Weather outlook: warmer Friday with partial clearing
Tonight will be warmer and mostly cloudy with lows in the lower 30s. Friday turns partly cloudy then clearing with highs around 50. Friday night remains partly cloudy with lows in the lower 30s. Weather page ten.
Ottawa banker Ransom Bennett dies at 79
Ottawa businessman Ransom Bennett Jr. died at the University of Kansas Medical Center at 79. He directed Peoples National Bank for 35 years and mentored many in Ottawa, where he managed Bennett Creamery until 1990 and served on the Ottawa University Board of Trustees. Services are set for 2 p.m. Monday at OU chapel. bank locations will close 1 to 4 p.m. in his honor.
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Ottawa
F. Ransom Bennett, Jr
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Bennett
Peoples National Bank
Peoples Bank
Dale Dieterich
Rans
Rans Bennett
Eugene Field Elementary
Ottawa High School
University of Kansas
Walter Butler
Butler Music Store
Butler
Wint Winter
Ransom Bennett
Ottawa University Board of Trustees
Ottawa Industrial Development Board
Dieterich
Ottawa Peoples National Bank
Day care cuts hit Kansas family in Richmond
Nathan Emert, a 29 year old single father of three, faces higher daycare costs after SRS reduced eligibility from 185 to 150 percent of the federal poverty level. With the subsidy gone his monthly bill could rise from 281 to about 800, affecting his ability to work and arrange care. Community data show average full time daycare costs around 400 per child in Franklin County.
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Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
Richmond
Nathan Emert
Kansas
Oklahoma
Great Bend
SRS
Emert
Osawatomie
Franklin County
County day care providers rise in Franklin County
Kelley Murphy left Wal-Mart to run a licensed child care, choosing time with her infant over income. She joins a growing number of providers in Franklin County though families still seek affordable, quality care, especially for infants, say health department surveyors.
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Becky Hastings
Franklin County Health Department
Kelley Murphy
Wal-Mart
Jackson
Murphy
Franklin County
Fast food counterfeiter arrested after drive thru bill
Two men, William M. Pope and Richard C. Freimiller, were arrested after a Wendy's drive through in Ottawa notified police about a counterfeit $50 bill. COURT records show charges of making a false writing and theft. Police name KBI and Secret Service as assisting in what may span area incidents. Continued investigation plans to reveal amounts and links.
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Wendy’s
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Jeff Herrman
William M. Pope
Garnett
Richard C. Freimiller
S. Elm
Franklin County
Herrman
Wal-Mart
Police Department
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
The
Secret Service
Hatfield and McCoy Feud Over Budget Shift in Kansas Senate
Republican Sen Tim Huelskamp of Fowler loses chair on Ways and Means for not being a constructive budget partner. Senate President Dave Kerr says the move targets obstructionist behavior. Huelskamp defends his stance while colleagues including Sen Steve Morris and Sen Ed Pugh weigh in amid Southwest Kansas tensions as GOP power dynamics shift in Topeka.
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Harris
Topeka
Tim Huelskamp
R-Fowler
Senate
Dave Kerr
Hutchinson
Huelskamp
Kerr
Kansas
Huglekamp
Steve Morris
R-Hugoton
Morris
Southwest Daily Times
Ed Pugh
Sunday Southwest Daily Times
Pugh
John Vail
R-Leawood
Stan Clark
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