Weekend Forecast for Clear Skies and Mild Winds
Weekend outlook calls for sunny today with a high near 50 and northeast to east winds under 10 mph. Tonight remains mostly clear with a low near 30 and Sunday returns with more sun and highs in the mid 50s.
Smoke bombs secured before disposal at county jail scene
Franklin County Sheriff's Department called on Overland Park bomb squad Friday after detecting expanding smoke bomb containers in the First National Bank robbery case. Sheriff Rex Bowling said the unstable devices in the evidence room were moved to protective cannisters and placed in a trailer for safe disposal.
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Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Overland Park
Rex Bowling
First National Bank
Third
Hickory
Sheriff's Department
Bowling
Morality play in Kansas Legislature shapes abortion and admissions
In Topeka the Kansas House passed a watered-down parental notification abortion bill by 73-50 after an eight-hour debate, sending it to the Senate for hearings. The chamber also rejected a qualified admissions plan for state regents universities. A bipartisan tax plan to revert property tax rules and a Senate bill to let boards waive certain state education laws were also considered.
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Topeka
Kan
House
Senate
Kansas
Regents
State Board of Education
Courts uphold Kansas property tax classification ruling
Kansas Court of Appeals on Friday affirmed a district court decision rejecting a tax rate challenge to the 1986 property classification amendment. The three judge panel found plaintiffs lack standing absent exhausted remedies, noting they did not show damages from the change.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Court of Appeals
Appellate Court
James P. Buchele
Topeka
Kingman, Barber and Clay
Court of Appeals
Ottawa Board of Education Meets To Hear Resignations
Ottawa Board of Education convenes Monday at 7 30 p m with two actions. Accept Harold Wallace resignation as district activities director and Ottawa Middle School assistant principal. Also a motion to pay district expenses. Reports on Step 1 project Greenbush Paola and OMS math curriculum progress by Principal Margaret Betterton.
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Ottawa Board of Education
Harold Wallace
Ottawa Middle School
Paola
OMS
Margaret Betterton
Lear
Field kids blast off at Eugene Field School
Yellow stars appear in the Eugene Field School hallway as students become astronauts during a reading program. Eighth grader Kristi Dunn from Ottawa Middle School spoke at the assembly about Space Camp and the journey to the moon while Becky Mavity explained that pages read equal miles toward the 238,857 mile trip. A treadmill of activities, a shuttle replica and earth moon models mark the journey with a reading goal and a halfway surprise.
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Diane Yeamans
Herald
Eugene Field School
Tremont
Kristi Dunn
Ottawa Middle School
NASA
Florida
Dunn
Kirk Hart
Kelli Wadkins
Eugene Field
Tony Erisman
Andy Miller
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