Woman trapped in pickup after U.S. 59 wreck near Ellis Road
Catherine Skeet of Lane received minor injuries when her pickup collided with another vehicle on U S 59 between Princeton and Richmond. She used a cell phone to call husband Larry Skeet, a county commission candidate and former deputy, who arrived at the scene as emergency crews freed her through the back window. She was transported to Ransom Memorial Hospital. officials expect she will be all right. A 17-year-old female driver appeared to fall asleep prior to the collision.
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Ottawa teen lands Seventeen feature as top dressed girl
Ottawa High School senior Alyson Fuller, dubbed urban eclectic, is one of Seventeen magazine’s 17 best dressed in the nation after a local photo shoot. She beat more than 9,000 entrants, with shoots across the U.S. and a trip to New York funded by Aeropostale plus a $250 spree.
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Ottawa High School
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Four Way Stop Planned at Baldwin Junction on US 59
Nominations show 7,800 vehicles daily on the north approach and 6,730 on the south near Baldwin Junction. KDOT plans to install four way stop signs later this month or in August after concerns from drivers officials and neighbors amid rising accident numbers.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Joe Blubaugh
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Senate approves plan for Canadian import of medicines
The Senate voted 68 to 32 to let Americans import prescription drugs from Canada as part of Homeland Security funding. Kansas senators Brownback and Roberts split on the measure, highlighting a border drug policy dispute amid seizures of Tamiflu and Viagra at ports of entry.
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