Man Missing in Walnut River Rescue Turns Up Alive
Rich Sargent vanished after challenging a friend to swim the flooded Walnut River. More than 50 rescuers searched a day last week. a lifeboat was damaged and heat illness treated. He reappeared eight hours later on foot at a trailer 25 miles away. Officials weigh civil suit to recover search costs. Sargent hid to avoid an old arrest warrant, then let the search continue.
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Sex law challenges three held under Kansas predator acts
Three men held indefinitely under Kansas Sexual Predator law seek release in Pawnee County courts, arguing lack of required treatment at Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility after being designated predators. The men have not received therapy since four months ago. Secretary Sherrer vows more results oriented state housing and commerce efforts focusing on business expansion and improved responsiveness.
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Ito Rejects Defense On Fuhrman Tapes In Simpson Trial
Superior Court Judge Lance Ito rejected the defense request to play inflammatory taped interviews with Detective Mark Fuhrman. He said the proffer failed to show a relevant link between Fuhrman's statements and Simpson's double murder case and termed the proffer incoherent.
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Pretty tame campout draws single farmers from across states
The Singles in Agriculture club, not a dating service, held its national campout at Camp Chippewa near Ottawa with about 110 members from 15 states. The group, led by Kansas chapter chairwoman Raylene Smith, notes a family-like, neighborly ethos as attendees ages 21 to nearly 80 tour local agriculture businesses by day and dance by night.
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Dodge City
Ron Stein
TV co-channeling blamed for Kansas City signal woes
Ottawa area viewers report poor reception of Kansas City stations since Sunday. TCI official Drew Fleming cites atmospheric co channeling as the cause, with signals from Missouri or Oklahoma blending with KC stations sometimes lasting days. KTKA-TV's Mike Caudle suggests co channeling is possible but unlikely. earth curvature limits signal travel to 60 80 miles, yet atmospheric conditions can extend reach.
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Oklahoma
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Topeka
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Caudle
Former Ottawa mayor and commissioner Benjamin F. Park dies
Former Ottawa mayor and city commissioner Benjamin F. Park died Saturday at Oak Haven Nursing Center in Richmond at age 74. Park served as commissioner from 1973 to 1979 and as mayor from 1974 to 1975, dedicating himself to preserving Ottawa history and architecture.
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Local budget hearings slated for county and Ottawa school board
Tonight two hearings address budgets. Franklin Commission explains the 1996 county budget totaling 11.6 million dollars, about 1 million more than 1995, at 7 p.m. in the county annex building. Ottawa Board of Education holds an 8 p.m. public hearing on the 1995 96 school budget in the Ottawa High School library. its budget, with the recreation commission, would raise taxes by 2.3 mills.
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Quantrill raid on Lawrence marked 132 years ago today
Lawrence marks the 1863 Quantrill raid led by William Quantrill with about 400 gunmen killing dozens of unarmed residents and destroying much of the city. Historian Katie Armitage notes varied views of Quantrill, while Paul Stuewe cites devastation to homes and businesses and ties to Franklin County history.
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