Man missing during river swim found alive hours later
State police and 50 rescue workers searched the flooded Walnut River for Rich Sargent after he bet a friend he could swim across. He turned up eight hours later walking to a trailer 25 miles away. Authorities may sue to recover search costs. Sargent feared an arrest warrant and allowed the search to continue.
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Wichita
Kan
Rich Sargent
Walnut River
Sargent
Augusta
Sex predator cases push for release in Kansas courts
In OLATHE Kansas attorneys seek freedom for three men held under the Sexual Predator law arguing they have not received mandated care and treatment. Motions filed in Pawnee County seek release for an Olathe man and two Sedgwick County residents detained at Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility amid ongoing court challenges.
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Olathe
Kan
Kansas
Sedgwick County
Pawnee County
Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility
Nancy Orrick
Kenneth Hay
Orrick
Hay
Larned
Johnson County
Peter Ruddick
Commerce and Housing to focus on results in Graves era
Secretary Gary Sherrer told a legislative committee the Department of Commerce and Housing will be more results oriented under Gov. Graves. He acknowledged past weaknesses in focus and responsiveness and said the agency plans to emphasize tangible outcomes and business expansion.
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Topeka
Kan
Gary Sherrer
State Department of Commerce and Housing
Bill Graves
Sherrer
Joint Committee On
Statehouse
Ito rejects defense bid to show Fuhrman tapes
Los Angeles AP The OJ Simpson trial judge Lance Ito ruled the defense’s filing to play inflammatory taped interviews with Detective Mark Fuhrman is incoherent and fails to connect the statements to Simpson’s double murder case. Ito ordered the proffer not to be considered in its present form.
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Los Angeles
O.J. Simpson
Mark Fuhrman
Superior Court
Lance Ito
Fuhrman
Simpson
Ito
Single farmers camp out in tame weekend gathering
The Singles in Agriculture club hosted its national camp out at Camp Chippewa near Ottawa with about 110 members from 15 states. The event featured farm family values, educational tours of Sylvester Seeds and Lester Building Systems, and evening dances, highlighting a friendly, non dating focus for a largely mature crowd.
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Singles In Agriculture
Raylene Smith
Kansas
SIA
Camp Chippewa
Ottawa
Smith
Pomona
Sylvester Ranch
Lester Building Systems Inc
Dodge City
Ron Stein
TV signals cross in atmosphere blamed for Ottawa area woes
Ottawa area TV viewers report poor reception of Kansas City stations since Sunday. TCI manager Drew Fleming cites co channeling or skipping as atmospheric signals from distant Missouri or Oklahoma blending with KC stations, often lasting two days and sometimes longer. One engineer doubts the cause, noting local signals travel 60 to 80 miles due to earth curvature.
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Kansas City
TCI
Drew Fleming
Fleming
Missouri
Oklahoma
Mike Caudle
Topeka
Ktka-Tv
Caudle
Former Ottawa mayor Benjamin F. Park dies at 74
Former Ottawa mayor and city commissioner Benjamin F. Park died Saturday at Oak Haven Nursing Center in Richmond at age 74. Park served as a city commissioner from 1973 to 1979 and as mayor from 1974 to 1975, dedicating himself to preserving Ottawa’s written and architectural history. He was noted for his historical focus and community contributions.
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Ottawa
Benjamin F. Park
Oak Haven
Richmond
Park
Local budget hearings set for county and Ottawa schools
Two hearings tonight draw local and county residents. Franklin Commission explains 1996 budget plan as the county approves an 11.6 million dollar budget, up about 1 million from 1995. County hearing at 7 p.m. in the county annex building 1418 5 Main. Ottawa Board of Education holds 8 p.m. meeting in Ottawa High School library on the 1995-96 budget including the recreation commission portion, about 2.3 mills higher than this year.
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Franklin Commission
Main
Ottawa Board of Education
Ottawa High School
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Quantrill raid on Lawrence remembered in Kansas
In Lawrence Kansas AP marks 132 years since Quantrill led a raid that left about 150 men and boys dead and much of the city burned or damaged. Historians note mixed views of Quantrill though he was never a Confederate officer while Missourians saw him as defending their side. About 50 people toured the site as scholars discussed the event and its lasting relevance amid modern violence.
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Awrence
Kan
William Antrill
Lawrence
Katie Armitage
Quantrill
William Quantrill
Missouri
Armitage
Paul Stucwe
Lawrence High School
Kansas
Raider's story tied to Franklin County ancestry and Quantrill
The piece recounts Franklin County links of pioneer Anthony family and outlaw William Clarke Quantrill. It covers Quantrill’s early life from Ohio birth on July 31, 1837, through 1857 homesteading attempts near Rantoul, Kansas, his schooling, and repeated expulsions amid criminal acts and guerrilla activities across Kansas and Missouri, shaping a background for a broader true story.
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R.A. Wilson
Franklin County
William Clarke Quantrill
John
Margaret Anthony
Kansas
Quantrill
Ohio
Kansas Territory
Quanwill
E.V. Beeson
Beeson
Torrey
Marais Des
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