Student wins awards in National History Day event
Sarah Sellers sixth grader from Topeka earned seventh place in the junior division at the National History Day competition in College Park Maryland for a paper We Can Do It The Migration of American Women in the Workforce 1941 45 She also received the Outstanding Junior Division Entry in Women s History award She is the daughter of Jeff and Debbie Sellers Ottawa relatives include Don Norma Sellers Janie and Rich Nourot and Cecil Callaway Thelma Mears is her great grandmother
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Sarah Sellers
Topeka
College Park
Jeff
Debbie Sellers
Don
Norma Sellers
Janiie
Rich Nourot
Ottawa
Cecil Callaway
Faucett
Thelma Mears
Auction totals highlight hogs lambs and beef at county fair
The page reports top prices at the fair auction: Mitchel Rossi of Ottawa sold a 263-pound white-ribbon hog for 533.37 dollars. Tammy Smith of Williamsport sold the grand champion market lamb for 471 dollars. Crystal Yates of Ottawa sold the reserve champion lamb for 407.80 dollars. Michael Rossi of Ottawa led bids on a 123-pound lamb at 515.72 dollars. Billy Harris of Ottawa exhibited the champion 1175-pound Angus steer for 1646.25 dollars, and Thane Combs of Pomona showed the champion 1135-pound Limousin for 1449.25 dollars. Aaron Dunbar of Williamsburg received the 28th annual Underwood Scholarship, a 500-dollar award for the county’s outstanding 4-H student, who plans to attend Kansas State University.
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Tammy Smith
Williamsburg
Joseph Thomas
Donna Krueger
Franklin County Fair
Thomas
Town & Country
Mary
Russell Thomas
Ottawa
Krueger
Bob
Sandy Krueger
Wellsville
Mitchel Rossi
Crystal Yates
Michael Rossi
Angus
Billy Harris
Thane Combs
Pomona
Burg
Underwood
Dunbar
Kansas State University
Miller raises property tax issue in Graves primary
Kansas campaign rhetoric centers on capping annual property value increases to curb tax hikes. Miller supports a constitutional amendment to limit appraised value growth, while critics fear fairness and market impacts for buyers. Graves allies question credibility and past votes on tax bills as the 1999 session looms.
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John Hanna
Wpeka
Kan
David Miller
Bill Graves
Sten Aipsters Ek
Miller
House
Senate
Dick Bond
Graves
Atres
Mike Hayden
Hayden
Grave
Mike Matson
House Democrats
Kansas
Bond
Overland Park
Four hour standoff ends with arrest in Ottawa
Ottawa 19 year old Armando Jesus Jimenez surrendered to local police at 3 14 a m Saturday after barricading inside his mother's residence following a domestic dispute with his girlfriend Friday night. His mother Ann Jimenez 50 was also jailed briefly. Police say he held a knife, made threats, and negotiations occurred by yelling due to no telephone at the residence.
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Ottawa Az
Armando Jesus Jimenez
N. Cedar
Ann Jimenez
Jimenez
Jeff Herrman
Herrman
Man Accused of Threat Ties to Early Morning Crash
A 34-year-old Overbrook man, Robin E. Evans, is jailed on suspicion of criminal threat, disorderly conduct, and battery on a law enforcement officer after allegedly threatening Shawn M. Christy and grabbing him by the throat at Brenda Evans’s residence. Evans later collided with Christy in a minor two-vehicle wreck on Alabama Road around 12:30 a.m. Sunday. Three persons involved include Evans, Christy, and Brenda Evans. the incident occurred in Franklin County.
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Overbrook
Alabama
Franklin County
Evans
Brenda Evans
Shawn M. Christy
Hamilton Road
Christy
Dennis Lee Ameigh
Lawrence
Douglas County
Jethro Eugene Fuqua
S. Oak
Drug Enforcement Unit
Danny Fred Secrest
Princeton
Kansas Highway Patrol
Us-59
John Brown Road
Johnny Joseph Ingram
Williamsburg
Franklin County Fairgrounds
S. Elm
Jennifer Chrystal Wilson
Pomona
Peter John Nickel
19Th
Elm
Belinda M. Spillman
Chandler
Okla
Sheriff's Department
Oklahoma
South Main
Nathan J. Ward
S. Main
S. Ash
Nathan Ryan Garner
Wichita
S. Princeton
Michael Ray Kile
S. Maple
Darren Lee Green
Donald B. Jones
Logan and
Poplar
Anthony Mark Sherman Bueno
Shawnee County
Lindsey M. Turner
Quinton Shawn Wilson
Rebecca Sue Starr
Kansas City
Hickory
Lee's Summit
Chad Arthur Conus
N. Main
Ottawa residents, county arrests tally dominates sheriff notes
The sheriff's news lists multiple Friday to Sunday detentions across Ottawa and surrounding towns. Charges include drunken driving, theft and battery with numerous bonds posted, while several juvenile cases were handled via detentions or municipal court appearances.
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Arabian Gulf
Uss Saipan
Rose M. Harris, Garnett
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Richmond
Bessie Long
Oak Haven Nursing Center
South St
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Army
Fort Knox
Radcliff
Joetta M. Crist Walker
Tony W. Walker
Lansing
Springfield
Sara C. Cover
Southwest Missouri State University
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Jimmy and
Carl Cover
Sellers
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Ayers
Aaron Dunbar, Williams
Steve Morse
Johnson County
Kris van Meteren
West
Trayauting
the Daily Report
Larry Hurlock
James Bristow
Curtis Mathias
Lela Wonnell
Effie Baker
Dorothy Ybarra
Jack Ramshur
Ethel Gallagher
Tonya Katzer
Garnett
Dean Walburn
Jeanane Mills
Sheriff’s News
Steve B. Bogatay
Jennifer Lynn Molinar
Vermont Road
Molinar
Bogatay
John Lee Bond
Iowa Terrace
KHP
K-68
Eisenhower Road
Luke Alfred Hunziker
Center
William
Zevero Guadalupe Chavez
S. Willow
Rockwood Drive
Police News
Scott Coulter
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