Weather: City disables tornado siren after malfunction
Thunderstorms dump over two inches of rain on Franklin County. Ottawa city siren at old Lincoln School activated unexpectedly and had to be manually disabled by city workers. Utilities director Jim Bradley cannot explain the malfunction while lifeguards and swimmers at Ottawa City Pool resume activity as storms pass.
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Cleon
Ottawa City
City Utilities
Jim Bradley
Old Lincoln School
Ottawa City Pool
Brandon Evans
Caitlin Shea
Alicia McAuley
Ottawa Public Pool
Locust St
Ottawa Swim Club
Abigail Fangman
Hannah Thomas
Paul Thomas
Byron Fangman
Gabby Bowers
City
Ottawa area school enrollment schedule and first day details
Enrollment begins for area students with specific times by elementary and middle schools in Ottawa. Kindergartners must be 5 by Aug 31, first graders 6 by Aug 31 unless in public kindergarten. High school enrollment Aug 8-9 by class, with open enrollment and photo days. First day of school for kindergartners through ninth graders and all new students Aug 20, full days Aug 21, Aug 22 is first full day. Bus service and meal program signups available at district offices and bus company.
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Ottawa
Lincoln
Eugene Field
Milner St
Garfield
Eisenhower
12Th
College Streets
Ottawa Middle School
S. Ash St
Ottawa High School
Ash St
D & H Bus Inc
W. Fourth St
Rebuilding Greensburg as green town faces many hurdles
The Associated Press reports Greensburg will attempt a city-wide green rebuilding after the May 4 tornado. Planners fear politics funding and media exposure complicate defining a green Greensburg while seeking energy efficiency waste reduction and eco friendly building. Involving a Kansas City architecture firm the plan aims to attract low-polluting industry and improve the town's economy and social fabric.
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Associated Press
Greensburg
United States
Stephen Hardy
Hardy
Former ORC director to face case after appeals ruling
Former Ottawa Recreation Commission director Jane Morton faces a case after the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled to allow statements from a 2005 interview with a GSA investigator to be used. Morton, charged with a false writing related to a trailer purchase from Federal Surplus Property in Topeka, has pleaded not guilty.
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ORC
Jodie Garcia
Herald
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Kansas Court of Appeals
Franklin County
Heather Jones
Jane Morton
U.S. General Service Administration
Jones
Morton
Topeka
Open valve blamed for Coffeyville refinery oil spill
Kansas health and environment officials say a storage tank valve left open during historic flooding caused about 71,000 gallons of crude oil to spill from Coffeyville Resources refinery. The spill flowed into Verdigris River and nearby neighborhoods as the plant was overwhelmed by floodwaters. refinery officials await their own inspection results and defend the shutdown as an act of God.
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Coffeyville
Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Coffeyville Resources
Verdigris
Steve
Eames
Kansas Division of Emergency Management
Sharon Watson
Kansas Adjutant General’s Department
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Sarah Blecha
The
Ottawa Herald
Kids Power Hour
Bill Ketchum
Lincoln Elementary School
Ketchum
Kansas City
Appeals Court
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