Live Nativity Scenes and Community Christmas Events
Sacred Heart plans a 7 p.m. Tuesday service at the church with family and friends invited. On Monday morning, December 22, Sacred Heart School students and staff will visit Village West Nursing Home to share Christmas cards and decorations. Ottawa hosts live nativity events Friday and Saturday December 19–20 from 7 to 9 p.m. at First Christian Church, 11th and Cedar, with tents, refreshments, and contact 242-4699. Vinland United Methodist Church’s 22nd annual nativity runs December 21–23, 6 to 9 p.m., at the Hemphill barn near Baldwin. call Wayne or Janet Coffman at (785) 694-3770 for details. A Garnett Senior Center dance runs December 21 from 6 to 9 p.m. La Leche League meets December 7 at 7 p.m. in Ottawa to discuss father involvement and breastfeeding support. call Candy Wasser 242-1704, Becky Campbell 242-1182, or Donna Baker 937-4314. Ottawa VFW hosts a dance from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday with Borderline Country. Lamb-Roberts-Heise Funeral Home presents a holiday program at 2 p.m. Sunday at First United Methodist Church. Ottawa Recreation Commission will judge a light display contest this Saturday. enter by calling 242-1939, winners notified Monday.
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Ottawa
First Christian Church
11Th and
Cedar
Vinland
Howard and Elizabeth Hemphill
Baldwin
Call Wayne
Janet Coffman
la Leche League
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Candy Wasser
Becky,Campbell
Donna Baker
Supreme Court bars Kiowa overtime claim for on call time
Kansas Supreme Court ruled Kiowa city government not obligated to pay overtime to Police Chief Larry Wayne Stone and Officer Clarence Rex Miner for on call periods when they were not actively working. The dispute centered on more than 350000 dollars claimed for five years of on call time.
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Kiowa
The
Kansas
Supreme Court
Larry Wayne Stone
Clarence Rex Miner
Zoning rules offer neighbor input and protections
Franklin County officials describe how nonconforming and special use designations shield neighbors when a business moves into zoned townships. Compromise through setbacks, hours, and road upkeep is possible, while unzoned areas remove local input. Slone urges residents to ask questions at the county office.
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Slone
Tom Weigand
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County Commission
Franklin County
Christmas Bureau seeks sponsors for Franklin County families
The ECKAN Christmas Bureau lists 166 County families, 448 individuals, with 33 sponsored and 133 needing aid. Donations total 1145 and 2955 needed. To sponsor call 785 242 7450 or mail ECKAN Christmas Bureau Ottawa Kansas. Applications due by December 12 at the Franklin County ECEAN Center Ottawa.
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Ecean Christmas Bureau
Franklin County
Eckan Central Office
Eckan Christmas Bureau
Maple
Ottawa
W. 3Rd
Arm strong held children during standoff after early release
In a tense standoff, Armstrong did not surrender to police or respond to pleas from his 12 year old son and brother. He reportedly let the children sleep and fed them while watching a Mickey Mouse cartoon. He had been released early from prison after a Supreme Court ruling, with family citing a two week drug binge before the latest arrest. Orland Mayor Glenda Hood condemned the state’s early-release policy following the incident.
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Armstrong
Malcolm
Tedi
Marc
U.S. Supreme Court
Law
Orland
Glenda Hood
Delay in Murphy Hog Farm Permit Leaves Jetmore Questioned
State delays on Murphy Farms Jetmore hog facility permit stir local debate as residents push a moratorium on large hog farms. Opponents warn of groundwater and odor impacts while supporters argue jobs and rural economic benefits. state official Graves cites need for evidence before ruling within 30 days.
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Murphy
Lewis Webster
Jetmore
Kay Stinson
the Eagle
Art Palmer
Topeka
Kansas
Murphy Farms
High court upholds murder verdicts in Kansas
The Kansas Supreme Court upheld Michael A. White's first degree murder conviction for killing his mother Pearl White in 1992 but ordered a new sentencing procedure not using the hard 40. The court ruled prosecutors failed to follow required notice for the hard 40.
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Kansas Supreme Court
White
Wyandotte County
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Daniel M. Dias
Sedgwick County District
Deborah
Wyandotte
Barry Clark
Theman Hollinshed
Kenneth Leek
Richard Jasper
Lyle C. Sanders
Sedgwick County
Latonya Edmond
County residents sue over Hodgeman election results and hog farm plan
Emmett Aistrup and Anthony Cure sued the Hodgeman County Board of Commissioners after certification of the election showing 551 against corporate hog farming and 529 for it. Murphpy Family Farms plans a large hog feedlot near Jetmore, 150 miles NW of Wichita. A 1994 Kansas law allows corporate hogs but lets voters block them in a county. Plaintiffs allege ballot irregularities. officials say mistakes reflect voters' intent.
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Emmett Aistrup
Anthony Cure
Hodgeman County
Jetmore
Hodgeman
Wichita
Kansas
Iraq presses for UN backed disarmament access
The report notes Burke Butler as head of the U.N. Special Commission for disarmament in Iraq and cites Moscow officials insisting Iraq must comply with Security Council resolutions. Russia backs full UNFC cooperation and urges access for inspectors without hindrance while respecting Iraq’s sovereignty and security concerns.
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Gennady Tarasov
Iraq
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Russia
Security Council
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Saddam
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Ottawa area hospital notes and county incident report rundown
Admissions list includes Pearl Nicewander Janet Kirberg Louise Spillman and Jill Noble. Sheriff and police detail juvenile arrest Justin Miller at Franklin County Mental Health and a series of thefts prowler and accident reports across Williamsburg Wellsville Ottawa and surrounding towns with losses and items stolen, plus ambulance calls and fire incidents. Public bankruptcy filing Claude J. Martin lists Chapter 7 with liabilities of 106678 and assets of 37500.
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Janet Kirberg
Ottawa
Louise Spillman
Quenemo
Jill Noble
Rantoul
Dorothy Crooks
Sheriff's News
Justin Miller
Franklin County Mental Health
Franklin County
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