Progress: Ottawa and Franklin County healthy communities
Inside this Weekender story from March 12 2014 Ottawa Kansas Haley Luke a Leadership Franklin County class member serves Betty Simpson a City of Ottawa employee at Bella Cucina during a Feb 20 fundraiser. The event supports the class project Re Play aiding Communities in Schools students with athletic equipment and sports phys icals.
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Haley Luke
Franklin County
Betty Simpson
City of Ottawa
Bella Cucina
S. Main St
Ottawa
RePlay project seeds sports access in Franklin County
Steven Lane, a Communities In Schools site coordinator and former homeless student, inspires Leadership Franklin County to collect sports equipment and apparel for local students. The RePlay initiative, supported by Leadership Franklin County and the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce, seeks to provide early sports access and foster ongoing extracurricular growth beyond athletics.
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Abby Eckel
Herald
Steven Lane
Lane
Virginia
Franklin County
Leadership
Leadership Kansas
Ottawa Area
Meg Dickinson
Eric Duderstadt
Duderstadt
Prosecutors seek Hard 50 in quadruple homicide case
Franklin County prosecutors ask for a 50 year no parole term on two first degree murder counts tied to Kyle T. Flack in the 2013 deaths of Kaylie Bailey and two men, with Lana Bailey listed under capital murder. The amended complaint also updates a rape charge to attempted rape and adds criminal possession of a firearm.
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Doug Carder
Herald
Kyle T. Flack
Stephen Hunting
Franklin County
Ottawa
Andrew Stout
Steven White
Flack
Bailey
Lana Leigh Bailey
Osage County
Emporia
Stout
White
Hunting
Kaylie
Lana
Kaylie Bailey
Ottawa family vows to rebuild after main street blaze
The Kelley family home at 800 S Main St Ottawa suffered a substantial fire with a partial roof collapse caused by an electrical issue behind a wall. The second floor is a total loss but the family plans to rebuild and salvage as much historic woodwork as possible while relying on community support and safety from relatives.
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Lori Kelley
Kelley
Kelleys
S. Main St
Ottawa
Jeff
Main Street
Jeff Carner
Ottawa Fire Department
Carner
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