Royko faces drunken driving charge after crash in Illinois
Pulitzer winner Mike Royko, 62, was charged with driving under the influence and resisting arrest after his 1994 Lincoln Continental collided with another car in suburban Chicago. He sustained minor injuries, was released after posting 10 percent of a $1,000 bond, and is due in court next month.
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METRA
Ill
Mike Royko
Royko
Chicago Tribune
Chicago
Glenn Florkow
Tribune
Jeffrey Bierig
RMH Auxiliary names nine drawing winners from Homes Tour
Ransom Memorial Hospital Auxiliary announced nine gift winners from its Christmas Homes Tour held earlier this month. Ila Greenlee of Kansas City Kansas won a doll. Mitzi Wallace of Ottawa won a hand painted China plate by Lillian Lantis. Joan Tyson, Ottawa city commissioner, won a crystal bell. N For manek of Ottawa won a Christmas throw. Frances Bealmer of Baldwin City won a wreath. Ruby Atherton of Ottawa won potpourri. Marge Sparks of Ottawa won a Country Mart gift certificate. Nelle Gollier won an Apple Market certificate. Linda Westhoff of Williamsburg won a Town and Country Supply certificate.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ila Greenlee
Kansas City
Kan
Ottawan
Lillian Lantis
Mitzi Wallace
Willow
Ottawa
Joan Tyson
Auxiliary
Hospital
N. Formanek
Shelley Parks
Ultimate Concepts
Frances Bealmer
Baldwin City
Ruby Atherton
Heavenly Scents
Country Mart
Marge Sparks
Nelle Gollier
Linda Westhoff
Williamsburg
Town and Country Supply
Officials pledge closer inspections to reassure holiday travelers
Federal aviation officials promise tighter safety checks as 3,000 FAA inspectors review carrier operations. Pena urges airline executives to attend a Washington meeting for a “gut check” on safety while Hinson says ATR turboprop tests progress and service could resume soon after an icing incident. an American Eagle ATR-72 crash near Roselawn killed 68.
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H. Josef Hebert
Associated Press
Ashington
Federal Aviation
Federico Pena
Washington
Sanpee
Pena
CBS
FAA
David Hinson
Hinson
ABC
David Brinkley
Civil Aviation Authority
Roselawn
Ind
U.S
Kansas City homicide squad disbanded amid serial killer probe
The special homicide unit investigating a suspected serial killer who dismembered four of seven victims and dumped bodies into the Missouri River has been disbanded. Gregory Breeden, held on a $100,000 bond on a bad check charge, faces no charges for the slayings yet. Authorities continue lab analysis on seized items as plans for a preliminary hearing proceed.
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Ansas
Missouri River
Kansas City
Gregory Breeden
Breeden
Dave Bernard
Five Die In Weekend Kansas Road Crashes
Five people perished on state roads over the weekend across Kansas. In Liberal a 21 year old woman Damiana Anguiano and her one month old baby Jesus Anguiano died when their car collided head on with a pickup on a Seward County road. The child was ejected from the car and was not in a restraint. The relationship of the victims was not released. In Douglas County two Lawrence teens Jaime Howell 18 and Joel Pippert 17 died when their car veered off a county road and plunged into a ravine. Wrestling teammates helped lift the car off Pippert before he died at a Topeka hospital. Howell died at the scene. Another man died Saturday when his car struck a bridge railing on US 50 over I 135 in Harvey County but the victim’s name was not released.
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Lawrence
Douglas County
Ottawa
Clinton Lake
Douglas County Sheriff’s Department
Jaime Howell
Joel Pippert
Pippert
Pippett
Topeka
Howell
Harvey County
Sheriff’s Department
Wall Street Market in brief Kaans
Wall Street Market in brief Kaans. Live stock market notes from St Joseph Missouri report cattle and hog quotes. Slaughter cattle and cows mostly higher with limited test due to offerings. Hog receipts and nonferrous metal prices listed with spot quotes.
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Liveo
ST. Joseph
NEW York
Handy & Harman
Comex
Congress study finds welfare program shortfalls
GAO report shows JOBS education and training for AFDC parents fails to link many single mothers with local employers. Only about 11 percent of four million recipients joined JOBS from 1991 to 1993, with $1.1 billion spent, while high risk groups face barriers like learning disabilities and emotional issues.
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Associated Press
Washington
General Accounting Office
Congressional Watchdog
Num
GOP
Congress
AFDC
GAO
Volunteer Sarah Walsh Omitted From Last Week’s Herald Story
A correction notes Ottawa High School freshman Sarah Walsh was inadvertently omitted from a story about the Kanza Park luminary display held Saturday.
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Kanza Park
Herald
Ottawa High School
Sarah Walsh
Ottawa area hospital notes and sheriff reports summary
A digest of hospital discharges from Ottawa area facilities lists multiple patients discharged Friday Saturday and Sunday including Anna Hirt James Cobl William Reams and Dorothy Crooks Renee Griffin and daughter Lane Gladys JoAnne Detwiler and Gail Nitcher. Frances McEvoy remains at Riverside Hospital recovering from hip surgery with planned discharge Christmas Day. Sheriff and police activity includes arrests for battery criminal threats vandalism driving with suspended license and DUI with varying bond statuses. An accident on Montana and Hamilton roads sent two people to hospitals. a Pomona fire at American Hardwoods caused damage to a noninsured unventilated shop area with a small flash fire. Ottawa area youths were detained for trespass at Ottawa Middle School.
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Anna Hirt
Westphalia
James Cobl
Baldwin City
William Reams
Dorothy Crooks
Ottawa
Renee Griffin
Lane
William Bronson
Garnett
Tina Estabrooks
Gladys JoAnne Detwiler
Gail Nitcher
Frances McEvoy
Riverside Hospital
W. Central
McLean
Wichita
Kan
Sheriff’ S News
David Timothy Parker
S. Main
North Main
Robert Eugene Linneman
Lawrence
Kentucky Road
Helen Linneman
Vernon Lee White
Loral Delano White Jr
Gainsville
Clark Country 1
Us-50
Eisenhower Road
Jennifer Kissinger
N. Poplar
James People Jr
Cypress
Walton
Douglas County
Douglas
Richmond
Tina Marie Adams
Garnett Rfd
South Hickory
Tommy Lee Barber
S. Elm
Debrah Barber
Bonnie L. Lawrence
Gregory W. Lawrence
S. Oak
Ottawa Middle School
Montana
Hamilton
James D. Nichols
Rantoul
Floyd Murphy
Edgerton
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Murphy
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kansas City
Nichols
RMH
Sheriff's Office
Pomortert
Kim Giffin
W. 7Th
Lantis
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