Fire damages downtown Ottawa stores and a suspect found
Firefighters battled a Sunday blaze that destroyed J C Penney and damaged three other businesses in Ottawa. An injured man found behind A Bloomin Florist near the scene is suspected to be linked to the incident as investigators continue.
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J.C. Penny's
Ottawa Fire
Bill Mason
Ottawa
Ottawa City Commission
Commission
Cal Lantis
Charles Gillette
Tony Kiem
Bill Burnett
Joan Tyson
Richard Jackson
Jim Welch
Lantis
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Burnett
Midland: Railway Historical Association
Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce
Franklin County Economic Development Corp
Baldwin
Midland
Mike Fox
Rantoul
George Wingert
Sen
Wint Winter
Kansas
Lane
Pottawatomie Bridge
Richard L. Evans
Edward T. Fisher
Floyd W. Renner
Wellsville School Board
Dean Lawrenz
Tim Duffy
Larry Hylton
Statehouse tax talk masks K 12 funding worry
Kansas lawmakers face tighter budgets as revenue estimates for the next fiscal year hint at 600 to 850 million dollars less available. The debate centers on tax levels, education funding, and rising costs from insurance, welfare, and prices, with Hawver noting higher expectations drive spending in K 12 regardless of revenue. Martin Hawver, publisher of Hawver's Capitol Report, invites readers to investigate the situation.
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Ottawa
General Fund
KOFO
Kofo-Fm
FCC
Mar-Wa-Ka Broadcasting Company
Kansas Corporation
Frederick I. Shaffer III
Lawrence
Roderick B. Cupp
Ottawa Broadcasting Co
Andrae Crouch
Ottawa University
Crouch
L.A. Wilson
Henry A. Parker
U.S.50
Baldwin Junction
Franklin-Douglas County
Kansas University
Kansas State College
Jack Morrisey
Southwestern Bell
KFKU
Franklin County
Dick Jameson
Memorial Auditorium
City Hall
Robert Luce
City of
Kansas Statehouse
Kansas
Statehouse
Martin Hawver
Hawver
Capitol Report
Hawvernews.com
Lawmakers face gifts row and truck muffler bill in state notes
Harris News Service reports Rep. Peggy Palmer rejected a $6,000 Capitol restoration gift from the Kansas Development Finance Authority. The piece also covers a House bill on mufflers for semi trucks, tax exemption debates for elderly housing, education reforms, and a sericea weed disaster designation study with a Toronto State Park research station proposal.
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Harris News Service
Peggy Palmer
Augusta
Capitol
Kansas Development Finance Authority
Palmer
Department of Administration
Blake
Dennis McKinney
Tanner
DeFever
Derek Schmidt
Kansas
Schmidt
Senate
Toronto State Park
Toronto
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Ottawa Herald
Harris Group
Jeanny Sharp
Ottawaherald
S. Cedar
Ottawaherald.com
Walter Rubel
Lybel
Attawaherald.com
Cedar
Bill Gray
Kathy Miller
Ken Kismar
Krisner
Onawaherald.com
Tim Millbern
QAIDA
AL Qaida
al: Qaida
Martin
Carol Crapper
Sarah Kessinger
Capitol Notebook
Greensburg
Dave Corbin
Rowanda
Corbin
Janis Lee
D-Kensington
Change
House
Ralph Tanner
R-Baldwin
State School Board
Val DeFever
R-Independence
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