New Kansas prison to consolidate DoD corrections at Leavenworth
Ground broke on a 150 million Midwest Joint Regional Corrections Facility at Fort Leavenworth to house about 500 minimum and medium security inmates from all services. The 40 acre complex near USDB will co host the 40th Military Police Internment and Resettlement Battalion with completion slated for fall 2010. The move consolidates prisons from Fort Knox, Fort Sill, and Lackland AFB under BRAC 2005 decisions, creating about 200 new jobs and reinforcing Leavenworth as a premier corrections hub.
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Topeka
Fort Leavenworth
Midwest Joint
U.S
Rodney L. Johnson
USDB
Department of Defense
Johnson
Fort Knox
Fort Silk
Okla
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Sill
Knox
Lackland
40Th Military Police
Leavenworth County
U.S. Federal Penitentiary
Lansing
Corrections Corporation of America
U.S. Marshals Service
Army
Independent Barnhart runs for county commission
Barnhart launches an independent bid for county commission, filing by petition Aug 4 after gathering signatures over six days. He cites budget pressures and patrol cuts, aiming for a cooperative commission and less animosity. Barnhart, a former Ottawa American Legion coach and farmer, is joined by family ties in politics. his brother Scott previously faced a stalking charge but was acquitted.
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Hirt and Barnhart
Perry
Barnhart
Sheriff's Department
Ottawa Am
Ican Legion
James Barnhart
County Commission
Scott Barnhart
State Senate
Kansas City
Lawrence
Commission
Heritage house in rural Pomona saved with repairs
Lois Dillon recalls restoring a heritage residence in rural Pomona. The project preserved original nine-foot ceilings tall 42 windows, pocket doors on the main floor, and red pine floors upstairs while updating walls ceilings and windows with new weights ropes and glue. The 1920s hardwood main floors remain, and the addition features pine floors.
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Lois Dillon
Ing
Cowan Hanson House Adds Modern Updates and Garage
The Hansons plan to strip and replace flooring and trim, replace the front door, and convert the former garage area. A new large four car steel garage replaced the 2006 demolished structure. The main door opens to a living room with eyebrow windows and a centered fireplace, an open staircase to two levels, three bedrooms and a full bath, plus a formal dining room with bay window and window seat.
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Cowan-Hanson
Wilson Thornburgh Wood Home Receives Heritage Marker
A Wilson Thornburgh Wood residence features a back porch and dining room with re plumbed plumbing and rewired rooms. Wood floors were uncovered and refinished, the fireplace refurbished in a long living room, and new heating and cooling added. A basement bathroom is underway and landscaping is in progress. Each house received Franklin County Heritage Homes metal yard marker in antique gold with a Franklin County Courthouse cu polas outline.
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Franklin County Heritage Homes
Franklin County
City budgets eye growth as commissions weigh requests
City officials discussed preliminary budget figures with funds allocated to economic development and Main Street activities. An OFCED request seeks 30,000, matching 2008. chamber president notes land and building inquiries. Library and Municipal Auditorium funds face no mill levy increase. Main Street dues and fundraising planned.
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Tom Weigand
Chambe
OFCED
Ottawa
Franklin County
PJ. Stephenson
Main Street
Stephenson
Ottawa Library
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Afghan and Canadian Forces Kill Dozens Near Kandahar
Afghan and Canadian troops pushed into Arghandab district near Kandahar and engaged Taliban militants. Officials say at least 36 insurgents were killed in several villages Tabin Khohak and Maiwand while two Afghan soldiers died. An explosion elsewhere killed four British soldiers.
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Arghandab
Afghanistan
Kandahar
NATO
Mark Laity
Afghan Defense Ministry
Tabin
Khohak
Maiwand
U S blames Shiite group for Baghdad bombing
The U S military names a renegade Shiite faction led by Haydar Mehdi Khadam al Fawadi as the attacker in a Baghdad blast that killed 63, with a $10,000 bounty offered for tips. Officials say al Qaida in Iraq is not behind the strike and describe the suspect as seeking to incite sectarian violence for personal gain.
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Baghdad
U.S
Steven Stover
al-Qaida
Iraq
Haydar Mehdi Khadam al-Fawadi
Stover
al-Fawadi
Hurriyah
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