OU Bulletin Board Auditions For Medea Play
Auditions for Ottawa University Theatre production Medea run 7 to 9 30 p m Thursday and 6 30 to 9 p m Friday open to OU students staff and community members The play runs Oct 5 7 in the University Administration Building Auditorium Scripts available for checkout with return before first audition Call Larry Peters director at 242 5200 ext 5434 for details
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Ottawa University Theatre
B.C
Euripides
University
Jason
Medea
Larry Peters
Reed Marsh reappointed to Historic Board of Review
Retired Ottawa architect Bob Marsh is reappointed to the State Historic Sites Board of Review by Governor Graves. Also renewed for three years are Nancy Prawl of Hiawatha and James Sherow of Manhattan. The board, established 1977, aids in preservation planning, property eligibility for Registers, and grant and acquisition reviews. Marsh helped found Friends of Historic Buildings to save Ottawa’s old middle school.
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Historic Board
Bob Marsh
Ottawa
Kansas
Bill Graves
Nancy Prawl
Hiawatha
James Sherow
Manhattan
State Historical Society
Preservation Fund
Heritage Trust Fund
Historic Preservation Alliance of
Wichita
Sedgwick County
The
Kansas Preservation Alliance, Inc
Friends of Historic Buildings
Pomona arrests and warrants in Daily Report
Natalie Jo Devin, 21, of Pomona, arrested on a Franklin County warrant for failure to appear on check laws charges. Bond set at $500. Brian James Todd, 19, Williamsburg, arrested on speeding and failure to appear warrants. Bonds: $750 Franklin County and $125 Ottawa Police. Michael Lenard Swanson, 44, 119 W. 7th, arrested for sexual battery with $5,000 bond. Jerred Evan Conner, 19, Waverly, arrested for battery, disorderly conduct, reckless driving with $750 bond. Fire calls include a brush and grass fire on S. Main. Ambulance calls for medical emergencies on Vermont Road and S. Cedar.
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Pomona
Franklin County
Brian James Todd
Williamsburg
S. Main
Ottawa
Police News
Jerred Evan Conner
Waverly
S. Princeton
Vermont Road
S. Cedar
Two Men Arrested in Ottawa Drug Raid at Cedar Address
Ottawa police and Franklin County sheriff deputies executed a warrant at 233 S Cedar and 620 S Oak in a cooperative operation. Matthew Thaine Lee, 35, charged with possession of meth and paraphernalia, Russell Dean Cantrell, 40, charged with marijuana possession and paraphernalia. Event described as uneventful.
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S. Cedar
Russell Dean Cantrell
S. Oak
Ottawa
Jeff Herrman
Lee
Cantrell
Ottawa Police Department
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Agreement reached in battery case in Franklin County
Matthew Aaron Lee, 19, pled guilty to two misdemeanor battery counts in Franklin County District Court as part of a plea deal. A felony aggravated assault charge and another misdemeanor battery count were dismissed. He received one year of supervised probation with anger management counseling and mandatory mental health and substance abuse evaluations. Lee must pay court costs and fees and have no violent contact with the victim.
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Matthew Aaron Lee
S. Locust
Franklin County
Lee
Additional charges filed in van crash in Kansas
A federal grand jury indicted Fernando Garcia-Huerta a 56 year old Mexican man who drove a minivan that crashed on I 70 near Russell killing three of 15 occupants and injuring others He faces seven counts of transporting an illegal alien one count of transporting an illegal alien causing serious bodily injury and two counts of transporting an illegal alien resulting in deaths If convicted he could receive up to five years per alien transport up to 20 years for bodily injury and life for each death count
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Interstate 70
United States
Fernando Garcia-Huerta
U.S
Jackie Williams
Garcia-Huerta
I-70
Russell
Sierra Club study shapes view of hog farm pollution in Kansas
The Kansas Sierra Club released a Spectrum Technologies study arguing regulators have not reduced odors or air pollution from mega hog facilities or adequately studied disease risks from wastewater spraying. It notes groundwater contamination concerns, cites nitrate findings, and calls for health studies while praising some regulatory efforts.
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Spectrum
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Gary Reckrodt
Sierra Club
Rockrods
Ania Volland
ACT and SAT prep shape Ottawa students college path
Brooks notes ACT outcomes reflect school clientele cycle, while O'Dea says ACT predicts college success for individuals. Sigmund emphasizes preparation and readiness, with Ottawa High offering computer-aided ACT seminars and introducing SAT on-site this year for first time.
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Sigmund
Ottawa High School
Ex-deputy says Meneley knew about his drug problem
An ex deputy testifies Meneley knew of the deputy Timothy Oblander drug problem. Meneley faces two felony perjury counts for allegedly lying in 1999 about Oblander's cocaine issue. Oblander testified he warned Meneley against lying for him in court during a 1999 meeting.
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Topeka
Shawnee County
Dave Meneley
Shawnee
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Oblander
Dick Barta
Obelander
Joan Hamilton
Hamilton
Sheriff
John Frank Good
Good
Valley Hope
Atchison
Fee
Sheriffs Department
Kansas Law Enforcement Raining” Commission
Newton standoff ends when suspect sleeps
A 16 hour standoff in Newton ended when suspect Wilhelm Smokorowski slept and a McPherson SWAT team forced entry. Smokorowski, 50, faces aggravated assault and felony interference charges in Harvey County District Court. No one was hurt. his 86 year old mother was inside the home.
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Newton
Wilhelm Smokorowski
Harvey County
McPherson
Smokorowski
Ron Jackson
Newton High School
Kathy Wilson
Space museum faces attendance slump at Cosmosphere
Hutchinson AP Cosmosphere and Space Center faces a drop in July ticket sales with a 20 percent fall at the MAX Theater 24 percent for the laser light show and 12 percent for museum tickets. Officials warn of a year end shortfall and cite competition from Exploration Place and Sedgwick Zoo, plus loss of the Liberty Bell 7 capsule as hurting attendance.
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Kansas Cosmosphere
Space Center
Max Ary
Cosmosphere
Cosmosphere Board
Ary
Wichita
Sedgwick County Zoo
Gus Grissom
Wichita man arrested after lengthy highway chase
UDALL AP authorities tracked Harold Hopp after a 40 mile chase through Wichita and into Cowley County. Officers spiked tires near Kansas 15 and U S 77 intersection, stopping him as he fled at speeds up to 80 mph. Hopp, 38, was wanted on multiple felony warrants.
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Udall
Wichita
Jerry Cowley
Craig King
Harold Hopp
Hopp
Cowley
Bob Odell
Odell
Sedgwick
Kansas
Trial date set in murder of 10 year old Pamela Butler
In Kansas City Missouri the trial of four men charged in the death of 10 year old Pamela Butler is set to begin April 23. U S District Judge Fernando J Gallan Jr approved a defense request to delay for more time to prepare. The trial had been due to start in October.
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Pamela Butler
U.S
Fernando J. Gallan Jr
Keith
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