Local students named to all state marching band roster
Several area students were chosen for the 14th annual Kansas Masonic All-State High School Marching Band at Fort Hays State University July 22 to 26. Ottawa High School students Ben Chapman and Jennifer Norris and Williamsburg High School student Amanda McCay were selected and attended a five day band camp in Hays.
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Kansas Masonic
Fort Hays State University
Ben Chapman
Jennifer Norris
Ottawa High School
Amanda McCay
Williamsburg High School
Hays
Fort Hays State University Land
Chapman and
Norris
Ottawa Lodge No
McCay
Anchor Lodge
AF & AM
Venture hearings open on skeptical note in Kansas
A Kansas legislative committee opened hearings on state venture capital investments with skepticism. The Joint Committee on Economic Development probes funding to BioCore and related funds Ad Astra and Ad Astra II, amid ethical inquiries and a grand jury subpoena network involving lawmakers.
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Opera, Kan
Joint Committee On Economic Development
Pat Ranson
Richita
Bill Mason
el Dorado
Tim Shallenburger
Baxter Springs
Greg Packer
Topeka
Carla Stovall
Packer
State Ethics Commission
Former Rep Jim Jeffries dies at 72 in Arizona
Former Republican congressman James E. Jeffries of Atchison, who served Kansas 2nd District from 1979 to 1983, died in Tucson at 72 from heart failure. Born in Detroit in 1925, he served in the Army Air Corps as a B 29 gunner. Services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Adair Funeral Homes Avalon Chapel in Tucson. Memorials to Atchison Young Men's Christian Association are requested.
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Topeka
Kan
Jim Jeffries
Atchison
Kansas
Jeffries
Tucson
Ariz
Adair Funeral
Avalon Chapel
Atchison Young Men’s Christian Association
James E. Jeffries
Detroit
Mich
Cranbrook Academy
Bloomfield Hills
Army Air Corps
Cuba
Stovall backs national tobacco settlement as best deal
HOPEKA Kan AP Carla Stovall argues the national settlement offers Kansas the best outcome and can yield more than a court win. She says Kansas will press its lawsuit if Congress blocks the agreement and cites ongoing Medicaid costs and proposed ad restrictions. Kansas awaits settlement fate as other states reach deals and trials.
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Hopeka
Kan
Carla Stovall
Kansas
Food and Drug Administration
Congress
Gress
Washington
Mississippi
Florida
Minnesota
Stovall
Shawnee County
Fred Jackson
Kansas rail trail fight pits landowners vs federal act
Lawmakers debated the National Trails Act of 1983 and Kansas ownership of land used for the Prairie Spirit Rail Trail. Ryun argued private land remains with the owner after railroad abandonment, while opponents warned federal rules could override state property rights and threaten funding for trail development. The debate reflected tensions between state control and federal influence on trail projects and land use.
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Ryun
Interstate Commerce Commission
Ryan
Kansas
House
Ottawa
Iola
State General Fund
Santa Fe
Centenarian couple remembered for Ottawa auto shop legacy
George and Evelyn Royer of Ottawa were longtime church members and community volunteers. George operated an auto repair shop at 127 S Hickory from the 1940s until his 1963 retirement, later living in Ottawa Retirement Village. They spent winters in Arizona and mentored campers at church camps for 11 summers.
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Ottawa
George
Sweeney's Auto School
Kansas City
Fourth and Main
Bill Johnson
S. Hickory
Johnson
Bill Bowers
Evelyn
Doug Royer
Charles Royer
PTA
Church of the Brethren
Arizona
Rogers
Tonganoxie
Mary Lois Yates
Hope House
Yates
Evelyn Royer
Ottawa Retirement Village
Olmsted Electric
Ottawa Herald Reader Information and Prices
Contact details for Ottawa Herald circulation and delivery times. Billing options list carrier and mail subscription rates by location, with monthly charges and tax note. Discounts are offered for three six and twelve month terms.
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Ottawa
Franklin
Kansas
Ottawa Herald office and contact details note
Publication details show The Ottawa Herald daily schedule, address at 104 S Cedar Ottawa Kansas, USPS data, editor John Mont, and online site montgomery at owtawaherald dot com. Printed on paper.
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The
Ottawa Herald, Inc
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Kathy Miller
Ottawa Herald
Parity Weather Outlook: Warm Dry Ahead
The forecast calls for cloudy periods with a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 60s. South winds 5 to 10 mph. Wednesday through Friday will be warm and generally dry with highs in the 90s and nightly lows in the 60s.
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Wellsville Brothers
Brad Rechtfertig
Johnson County Police Academy
Wellsville High School
Kansas State University
Roeland Park
Brent Rechtfertig
Wellsville
University of Missouri At Columbia
Sacramento
Calif
Deloitte and Touche
Cornell
Rochelle Servatius
Cornell College
Jerry
Marcia Servatius
Mount Vernon
Town
Northland
Gregory Schweiger
Northland College
Ashland
Wis
Schweiger
Barbara
Joseph Schweiger
Osawatomie
Central Heights High School
Mason
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Kerr
Philip Morris
Clinton
John D. Mont
Otawaherald
Jay Bemis
Todd Frantz
Gene Kelsay
Wayne Snow
Hieeee
AccuWeather
Colby
Liberal
Wichita
Hillsdale
Melvern
Pomona
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