Franklin County records center hosts open house and housing meeting
A meeting to discuss temporary housing for Franklin County is set for 7 p.m. Thursday at the ECKAN central office on Maple Street with Hope House contact. The Franklin County Historical Society opens its Records & Research Center at 1124 W Seventh St hosting an open house 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday featuring PastPerfect demos, archives, photographs, and biographies.
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Franklin County
ECKAN
S. Maple
Ottawa Library
FCHS
Heidi van der Heuvel
Linda Knight
City cancels work session in Ottawa
The Ottawa City Commission will not meet tonight due to a light agenda. City Manager Weldon Padgett said commissioners chose not to meet, with the next work session set for February 17 and the next regular meeting at 9 30 a m February 19. A music club meets Wednesday at 7 45 p m with contact numbers 242 5677 or 242 3104 for details.
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Ottawa City Commission
Weldon Padgett
Skilton Music Club
Franklin County Jail and Police News Highlights
Admissions and births in Ottawa with Friday through Sunday notes. Jail bookings include Curtis Sand Overbrook and Needham II Osawatomie. Arrests cover Pamren Ottawa and others in Johnson and Franklin counties. Police reports note thefts, vandalism, and traffic-related incidents across Wellsville and surrounding areas with bonds set or posted.
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Angela Bedard
Ottawa
Margot
Hildebrandt
Danielle Blanchard
Marie Ross
Lois Burroughs
Richmond
Lois Tilton
Angela
John Bedard
Franklin County
Curtis Mitchell Sand
Overbrook
Jeffrey Allen Needham II
Osawatomie
Stephen Ray Marksbury
Gladstone
Johnson County
Michael Dennis Jones
Kansas City
Jeremia August Johnson
Overland Park
Sheriff's Dept
Daniel D. Pamren
Daniel Bernard
Pomona
Freddie Dean Johnson
Muldrow
Okla
South Main
Joseph Lee McAlexander
Canterbury Court
Manual Robert Jackman
Greeley
William ‘I’. Powell
Sebelius seeks more minority judges on Kansas bench
Governor Kathleen Sebelius urged the Kansas judicial nominating commissions to appoint more minority judges noting growing minority populations. Three white nominees for the Court of Appeals were named, with Sebelius needing to choose among them or cede selection to the chief justice. Local figures debated obstacles and potential legislative action.
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Sebelius
Kansas
Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Judicial Nominating Commissions
Supreme Court Nominating Commission
District Court Nominating Commissions
Bill Graves
The
Supreme
Court Nominating Commission
Kansas Court of Appeals
Richard Hite
Wichita
Hite
Jennifer Lynn Jones
Graves
Anthony Hensley
D-Topeka
Hensley
Library talk explores Baldwin tale in faith series
Johnson County Community College instructor Sandra Calvin Hastings leads the third Talk About Literature in Kansas session at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Ottawa library conference room. The discussion centers on James Baldwin Go Tell It on the Mountain as part of the Faith in Fiction: Christianity series. Hastings, a college lecturer and writer, has led many Dickinson-related programs and holds a Baker University master’s degree. The Friends of the Ottawa Library sponsor the event with Kansas Humanities Council support, which provides copies and leaders for each session. The series continues with A Prayer for Owen Meany on Feb 27 led by Sister Susan Rieke of Saint Mary College.
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Sandra Calvin Hastings
Johnson County
Baldwin
Barbara Dew
Ottawa
Hastings
Johnson County Community College
Burlington Northern
Emily Dickinson
Baker University
Friends of the Ottawa Library
Kansas Humanities Council
KHC
Dew
Owen Meany
John Irving
Susan Rieke
Saint Mary College
Leavenworth
States mull joint Kansas Missouri Washington office
Missouri and Kansas consider a shared Washington office to streamline lobbying and budget by creating a single regional point for Missouri and Kansas. The plan would save money and improve access as governors Holden and Sebelius discuss placement and staffing.
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Missouri
Bob Holden
Kansas
Kathleen Sebelius
Holden
Mary Still
Jay Nixon
Kansas City
Cristy Gallagher
Nicole Corcoran-Basso
Sebelius
Corcoran- Basso
Leroy Towns
Pat Roberts
R-Kan
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Lawrence
Shawn M. Preston
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Saint Paul
Minn
Wellsville
Robert N. Ashel
N. Oak
Sheriff's News
Louisiana
Virginia Road
Hayes
Thomas Road
South Cedar
Keith
Laura Prothe
Paola
South Mulberry
Harris News Service
Jesse Nathan
Hutchinson
Iraq
Kansas, Missouri
Washington
Kit Bond
Bond
U.S
Congress
Jefferson City
Lara Battles
Ike Skelton
D-Mo
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