Theft of skid loader and trailer investigated in Ottawa
Ottawa police and Franklin County Sheriff's Office recovered a skid loader in Richmond on May 29 after a theft from Ottawa. Investigators seek information on suspects who unloaded the loader, with the lead dropped off in Richmond on May 28. Call Franklin County Crime Stoppers at 1 888 311 TIPS for tips. rewards up to 1000 dollars.
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Ottawa
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Richmond
Franklin County
Ottawa Library Friends book sale this weekend
The Friends of the Ottawa Library host a book sale this weekend at 209 E. 2nd St in the Friends building. Separate from the Carnegie Cultural Center basement sale, it offers paperbacks hardbacks and children's books. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Proceeds support the Ottawa Library.
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Friends
Friends of the Ottawa Library
E. 2Nd St
Carnegie Cultral Center
Ottawa Library
Daily Report: Multiple Arrests and Closures across Counties
Sheriff reports numerous arrests including James Earl Crites in Wellsville for suspended license and Cary Sue Johnston on warrants. Other detentions list drugs, firearm discharge, battery, and traffic offenses with bonds set. Accidents include a bobcat collision on Vermont Road. Road closures on Rock Creek Road trigger east and west detours through Montana, Kingman, and Nevada corridors.
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Sheriff’s News
James Earl Crites
Garnett
Wellsville
Cary Sue Johnston
Franklin County
Herbert Delano Brooks
Pomona
Cherry L
Chrisjohn
Lane
Vermont Road
Reno Road
S. Ash
Ellis Road
Kentucky Road
S. Willow
Rock Creek
Montana
Kingman
Nevada
Petersen's alleged actions debated by defense expert
On the front page continuation, Petersen would have picked a night when the girl's father slept nearby if he intended to act. Expert Lowry questioned child testimony, saying kids are highly suggestible and memories can be implanted, making stories feel true though not factual. He noted testimony from the father and Lunger echoed the girl’s statements with little independent evidence. Laura Potter.
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Petersen
Lowry
Lunger
Laura Potter
Lpotter
Ottawaherald.com
E-mail leads to conviction in Missouri murder case
A Kansas City man, Michael Members, was found guilty of first degree murder in the fatal shooting of Cherita Ray, with email evidence cited as pivotal. Jurors also convicted him of armed criminal action, recommending 40 years for that counts. The case dated February 18, 2000, in Swope Park, with Ray dying February 21 after the drive to a parking lot.
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Jackson County
Michael Members
Cherita Ray
Ray
Lover's Lane
Swope Park
Overland Park Company
Federal tax cut may trim state money for Kansas
The Kansas Department of Revenue warns that federal income tax relief will reduce state income tax collections, with six provisions likely lowering revenue. Estate tax repeal costs Kansas about 40 million dollars in fiscal 2001, while rebates may boost spending and offset some losses.
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Kan
Bush
Department of Revenue
Kansas
Duane Goossen
Goossen
Iowa
Oklahoma
Department Revenue
Ink
Ink. Sretpublicfkctor
Nda
State
Judge dismisses murder case under speedy trial rules
Wyandotte County judge dismissed a first-degree murder charge against Jesse Jimenez in the June 23 killing of Land S. Grant, citing denial of a speedy trial. Prosecutors will not appeal. the case cannot be refiled, angering the victim’s family. A second suspect remains at large. earlier related cases in Wyandotte County have also been dismissed for speedy-trial issues.
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Kansas City
Wyandotte
Cordell Meeks Jr
Jesse Jimenez
Kan
Jimenez
Land S. Grant
Topeka
Nick Tomasic
Grant
Dorothy Grant
Thomas DeCoursey
Norton
Jean Phillips
Defender Project
University of Kansas Law School
Wyandotte County
Demetrius R. Hargrove
Leavenworth
Hargrove
Elmer Berg Jr
Misty Castor
Miss Kansas pageant proves lively preliminary show
Pratt audience enjoys nonstop entertainment as Miss Kansas preliminary rounds mix talent, interviews and cultural advocacy. Kim Grice wins talent while Jahree Thaw takes swimsuit, with judges weighing interview quality for 40 percent of scores amid a beach photo theme and Las Vegas skits.
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Hutchinson News
Brian Thrasher
Nicole Fischer
Thrasher
Pratt Community College
Kansas
Marilyn Shaw
Amy Shaw
Kim Grice
Kaw Valley
Jahree Thaw
Arkansas Valley
Greg Russell
3D Dance Network
Trapsounds Underground
Russell
Smashmouth
Stacey Fischer
Nicole
Thaw
Kandee Marchel
Chisolm Trail
Jeanne Schroeder
Cheney Lake
KC Police Ordered to Return Illegally Collected Fees
The Kansas City Police Department must refund about $1.9 million in private investigators and security guards license fees after a Cole County lawsuit. The Missouri Court of Appeals upheld the ruling that the increases were illegal due to improper notice and missing fee amounts in the Missouri Register. The funds, collected Sept 1988 to Aug 2000, will be placed in a claims account from the self insurance fund.
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Kansas City, Mo
Kansas City
Cole County
Kansas Association of Private Investigators
Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners
Missouri Register
Missouri Court of Appeals
Gary Majors
Settlement reached in raid killing of Willie Heard
The Heard family of Osawatomie KC area reached a 3.5 million settlement with Miami county and the cities of Osawatomie and Paola. Heard, 46, was shot in his bedroom during a 1999 botched raid after police mistook a neighbor’s house. The agreement, filed March 9, assigns 2.4 million to the widow, three children, and three grandchildren after fees, with no admission of wrongdoing.
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Osawatomie
Kansas
Willie Heard
Miami County
Paola
Heard
U.S. District Court
Kansas City
Kan
John Kurtz
Kurtz
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