Ottawa woman juggles duties to chase law enforcement career
Lori Alvarado profiles 19 year old Fleming an Ottawa University freshman who works as a 911 dispatcher while studying and playing intercollegiate volleyball and basketball. She aims to be an FBI agent, stacking multiple jobs to fund experience and education. She credits family influence and a tomboy drive for her path.
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Lori Alvarado
Herald
Ngie Fleming
Fleming
Ottawa University
Sheriff’s Office
Johnson County
Missouri
Warrensburg
Ottawa
FBI
Kansas lawmakers weigh sales tax hike to cut school taxes
In Topeka the House and Senate committees plan hearings on two sales tax proposals to fund schools. Braden would raise the statewide rate to 5.25 percent for an $210 million boost, while Thiessen and Kerr seek 5.75 percent for about $315 million. Both would go to a August vote to reduce property taxes.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
House
Senate
House Taxation Committee
Jim Braden
R-Clay Center
Mittee
Dan Thiessen
Independence
Fred Kerr
Pratt
Kerr
Keith Roe
Children Coalition gives lawmakers mixed grades for 1990 session
The Kansas Children’s Coalition grades the Legislature from B-minus to incomplete across five areas: basic survival needs, health care access, education, legal rights, and prevention. Improvements in funding raised some scores, with education earning the highest mark for passing the parents as teachers program.
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Children’s Coalition
Statehouse
Melissa Ness
Kansas Children’s Service League
Ness
House
Supreme Court
Weekend Forecast for Inland Region
A weekend forecast shows mostly cloudy conditions with a good chance of morning rain. Temperatures rise to 70 to 75 with gusty south winds 15 to 28 mph. Tonight remains mostly cloudy and windy with lows 55 to 60. Sunday stays mostly cloudy and mild with another shower chance and highs in the lower 70s.
North admits lying under oath in Iran Contra case
Oliver North testified that John Poindexter sent him to be questioned by lawmakers about covert aid to the Nicaraguan Contras. He confessed he lied when asked if he aided the rebels and said he was warned information could not be revealed to Congress.
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Washington
Oliver L. North
National Security
John M. Poindexter
White House
Poindexter
House
Congress
North
National Security Adviers
Director of
Central Intelligence
National Security Council
Permanent Select Committee On Intelligence
Navy
Reagan
Dan Webb
U.S
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