Outside Tonight and Saturday Weather Summary
The forecast calls for clear skies tonight with a low near 60 and a light east wind. Saturday will be partly cloudy with a high in the mid 80s and southeast winds 5 to 15 mph. See Page 2A for more weather details.
RMH regains full accreditation for mammography
Ransom Memorial Hospital regained full accreditation from the American College of Radiology to perform mammographies after two years of technical deficiencies. ACR awarded three-year accreditation following an on-site review, retraining, and upgrades to equipment and processes. Hospital officials cited perfect recent film critiques, expanded appointment times, and a second technologist to boost capacity as key steps in the turnaround for Ottawa women’s imaging services.
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Ransom Memorial
Bob Davis
ACR
Larry Felix
Davis
Sheila Sanders
Kansas Society of Radiologic Technologist
Felix
Ottawa
Jim Palmer
Suzanne Chow
Laura Potter
Ottawaherald
Ren Bishop Ransom Memorial Hospital
RMH Imaging Services
City plans demolition of Old 50 overpass
Ottawa city crews will close Old 50 Highway on July 23 to remove the overpass above Princeton Road and the Prairie Spirit Trail. The project, costing 900000 with KDOT reimbursement, will replace the route with Elm Street and nearby streets for access to businesses and county facilities.
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Old 50
Cleon Rickel
Franklin County
Haney
Department of Social Rehabilitation Services
Elm Street
Kansas Department of Transportation
KDOT
Ottawa
Princeton Road
John Killough
Appanoose appoints new K-8 principal Richard Smith
West Franklin Superintendent Susan Myers announced that Richard Smith will oversee Appanoose Grade School as K-8 principal this fall. He replaces Sue Adams, who resigned in May for a Shawnee Mission job, and starts July 30 after being chosen from five applicants following two interview rounds. Smith has been a teacher in the Auburn-Washburn district and was Independence recreation commissioner for 11 years.
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Herald
Appanoose
Richard Smith
West Franklin
Susan Myers
Smith
Sue Adams
Shawnee Mission
Auburn-Washburn
Topeka
Recreation Commission
Independence
Myers
Deal reached on multiple charges in Ottawa cases
Steven Anthony Harris, 24, Ottawa, pleaded no contest to two criminal cases in a surprise plea. The murder charge was reduced from attempted first-degree to attempted second-degree murder as part of the deal. Harris also faced related drug and weapon charges resolved in the plea, with sentencing set for August 14 after a pre-sentence investigation. Co-defendant Dillon Leach pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated battery.
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Steven Anthony Harris
Ottawa
Brandon Jones
Franklin County
Harris
Jeremy Ward
O'Leary
David Bibens
Bibens
Dillon Leach
Leach
Jones
Kansas
Joe Lee
Darrell Smith
Thomas H. Sachse
Sachse
Mary Tritsch
State Attorney General's Office
Laura Potter
Ottawaherald.com
Glasscock seeks GOP nod for governor in Kansas
Glasscock, a Manhattan lawmaker, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Kansas governor in 2002 as Gov. Bill Graves cannot seek a third term. He said he aims to expand leadership to keep Kansas a good place to live, work, and raise a family.
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Topeka
House
Karan Kent Glasscock
Manhattan
Bill Graves
Kansas
Glasscock
Gary Sherrer
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