Local students win scholarships and Baldwin lottery prize
Beth Deferding of Wellsville earns a $2000 Aid Association for Lutherans scholarship with $500 awarded annually for four years based on academics leadership and service. Elizabeth Mundhenke, Pittsburg State University junior, receives a $500 Jack H. Overman Student Center scholarship for the coming year. Janet Seele of Baldwin wins $1000 in a Summer Spin Second Chance Drawing as upcoming drawings on Aug 7 and 21 and Sept 4 are announced.
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Beth Deferding
Wellsville
Aid Association For Lutherans
PSU
Elizabeth Ann Mundhenke
Pittsburg State University
Jack H. Overman
Pomona High School
Gary and
Jacqueline Munchenke
Baldwin
Janet Seele
Ottawa man arrested after domestic dispute and past standoff
39 year old William Blane Roberts was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of aggravated battery and aggravated kidnapping after a domestic dispute with his wife Anita Roberts at their home 922 North Sycamore Ottawa Police described a six hour ordeal as the wife tried to leave the residence and was struck Roberts had previous charges including aggravated assault and issuing a criminal threat and an armed standoff at the couple’s former residence 103 North Locust He had been released on probation and prohibited from alcohol under his agreement Anita Roberts 44 received hospital treatment for injuries details on the injuries were not available William Roberts remained jailed awaiting formal charges
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Ottawa
William Blane Roberts
N. Sycamore
Anita L. Roberts
N. Locust
Roberts
Franklin County
Anita Roberts
Thomas H. Sachse
Charlie Bowling
Bowling
William Roberts
Franklin County Attorney's Office
Scott A. Coulter
N. Main
West
Massasoit
Katherine K. Minerd
W. 4Th
Sheriff's Department
South Cedar
South Hickory
Pamela S. Love
Quenemo
West Third
Matthew L. Andrews
Elm
Cherry and Walton
Princeton
Pomona
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Wellsville
Wellsville Heights
S. Main
Garden designed for the blind at KU Audio-Reader
Lawrence volunteer Diana Frederick leads a sensory garden for the blind at the University of Kansas Audio-Reader Network near Memorial Stadium. The lime bean shaped space uses cocoa mulch and fragrant plants to create a tactile, aromatic experience. plans include a fountain brick path and raised beds.
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Lawrence
Diana Frederick
University of Kansas
Frederick
Memorial Stadium
Protesters gather at Tiller clinic in Kansas
Small group of demonstrators near the Women's Health Care Services clinic in Wichita Kans try to influence a 12 year old Michigan girl facing a late term abortion. Catholic Charities donors offer a college scholarship if she carries to term while a doctor may perform a Caesarean delivery.
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Ichita
Kan
Michigan
Catholic Church
Kansas City
Rebecca Meszaall
Respect Life
Tiller’s
Pat Kraus
Valley Center
Women’s Health Care Services Clinic
Messall
Macomb County
George Tiller
Kansas
Lauren Tomayko
Ron Progar
Progar
Tiller
Kay Compton
Alayna Cobb
Ms. Cobb
Railbank land ruling tests rail to trail rights across states
A Moore lawsuit contends railbanked land must revert to owners after rails are removed and that the government illegally allowed states and trail groups to use the land for recreation. It seeks compensation under the Fifth Amendment and could set a national precedent for rail-to-trail corridors valued in the tens of millions.
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U.S. Supreme Court
Moore
Maurice and
Jane Glosemeyer
Warren County
Dorothy Moore
Feder Suny
Vermont
Burwell
William Travis
Katy Trail
Capitol Shooting Suspect Faces Hearing as Nation Reacts
Weston, tied to a fatal Capitol shooting, faced an absentee hearing in federal court on charges related to two Capitol Police veterans' deaths. He had previously visited CIA headquarters and voiced bizarre theories, while Capitol staff began returning to work amid heightened security and a growing flower memorial outside.
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Weston
U.S. District Court
District of Columbia
Capitol
CIA
Clinton
Kennedy
Marilyn Monroe
Trumanship launch echoes Trumanisms at USS Truman commissioning
Norfork VA AP reports a July 25 1998 commissioning of the USS Truman marked by plain spoken Truman quotes. President Clinton praised Harry S. Truman from Independence Missouri to the White House and urged the 23000 in attendance to see the ship as a symbol of American spirit and courage. Margaret Truman Daniel served as sponsor at age 74.
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Norfolk, Va
Harry
Harry S. Truman
Independence
White House
Clinton
Truman
Missouri
Bess Wallace
Harry Truman
America
Margaret Truman Daniel
Ottawa area hospital notes and police round up
Admissions include Cynthia Turner Helen Nadine Larkin Harold Leimaker and William Triplett of Ottawa and Darlene Reed of Princeton Friday with births and transfers noted. Police reports list multiple arrests in Ottawa and Wellsville including probation violations suspicions of DUI battery and curfew violations with juveniles detained. Incidents cover attempted self-harm a fatal day close to bankruptcy and several medical emergencies across Williamsburg and surrounding areas.
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Cynthia Turner
Helen Nadine Larkin
Harold Leimaker
William Triplett
Ottawa
Darlene Reed
Princeton
Brandy Bochy
Tim Edwards
Garnett
John Coffman
Pauline Vollmer
Dorothy Ybarra
Esther Whitcomb
Gladys Ledom
Victoria Edwards
Pomona
Maxine Burkett
Olathe Medical Center
Avon
Victoria
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Committee
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Calif
the Daily Report
Sheriff's News
Jack Bruce Monroe
Canterbury Court
John Brown and
Iown Roads
Brian Eugene Moore
E. Hamblin
Sheriffs Department
Joseph Lenard Jordan FH
Sheriff’s Department
Donna Kay Trestle
S. Hickory Apt
Third and
Oak
Shawnee County
Janette S. Dickerson
N. Hickory
East Keokuk
Jacinda K. Martin
Hickory
Vicki S. Thornton
Williamsburg
Louise M. Burlingham
Neosho Road
Country Mart
S. Princeton Circle Drive
Long John Silvers
Thornton
Burlingham
N. Davis Ave
East South
South Ash
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Kansas Avenue
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