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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 2002
Page
6
FEMA visits Ottawa as disaster list expansion eyed
FEMA Region 7 director Dick Hainje and officials Joe Allbaugh and Lloyd Barningham toured Ottawa to assess storm damage and discuss adding Franklin County to the federal disaster declaration. Mayor Gene Ramsey and Gov. Bill Graves await official action, with potential reimbursements up to 75 percent of storm costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleon Rickel
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Ottawa
Dick Hainje
FEMA
Joe Allbaugh
Lloyd Barningham
Franklin County
Wyandotte
Johnson
Hainje
Gene Ramsey
Ramsey
Bill Graves
Ron Bishop
Redistricting flap may push GOP to swap maps
Harris News Service reports House Republicans in Topeka accuse Democrats of pressuring Rep. Laura McClure into retirement amid controversy over a redistricting map. Republicans claim the Democrats demanded pairing McClure with Rep. Dan Johnson, while Democrats push back and cite McClure’s retirement plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Crapper
Harris News Service
Topeka
House
Laura McClure
Ing
Mike O’neal
R-Hutchinson
McClure
D-Osborne
Dan Johnson
R-Hays
Man captures after high speed chase into Johnson County
A 20 year old Richmond area man reportedly disarmed with a firearm led a police chase into Johnson County Friday night. After driving from Country Mart to Burger King and onto I-35, deputies and officers from Ottawa Kansas Highway Patrol and Olathe joined the pursuit. The suspect exited the car with a gun to his head, walked into a wooded area, and was disarmed with a beanbag before being taken to KU Medical Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Johnson County
Richmond Area
Country Mart
Emergency Management
Jimmie Dean
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Dean
Burger King
Ottawa
Kansas Highway Patrol
Olathe Police Department
Olathe
KU Medical Center
Ottawa board sets rules for hearing on vacant middle school
The Ottawa Board of Education outlined rules for the March 4 hearing on the fate of the old middle school slated for demolition. Debates over delay vs. schedule, historic tax credits, and involvement of National Trust were discussed, with Rex Cummings named as potential spokesperson and time limits set for presentations. The district also approved 100 new high school band uniforms costing 43,527 and explored a land-use learning site proposed by the OHS FFA chapter, pending final agreement with a local landowner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa Board of Education
Marge Stevens
Jeanette Lowry
Lowry
National Trust
Rex Cummings
Cummings
Bill Allegre
John Coen
Allegre
Origi
Coen
Fifth and Main
Jan Collins
Bob Bezek
Tony Keim
Louis Reed
Ottawa High School
Chris Reynolds
Reynolds
Dacron
OHS Ffa
Blake Lasley
FFA
Collins
Ezra Sykes
Esykes
Ottawaherald.com
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Habitat For Humanity
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