Community holiday events brighten Pomona community
Jami Thompson and Pomona High School FBLA FHA and NHS caroled for elderly neighbors delivering fruit plates made from fruit cookies and candies. Heritage Homes held Dec 13 holiday buffet and Victoria tours at Lowry and Franano homes. The Nightcrawlers Camping Club met Dec 12 at the Girls Club building for a catered Christmas dinner with 34 members and new officers named for the year. The next meeting is Jan 9 at the Adamsons with a potluck.
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Jami Thompson
Lois Griffin
Pomona High School
FBLA
FHA
NHS
Pomona High
Pomona
Heritage Homes
Tours Homes
Franklin County
Forrest
Jeanette Lowry
Frank
Carmen Franano
Nightcrawlers Camping Club
Daryl
Cynthia Montague
Doris Jones
Bob Vasquez
Ray
Pat Carey
Vern
Frances Reller
Dale
Bev Deardorff
Duck Fund
Marvin Duvall
Fred
Katie Adamson
Graffiti Spreads Across Ottawa Areas Overnight
Ottawa Police investigate multiple vandalism incidents targeting vehicles and including Ottawa Middle School. Black spray paint left profanity in 1100 to 1300 Ash blocks, 900 Maple, 1000 South Mulberry, and 1300 Pine. Franklin County Crime Stoppers offers up to 1000 for tips leading to an arrest. Call 1-888-311-TIPS.
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Ottawa Police Department
Ottawa Middle School
Franklin County
Cowdin trial details plot to murder Radcliffe and wife
In Franklin County District Court Cowdin, 29, faces six counts of solicitation to commit murder as jurors hear accounts from jail inmates and a state mole. Testimony covers offers of up to 9000 dollars to kill Sheriff Detective Alan Radcliffe, his wife Heidi, and two witnesses between May and June 1997. Witnesses describe Cowdin as a self styled Gotti like figure amid drug cases and paranoia, while allies seek leniency through cooperation with investigators.
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Franklin County
Kansas Bureau of Investigations
Cowdin
Alan Radcliffe
Radcliffe
Franklin County District Court
Ge Lynn Cowdin
Celmate
Jeremy Michael Penland
Heidi Ann Cowdin
Penland
Hoffman
Heidi Cowdin
Julie Lynn Lyons
Tony
Heidi
Mer
Randall Ray Tyson
Tyson
Gotti
Paul Carden Byrd
Jacqueline Reid-Peterson
Reid-Peterson
Byrd
Kansas task force begins shaping higher ed reform plan
The Governor's Task Force on Higher Education Structure for Excellence met at the Statehouse to draft recommendations for Gov Graves and the Legislature. The plan envisions a new higher education coordinating council and a board of trustees for 19 community colleges, plus a constitutional amendment. The Board of Regents would oversee six public universities. the State Board of Education would retain K-12 but lose community colleges to the new trustees board.
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Opera, Kan
Kansas
Bill Graves
Higher Education Coordinating Council
Kansas Board of Regents
Board of Education
Gary Sherrer
Statehouse
Sherrer
Graves
Ottawa City Commission approves multiple resolutions in 4-0 vote
The Ottawa city commission, in a 4-0 session, approved a KDOT plan to widen US 59 and 23rd Street with shared costs up to 2 million, renewed airport lease with Tony LeMaster for 33,500 annual management plus 10,000 for business rights, restricted parking on narrow streets, and extended utility costs to property owners. A public hearing on vacating 14th Street right of way drew only pro and no oppositions, and final action is set for Jan 6.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
23Rd Street
Ottawa
KDOT
Main Street
23Rd
Tony LeMaster
LeMaster
Ottawa Time
14Th Street
Ash
Olive
Pomona student charged in knife threat on school bus
Andrew Wayne Oatman, 15, a Pomona High School student, was charged in Franklin County District Court with aggravated assault and aggravated criminal use of a weapon for allegedly pulling a butterfly knife on a 12-year-old Appanoose Grade School student during a bus ride between 3:25 and 4 p.m. Tuesday in the 2000 block of Shawnee Road. He remains in the Franklin County Juvenile Detention Center.
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Pomona High School
Franklin County District Court
Andrew Wayne Oatman
Shawnee Road
Franklin County
Karen A. Leroy
Wellsville
Franklin County Education Opportunity Center
7Th Terrace
Ottawa
Wilson and
Cherry
Lindsey M. Turner
Franklin County suspect held on $1000 bond in Wichita theft case
Police reports list Barnard Phillips 33 of Wichita picked up on a Franklin County traffic warrant and held on $1000 bond. Other arrests include Ricky G. Duncan 27 on suspended license, Karen A. Leroy 17 on battery, and Jessica A. Shenk 21 on a city warrant. Juvenile detentions follow several incidents at Ottawa schools and centers.
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Barnard Phillips
Wichita
Sedgwick County
Franklin County
Ricky G. Duncan
Labette Terrace
Main
Ottawa High School
S. Ash
Jessica A. Shenk
Williamsburg
Sheriff's Department
Marqus R. Meadows
Willow
Douglas County
Mathis Lamar Meadows
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Charles Gillette
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