Aggravated assault probed near Forest Park in Ottawa
Ottawa Police investigate an aggravated assault at Tecumseh and Locust near Forest Park. A woman driving a cream Mercury Marquis says three black males in a brown late model Chevrolet Cavalier with Missouri tags pointed guns and threatened her at 1 30 p m on March 13. Call Franklin County Crime Stoppers toll free at 1 888 311 TIPS to share information and possibly receive up to a $1000 reward.
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Ottawa Police Department
Tecumseh
Locust
Forest Park
Franklin County
Bulletin Board items for Ottawa area and surrounding groups
A Kansas VA representative will visit Ottawa on April 4 and 18 for veteran service help at City Hall and the Ottawa Library. Contact the VA office in Lawrence or the local office for assistance. Franklin County Child Care Providers change meeting to the second Thursday. April 13 in-service on Music and Movement at Team Bank, fee $5 non members. Garnett Prairie Spirit Trail tickets for March 30 celebration due by March 28. advance $3, at city hall and local agencies. Ottawa Suzuki Strings yard sale donations sought for April 7-8. donations accepted April 1 at 1653 S. Poplar. call 242-0242 for pickups.
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Kansas Commission On Veterans Affairs
Ottawa
City Hall
Vermont
Ste. 2
Lawrence
Franklin County
Team Bank
S. Hickory
Pat Gooding
Heart of America Family Services
Garnett
Friends of the Prairie Spirit Trail
Santa Fe
Garnett City Hall
Archer Insurance Agency
Garnett Area
Suzuki Strings
S. Poplar
Ottawa students craft tote bags for Juvenile Services
Clothing 8 students at Ottawa Middle School created tote bags as a service learning project and donated them to Ethel Wallace, director of the Fourth Judicial District Juvenile Services. The photo shows students JoAnn Fish Dea Larcom Teri Drake and others with Wallace.
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Ottawa Middle School
Ethel Wallace
Fourth Judicial District Juvenile Services
JoAnn Fish
Dea Larcom
Wallace
Teri Drake
Jennifer Bowyer
Angela Morrisey
Nicole McGee
Stephanie Holder
Erika Zillham
Marie Luther
Amanda Guenther
Lisa Ketchum
Senator renews bid to rewrite late term abortion law
Anti abortion senator Nancey Harrington of Goddard proposes adding a partial birth abortion ban to a bill on fetal tissue sales. Senate leaders delay debate as Gov Graves objects and Oleen urges pause to focus on other issues. The 1996 law allows late term abortions only to save a life or prevent serious harm.
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Topeka
Bill Graves
Nancey Harrington
Harrington
R-Goddard
Senate
Graves
Sen
Oleen
Indiana
Wisconsin
Kansas Kan-Ed bill clears first House hurdle for high speed access
The Kansas House gave first round approval to a bill creating the Kansas Education Technology Network Kan Ed to connect public schools and libraries with high speed Internet and enable long distance learning in rural areas. The plan aims to be running by March 2001 with 4.5 million dollars, funding sources undecided. Some members praised the measure while others warned that many schools lack adequate equipment and oppose filtering provisions as weak.
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Topeka
Kansas Education Technology Network
State Department of Education
Bill Graves
House
Senate
Ward Loyd
Garden City
George Dean
Wichita
Kay O’connor
Ink.org
County dispatchers face pay and staffing challenges
Gilges told the Ottawa County commission that recruiting dispatchers is difficult and wages lag behind nearby counties. He cited starting pay of 9.24 dollars per hour and recent ads in several counties and states. Background checks reveal criminal records among applicants, and staff tenure is short. officials discuss raising pay and treating dispatching as a career or steppingstone.
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Gilges
Judy Hasty
City of
Ottawa
Lawrence
Anderson
Miami
Osage
Kansas
Ing
Douglas
Johnson
Osage County
Commission
Tom Weigand
Harold Fuller
Daily Report Hospital Notes and Sheriff News
Ottawa area reports admissions and dismissals with births, arrests, burglaries, incidents, thefts and accidents. Included are Benjamin Winans and Aislynn Hiles admissions and Della Schoonover dismissals with a birth to Aislynn Hiles, plus arrests like Ronnie Campbell on warrants. Non injury accidents detail deer strikes on Old Hwy 50 and Idaho Road.
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Benjamin Winans
Overbrook
William Hink
Garnett
Aislynn Hiles
Margaret Lewis
Sharon Stierwalt
Ottawa
Terri Andrews
Williamsburg
Della Schoonover
Wilma Huderson
Brittany Bond
Sheila Hodges
Richmond
Brian Romstedt
Margaret
Shannon Lewis
Princeton
Orschein
S. Princeton St
Leonard P. Bond
Waverly
Hwy
Ellis Terrace
Panel weighs allowing slots at dog and horse tracks
A Kansas Senate committee opened hearings on a bill to authorize slot machines and electronic gambling at The Woodlands dog and horse tracks and at Wichita Greyhound Park and Camptown Greyhound Park. Proposed revenues reach 260 million annually with 52 million to state education. The plan faces concerns from horse owners over racing guarantees and prize funds.
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Topeka
Senate
Brad Smoot
the Woodland
Kansas City
Kansas
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Smoot
The
Woodlands
Gary Smith
Olathe
Jeff Rutland
Independence
the Woodlands
Wichita Greyhound Park
Camptown Greyhound Park
Pittsburg
Missouri
Camptown
Supreme Court
Eureka Downs
Wichita
Anthony Downs
Franklin County Commission Review Actions And Plans
The Franklin County Commission discussed local purchasing goals, approved a notice for leasing the Franklin County Annex for 12 160 a month for 181 months, and noted a November 1 4 million annex purchase. Ed York of United Way announced a campaign start in August with plans to add agencies. The meeting reviewed township reports, a Pomona firetruck expenditure, courthouse floor sanding, and a potential quorum reduction from three to two with legal advice pending.
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Franklin County Commission
Franklin County
Ed York
United Way
Pomona
Kansas
Raymond Carey
Commission
Tom Weigand
Larry Wright
Burglary hearing postponed in Franklin County
A preliminary hearing for 27 year old Lewis William Holden of Kansas City Kansas was continued in Franklin County District Court. Holden faces residential burglary theft and criminal damage charges after an Osage County warrant was served January 13. The hearing resumes at 2 p.m. April 12.
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Franklin County District Court
Lewis William Holden
Kansas City
Kan
Osage
Holden
William Bayne
Franklin County
Jason J. Fletes
Lawmakers Outline Remaining Kansas 2000 Session Schedule
TOPEKA AP Leaders outline the Legislature's plan for the remaining weeks of the 2000 session. The session runs to March 31, reconvenes April 5 to 7 for budget talks, adjourns April 7 then resumes April 26 for wrapup. House and Senate committees may convene early for the final budget.
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Topeka
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Ways and Means Committee
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Bulletin Board
Charles
Virginia Patterson
Lana Oleen
Manhattan
Senate Federal and State Affairs Committee
Technology Network
Fuller
Rex Bowling
Daily Report
Sheriff's News
Ronnie Lynn Campbell
N. Milner
Casey’s
N. Main
Douglas County
Larry Averal
Wellsville
Randy Kirkland
John Brown Road
Aaron Nelson
Lori Huffman
Sheriff's Department
Nelson
Police News
Heather R. Montgomery
Lebo
7Th
Elm Streets
Allen L. Bishop
S. Oak
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