Franklin County seeks costly jail fix over crowding
A Voorhis & Associates study warns overcrowding at Franklin County jail will require expensive action. The least costly plan would run about 41 to 44 million, while inaction could cost 68 million over 20 years. Commission Chair Roy Dunn will seek quick action on the recommendations.
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Cleon Rickel
Tional
Gail Elias
Voorhis
Commission
Roy Dunn
Elias
Dunn
Don Hay
Jay Newton
Ethel Wallace
Lisa Johnson
Heather Jones
Craig Davis
Ed Taylor
Franklin County
Ottawa Country Club
New program aims to keep some offenders from jail
County officials plan to fast track a consultant's recommendations to try new programs that keep less serious offenders out of jail as much as possible. District Judge Thomas Sachse said he will consult judges, court administrators, corrections officers and defense attorneys about setting up these programs that larger Kansas counties already use with proven results.
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Cleon Rickel Herald
Thomas
Sachse
Kansas
Collision on U S 59 injures Lawrence man. condition unknown
Lawrence man Joseph L. Bolton, 30, was ejected in a head on collision with a semitrailer on U S 59 near Shawnee Road. He was flown to the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City Kan with unknown injuries. the semitrailer driver Charles Brandenburg, 36, Newton, had no injuries. Police noted Bolton was not wearing a seat belt.
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University of Kansas Hospital
U.S. 59
Shawnee Road
Franklin County
Joseph L. Bolton
Lawrence
Brian Williams
Herald
U.S
Ottawa
Bolton
Kansas City
Kan
Bob Hallinan
Charles D. Brandenburg
Newton
Kansas Highway Patrol
Fire Department
Health officials seek source of peanut butter salmonella outbreak
CDC investigators struggle to identify the contamination source in a wide outbreak linked to Peter Pan and Wal-Mart Great Value peanut butter. About 300 ill in 39 states since August. recalls cover jars from ConAgra's Sylvester Georgia plant from May 2006 onward.
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Atlanta
U.S
Wal-Mart
ConAgra Foods Inc
Mike Lynch
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
ConAgra
Sylvester
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