Richmond crowd urges reconsideration of disbanding police
A Richmond crowd supporting the disbanded Richmond Police Department urged city council to reverse the move during Tuesday’s meeting. Council member Robby Carrdell resigned that night, citing increased work commitments, while mayor pro tem Jim Heaney read the resignation. City attorney Blaine Finch confirmed the events and provided details.
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Police Department
Mark Stevenson
Richmond Body Works
Robby Carrdell
Jim Heaney
Blaine Finch
Finch
Carrdell
Suzuki Strings Presents World-Class Talent in Ottawa
Music lovers will enjoy a month of performances in June as the Absolutely Ottawa festival showcases world-class talent from 26 states. Directed by Alice Joy Lew the series includes Sound Encounters Ottawa Suzuki Institute Mid-Southwest and the Brian Lewis Young Artist Program with free public concerts.
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Jenalea Myers
Absolutely
Ottawa
Ottawa Suzuki Strings Institute
Alice Joy Lewis
Ottawa Suzuki Institute
Lewis
Susan Crook
Clair Bixter
Lea's
Summit
Ottawa Suzuki Strings
Bixter
Carnegie Cultural Center
Main St
Deadly storms strike Chapman and KSU campus
A line of tornadoes killed at least two people and damaged Chapman in Dickinson County and the Kansas State University campus. One victim lay outside in a Chapman yard and another outside a mobile home in Soldier, Jackson County. About 100 homes were destroyed or damaged as power, water, and gas were lost in the area.
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Chapman
Kansas
Kansas State University
Sharon Watson
Kansas Adjutant General's Department
Dickinson County
Jackson County
Soldier
Abilene
Brad Hamman
Budget Talks Push for $25,000 for Historical Society
Blaine Finch, president of the Franklin County Historical Society, urged Ottawa city officials to fund 2009 operations with 25,000. Representatives presented requests as county leaders also hear budget items, noting past support fluctuated from 110,000 in 2007 to little or none later.
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Jodie Garcia Heraff
Ottawa
Franklin County
Blaine Finch
Franklin County Historical Society
Society
The
Historical Society
Finch
the Historical Society
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Richmond
Jodie Garcia
Herald
Richmond Police Department
Lee Richmond
Suzuki
Rite Dowling
Elliot J. Sutherland
Ottawa Herald
Austin Cox
Forest Park
W. Forest St
Austin
KSU
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