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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1998
Page
8
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office investigates a July 10 to 12 home burglary at 2690 Colorado Road Pomona. Entry through a door, ransacked rooms, and theft of guns ammunition jewelry a Nintendo and electronics reported. Call 1-888-311-TIPS for information. up to 1000 reward. Calls confidential.
Lora and John Lee slept as their 5-year-old son Austin with bronchitis woke them about 11 15 p m reporting smoke. The girls 6 and 8 were rescued from a burning water bed home destroyed with losses above 50 000. Investigators had yet to determine a cause as detectors may have failed. The Lees receive support from family and insurance.
Centropolis drug investigators raided a residence Wednesday arresting Joy L. Catron and Robert J. Geisler on suspicion of operating a methamphetamine lab. Officers seized a box lab oil three quarts of methamphetamine oil and several firearms. The investigation continues to identify further suspects.
Front Page report notes Graves faces Miller in Kansas with a controversial ad showing an actor simulating Graves climbing into bed with a snoring hog. The piece outlines campaign tactics, donor spending, and efforts to mobilize conservative voters amid 1996 political shifts and a broadened early voting law.
Weigand notes pressure on funding for COF and mental health while commissioners preserve services. The 1999 budget projects higher property tax receipts, with total county budget rising to about 13.46 million. Several funds see mill increases for sheriff, ambulance, appraiser, community college, and health, while roads and bonds adjust and reserves were spent to offset prior shortfalls.
Davis tells the Franklin County court his client will waive a 10 day setting for a preliminary hearing due to the woman’s medical condition. Carrier is charged with aggravated intimidation after a jail letter surfaced on July 20 allegedly urging another man to threaten the woman to stop her testimony. The 47 year old woman remains in fair condition at KU Medical Center as physical therapy is planned. District magistrate Edwin Smith set joint prelim hearings for September 11 at 9 am with separate options.
Remnants from a space records page note infrared observations of Jupiter. The fragment mentions orbital data and spectral readings, with researchers tracking atmospheric features and heat signatures to understand gas giant dynamics. Further context remains unclear in the surviving text.
Controllers plan a Friday course adjustment to lock in a precise path toward Jupiter’s moon Europa for a Sept 26 flyby. Galileo, launched in 1989, continues its long mission to study the Jovian system.
Mavity warns of inexperience in county budgets and urges professional guidance via a county manager. He supports voters reviewing the half cent sales tax for Ransom Memorial Hospital and a two step process to repurpose it. He aims for steady leadership and future readiness without specific term goals.
Reports show arrests in Wellsville and Williamsburg on burglary theft and curfew violations. Thefts include a car from a Rantoul barn and gas theft at Ottawa Wolken Truck Stop. Incidents note fireworks violations and domestic disputes. Births dismissals and a new baby Emily Christine Wolf born at Olathe Medical Center. U.S. District Court bankruptcies list several Chapter 7 liquidations in Ottawa Wellsville Garnett and Wellsville.
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