Lecompton teen shoots siren during monthly test
A 17 year old in Douglas County fired at the emergency siren on a bluff, damaging it and causing 35 minutes of sound. He faces one felony charge of criminal damage to property. may be required to pay repair costs. Estimated repairs exceed seven hundred fifty dollars, with possible replacement costs up to fourteen thousand nine hundred.
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Lawrence
Kan
LeCompton
Douglas County
Paula Phillips
Shelley Diehl
Phillips
Teen mom given probation for newborn death in ditch
In Hutchinson Kansas a 17 year old girl Stacy Dunmire was sentenced to three years probation for involuntary manslaughter in the death of her newborn son Aaron. She must complete 500 hours of community service and house arrest until she turns 21. The case follows a May incident in which the baby was found in a drainage ditch behind the family home.
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Hutchinson, Kan
Stacy Dunmire
Carol Bacon
Dunmire
Aaron
Boeing talks resume with Machinists in Seattle
Boeing Co and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers plan to return to the bargaining table with federal mediator Ben Youtsey to end the two month old strike. The union represents about 35,000 workers at Boeing plants in Wichita, Kane, Oregon and Washington.
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Seattle
Boeing Co
Boeing
Ben Youtsey
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Wichita
Kane
Oregon
Washington
State revenue misses estimate in November report
TOPEKA Kansas AP revenue to the state treasury fell 10 million short of the revised November estimate says Richard Ryan director of the Legislature Research Department. He noted the shortfall covers one month after the Consensus Estimating Group updated projections in early November and may be made up in December. For the first five months the group expected 1.256 billion while receipts were 1.246 billion a 1.5 percent drop and November fell 4.4 percent below estimates.
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Topeka
Kan
Treasury
Legislature Research Department
Richard Ryan
Research Department
Rotary honors longtime Ottawan Brockway for service
Ottawan Martin Brockway, 83, receives the Rotary Service Above Self Award. A retired chiropractor and longtime choir director, he organized Rotachords and directed a district chorus. His service spans Westminster Church, Rotary hosting students, 4-H, and decades of musical outreach in Ottawa.
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Jay Thornton Martin Brockway
Rotary Club
Martin Brockway
Brockway
Rotary Service
S. Willow
Johnnie
Rotachords
Ottawa
Australia
Brazil
Rotary
Economy shows strength as spending up and markets rally
The economy shows signs of life with construction spending up 2.7 percent in October, the largest gain in years, while overall growth slows per a Fed survey. Wall Street rallied as Treasury yields dipped and the Dow rose midday, though early gains faded.
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Maury Haris
Paine Webber Inc
Wall Street
Treasury
Commerce Department
Federal Reserve
Skeptical Senate nears Bosnia troop deployment vote
The Senate delays debate on sending 20,000 U.S. peacekeepers to Bosnia amid resistance from members worried the war could reignite after U.S. troops depart. President Clinton seeks to sustain momentum with testimony from officials and ongoing diplomacy with Belgrade Sarajevo and Zagreb.
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Ashington W
Senate
U.S
Bosnia
Clinton
Capitol Hill
Yugoslavia
NATO
Richard Holbrooke
Holbrooke
Senate Armed Services Committee
Belgrade
Sarajevo
Zagreb
Serbia
Croatia
Dayton
White House
Alexander Haig
Zbigniew Brzezinski
City eyes KDOT shop for public works use
Ottawa could acquire the former Kansas Department of Transportation shop on West 17th Street for public works storage. City Manager Scott Lambers said the city may need the site to support parking provision near the Franklin County Fairgrounds for future fairs and events.
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Ottawa
Kansas Department of Transportation
West 17Th Street
Scott Lambers
the Herald
Lambers
KDOT
Franklin County Fairgrounds
Expert offers crowd parenting techniques in Baldwin City
Jim Fay, a Colorado based parenting expert, spoke to about 150 parents at Baldwin Junior High, outlining Love and Logic methods built over 30 years. He shared early parenting missteps, noting his rigid bedtime failed and that giving kids choice with a consequence to rise early reduced overall effort.
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Aldwin City
Jim Fay
Fay
Baldwin Junior High
Myrick
Baldwin Junior High Auditorium
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