Thousands ride across Kansas for 23rd Bike Across Kansas
About 350 cyclists rode K-18 between Lincoln and Plainville as part of the 23rd annual Bike Across Kansas with more than 1,000 riders statewide. The tour covers nearly 500 miles, with rest stops, lodging, meals, a T-shirt, and an end-of-trip banquet. Doris Elliott-Watson, 65, and others spoke of the event’s community impact, scenery, and camaraderie.
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Kan
Lincoln
Plainville
Kansas
Kanorado
Horton
Atchison
Overland Park
Gerald Smith
Lincoln High School
Larry
Norma Christie
Christie’s
Larry Christie
Christie
BAK
Neil Crane
Lyons
Crane
Doris Elliott- Watson
Watson
Bonner Springs
Lake Perry
Topeka
Sears
Catherine Easton
Susan Bryant
Easton
Beaver Crossing
Neb
Bryant
Robinson
Outlaws Motorcycle Club Charged in Racketeering Case
A 34 count indictment unseals charges 17 Outlaws members with racketeering and violent crimes across Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana. Prosecutors say six murders narcotics trafficking stolen vehicles and counterfeit currency passed among members with arson against rivals. Thirteen in custody. others sought.
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Ilwaukee
Outlaws
Hells Angels
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
United States
Singer
California
Pacific Coast
Midwest
Pagans
Bandidos
Texas
Southwest
Girlfriend of pilot arrested in cremains case
Denise Hembree, 42, was arrested in ISCOVERY BAY California on suspicion of grand theft conspiracy and filing false documents related to signed cremains reports for pilot Al Vieira who remains at large. Authorities say up to 5,000 people's remains may be involved with 2,000 boxes found in storage and thousands more in a hangar.
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Iscovery Bay
Calif
al Vieira
Denise Hembree
Jerry Knutson
Vieira
Ad Briefs and Event Notices for June and Friday
Christian rock band Noone performs at First United Methodist Church on Friday June 13 at 8 p.m. Admission is $1 with concessions. Also a hazardous waste drop off at the FR CO HHW Facility on Friday and Monday at 7 p.m. Call 242-1176 for details.
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Forest Park melee wounds three in feud tied fight
Police report a late Tuesday clash at Forest Park left three people injured. An identified male struck 17 year old John Sheldon with a baseball bat during the melee as authorities investigated a possible gang affiliation and ongoing feud between two groups. Jason A. Dials, 18, received a two inch head cut and was treated on scene before hospital care. A second 17 year old victim remained unidentified.
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Onice
Forest Park
Charlie Bowling
Bowling
Jason A. Dials
N. Poplar
Ransom Memorial Hospital
John Sheldon
S. Hickory
Animal cruelty trial scheduled for June 24
Kenneth N. Belt, 47, pleaded not guilty at arraignment in Anderson County District Court on two misdemeanor cruelty to animals counts. He allegedly allowed horses and cattle to starve on his Welda township farm, where several dead horses and a cow were found and additional animals appeared emaciated with rib visibility and no pasture feed.
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Arnett
Greeley Farm
Kenneth N. Belt
Anderson County
Welda Township
Sheriff's Department
Remains of 15 year old identified in Kansas
Skeletal remains found in a soybean field in Spring Hill have been identified as 15 year old Tawnya Knight missing since December. Police say she was last seen Dec 8 at a friend’s party near the field and walked to another friend’s house around 12:15 a.m. She had been reported missing after a search that paused when family said she ran away but was fine.
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Pring Hill
Kan
Tawnya Knight
Spring Hill
Robert Lynn
Tawnya
Elizabeth Haney
Obituary: Eugene Gene Morgan 64 Enid and Ottawa native
Robert Eugene Gene Morgan 64 of Enid Oklahoma, formerly Ottawa, died June 11 1997 at Village Manor Ottawa. He was born May 7 1933 in Hale County Texas and served in the Korean War as a Marine. He worked as a truck driver, lived in Enid, moved to Ottawa in 1987, and retired in 1995 from Jack Cooper ERI Transport. He married Carolyn Youngman in 1959. she died in 1990. Survived by three daughters and four sons plus brothers and grandchildren. Memorials to Gene Morgan Memorial Fund. Funeral and graveside services planned in Ottawa with burial at Highland Cemetery.
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Robert E. Morgan
Robert Eugene “Gene” Morgan
Enid
Okla
Ottawa
Village Manor
Lamb- Roberts Heise Funeral Home
Highland Cemetery
Paul Winkler
H.O. and
Locke (Crawford) Farris
Hale County
Texas
West Texas
Texas Christian University
U.S. Marine Corps
Jack Cooper
ERI Transport
Carolyn Marie Youngman
Topeka
Margaret Morgan
Teresa Moore
Debbie Watson
Dale Morgan
Jeffry Morgan
Dennis Morgan
Garnett
Leonard Morgan
Oklahoma City
Gene Morgan
Hoi
Hospital Notes and Sheriff Reports from Ottawa Area
Admissions include James W. Smith Ray Chase and Laura Clendenny all of Ottawa with Rollo Knight from Pomona. Dismissals list Ida Hughes Viola Crump Katheran Webster Harold Stevens all of Ottawa and Carolyn Thornbrugh of Williamsburg. Births record a son to Laura Clendenny and Raymond Grant of Ottawa. Arrests involve James Anthony Lewis Garnett and William David Claxton Jr Wellsville with charges and detentions. Multiple incidents include gunshots a graffiti vandalism at Pomona Middle School and theft at a Locust address. Ambulance calls note three medical emergencies in Ottawa area.
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James W. Smith
Ray Chase
Laura Clendenny
Ottawa
Rollo Knight
Pomona
Ida Lorene Hughes
Viola Crump
Katheran Webster
Harold Stevens
Carolyn Thornbrugh
Williamsburg
Raymond Grant
Sheriff's
James Anthony Lewis
Garnett
Anderson County
Franklin County
William David Claxton Jr
Wellsville
East 3Rd
Wall Street mixed midday as Dow gains slip from highs
Stocks barely higher at midday with the Dow up 18.50 to 7,557.77 while technology shares ease. The Nasdaq falls 4.30 to 1,397.39 as energy and industrials lift the broader market with multiple indices hitting new highs in slim trading.
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DuPont
Johnson & Johnson
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AlliedSignal
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Intel
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American Stock Exchange
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