Pomona Fire Destroys Home Of Rockhold Family
An afternoon blaze destroyed the Pomona residence of Glenn and Sammy Rockhold and their three teenage children at 3774 Colorado pad. Reported at 3 41 p m, few details were available as of press time. A relief fund is set up in the Rockhold name at Citizens State Bank of Pomona with contact options for donations.
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Quenemo
John
Peggy Williams
Colorado Pad
Glenn
Sammy Rockhold
Rockholds
Citizens State Bank of
Pomona
Rockhold
E. Franklin
Kansas trooper pay plan draws criticism in Legislature
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius proposes a 25 percent pay rise for Kansas Highway Patrol troopers over three years to address shortages amid retirements. Senate leader Dave Kerr questions the plan while Sebelius cites recruitment challenges. Starting pay would rise from 28,800 to 31,800 with 70 new troopers, costing 1 million this year and 5.2 million next year.
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Topeka
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Highway Patrol
Senate
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
Topeka Capital-Journal
Sebelius
Franklin County Daily Reports Hospital Notes and Jail Bookings
Admissions Monday include Hubert Gier and Stephanie Wooge both from Ottawa with a new birth to Stephanie and David Wooge a daughter weighing 7 pounds 15 ounces. Jail bookings list Tanis Silverhawk Gregg and many arrests in Franklin County including William Alexander, James Frazier, Adam Hamilton, Michelle Gillard, Julie Moore, James Cole, Jamieson Ross, Curtis Conklin, James Elston, Aaron Kelsey, Benjamin Dickey, Trent Elmquist, and others with bonds and dispositions. Police and sheriff reports detail thefts, vandalism, accidents, and multiple ambulance calls, plus several protection from abuse and divorce filings in Franklin County.
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Hubert Gier
Ottawa
Stephanie Wooge
Carrie Bulmer
Stephanie
David Wooge
Franklin County
Tanis Silverhawk Gregg
S. Cypress
Sheriff’s Dept
William David Alexander
Williamsburg
James Herbert Frazier
S. Hickory
Adam D. Hamilton
Michelle Jean Gillard
Melvern
Julie {. Moore
N. King
James M. Cole
Richmond
Jamieson Andrew Ross
Fort Riley
Curtis R. Conklin
N. Main
James J. Elston
E. Seventh
Aaron Thomas Kelsey
Benjamin Allen Dickey
S. Cedar
Trent A. Elmquist
Rural development best as do it yourself approach
Harris News Service reports Kansas should pursue a clear rural strategy to keep companies local. Lavern Squire of the Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance urges a state policy to attract and retain businesses, citing Cessna’s 1994 move to Independence and regional collaboration with Garden City and Dodge City on dairy projects and broadband expansion.
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Harris
Topeka
Cessna Aircraft Co
Lavern Squire
Hays
Kansas
Squire
Western Kansas Rural Economic Development Alliance
Senate
Cessna
Alliance
Clare Gustin
Western
Iowa
Gustin
Garden City
Dodge City
Early release urged to ease Kansas prison crowding
Kansas lawmakers hear proposals to curb overcrowding as prison population nears capacity. Washburn law professor Bill Rich urged sentence reductions and early release of inmates, suggesting one month early release or a 5 percent sentence cut, while opposing new prison construction. The legislature weighs treatment for some drug offenders, potentially shifting about 300 inmates from prison.
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Topeka
Law School
Bill Rich
Washburn University School of Law
House Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee
Rich
Roger Werholtz
Senate
Lance Cpl Wasser naval infantryman deployed to Kuwait
Chris Wasser age 20 from Ottawa serves in the Marines Corps as an infantryman with urban security training. Son of Scott and Gandy Wasser, he has been in Kuwait since January as his family quotes his faith in a larger plan tied to the September 11, 2001 events.
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Lance
Christopher B. Wasser
Ottawa
Marines Corps
Chris
Scott
Gandy Wasser
Kuwait
Candy Wasser
USMC
Pearl Harbor
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Martin Horn
George Toumberlin
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the Daily Report
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Wellsville
East 18Th
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Wingert
Texaco
E. Logan
Wal- Mart
Princeton
South Main
Michael Ammerman
Sand Creek
Cle
Tina J. Taylor
Independence
Brandy Brown
Osage Drive
Jamieson A. Ross
Laura
James Mitchell Hooter
S. Oak
Jeffrey D. Curry
S. Chestnut
South Princeton
Traci L. Long
N. Sycamore
Oak
Carl D. Thingelstad
Massasoit
Texas
Haskell Road
Thomas
North Center
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East South
South Twyman
East Fourth
Galveston
Angela Rene Queddeng
Sharon Diaz
Juan Diaz Tonja M. Mathias
Jason Mathias
Patricia Criqui
Ronald Criqui
Angela L. Guinn
James P. Guinn
Jennifer A. Taylor
Ralph R. Taylor
Terry Criqui
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By Carol Crapper
Lauria Silk
Mike Mains
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