lincoln elementary schools and student leadership programs at middle and high schools. The next joint meeting is September 20.
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Jodie Garcia
Herald
Franklin County
Ottawa
Jay Newton
Dean Katt
Lincoln
Garfield
Garfield School
Katt
Ottawa Middle School
Ottawa High School
ACT scores rise nationwide with reading lead in Kansas
The ACT sees a national uptick of 0.2 points among 1.2 million test takers, with Kansas posting its highest average in reading at 22.3 and improvements across math and English. Connecticut New Jersey Florida and other states show double digit increases in takers while Michigan Colorado join Illinois in statewide testing next year.
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ACT
Richard Ferguson
Iowa City
Iowa
Connecticut
New Jersey
Ferguson
Illinois
Colorado
Kentucky
Tennessee
Florida
Delaware
Vermont
New Hampshire
Michigan
Ilinois
Kansas
Teen achieves perfect SAT score in single week
Voboril earned a perfect SAT score of 2400 after taking the test that same week he entered. About 1.5 million students sat for the exam last year and fewer than 300 attained perfection. He advises using the Official SAT Question of the Day to practice in brief sessions.
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Odes Voboril
College Board
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