County engineers warn sign thefts could affect road safety
Franklin County officials report thefts of road signs and barricade lights near Colorado and Jackson roads raise accident risks and raise costs. Miller says stop signs cost 32 dollars plus 14 dollars for the post, with labor and parts extra. Road detour on Colorado Road is deteriorating. plans to use rock to keep it passable while the project runs six to seven weeks behind schedule.
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Miller
Colorado Road
California Terrace
Mavity
Gardner Hayden
Commission
Russell Savage
Colorado
Storms cause tree limbs to block roads in town
City workers were called in around 2 a.m. to remove fallen limbs blocking three lanes on North Main and Cypress. A large limb shut traffic on East Fifth. Utilities reported isolated outages from lightning and falling limbs. The river stood at 23 feet and could rise, with flood gates on Main Street bridge possibly needed.
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Andy Haney
City Public Works
North Main
Cypress
East Fifth
Haney
Jim Bradley
Rantoul
Cutler Township
Andy Stauffer
Main Street
Weather Tonight Forecast Reports Thunderstorms Likely
The forecast calls for thunderstorms tonight with possible severe storms and heavy rain. Low temperatures range from 65 to 70 with southeast winds 60 to 20 mph. Rain chance about 60 percent.
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Sue
Marines Rescue O Grady After Six Days Missing
The rescue involved a multinational force with two CH 53 helicopters landing near the hiding site. O Grady, 29, was carried to safety by Col. Martin Benndt and quickly recovered with water and a hot meal after six days in the trees. The incident followed Bosnian Serb abductions of UN personnel amid NATO strikes, with 232 released and 146 still held. The Sunrise mission on the Kearsarge used CH 53 and Cobra helicopters to secure the relief operation.
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McCurry
William Owens
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
O'Grady
Col
Martin Benndt
Benndt
Kearsarge
Adriatic
Nbc-Tv
Rescue news thrills terminally ill Brown family
The Brown family, facing terminal cancer, cheered a rescue after Brown said her brother, originally from Stockton Missouri and once involved in surveillance work for President Carter, called biweekly. Myrick’s ship, three miles off shore Wednesday, is linked to Ottawa relatives Perry Myrick and Tamara Wilson at 3721 Indiana Road and 311 S. Sycamore.
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Brown
Stockton
Carter
Myrick
Ottawa
Perry Myrick
Indiana Road
Tamara Wilson
S. Sycamore
Ottawa commission tackles roads and housing spirit aid
Ottawa officials heard residents press for street repairs and a plan to convert a Cedar Street house into temporary housing for Spirit program clients. Leaders debated paving gravel roads, widening Main Street, expanding Woodward Center, and funding a college campus expansion.
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Leroy
Norman
Ottawa
Roxanne
Lonnie Lindquist
S. Princeton
Spirit Organization
S. Cedar
Commission
Charles Gillette
Willow
Ottawa seeks to intervene in KCC rate case
Ottawa seeks intervention in the Western Resources Kansas Pipeline rate case before the KCC. City officials aim to present information for gas customers, with a hearing set for July 10 and a decision on intervention expected at the next KCC administrative meeting.
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Ottawa
KCC
David Schlosser
Western Resources- Kansas
Schlosser
ECC
Gus Bogina
R-Shawnee
Bogina
Western
Kansas Pipeline
Regina
Oklahoma
Panhandle Eastern
Matthews
Bob Bezek
Bezek
Ottawa man found dead in river remains identified
Body found near the shoreline was identified as Ottawan Heth by dental records. An upcoming formal ex amination will refine cause. Kansas State University anthropologist Michael Finnegan is analyzing evidence at his lab to aid the case, with no suspects yet. The sheriff's department, Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Ottawa police plan extensive interviews in the coming days.
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Kenneth Edwards
Franklin County Rural Water District No. 1
Texas Road
Wellsville
GPI Inc
Mico Oil & Gas Inc
Osawatomie
Gas Trust Systems
Paola
Water District
Dennius'Langley
Kansas Pipeline Partnership
Democratic Party
Joan Finney
KCC
Gilges
Heth
Michael Finnegan
Kansas State University
K-State
Sheriff's Department
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Ottawa Police
Ottawa Herald subscription rates 1904 presented by town
Ottawa Herald lists delivery rates effective October 1 1904 with prices for Ottawa by carrier rural towns motor route and mail options. Rates include one month three months six months and one year figures for Franklin County Miami Osage and Anderson Counties and out of state sales tax. Address changes to Ottawa KS 66067.
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Ottawa
Franklin County
Miami
D . Osage
Anderson
Kansas
Pilot spots body in Cottonwood River near Emporia
A body found in the Cottonwood River is believed to be Colleen D. Kennedy, 21, a missing Emporia State University student from Garden City. Police say Kennedy disappeared Saturday after she and a boyfriend waded at the dam and he slipped into the water. The body was seen Tuesday by a home-built airplane pilot about two miles downstream from the dam.
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Emporia
Kan
Emporia State University
Cottonwood River
Mike Heffron
Colleen D. Kennedy
Garden City
Kennedy
Heffron
Public notices and sales blurriest Community calendar
Announcements include Williamsburg Community Club annual meeting July 12 at 8 p m in the Community Building public welcome call Howe Dynamic Fitness for Dyna Chair info phone numbers listed. multiple sales and event ads follow with various venues, prices, and times. June and July dates appear alongside shop hours and promotions across several local businesses.
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Williamsburg Comm. Club
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