Students attend Cosmosphere camp in Hutchinson
Kansas Cosmosphere program sees Joe Sutton and Luke Ayers complete Level 1 Future Astronaut Training. Christine Frye earns Silver A academic honor at Culver Academies in Indiana. Trevis Walker enlists via Delayed Entry Program and heads to Fort Knox for basic training. James P. Griggs promoted to master sergeant at Offutt AFB. Donald Dydell Jr. honored discharged veteran with Bronze Star. Ottawa students attend Washburn jazz camp. Joseph Cross accepted to Kansas State University Engineering Honors Program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hutchinson
Joe Sutton
Joe
Karen Sutton
Rantoul
Luke Ayers
David
Susan Ayers
Ottawa
Kansas Cosmosphere
U.S. Army
Trevis W. Walker
Army
Fort Knox
Radcliff
Joetta M. Christ
Tony M. Walker
Lansing
Manhattan
Joseph Cross
Steven
Debra Cross
Overbrook
Kansas State University
Santa Fe Trail High School
KSU
Kansas to study college savings plan for costs rise
State Treasurer Clyde Graeber urged lawmakers to create college savings plans. He formed an 11 member task force to meet Aug 4 in Tastes, Kansas, to craft legislation for 1999. They will study 26 other states and consider tax breaks fund oversight and use for public and private schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Graeber
Graeber
Legislative Educational Planning Committee
Kan
Judge drops self off case in Cowdin murder bid
County District Judge Thomas H Sachse removed himself from presiding over the state case against Tony Lynn Cowdin who faces six counts of solicitation to commit murder. Assistant Attorney General Kyle Smith sought disqualification of Cowdin’s counsel Jacqueline Reid Peterson citing conflicts from prior representations. Reid Peterson denied conflicts while asserting she only represented Heidi Cowdin at Tony’s request on a probation revocation matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas H. Sachse
Tony Lynn Cowdin
Sachse
Kansas
Kyle Smith
Cowdin
Smith
Jacqueline Reid- Peterson
Heidi
Alan Radcliffe
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Franklin County
RBI
Kansas Court of Appeals
Reid- Peterson
Reid-Peterson
Heidi Cowdin
Tony
Radcliffe
Burglary spree hits Ottawa area guns stolen
Franklin County Sheriff's Department investigates daytime home burglaries in the southwest Ottawa area within the last three weeks. More than 50 guns and electronic items were taken. Tips welcomed via Franklin County Crime Stoppers at 1-888-311-TIPS with rewards up to 1000 dollars and full confidentiality. Calls are not recorded and no caller ID is used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Ottawa
Sheriffs Department
Franklin County
Boy 5 is killed in accidental shooting in Grandview
A 5-year-old boy, Chris Hollowell, died after his 10-year-old brother accidentally shot him in the head at a relative’s home in Grandview, Missouri. Police said the three children found a semiautomatic handgun in its case on a bedroom closet shelf. the gun belonged to the cousin’s father and was not within easy reach.
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Grandview
Chris Hollowell
Chris
Fair schedule highlights and traveling vendors at Ottawa event
Evening activities start with a 5 p.m. barbecue near the cattle barn followed by a 6:30 p.m. Youth Rodeo at Rodeo Arena and sheep judging for 4-H and open class. Geology and forestry at 7 p.m. Rabbits judged at 8 p.m. Vendors including Pat and her husband from Lubbock describe selling handmade and ordered jewelry and crafts, traveling eight months yearly between fairs. They assess whether to return based on this fair’s success and note they spend winters in Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Hahn
Lubbock
Texas
Southwest
Hahn
Ex-trooper indicted in Junction City murder case
Lee J. Booker, 39, a former Kansas Highway Patrol trooper, was indicted for first degree murder and assisting a death by self action in the death of Sukran Caldwell. Caldwell, of Junction City, died from a gunshot wound on February 25, 1997, after investigators probed doubts about suicide. Booker is out on $100,000 bond.
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Junction City
Kan
Lee J. Booker
Sukran Caldwell Caldwell
West Junction City
Geary County
Bill Deppish
Caldwell
Booher
Kansas Highway Patrol
Deppish
Osage City man held on rape and kidnapping charges
A woman reported being raped after a midnight incident in rural Butler Road area. An Osage City man, Carrier, 37, is jailed on aggravated kidnapping, rape and aggravated battery with bond set at 500000 as authorities piece together a complex early morning case involving a deer carcass and stolen crops.
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Carrier
Osage City
Bowling
Lunger
Lyon County
Alan Radcliffe
Craig Davis
Butler Road
Franklin County
Hospital Notes and Local Crime Report
The Daily Report lists hospital admissions for Herman Courtwright Ottawa Tonya Katzer Garnett and Jeneane Mills Pomona and dismissals for Helen Rempel Ottawa and Donald Randel Pomona. It covers arrests Thomas Eugene Weller and Klinton Egelhoff plus multiple incidents, burglaries, vandalism, non injury accidents, ambulance calls, district court bankruptcies and numerous municipal court sentences across Ottawa and Franklin County.
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Herman Courtwright
Ottawa
Tonya Katzer
Garnett
Jeneane Mills
Pomona
Helen Rempel
Donald Randel
Sheriff’s News
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Christine Frye
Thomas K. Frye
Culver Academies
Culver
Ind
Griggs
James P. Griggs
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Strategic Command
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
James E. Griggs
Fulton
Sharon
David E
Dorothy P. Schroder
Williamsburg
Donald Eugene Dydell Jr
Sherrice Casteel
Topeka
Ottawa High School
Washburn University
Anaal Chau Ahainenaneshane
Yuval Duuw
OHS
Adrienne Allegre
Rachel Anderson
Jon Anderson
Cameron Cummings
Shawn Dickinson
Tim Dowell
Jonathan Haney
Kasey Hays
Ryan Huschka
Amy Kasparek
Erin Langston
Sarah Leitaker
Beth Lewis
Shawn Marvin
Josh McCune
Lacey Meloche
Justin Mitchell
Emily Petersen
Luke Queen
April Schmidt
Joseph Thomas
Dydell
Sutton
Ayers
Frye
Blake Spurney
Herald Star
Crime de
Boy
Hahns
Arizona
the Daily Report
Thomas Eugene Weller
Utah Road
Police
Klinton E. Egelhoff
Quenemo
East 23Rd
Derek B. Phillips
N. Main
North Main
Canterbury Court
Ransom Memorial Hospital
S. Main
Christopher C. Elder
Cottonwood
South Willow
Thefis
Deborah Lynn Hahner
South Elm
Thomas K. Markus
Matthew Stephen Skea
Stephen ¥. Shea
S. Mulberry
Vern C. Lohman
Indiana Terrace
South Hickory
Ryan Jo Franklin
Lawrence
South Ash
Jennifer L. Croucher
Mulberry
Kenneth V. Coons III
Hickory
Ian W. Henderson
Meriden
Daniel
North Poplar
Ottawa Retirement Village
Sonia L. Arb
Steven R
Terri S
Faustino Calderon
Andrea L. Allender
N. Mulberry
Michael D. Bishop
E. 8Th
Jonathan L. Jensen
N. Maple
Michele D. Teter
Dui
Richard M. Snell
Eisenhower Ave
Corey E. Anderson
S. Cherry
Samuel L. Mazotti
S. Oak
Shirley A. Hile
David A. Brock
S. Locust
Raoul A. Ramirez
Arkansas City
Jeffery A. Perry
Jeremie J. Garrod
S. Elm
Darren L. Marconette
E. Hamblin
Shannon Lynn Hancock
Walter F. Baranek
E. Park
Richard W. Husted Jr
Ethel ¥. Hamic
Matt Carlaon
Waverly
Amy Tipton
Richard M. Williams
Carol S. Laughlin
Robert Alan Heath
Heather Renae Coppinger
Justin Anderson
Amy Becker
Baldwin
Rickey R. Randall
Centropolis
Valerie Cherise Collins
Iola Shane Wilson
Terisa Crane
Richmond
John G. White
Margaret L. Gilbert
Scott Purcell
Terri Wilhite
Emporia
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