County green lights jail renovation and related projects
Franklin County commissioners approved continuing the jail complex renovation by removing interior brick veneer on the second floor and keeping the steel bars instead of new security doors. The plan adds about 22150 to 228000, includes ducts, wiring, exterior wall rebuilding, and new security windows. They also awarded 18000 for repairs to the courthouse elevator with a 100 hourly contingency, and arranged a 4000 trade-in credit for a fire damaged trash compactor slated for replacement. A smoking policy dispute involving a county attorney staffer prompted a request for a state AG ruling on authority to limit smoking in county buildings.
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Franklin County Commissioners
Victor L. Phillips Company of
Kansas City
Wendell Barker
Marilyn Bennett
Barker
State Attorney General's Office
Credibility in Clinton Flowers affair tests voters
The piece notes the Clinton Flowers sex scandal looming before New Hampshire and South Carolina primaries. It weighs credibility questions, media influence, and past political sex cases while assessing how voters judge truthfulness amid tabloid claims.
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Jill Lawrence
Associated Press
Washington
New Hampshire
South
Arkansas
Bill Clinton
Gennifer Flowers
Little Rock
Clinton
Flowers
Suzanne Garment
Todd Gitlin
University of California, Berkeley
Anita Hill
Clarence Thomas
Patricia Bowman
Ottawa to revise city pay plan with COLA caps
City manager Dave Warren unveiled a COLA based pay plan overhaul. It caps each pay category, uses deferred compensation for caps, and allows merit raises above the midpoint only for exceptional performance. A 3.5 percent COLA would be retroactive to January 4 if approved.
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Bill Tellier
Herald
Ottawa
Dave Warren
Warren
City Commission
John Johnston
Lawrence
Johnston
Physicians wary of bill to boost family doctors
In Topeka the Kansas Academy of Family Physicians gave only cautious support to a bill aimed at raising general practitioners. Dr. Roger Tobias cited penalties on KU Medical Center for graduating too few family practice doctors, warning it could worsen a primary care shortage. The bill ties future funding to annual 5 percent increases in graduates entering family practice and related residencies, with penalties if targets aren’t met. Lawmakers from rural areas have pressed for stronger policies to lure doctors to small towns.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Academy of Family Physicians
Roger Tobias
Emporia
University of Kansas Medical School
Tobias
Senate Committee On Public Health and Welfare
KU Med Center
Weather Tonight and Kansas Outlook Summary
Forecast shows clearing tonight with lows around the 30s. Kansas extends through Thursday to Saturday with dry, very mild conditions. Highs in the 50s, lows in the 30s Thursday and Friday, with Saturday lows from the 20s in the west to the 30s in the east.
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Kansas
Valentine Gift Ads and Local Notices
A collage of brief items from Sutton's Jewelry and local businesses promote gifts and services. Notices include waste disposal hours, landfill closing, a baton twirling recruitment, Santa and holiday sale pitches, and community event details with contact numbers.
Mont Ida school closure worries Amish residents
About 25 Mont Ida area residents urged Garnett Board of Education to keep the Mont Ida grade school open amid proposed budget cuts. The board weighs closing Mont Ida or grades 7–8 at nearby Greeley and may decide next month. Meanwhile, the district fired high school English teacher Mary Hodson. In Garnett city affairs, Mayor Janice Hodgson runs unopposed for a second term. Miami County publishers seek compromise on official newspaper designation and legal notices.
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Garnett
Mont Ida-area
Garnett Board of Education
Mont Ida
Carol Wittman
Greeley
Wittman
Westphalia
Garnett High School
Mary Hodson
Hodson
Garnett City
Miami County Republic
Osawatomie Graphic
Louisburg Herald
Webster Hawkins
Republic
Phil McLaughlin
Miami County
John Montgomery
Wall Street cautious ahead of Bush State of the Union
The Dow rose 9.17 points to 3249.78 at midday as volume reached 103.56 million on the Big Board. With little fresh news, the market stayed cautious before President Bush's State of the Union address where he will propose economic stimulus measures. Consumer confidence fell in January but analysts saw the drop as not surprising.
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New York
Bush
Wall Street
Conference Board
Ottawa Herald subscription rates and offices listing
The Ottawa Herald publishes daily except Sundays and holidays from 104 S. Cedar Ottawa Kansas with staff including Editor Publisher R Hitch and managing editor Terry Ostmayer. Subscription rates for various plans and locales are listed in advance, detailing carrier mail and motor route options with several regional adjustments.
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Dim R. Hitch
Terry Ostmayer
Jay Ramis
Carol Ackermann
Peg Armstrong
Virginia Whitacre
Wayne Snow
Jean Rossman
Franklin County
State of Kansas
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Kennedy Smith
Senate
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Supreme Court
Smith
Ann Lewis
Benjamin Page
Northwestern University
Clinton- Flowers
City Carbonates Cola
Judy Hasty
Earl Devore
County Annex
City Hall
Warry of
Bill
Ad Briefs
Valentine Git
Sutton's Jewelry
IHW
Fr. Co
Sutton
Sacred Heart School
Sutton's
Main St. Bakery
Screen & Holler
S. Main
Ottawa Lions Club
Eliott Hall
1St Baptist Church
Heidi & Peter
Callus
Sutton’s
WATTS
Area News
OSAGE
Bovolas
Ankum
Scoffey
The
Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
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