New year brings fresh faces to legislative coffee
Ottawa and Franklin County split across districts after redistricting. At 10 a.m. Saturday at Peoples National Bank, Fifth and Main, lawmakers including Feuerborn Holland Hamerick Dreher Tyson may attend. Moderator Almeda Edwards. Coffees run first Saturday monthly through session, April meeting pending.
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Peoples National Bank
Fifth and Main
Ottawa
Franklin County
Ottawa Area
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Action Committee
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Bill Feuerborn
D-Garnett
Tom Holland
Baldwin City
Ralph Tanner
Joe Hamerickhouse
Osage City
Stanley Dreher
R-Iola
Bob Tyson
R-Parker
Almeda Edwards
Franklin County jail arrests list multiple suspects
Franklin County Sheriff's Dept. reports Tuesday and Wednesday arrests. Jody L. Smith and Joshua D. Smith face warrants and bonds. Others include Thomas Richard Fuller Jr, Sara Elaine Austin, Gary Dean Yowell Jr, Carolyn S. Retzer, Khurelbaatar Buyandelger, Shanna D. Smith, Nina Sitlington, Joshua Meyers, and James Daniel Browning. Several are held or released on bonds.
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Helen Mahan
Princeton
Mildred Hyde
Garnett
Roberta Poss
Grace Cardell
Richmond
Georgia Nelson
Ottawa
Tisha Holder
LaCygne
Peter Frevert
Franklin County
Sheriff’s Dept
Jody L. Smith
Pomona
Joshua D. Smith
Centropolis
Thomas Richard Fuller, Jr
Mountain View
Ark
Sara Elaine Austin
Sand Creek
Gary Dean Yowell Jr
Carolyn S. Retzer
S. Willow
Khurelbaatar Buyandelger
Kansas City
Shanna D. Smith
S. Main
Nina Louise Sitlington
Lawrence
Joshua Michael Meyers
Wellsville
James Daniel Browning
Parker
Missing 48 year old man sought by KBI Osage police
Kerry Lynn Thompson, 48, is missing since Monday. Last seen driving a 1996 green Ford Ranger with license RAF 910 and an Osage Indians bumper sticker. He is 5 feet 8 inches, 160 pounds, hazel eyes, mustache and glasses. Possible gray shirt, black shoes with silver buckles, unknown pants and coat. Call KBI at 1-800- ESCRIME or Osage City Police at (785) 28-3131 with information.
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Kerry Lynn Thompson
Kansas
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DUI Arrests Mark New Year Eve in City and County
On New Year’s Eve two people were arrested for alleged drunken driving. Thomas Fuller Jr. fled a traffic stop for a failing turn signal at Central and U.S. 59 Richmond and was caught in a ditch. He faces charges of automobile theft obstruction of official duty failure to use a turn signal and driving under the influence. Kimball noted DUI arrests have stayed low in recent years as party-goers use designated drivers.
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Thomas Fuller Jr
Central
U.S. 59
Richmond
Fuller
Sheriff’s Departments
Kimball
Sebelius Seeks Coalitions In GOP-Dominated Kansas
Democratic governor elect Kathleen Sebelius faces a GOP-controlled legislature with 80-45 in the House and 30-10 in the Senate. She emphasizes building cross party relationships, saying action will occur in Topeka as she prepares to take office amid a multibillion budget gap and vows not to cut school aid. Sebelius, 54, cites 25 years of legislative dealings and prior roles as insurance commissioner and state representative.
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GOP
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Senate
Ohio
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Potwin
Sebelius swap desks as she leaves to become governor
Kathleen Sebelius will move from the Insurance Department to the governor’s office, trading desks with outgoing Gov. Bill Graves. Sebelius favors the smaller desk with character and nicks, while Graves will take her former desk. The Insurance Department will receive Graves’ desk.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Insurance Commissioner’s
Sebelius
Insurance Department
Statehouse
Nicole Corcoran-Basso
Bill Graves
Joan Finney
Corcoran-Basso
Bush seeks tax cuts to spur growth amid jobless recovery
President Bush pushes a renewed stimulus with stock dividend tax cuts to lift sagging Wall Street and extend unemployment benefits. Congress shows split visions. about 800,000 jobless workers lost federal benefits after a year end adjournment, as 26 weeks state support plus 13 weeks fed aid lapsed.
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Bush
Wall Street
Congress
Senate
House
Community blood drives boost platelet donations in Lawrence area
Linda Reed notes donors travel to the Lawrence Center to give platelets, a time intensive but valuable help. RMH hosts four drives yearly, with the latest in late December surpassing a 50 unit goal at 57 units. The Community Blood Center of Greater Kansas City supplies 69 area hospitals, with Ottawa City Hall hosting the next drive.
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Lawrence Center
15Th
Kasold
Linda Reed
Ransom Memorial Hospital Laboratory
RMH
Reed
She
Community Blood Center
Greater
Kansas City
Topeka
Lawrence
Ottawa
St. Joseph Health Center
Ottawa City Hall
Space museum founder dies at 81
Patricia Brooks Carey, founder of the Cosmosphere space museum in Hutchinson, Kansas, died at 81. Founded in 1962 as a small planetarium in a poultry house, it grew into a major museum with Apollo 13 and Liberty Bell 7 artifacts, attracting about 285000 visitors annually and employing around 70 people. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Hutchinson
Patricia Brooks Carey
Hutchinson Hospital
Carey
Space Museum
Poultry House
Kansas State Fairgrounds
Hutchinson Community College
Hutchinson Planetarium
First baby of 2003 born at Ransom Memorial Hospital
The hospital announces the arrival of the first baby born in 2003 at Ransom Memorial Hospital. Officials note the newborn and parents are healthy, with details limited to general time of birth and hospital recognition.
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
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