Very cold tonight with subzero to five below lows
The forecast warns of frigid conditions tonight dropping to zero to five below, followed by a warmer Friday with highs near twenty to twenty five and increasing cloudiness. Friday night could bring freezing drizzle amid mostly cloudy skies, with lows around fifteen to twenty.
Free neck and shoulder massage offered to Ottawa High staff
Shannon Jackson administered short neck and shoulder massages with emu oil to teachers in the Ottawa High School staff lounge as a preholiday relaxation event. Principal Darren Dennis organized the brief sessions to help ease year end tension for faculty.
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Teen to be tried as adult in Johnson case
Hayden 17 to face first degree murder charge in the death of Vivian Johnson 85 and the attempted murder of Howard Johnson. He and accomplice Raymond Fuller 23 were arrested Nov 8 for burglary and attempted murder. Preliminary hearing set for Jan 22 as defense declines juvenile or adult stance.
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Joseph Andrew Hayden
Clathe
Vivian Johnson
Howard Johnson
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Johnsons
Nevada Terrace
Raymond
Ottawa City faces split vote on sewage tax plan
Ottawa officials heard division over a proposed sales tax hike to fund a new sewage treatment plant costing about 7 million dollars. Downtown Main Street retailers largely rejected options, while supporters urged higher rates to accelerate funding. Citizens cited impact on nonresidents and reserves for design, with caution about overall tax burden.
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Kansas Department of Health and Environment
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Ottawa Main Street Group
Main Street
Baldridge
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Dick Martin
Ottawa
Martin
Charles Gillette
Lou Atherton
Court to review Kansas sex predator law
Inmates allege Kansas sexual offender treatment violates Fifth Amendment self incrimination and privacy rights due to a penile plethysmograph test. The 10th Circuit twice held the program breaches self-incrimination, while urging consideration of Fourth Amendment issues. The case centers on mandatory disclosures and punishment for refusal to join the program.
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Topeka
U.S. Supreme Court
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Department of Corrections
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Washington
Pate
U.S
Dale Saffels
Robert Lile
Saffels
William Cunningham
Vermont Educational Support Associates
Graves in line for Bush Cabinet post says Bond
Transportation industry officials pressed Gov. Bill Graves to be secretary of transportation as a Bush administration possibility. Bond says Graves seems receptive, though Graves’s spokesman says no transition contact has occurred and Graves has not sought consideration. Graves plans to finish his second term as governor in January 2003.
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