Firefighters to Meet Thursday in Rantoul
The Franklin County Firefighter's Association will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at Cutler Township Volunteer Fire Department in Rantoul with dinner, a speech by the state fire marshal, and a demonstration by Wellsville firefighters of a thermal imaging device. Contact Vice President Joe Schweiger at 785 869 3680 for details.
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Franklin County Firefighter's Association
Cutler Township
Rantoul
Wellsville
Call
Joe Schweiger
Ottawa hospital notes and police briefs for Monday
Admissions include Virginia Hoecker and Carrie Thomas of Ottawa. Births report a son to Virginia Hoecker and Richard Smith. Police accounts list arrests for Dunn Shawnee County warrant and stolen property, runaway juvenile, and driving offenses. Accidents include a Harley Davidson involved laydown and non injury crashes with two vehicle damages. Ambulance and fire calls recorded for medical and smoke incidents.
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Virginia Hoecker
Carrie Thomas
Ottawa
Mark Reusch
Williamsburg
Viola Crump
Richard Smith
Diana Lynn Atchison
S. Cedar Apt. 2
S. Locust
Shawnee County
S. Main
Juvenile Detention
Kasey B. Bogart
Princeton
N. Davis Ave
Kelly E. Butts
E. Logan
William R. McNish
Nevada Terrace
David L. McReynolds
Marshall Road
Nevada
McReynolds
McNish
Ryan Todd Jung
N. Poplar
Marshall
Jung
Stacy L.hogelin
N.mulberry
Michael James Thompson
N. Mulberry
Former Topeka mayor escapes machete attack in Caribbean
Former Topeka mayor Joan Wagnon her husband Bill and friend Jan Rowland were cut and injured by a machete attacker in St Lucia. Don Rowland stayed behind in a taxi. The trio fled to safety and returned to Topeka five days after the June 10 incident.
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Topeka
Joan Wagnon
St. Lucia
Bill
Jan Rowland
Rowland
Don
Don Rowland
Caribbean
Soufriere Botanical Garden
Bill Wagnon
Engle Named to Astronaut Hall of Fame
Kansas born astronaut Joe Engle earns entry in the U S Astronaut Hall of Fame after space career milestones. Engle grew up near Chapman and was slated for Apollo 17 lunar landing before budget cuts ended those missions. He voices pride in geology driven moon rock collection decisions.
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Wichita
Kansas
Chapman
Engle
Jack Schmitt
Eagle
Wichita Eagle
Last surviving orphan train rider Teresa Martin dies at 95
Teresa Binder Martin, born in New York and raised in Schoenchen Kansas, died Sunday at Hays Medical Center at age 95. She arrived on an orphan train in 1910 and became a longtime librarian and historian with the Orphan Train Heritage Society of America. She survived by two daughters, 14 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren, and one great great grandchild. services are at St Nicholas of Myra Church.
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Hays
Teresa Binder
Martin
New York
Smoky Hills
Kansas
Hays Medical Center
Ellis County
Schoenchen
Conrad
Elizabeth Bieker
Associated Press
Wolf
Rosie Fell
Midwest
Biekers
Bickers
Orphan Train Heritage Society of America Inc
Irene
Heritage Society
Francis Schippers
Victoria
Concordia
Schippers
Ile
Frenchy Martin
Jude Scheck
Mildred Rosell
Springfield, Mo
Doris Crippen
Hill City
St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church
Three-car Pileup Near U S 59 On 23rd Street Ottawa
Ottawa police officer Dwayne Woods records vehicle information after a three vehicle collision just east of U S 59 on 23rd Street in South Ottawa during late Monday morning. Photo by Ron Bishop.
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Ottawa
Dwayne Woods
U.S. 59
23Rd Street
Ron Bishop
Unemployment rate unchanged in Kansas May report
Kansas unemployment held at 3.5 percent in May with little change in employment and labor force. About 1,800 more people worked in May than April, while construction and retail added jobs. Cessna Aircraft layoffs near Independence affected manufacturing figures, with metro areas showing varied rates.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Department of Human Resources
Cessna Aircraft
Independence
Montgomery County
Lawrence
Wichita
Kansas City
Unemployment Rises in Kansas City and Wichita Areas
In Kansas City's portion of the metro area the jobless rate increased to 3.6 percent from 3.5 percent, with Johnson Leavenworth Miami and Wyandotte counties defined. In Wichita the rate rose to 3.3 percent from 3.2 percent, covering Butler Harvey and Sedgwick counties.
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Allen
Anderson
Atchison
Barber
Barton
Bourbon
Brown
Butler
Chase
Clark
Clay
Cloud
Coffey
Comanche
Cowley
Crawford
Decatur
Dickinson
Doniphan
Douglas
Edwards
Elk
Ellis
Ellsworth
Finney
Ford
Franklin
Geary
Gove
Graham
Grant
Gray
Greeley
Greenwood
Hamilton
Harper
Harvey
Haskell
Hodgeman
Jackson
Jefferson
Jewell
Johnson
Kansas City
Johnson, Leavenworth
Miami
Wyandotte Counties
Wichita Area
Sedgwick Counties
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Princeton High
Sunda
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Leavenworth
Lincoln
Linn
Logan
Lyon
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Meade
Mitchell
Montgomery
Morris
Morton
Nemaha
Neosho
Ness
Norton
Osage
Osborne
Pawnee
Phillips
Pottawatomie
Pratt
Rawlins
Reno
Republic
Rice
Riley
Rush
Russell
Saline
Scott
Sedgwick
Seward
Shawnee
Sheridan
Sherman
Smith
Stafford
Stanton
Stevens
Sumner
Thomas
Trego
Wabaunsee
Wallace
Washington
Wilson
Woodson
Wyandotte
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