Bush attends drug summit with Colombia Peru and Bolivia
President Bush joins Virgilio Barco and Peruvian and Bolivian leaders at Cartagena for a four nation talks on intensifying the war on drugs. Security is tight as ships patrol and troops guard the summit site. Barco calls for viable coca alternative programs while Bush forecasts a fruitful exchange and a broad framework guiding joint actions.
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Air Force One
Colombia
Bush
Cartagena Bay
FSA names successor to Ottawa hall of fame leader
Duane Hall steps down as president and chief executive of Franklin Savings Association after two decades at the helm. William J. Marshall will take over the FSA reins, with John A. Scowcroft becoming president and CEO of Franklin Savings Corporation. Hall will stay on the board while remaining in Ottawa. The bank, which has nine branches, plans to move headquarters to the Kansas City metro area within 18 months.
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Franklin Savings Association
Ottawa Thrift
Ernest Fleischer
FSA
William J. Marshall
Hall
John A. Scowcroft
Thrift
Franklin Savings Corporation
Fleischer
The
Ottawa Herald Today
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Ottawa
Franklin
Freezing Rain Halts Travel Across Kansas Amid Fatal Crashes
Ice and freezing rain crippled travel across Kansas with four traffic deaths and dozens of school closures in Ottawa and Franklin County. The National Weather Service reduced some warnings but issued advisories for freezing rain sleet and snow in eastern central Kansas and a snow advisory in the west. Lows near zero northwest to about 20 southeast, clearing skies by night. Friday brings sunny, warmer weather with highs in the 30s.
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Kansas
National Weather Service
Ottawa
Franklin County
Weather Service
Grievance ruling on Ottawa detective DeLaTorre murky
A DPS firing of Ottawa detective Tony DeLaTorre triggers mixed signals from a three member grievance committee. Lawyer Tim Phelps says the report leans toward reinstatement, while noting a caveat that future county attorney letter findings could justify discipline. The panel may be appealed to the city manager for a final ruling.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Ottawa
Tony DeLaTorre
DeLaTorre
Tim Phelps
Topeka
DPS
Jeff Herrman
Herrman
Phelps
DeLa Torre
Mental Health Reform Part 1 focuses on closing state hospitals
Eighteen months after a national view of Kansas reform efforts lawmakers consider a 33 page bill to end the 100 year ties to large isolated state hospitals. The plan targets closing 270 beds across Osawatomie Topeka Lamene and other facilities over five years while boosting 27 community centers as gatekeepers screening admissions and expanding local services.
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Dave Ranney
Harris
Topeka
Kansas
Legislative Special Committee On Corrections and
Osawatomie State Hospital
Topeka State Hospital
Lamed State Hospital
Osawatomie State
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