Snow slows some students but not all in Ottawa area
Snow slowed some and not all in Ottawa as two inches fell with more forecast. Sheriff Davis said jurors snowed in were picked up or could be by four wheel drive if needed. All area schools were closed after Ottawa Superintendent Collins and other superintendents met to decide.
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Cleon Rickel
Sheriff's Department
Ottawa
Jan Collins
Collins
Torture case highlights risk of returning to abusers
An Ottawa woman injured in a torture incident returned to the man she had petitioned against, with advocates noting that many women go back to abusive partners. Lisa Marconette, 33, was hospitalized after claiming her husband Darren Marconette held her captive and beat her for 15 hours. He remains jailed on charges including attempted murder and aggravated kidnapping.
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Ottawa
Darren Marconette
Lisa Marconette
Kansas City-area
Laura Stocker
Women's Transitional Care Services
WTCS
Lawmakers vow to speed up state school finance appeal
Speaker Doug Mays said the House will act quickly on a bill to accelerate an appeal of a district court ruling that Kansas school finance is unconstitutional. The Senate approved 40 to 0. The measure would allow an appeal to the Kansas Supreme Court on preliminary orders. The bill expires July 2006.
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Topeka
Doug Mays
House
Kansas
Senate
Kansas Supreme Court
Shawnee County
Terry Bullock
Ottawa real estate exec eyes state Senate bid in 12th District
Ottawa businessman Cal Lantis announced a possible run for the state Senate seat vacated by Bob Tyson. A Democrat, he filed with the Kansas Ethics Commission and named Judy Kelsey as treasurer. The 12th District covers most of Franklin and parts of Miami Linn and Anderson counties.
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Ottawa
Cal Lantia
Bob Tyson
Lantis
Kansas
Sion
Judy Kelsey
Kelsey
Franklin County
Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing
Joan Finney
Finney
Oaane
Anda
Miami County
Miami
Linn
Anderson County
Pat Apple
Louisburg
Carol Ann
Leanne
Neosho County
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Bullock
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Lantis & Associates
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