Exhibit recalls era of house calls in doctor’s buggy
The Old Depot Museum in Ottawa hosts the exhibit “House Calls in the Country: The Doctor's Buggy” through August. A black doctor’s buggy with a loaned bag and classic medical tools evokes late 19th and early 20th century care, drawing memories from volunteers and visitors alike.
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Brian Williams
Herald
Deb Barker
Franklin County Historical Society
Old Depot Museum
W. Tecumseh St
Ottawa
Mark Callon
Benedict
Wilson County
Kansas Guardsmen to Deploy to Egypt for MFO Mission
About 425 Kansas National Guardsmen from the 2nd Battalion 130th Field Artillery and Ottawa units will deploy to Egypt to supervise the Egyptian Israeli Treaty implementation. The group includes about 90 Ottawa-area soldiers. Training in Salina precedes mobilization at Fort Lewis. A ceremony Sunday at the Bicentennial Center in Salina opens at 10 a.m. The deployment supports the Multinational Force and Observers mission to prevent violations of the peace terms.
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Egypt
Kansas National
Lization
Salina
Bicentennial Center
Midway
MFO
130Th Field Artillery
Hiawatha
Ottawa
Abilene
Atchison
Burlington
Clay Center
Concordia
Horton
Marysville
Sabetha
Troy
Fort Lewis
Wash
Judge dismisses suit over Kansas biodefense lab
A federal judge dismissed the Texas Bio and Agro Defense Consortium suit seeking to challenge Homeland Security's Kansas site choice for a multimillion dollar biodefense facility. The action was without prejudice and the group may refile. Details were sealed.
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Washington
Texas
Homeland Security Department
Kansas
Texas Bio
Manhattan
Kan
Kansas Board of Regents
Congress
Justice Department
Jim Dublin
Texas Consortium
Department
Dublin
Tom Thornton
Kansas Bioscience Authority
Homeland Security
NBAF
Thornton
Ottawa Library Board Sets July Break and August Time Change
The Ottawa Library Board of Trustees will meet at 5 30 p m Thursday at Wellsville City Library before the Northeast Kansas Library System Trustee Workshop. July meetings are canceled and from August the board will meet at 6 p m on the fourth Monday. U S Census Bureau officials will meet the public next week at City Hall to discuss the 2010 census participation and potential funding for area agencies.
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Ottawa Library Board of Trustees
Wellsville City Library
Sixth St
Northeast Kansas Library System
Board of Trustees
U.S. Census Bureau
Ottawa
City Hall
Hickory St
Census Bureau
Ottawa man to appear in court for 19 year old’s murder
Mark Aaron Sherman, 24, will make his first appearance at 9 a.m. Monday in Franklin County District Court on charges of second degree murder and criminal possession of a firearm. The shooting occurred July 10 in the 700 block of South Hickory Street, resulting in the death of Sky Nicole Cadarette.
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Mark Aaron Sherman
Franklin County District Court
Sherman
Hickory Street
Sky Nicole Cadarette
Kansas abortion rights group rebuilds after shooting
In Wichita, abortion rights activists seek to rebuild a coalition after Dr. George Tiller was killed on May 31 and his Wichita clinic was closed. ProKanDo, the PAC he founded, shut down in mid June after his family requested it. Burkhart says attempts to hand over the PAC had failed since April. The Kansas NO W chapter forms a new PAC to fill the void.
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Wichita
Kansas
George Tiller
ProKanDo
Tiller
Julie Burkhart
Political Action Committee
Burkhart
National Organization For Women Is Working
Kansas regulators grant reprieve for three racetracks
The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission gave 60 days to Wichita Greyhound Park Camptown Greyhound Park and The Woodlands to draft reopen plans. The move hinges on Legislature rewriting a 2-year-old law allowing slot machines at the tracks while critics say it lacks profitability and subsidies. The Woodlands Wichita Greyhound Park and Camptown have closed dates stretching back to 2000 2007 and 2000 respectively.
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Topeka
Kansas
Racing and Gaming Commission
Wichita Greyhound Park
Camptown Greyhound Park
Frontenac
the Woodlands
Kansas City
Kan
Commission
Mike Devies
Woodlands
Camptown
Devies
Anthony
Wichita
Doug Lawrence
Kansas Greyhound Association
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Feds
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DHS
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Homeland Security and Agriculture Department
Amy Kudwa
Plum Island
N.Y
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