Ottawa man gets life for raping 7 year old
Melvin Trautloff Jr., 43, was sentenced in Franklin County to concurrent life terms without parole for rape aggravated criminal sodomy and related child sexual offenses against a 7-year-old girl. Prosecutors called the case the most heinous they have faced.
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Ottawa
Melvin Trautloff Jr
Trautloff
Thomas Sachse
Franklin County
Heather Jones
Sachse
Traut
Ottawa former mayor to resign from city post
Deb Henningsen announced her resignation effective April 2 during a study session. She cited moving outside Ottawa limits, ending her two-term commission service after first being elected in 2001 and re elected in 2005.
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Deb Henningsen
Henningsen
Ottawa
Kansas City man among remains recovered in Iraq
The FBI said remains of two U.S. contractors, including John Roy Young of Kansas City, Missouri, and Ronald Withrow of Roaring Springs, Texas, were recovered in Iraq. They were among six Western contractors kidnapped in separate incidents over a year.
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Dallas
U.S
Kansas City
Iraq
FBI
John Roy Young
Ronald Withrow
Roaring Springs
Texas
Young
Crescent Se
Rural Pomona girl conquers girls motocross world ranking
Emily Miller, a fifth grader from Williamsburg Elementary School in rural Pomona, sits third in the world in girls motocross. Now moving to the 11-13 age group with a larger bike, she aims to equal or surpass her rank, targeting Loretta Lynn's amateur motocross national at Hurricane Mills, Tenn. She enjoys beating boys who doubt her.
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Emily Miller
Pomona
Ponca City
Okla
Cleon Rickel
Emily
Tim Thompson
Williamsburg
Ottawa
Hurricane Mills
Tenn
Repeat bank robber gets 211 months for Edgerton heist
Dale Allen Robertson, 55, was sentenced to 211 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to robbing the First Kansas Bank and Trust in Edgerton on June 6. Investigators linked him to a 16 year old Wellsville Bank robbery via photos and the suspect was arrested June 8 in Lawrence. He has no known address.
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Wellsville
Edgerton
Dale Allen Robertson
First Kansas Bank and Trust
U.S
Eric Melgren
Robertson
Wellsville Bank
Lawrence
Kansas Senate considers statewide smoking ban move
The Kansas Senate could debate a statewide smoking ban after the Ways and Means Committee endorsed a bill prohibiting smoking in bars, restaurants and workplaces with few exceptions. The committee approval followed an hour of testimony for and against the bill.
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Topeka
Kansas Senate
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
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