Theft of 1988 Pontiac Bonneville in Ottawa
Ottawa Police investigate the theft of a 1988 dark blue Pontiac Bonneville from the 500 block of N King Street between 5 p.m. Feb 22 and 8 a.m. Feb 23 after intruders cut the tow lot chain. Vehicle displayed Kansas temporary tag 102912. Call Franklin County Crime Stoppers at 1-888-311-TIPS for information. calls are unrecorded with rewards up to 1000 dollars.
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Ottawa Police Department
N. King Street
Kansas
Franklin County
Ottawa Chamber to cut ribbon at Healthy Instinct store
The Ottawa Chamber of Commerce will hold a ribbon cutting at 8 a.m. Friday at Healthy Instinct, 107 S. Main. Owners Brian and Tammy Rome will host an open house starting at 8 a.m. Saturday to mark the new health food store.
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Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Healthy Instinct
S. Main
Bulletin Board
Brian
Tammy Rome
Health Food
K State deans rebuke Piper school board over plagiarism case
All 12 Kansas State University deans signed a letter condemning Piper school board in Wyandotte County for handling a plagiarism controversy. Biology teacher Christine Pelton planned to fail 28 sophomores, then reduced penalties after a closed meeting and she resigned. State deans urge adherence to academic honor codes and call for measured judgment as a regional faculty council weighs a related integrity resolution.
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Manhattan
Kansas State University
Piper
Wyandotte County
Christine Pelton
Pelton
Louis Clothier
Kansas State Letter
Law
College of Architecture, Planning and Design
Council
Dwight Moore
Emporia State University
Town scrambles for crown as itchiest city in nation
SIDNEY Nebraska reports that its city of about 6000 residents tops the Lanacane Dry Itchy Skin Index list as the itchiest city in the United States. The February study by the University of Delaware Center for Climatic Research and Lanacane places Goodland Kansas second and lists several Colorado, Wyoming, and Montana towns among the top ten.
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Sidney
Neb
Nebraska
Denver
Goodland
Kan
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
America
Gary Person
University of Delaware
Center For Climatic Research
Lanacane
Person
High Plains
Flagstaff
Kingsman
Ariz
Big Piney
Cheyenne
Wyo
Billings
Mont
Kansas Senate advances child booster seat bill in safety push
TOPEKA AP The Senate approved a bill to require ages 4 through 6 or 40 to 80 pounds to use booster seats and ages 7 through 15 to wear seat belts. The measure keeps a $20 first fine and raises second offense to $60, moving to the House for action. Governor Graves supports child safety gains.
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Topeka
Senate
National
AAA
Bill Graves
Kansas
Katie
Don Brown
Graves
Visa cut ends rural doctor hopes in Greensburg Kansas
Security concerns at USDA end visa sponsorship for international medical graduates in rural Kansas. Kiowa County Memorial Hospital administrator Mary Coldazier says Greensburg faces likely doctor shortages as the program shuts down. Senator Sam Brownback seeks restoration or legislative fixes while hospitals already recruiting face uncertainty about remaining foreign physicians.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Greensburg
USDA
Mary Coldazier
Kiowa County Memorial Hospital
Coldazier
U.S
Sam Brownback
Homeland Security
Brow’k
Kansas
Colclazier
Nivar Kibar
Ghassan Salman
Lebanon
Salman
Tom Sipe
Kansas Hospital Association
Winfield, Larned State Hospital
Greens
Burg
Columbus
Hoisington
Ruthanna Ray
Stevens County Hospital
Canada
Syria
Pakistan
Hugoton
Ray
Washington
Brownback
Congress
City moves to condemn sites for demolition and aid
The city commission advanced demolition of several properties including 714 S. Cherry 1024 S. Walnut 818 W. 10th 816 N. Locust 804 S. Locust and 808 S. Cherry to spur new ownership. An emergency condemnation of the Hist orical Society storage at 931 N. Locust was approved to qualify for FEMA disaster aid. A rental at 113 S. Elm was labeled a public nuisance and ordered cleaned up or city action will occur.
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S. Cherry
S. Walnut
W. 10Th
N. Locust
S. Locust
The
Historical Society
Society
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Commission
S. Elm
Tom Yahl
Assis
Daily Report Admissions and Sheriff News Briefs
Ottawa admission list includes Paul Gordon and Amy Harris with Wednesday discharges of Michael Marcy Scott City Heather Higbie and two daughters Jessica Brewer and Brenda Nehring and Shel by Guyett plus Stacy Roll and Eva Fanning. Births report a daughter to Jessica Brewer and Patrick Crooks in Ottawa. Sheriff notes include multiple arrests in Franklin and Johnson counties on Wednesday for probation violations, failure to appear, minor consumption, open container, driving while suspended, and related bond figures. thefts, collisions, and a pole collision damage incident are listed with brief details.
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Paul Gordon
Amy Harris
Ottawa
Michael Marcy
Scott City
Heather Higbie
Jessica Brewer
Brenda Nehring
Shelby Guyett
Stacy Roll
Richmond
Eva Fanning
Melvern
Patrick Crooks
Sheriff’s News
Laurie Gail Neighbors
S. Elm No. 3
Pomona
Scott Andrew Coulter
Nicholas Daniel Devin
Canterbury Court
Apt. 3
Corey Wayne Wright
Lawrence
E. Wilson
Princeton
Kansas plans swift action for foot and mouth outbreak
State livestock chief George Teagarden told the Senate Agriculture Committee that Kansas would shut cattle markets and slaughter plants and halt cattle trucks if foot and mouth disease is found. The plan borrows from British methods and ties to the Kansas Emergency Plan, with quarantines, live stock confiscation, and deer culling in infected zones.
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Topeka
Kansas
George Teagarden
Senate Agriculture Committee
United States
Great Britain
Teagarden
Senate
Kansas Animal Health Department
Nation
Excel
Dodge City
Pratt
Salina
Europe
Japan
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Dwichita
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Harris News Service
Tant City Planning and Zoning
Yahl
Merrell
Richard Jackson
the Daily Report
Karen Ann Leroy
S. Hickory Apt
Diane Lynn Fowler
Labette Road
S.main
Eurnest Herbert Herring
S. Oak
Police News
Rebecca J. Sudsay
Baldwin
Debra L. Hopkins
Steven Pollot
Quenemo
Veronica M. Chavez
S. Oak No. 5
Chavez
W. 11Th
Pollot
Bonnie L. Bowyer
Kelsey Drive
S. Poplar
Bowyer
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Steve Morris
Morris
Tim Huelskamp
Kansas Emergency Management Office
Huelskamp
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