FEMA begins making payments after ice storm damage
FEMA has paid over 10,000 to Franklin and Anderson County residents and businesses for ice storm damage. Housing aid totals 8,785 in Franklin and 7,711 in Anderson, with 1,167 in individual grants. Registrations run through April 8. call 1-800-621-FEMA or 1-900-462-7585 for hearing impaired. A FEMA recovery team will be in Ottawa midweek for questions.
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FEMA
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Franklin County
Jack Brandis
Anderson County
Brandis
Ottawa
County Annex
S. Main
Local Dairy Report and Sheriff Police Notes Summary
Dismissals include Donald Reeves of Richmond transferred to Olathe Medical Center along with Linda Mattox and daughter of Ottawa and Ernest Servaes of Pomona. Sheriff reports arrests Jeffery Meyers for protective order violation and trespassing, Brian Criqui for failure to appear, and Faustino Calderon Jr. for municipal warrant. Thefts involve wallet and cell phone losses in Ottawa area. Other agencies report three arrests on meth charges, two noninjury crash notes, and an ambulance call for a medical emergency.
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Donald Reeves
Richmond
Olathe Medical Center
Linda Mattox
Ottawa
Ernest Servaes
Pomona
Sheriff's News
Jeffery Wayne Meyers
Estabrook
S. Main
Leavenworth County
Brian Joe Criqui
N. Wilson
Franklin County
Faustino Calderon Jr
Princeton
Ash
Three Arrested in Ottawa Meth Bust
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and Ottawa STAR team arrested Chad Everett Cline Kellie Jean Cline and Harry Randal Miller after a search warrant at 324 E Third Ottawa yielded methamphetamine and paraphernalia. Two minor children in the home were placed in protective custody as officers sent seized items to the KBI laboratory for analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chad Everett Cline
Kellie Jean Cline
Harry Randal Miller
Williamsburg
Herald
E. Third
Franklin County
Brad Gilges
Drug Enforcement Unit
Ottawa Star
Sheriff’s Office
Ottawa
Gilges
KBI Laboratory
Consultant defends city salary survey progress
Ottawa city officials hear from Rebecca Crowder of Austin Peters Group as wage study moves through its phases. Interviews with most staff completed, with a few remaining, followed by comparisons to private firms and similar towns, leading to a formal pay proposal.
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Rebecca Crowder
Austin Peters Group
Ottawa City Commission
Overland Park
Ottawa
Ing
Crowder
Rocky Fleer-Husted
Fleer-Husted
Austin Peters
Richard Jackson
Charles Gillette
Rock Creek Bridge
Hickory Street
East 15Th
Pharmacist pleads guilty in cancer drug dilution case
Millionaire pharmacist Robert R. Courtney pleaded guilty to federal charges for diluting chemotherapy drugs Taxol and Gemzar given to 34 patients. He admitted 158 dilutions, faces 17.5 to 30 years in prison with restitution plans set from over 10 million dollars in assets.
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Kansas City, Mo
Robert R. Courtney
Courtney
U.S
Ortrie Smith
Gene Porter
Porter
Kansas City
Merriam, Kan
Pharmaceutical
Michael Ketchmark
Ketchmark
Missouri
Talk About Literature in Kansas picks Under the Feet of Jesus
The fourth TALK book discussion focused on Helena Maria Viramontes novel Under the Feet of Jesus, led by Dr. Gene Chavez of Chavez and Associates. The program explores migrant farm worker hardships and coming of age in rural America, with 30 copies provided by Kansas Humanities Council.
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Jesus
Helena Maria Viramontes
Kansas
City Hall
Hickory
America
Gene Chavez
Kansas City
Viramontes
Philosophical Foundations of
Arizona State University
K.C
Friends of the Ottawa Library
Kansas Humanities Council
KHC
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Bulletin Board
Mdc
Fort Scott
Marais Des Cygnes
Bourbon County
Olathe Quilter’s Guild
Cedar Creek Racquet Club
103Rd St
Olathe Quilters Guild
Pomona Fire Dept
Fire Department
Garnett
Dairy Report
Barbara J. Webb
Lincoln
City of Ottawa
Webb
Kenneth G. Larson
Overbrook
Twyman
Earl B. Phares
Larson
N. Oak
Meth
Cleon Rickel
Herald News
Gillette
Fleet-Husted
VFW
Jeff Carner
Public Safety
Bobcat Service
S. Poplar
Ottawaherald
Kathleen
Kathleen Sebelius
Wichita
Sebelius
Estrella
California
Chavez
Chavez and Associates
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