Commissioners offer compromise on minimum maintenance roads
Franklin County Commission rejected a bid to upgrade a single quarter mile on Georgia Road to full maintenance. The 4-1 vote kept the policy that upgrades require the property owner to pay, while offering no assurance to Jed Hermreck that the county will fund improvements. The dispute centers on two county policies: no building permits along minimum-maintenance roads and owner-funded upgrades to county standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elliot J. Sutherland
The
Ottawa Herald
Jed Hermreck
Franklin County
Hermreck
Cleon Rickel
Williamsburg
Don Hay
Ed Taylor
Commission
Roy Dunn
Taylor
Hay
Hermrecks
County Commission
Kansas storm damage tops 600 million in 2007 losses
The December ice storm pushed the 2007 damage total to over 625 million in reimbursable losses, with four federally declared disasters in the year including a May tornado in Greensburg and eastern Kansas flooding. Maj. Gen. Ted Bunting warned the final figure would rise, noting utilities faced 144 million for transmission line rebuilds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas
State Adjutant General
Greensburg
Ted Bunting
KU Jayhawks Ottawan attends Orange Bowl showing
Ottawa chiropractor Dr. John Brockway travels to Florida to watch the University of Kansas football team in the Orange Bowl. He recalls seeing KU play in 1969 from the field behind the endzone while marching with the band. Brockway is excited to see Caleb Blakesley and the Jayhawks return to the bowl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Caleb Blakesley
Jayhawk
John Brockway
Florida
University of Kansas
Jayhawks
Brockway
Library usage shifts to Generation Y readers
A Pew study finds that adults most using libraries come from Generation Y, born 1981 to 1995, drawn to library technology for Internet searches. The finding challenges the view that libraries are dominated by older patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pew Internet & American Life Project
Generation Y
Snowy chase during Ottawa game ends with two girls chasing
A snowy afternoon scene in Ottawa shows Abbygail James five pursuing Deanna Davis thirteen during a game of tag near 17th Street and Osage Drive. Ottawa Public Schools regyme for the spring semester starts Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbygail James
Deanna Davis
17Th Street
Osage Drive
Ottawa
Ottawa Public Schools
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Milburn
Associated Press Or
Kansas Electric Cooperatives
KU Jayhawks
Ottawan
Blakesley
Blakestey
Emily A. Hink
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!