Ottawa Artists Open Baldwin City Art Walk Friday
Ottawa artists will be featured Friday as Baldwin City kicks off its annual Art Walk series. Tonight, partly cloudy with lows in the upper 60s. Friday brings partly sunny skies, wind, and highs in the 90s, with Friday night mostly clear and lows near 70.
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Ottawa
Baldwin City
Wheat harvest gains momentum in Franklin County
Farmers in southern Franklin County begin wheat harvest as combines roll. Beachner Grain in Richmond reports 30,000 bushels received by Wednesday with more fields to come. Weather and test weights cited, drought concerns noted for other Kansas regions. Ferguson expects high gear by morning and a potential two week finish if conditions hold.
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Cleon Rickel
Richmond
Franklin County
Ralph Ferguson
Beachner Grain
Ferguson
Kansas
Ron Bishop
Jim Kipper
Kipper
FBI to monitor July Fourth events for threats across nation
FBI plans to monitor major July Fourth parades and festivities as a precaution against terrorism. Officials say no specific threat prompted the move. heightened vigilance includes electronic surveillance and undercover agents, with field offices drafting regional plans and local authorities urged to screen crowds and secure venues.
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Washington
FBI
U.S
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Homeland Security Office
Gordon Johndroe
Joe Valiquette
New York
Valiquette
Cheryl Mimura
Los Angeles
Mall
Capitol
National
Chicago
David Brown
Brown
Justice Department
al-Qaida
Ottawa keeps door to door permit rule after ruling
Ottawa officials say their solicitor permit ordinance remains safe despite the Supreme Court striking Stratton Ohio. Nonprofit groups proselytizing need no permits while profit seekers must obtain one day permits costing 25 dollars. Seven out of town residents were jailed briefly for selling without permits.
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Herald
U.S. Supreme Court
Ottawa
Stratton
Ohio
Supreme Court
Jehovah's Witnesses
Bonita Nicewaner
Nicewaner
Jeff Herrman
City county discuss Elm Street plan and road work joint meeting
Officials talked Elm Street and other roads in a Ottawa joint city country luncheon. County wants to join with the city to upgrade Elm Street using chip sealing to cut costs. A 5 percent budget cut next year may not affect county employee salaries.
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Padgett
USD 290
Herald
Ottawa
Elm Street
County Commission
Ed Taylor
City Commission
Franklin County
Taylor
Davis
Montana
Public Works
Ray DeJulio
DeJulio
Commission
Ottawa Recreation Committee
Don Waymire
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By Andy Gassaway