Ottawa area daily report and police notes overview
Admissions and dismissals from Ottawa area hospitals list patients by name and location. Police reports include arrestees Randy Burns Jr for domestic battery with $750 bond, a 15-year-old runaway caught on Orchard Drive, Joseph Hewett Jr on a Franklin County warrant with $200 bond, and a non injury accident involving Janell Pine and Gloria Bischoff with under $500 damage. Ambulance calls note three medical emergencies on Delaware Road, Burrough, and Princeton blocks.
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Randy Dale Burns Jr
S. Ash Apt
Ottawa
Orchard Drive
Joseph Hewett Jr
Brownback discusses crime, cloning, and media labeling
Senator Brownback cited Bush Administration interest in a bill while outlining progress on the Shannon Martin case in Costa Rica where two FBI agents assist the investigation. He noted kidnapped Wichita couple the Burnhams are alive with a rebel group in the Philippines. He urged clearer entertainment labeling and announced plans to prohibit human cloning, citing stem cell work in Massachusetts.
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FBI
Costa Rica
Shannon Martin
Brownback
Burnhams
Wichita
Philippines
Massachusetts
Foster care hearings seek committee collaborations in Kansas
Republican members urge multiple panels to review foster care issues beyond one committee. The state spends about 90.6 million on foster care with variability by caseload. United Methodist Youthville filed for Chapter 11, Lutheran Social Services restructured, and Kansas Children’s Service League faced subcontractor payments but says bills are settled. A future Aug 23 subcommittee report will guide interim committee appointments.
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Cial
Weber
Kerr
United Methodist Youthville
Lutheran Social Services
Kansas Children’s Service League
Kansas
DeSoto mayor urges county to buy Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant
DeSoto Mayor Dave Anderson proposes Johnson County purchase and redevelop the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant for a master plan led by the county. Oz Entertainment faces feasibility hurdles as commissioners debate whether to pursue the Oz proposal or Anderson’s buyout plan, with cleanup funding tied to land sales.
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Desoto
Johnson County
Sunflower Army
Oz Entertainment Co
Dave Anderson
Anderson
Robert Kory
Kary
MiLost Johnson County
Susie Wolf
Easter Island heads find home on Lucas hillside
Lyndon artist Butch Mauer created fiberglass heads inspired by Easter Island. He moved the seven pieces from Osage County to a Lucas Grassroots Art Center hillside near Kansas Highway 232, where they draw visitors until after the September 1 Adams Apple Festival.
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Sharon Montague
Saline Journal
LUCAS
Butch Mauer
Easter Island
Chili
Mauer
Lyndon
Osage
Midwest
Kansas Highway 56
Osage County
Kansas Highway 232
Rosslyn Schultz
Schultz
Manhattan
Art Center
Merton Hickman
Hickman
Topeka Capital- Journal
Associated Press News Service
California
KU Wins Discrimination Suit Ruling On Retaliation
The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling and held the University of Kansas did not retaliate against former art history assistant professor Marie Aquilino for filing a discrimination suit. The panel found tenure denial and related actions were natural consequences of her failure to achieve tenure due to scholarly and student-management concerns.
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Aquilino
Small quake rattles El Dorado and Augusta towns
A 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook El Dorado and Augusta Tuesday morning with no injuries or damage. The 9:02 a.m. quake centered 10 miles west of El Dorado along the Humboldt Fault Zone, which typically produces a small quake about once a year, according to Rex Buchanan of the Kansas Geological Survey.
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EL Dorado
Auguista
Humboldt
Rex Buchanan
Kansas Geological Survey
Nemaha
Kansas
Sumner County
Regulators trim Western rate changes in Kansas case
Kansas regulators cut Western Resources rates by 22.7 million overall, with KPL customers up 3.3 percent and KGB customers down 6.6 percent. KPL will pay 18.5 million more yearly, KGB 41.2 million less. Western eyed a larger increase to fund new plants, amid a broader PNM merger context. The commission’s action aims to balance consumer protection and utility needs, with final rates set later.
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Topeka
Kansas Corporation Commission
Western Resources Inc
Western
KPL
Central
Kansas
KGB
Southeast
Southcentral
Kim Groninger
KCC
Commission
John Wine
Protection One Security
Hendrix
Public Service Company of New Mexico
PNM
Crystal McClernon
KGE
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Westar Industries
Westar
Its
ECC
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Elsie Sieg
Lorene Hinze
Garnett
Florence Carroll
Tanya Williams
Linda Green
Quenemo
Police
S. Main
Franklin County
Janell Lyrin Pine
S. Hickory Apt
Gloria
Bischoff
N. Oak
Seventh and
Cedar
Iwelaware Road
S. Burrough
S. Princeton
Bush Administration
Pagen
Heads
Sociated Press
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