Ottawa High to crown Winter Royalty during basketball game
Ottawa High School announces 2017 Winter Royalty candidates Sarge McClay Rachell Freeman Janelle Sharp Blaine Ray Peyton Symons Jacob Aiken. Crowning to occur at halftime of varsity boys basketball vs Eudora at 7 30 p m in the school gym 1120 S Ash Ottawa.
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Ottawa High School
Sarge McClay
Rachell Freeman
Janelle Sharp
Blaine Ray
Peyton Symons
Jacob Aiken
Eudora
S. Ash St
Ottawa
North Ottawa housing plan eyed near Lincoln School
Prairie Fire Development Group seeks city approval to purchase city land near Lincoln School for 30 to 42 duplex or triplex units. If financed, the project would invest about 6 to 8 million dollars and require utility extensions. City to pass a Resolution of Support for Affordable Housing tax credits. vote set for Jan 18.
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Ottawa
Wyndee Lee
City of Ottawa
City Hall
South Hickory Street
Prairie Fire Development Group
Lincoln School
Lee
North Cherry Street
Enterprise Street
Lincoln Elementary School
Praiie
Prairie Fire Group
Kansas Housing Resources Corporation
Recycling Center focus in Franklin County history discussion
Former Franklin County Recycling director Ray DedJulio discusses issues at the Recycling Center on 2017 S. Elm St in Ottawa with former commissioners Gardner Hayden Russ Savage and Charles Mavity during a January 1995 throwback event hosted by the Franklin County Historical Society.
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Franklin County
Ray DedJulio
S. Elm St
Ottawa
Gardner Hayden
Russ Savage
Charles Mavity
Franklin County weighs options after failed administrator contract
Franklin County remains undecided on its administrator position after the leading candidate from mid-December interviews failed to reach a contract. Interim administrator Derek Brown said the board would revisit options, including posting ads or exploring internal candidates, after a 45 minute executive session with no action taken.
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Franklin County
Derek Brown
Wedneday
Franklin County Board of Commissioners
Brown
Historical society annual members meeting set for January
Franklin County Historical Society announces its 80th Annual Meeting of the Members with Rex Buchanan as featured speaker. The program covers Water in Kansas past and present and launches a series tied to an Old Depot Museum exhibit on water. The event is 2 p.m. January 22 at Neosho County Community College Ottawa.
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Franklin County Historical Society
Neosho County
Ogallala
Buchanan
Franklin County
Water Ways
Kansas Humanities Council
Softflower Foundation
Neosho
The
Historical Society
Old Depot Museum
Olddepotmuseum.org
Dance team raises funds through heartfelt performance
The team practiced choreography with unity and individual coaching, then delivered a unified dance to honor Ryleigh and Delaney. The event surpassed its $250 goal, raising $995.18, plus a GoFundMe totaling $380. Tyner aims for a $5,000 target to continue spina bifida awareness efforts.
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Clancy
GoFundMe
Tyner
Ryleigh
Gofundme.com
Debt free $7 million hospital expansion
The project proceeds debt free using reserves, with beams installed by crane. It will double patient space, raise emergency rooms from seven to 12 or 13, add two critical care and two trauma rooms, and restore the helicopter pad after construction. Local labor dominates, parking will expand with a new lot and gravel lot improvements.
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Heyn
Herald
Ottawa Municipal
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