Legislative Coffee and Community Notices Bulletin
Ottawa area events include a 10 a.m. legislative coffee Saturday at Peoples National Bank with moderator Charles Gillette and sponsors Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce Legislative Action Committee and Franklin County Farm Bureau. Franklin County Democratic Women provide refreshments. broadcast on Channel 20 at 7 p.m. March 4 and 5. Quenemo Penny Supper Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at the Quenemo Community Center offering chicken pot pie or ham. Darwin vs intelligent design debate March 8 in Kansas City at All Souls Unitarian Church with Massimo Pigliucci and John Calvert. admission $5, students free with ID. Joint Ottawa meetings canceled. next Planning Commission session March 13 at 7 p.m. Ottawa veterans representative visits March 5 and 19 at City Hall Library. call (785) 843-5233 for details. Legislative forum for Coffey County District 17 includes Sen. James Barnett and Rep. Stanley Dreher at Lebo Library 1:30 p.m. and Waverly Library 3:30 p.m.. refreshments served.
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Charles Gillette
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Legislative Action Committee
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Franklin County Democratic Women’s Committee
Quenemo
Quenemo Community Center
Kansas City
All Souls Unitarian Church
Walnut St
Massimo Pigliucci
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
John Calvert
The
Intelligent Design Network
Veterans
Ottawa
Kansas Commission On Veterans’ Affairs
City Hall
Veterans’ Office
Lawrence
Vermont St
Coffey County
James Barnett
Dist
Stanley Dreher
Lebo
Waverly
Daily Report HOSPITAL NOTES and SHERIFFS NEWS
Admissions include Carrol Blakeman Kaylin Gragg both of Ottawa Linda Umbarger Garnett Kenneth Collins Lane Amanda Spence Richmond Janet Boles Williamsburg Tuesday Dismissals Lois Tilton Diana Brannan Elmer Dodson Thomas Arnold all of Ottawa Tuesday Arrests John Yoma 45 and Martin James Trager 25 both of Topeka arrested 2:55 p m Tuesday Osage County Jail on Franklin County warrants for residential burglary felony theft criminal damage to property and theft Bond set at 50 000 Vandalism damage to mailbox between 5 p m Monday and 8 a m Tuesday in the 3100 block of Indi John Michael Lofton 30 San Antonio Texas arrested 1:42 p m Tuesday at 3055 Main on driving without a valid license Released on 100 bond Thefts Theft of tools between 7:55 a m Monday and 8 a m Tuesday in the 2100 block of Princeton Loss 2131 Theft of theftys between 4:47 and 5:07 p m in the 2100 block of Princeton Loss 18 ACCIDENTS Non-injury At 2:16 p m Tuesday an unknown car stopped on K 68 in front of Richard C Pickens 68 Osage City who slowed and was then struck from behind by a vehicle driven by Wanda M Crooks 56 911 N Sycamore Both wore seat belts Damage more than 500
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Carrol Blakeman
Kaylin Gragg
Ottawa
Linda Umbarger
Garnett
Kenneth Collins
Lane
Amanda Spence
Richmond
Janet Boles
Williamsburg
Lois Tilton
Diana Brannan
Elmer Dodson
Thomas Arnold
Sheriff's News
John Yoma
Martin James Trager
Topeka
Osage County
Franklin County
Indi
John Michael Lofton
San Antonio
Texas
Main
Princeton
Richard C. Pickens
Osage City
Wanda M. Crooks
N. Sycamore
Lawmakers push bans on common law marriages in Kansas
In Topeka, the House passed a bill 120 to 1 to ban common law marriages among minors, while the Senate backed a measure to abolish such arrangements entirely 31 to 9. The debate followed testimony from Sara Shelton, 16, who described rape and two children by age 14, highlighting enduring questions about age of consent and recognition of common law marriages.
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Topeka
House
Senate
Ralph Tanner
R-Baldwin
Sara Shelton
Buffalo
Kaw
Jerry Paul Crooks
Kansas
Prairies
Senate Judiciary Committee
John Wratil
R-Leawood
Jan Pauls
D-Hutchinson
Pharmacist’s assets to be given to victims in Kansas City
Investigators plan more interviews with Robert R. Courtney the pharmacist who admitted diluting cancer drugs. His assets frozen in a civil case valued at over 8 million dollars will be freed for restitution to victims. Courtney pleaded guilty to 20 federal counts and admitted diluting meds 158 times for 34 patients.
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Kansas City
Robert R. Courtney
Courtney
FBI
Jeff Lanza
Chris Whitley
U.S
Todd Graves
Ortrie Smith
Court of Kansas City pharmacist admits guilt in drug tampering case
Kansas City pharmacist Robert R. Courtney pleaded guilty to 20 federal counts of tampering and adulterating chemotherapy drugs Taxol and Gemzar. He told the judge he is remorseful, acknowledges harm to victims and families, and faces possible life in prison or a heavy sentence with restitution pending.
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Kansas City, Mo
U.S
Kansas City
Robert R. Courtney
Ortrie Smith
Lawmakers gifted jade plaques for Capitol restoration
In Topeka lawmakers accepted six thousand dollars in jade glass plaques from the Kansas Development Finance Authority and the Department of Administration to commemorate the Capitol restoration. The gifts, funded by bond proceeds, sparked debate over taxpayer money and oversight, with officials differing on who ordered them and whether they were appropriate for public funds.
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Sarah Kessinger Topeka
Capitol
Capitol Dome
Department of Administration
Kansas Development Finance Authority
Dennis McKinney
D-Greensburg
Bob Docking
Bill Graves
Joyce Glasscock
Ben Bauman
Glasscock
Jack Brier
Finance Authority
Brier
Dan Stanley
Stanley
Department
Washington, D.C
Army
Pentagon
House
Jim Garner
D-Coffeyville
Garner
Ethone Bacon Ie
Bauman
Bill to Deregulate Bell Faces Senate Criticism
Regulators consumers and rivals opposed a plan to let Southwestern Bell skip most state rules while offering broadband to rural Kansas critics argue the bill will raise prices and drive out competition. Supporters say deregulation would spur economic development and broaden access to faster Internet.
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Topeka
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas
Senate Commerce Committee
Mike Lura
Citizens’ Utility Ratepayers Board
Karin Brownlee
R-Clathe
Southwestern Bell
Jim Barone
D-Frontenac
Jay Emler
R-Lindsborg
Randy Tomlin
Tomlin
Janet Buchanan
Kansas Corporation Commission
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Ottawa City Commission
Planning Commission
Daily Report
Smith
Courtney Pharmacy Inc
Ankles
Ren Bishop
United States
Harris News Service
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