Wooden wonders Ottawa Legion AA team sweep three games
The Ottawa Legion AA team won all three games before rain halted the Wooden Bat Tournament, with strong pitching and timely hitting highlighted across the three victories. The team stayed unbeaten as rain forced an early finish.
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Local storms forecast with heavy rain possible tonight
Weather forecast calls for thunderstorms tonight with locally heavy rain possible and a low around 65. Tuesday brings mainly partly sunny skies with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms and a high around 75 to 80.
Ottawa teen killed in crash on K-68
Niccole Rae Thompson an 18 year old Ottawa resident died in a two vehicle crash on K-68 involving a 2000 tractor trailer driven by Lowell Wesley Giles 23 of Fresno California. Thompson was a passenger in a 1997 Toyota Camry driven by Tyler Nicholas Thompson 16 of Ottawa.
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Ottawa
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Thompson
Tyler Nicholas Thompson
Tennessee
Lowell Wesley Giles
Fresno
Calif
Kansas Highway Patrol
Giles
Shawna Drew Giles
Niccolo Thompson
Dengel & Son Mortuary
Tyler
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Niccole
Kansas School For the Deaf
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McDonald's
Dottie Bethell
Spotter
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Northeast Kansas gains House seats in redistricting
The 1990s population growth boosts Johnson and Douglas counties, with Wichita and Sedgwick County also gaining seats. Lawrence may see three city contained seats, while Rep. Findley and Ballard currently hold two. Redistricting plans hinge on 2000 census figures and August population adjustments, with 10 statewide hearings planned.
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Sedgwick
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Troy Findley
Tom Sloan
Johnson County
Ray Merrick
Fort Riley
Kansas State
Kansas University
Chilly June May Signal Mild Summer
Weather outlook from the National Weather Service in Topeka notes cooler than normal May through June with a forecast of lower average temperatures for the next three months. Farmers in Franklin County report delayed planting, replanting in some fields, and a June 25 reporting deadline for Farm Service Agency aid and loan deferments.
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Herald
Steve Kays
National Weather Service
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Kays
Dave Hornung
Franklin County
Farm Service Agency
United States Department of Agriculture
Hornung
Esykes
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County salaries and roads at county forum
County Commissioners discussed budget priorities at a Saturday forum at People's National Bank. They highlighted a planned roughly 3 percent salary increase to help retain staff and reviewed road improvements under the highway plan, with Don Waymire, Raymond Carey, Don Stottlemire and Ed Taylor present.
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Carey
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