Bulletin Board: Black Awareness Pot Luck in Ottawa
The Ottawa Black Awareness Committee hosts a pot luck dinner at 6 p.m. Saturday in Elliott Hall First Baptist Church guest speaker Temitope Ojeleye. Williamsburg soup supper runs 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Williamsburg Community Building to raise funds for Christopher Herring a student ambassador to New Zealand and the Fiji Islands in June. Christopher age 12 is son of Brad and Jennifer Herring.
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Ottawa
First Baptist Church
Elliott Hall
Temitope Ojeleye
Williamsburg
Christopher Herring
New Zealand
Fiji Islands
Christopher
Brad
Jennifer Herring
Daily Report Arrests and Accidents Across Local Area
Police log lists arrests including David Eugene Scott 43 of 3175 Iowa Road for domestic battery DUI and driving while suspended with 1000 dollar bond. Robert Lee Geiler Sr. 49 of Princeton held on domestic battery with 750 bond. Janet Degan 34 released to Ottawa police for disorderly conduct. Thomas Knox 18 faces criminal damage to property. bond to be set. Melissa English 22 released on 750 bond for marijuana possession. Accidents include Michael Bryant 16 injured after mud slide into a tree with four passengers wearing seatbelts. Noninjury deer strike involving Leonard Burbank Jr. 42. Smoke scare reported on Main Street. no fire.
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David Eugene Scott
Iowa Road
U.S.59
Robert Lee Geiler Sr
Princeton
Janet Marie Degan
E. Wilson
Ottawa
Thomas William Knox
Michael J. Bryant
Richmond
Richmond Lake
Allen Road
Bryant
Codey L. Cheek
Chad Currant
Amanda M. Weber
Cheek
Currant
Weber
Leonard R. Burbank Jr
Baldwin
John Brown
Burbank
S. Main
Former Shawnee Sheriff sues Kansas AG for alleged malicious prosecution
Former Shawnee County Sheriff Dave Meneley sues Attorney General Carla Stovall seeking more than $200000, alleging political retaliation and that she acted as investigator and witness rather than prosecutor in the ouster case. Stovall denies comment.
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Topeka
Shawnee County
Dave Meneley
Kansas
Carla Stovall
Meneley
Mary Tritsch
Attorney General
Stovall
Margie J. Phelps
Jonathan Phelps
Enrollment up at most Kansas public universities
Enrollment rose at Kansas public four year universities except Wichita State University which fell 1.4 percent. Statewide 77,401 students enrolled across six campuses, up 539 from last spring. Kansas State Manhattan up 0.7 percent to 18,812. KU up 1.2 percent. Pittsburg State up 2.1 percent to 6,006. Out of state enrollment rose while local resident enrollment slipped.
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Associated Press
Wichita State University
Kansas Board of Regents
Kansas
Pittsburg State University
Wichita State
Pat Bosco
Regents Universities
Local lawmakers push higher LOB limits for Kansas schools
Johnson County legislators seek to raise local option budgets by 10 points over three years, allowing districts to spend up to 35 percent above base funding of 3820 per student with voter approval. Critics warn it widens gaps between rich and poor districts while supporters cite teacher recruitment costs and temporary relief.
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Topeka
Johnson County
House
Education Committee
Greater
Karen DiVita
Overland Park
Gerry Ray
Ray
Diane Gjerstad
Wichita
Senate
Dwayne Umbarger
Umbarger
R-Thayer
Kansas
City Commission weighs phased project and tax options
The commission outlines a $4.74 million phased sewage plan with a $1.67 million local share and potential two‑phase consolidation. They seek design proposals and consider a 1/10 cent sales tax hike plus sewer surcharge, plus pursuing a $750,000 federal grant. Meetings set with planning and boards. several easement, revitalization, and safety railing items appear.
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Topeka
Scott Lambers
Department of Commerce
Ottawa
Lambers
Blaine Finch
Skunk Run
Abortion battles muted this year in Legislature
In Kansas the abortion issue draws little action this session despite past clashes. The House first heard a resolution to pressure a court to outlaw abortions while the Senate debated RU-486 with no vote. Lawmakers cite Supreme Court and Gov Graves influence, with few hearings planned and support for right of conscience bills protecting professionals who refuse participation.
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Topeka
House
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Nebraska
Bill Graves
Graves
Tony Powell
Wichita
Carla Stovall
State Supreme Court
Kansas
Doug Mays
Stovall
Public Health and Welfare Committee
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Susan Wagle
Wagle
Ink. Org
Former Gov Joan Finney Diagnosed With Liver Cancer
Former Kansas governor Joan Finney, the first woman elected to the post, has been diagnosed with liver cancer. Her daughter Sally Finney said the 76 year old began chemotherapy after doctors detected the cancer in Houston following an earlier benign liver tumor finding. Finney remains in Topeka under oncologist care and receives outpatient treatment at MD Anderson in Houston.
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Topeka
Joan Finney
Sally Finney
Finney
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Houston
Kansas
John Carlin
Mike Hayden
Supreme Court avoids Kansas fuel tax dispute on Indian lands
The Supreme Court without comment refused Kansas’s bid to block three tribes from suing over taxing fuel distributed to gasoline stations on tribal land. The decision leaves unresolved whether taxing distributors on reservations violates the 11th Amendment and affects tribal commerce and revenues.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kansas
Sac and Fox Nation
Missouri
Iowa Tribe
Nebraska
10Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals
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