Benefit concert headlines at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
David Adamson and the Stonecreek Band lead a Saturday night benefit at Ottawa Municipal Auditorium to aid the Richmond Recreation Board ballfields. Steve Strickland Clarence Mellvain also perform with Down the Road opening. Tickets seven dollars at Allegro Drug or the Auxiliary. call Ruth Moore or buy at the door.
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David Adamson
Stonecreek
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Ottawa
VFW
Ladies Auxiliary
Richmond Recreation Board
Steve Strickland
Clarence Mellvain
Allegro Drug
Auxilary
Ruth Moore
Ottawa Optimist Club oratorical winners advance to zone
Jared Wiesner 17 and Amber Johnson 15 won the Ottawa Optimist Club Oratorical Contest and advance to the zone competition on April 15 with a chance at a $1,500 district scholarship. Other finalists were Hall Alexander Michael Catlon and Zach Maier. The topic was Growing Up in Today's World.
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Jared Wiesner
Amber Johnson
Ottawa Optimist Club
Hall Alexander
Michael Catlon
Zach Maier
City acts to replace downtown lights account
Ottawa city commissioners set up a special trust to replace downtown Christmas lights and fund raising by merchants. The plan covers removal and installation costs near 19 000 dollars and annual storage fees around 9 000 dollars, with maintenance and timing to be decided.
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Herald News
Ottawa City Commission
Cathy Sutton
Scott Lambers
Lambers
Sutton
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Forest Park
Ottawa Horseshoe Association
Meth labs chemical dangers prompt storage concerns in Ottawa
The piece details high risk chemicals used in meth production, including anhydrous ammonia and ethyl ether, and notes 155 lab seizures this year. Officials discuss storage near county facilities, city concerns, and lack of hazardous material teams, with calls for public hearings and zoning considerations.
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Missouri
Iowa
Kansas
Watson
Teeselink
Suri Bar
KBI
Franklin County Commission
Wright
Ottawa
Bob Bezek Jr
City Commission
Bezek
Berek
Kansas City
Public Works
Ottawa man injured after two-vehicle crash at Seventh and Main
Paul R. Gordon a 27 year old Ottawa resident was struck while crossing Main Street at Seventh Monday afternoon after a collision between a southbound 1997 Mercury van driven by Tamara L. Sharp and an eastbound 1990 Mercury Sabre driven by Shankit G. Leung. Gordon suffered a broken kneecap head burns and five stitches and was treated at Ransom Memorial Hospital then released. Witnesses said Sharp ran a red light though police could not confirm citations.
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Fhote
Ron Bishop
Franklin County
Main Street
Ottawa
Seventh
Main
Paul R. Gordon
S. Cherry
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Tamara L. Sharp
Richmond
Shankit G. Leung
S. Cedar
Leung
Gordon
Sharp
Beretta Gordon
RMH
Theme pages start today in The Ottawa Herald
The Ottawa Herald introduces new daily theme pages with Health on Tuesday and Religion on Friday, plus business and entertainment specials. The lineup aims to provide consistent content on designated days and invites reader feedback and ideas.
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Ottawa Herald
Herald
Jeanny Sharp
Local Sheriff's Notes and Police Reports Summary
Daily Record notes admissions and dismissals in several towns including Ottawa Richmond and Pomona with multiple names listed. Sheriff arrests Victoria Hays on a Franklin County warrant after bond posted. Incidents include alleged child abuse in Ottawa and multiple thefts in Wellsville Pomona and Ottawa with items recovered and losses totaling about 597.50. Police reports list burglary at Kansan National Guard Armory and thefts including a Roadmaster bike and vehicle items with varied locations and times.
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Overbrook
Merle Lawin
Ottawa
James Kinnaird
Quenema
Sheriff's News
Victoria Ann Hays
Sheriff's Department
Franklin County
Ottawa Middle
Kansan
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Rice Auditorium
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Indiana
Dan Connell
Ed Lammers
Lammers
Kathy Davis
Garnett Garnett
Garnett
Lake Garnett Park
Anderson County Extension
Anderson County
Dow AgroScience
DuPont Agriculture
Gary Kilgore
Kansas State Extension
Kara Jet
Aaron Glases
Dupont
Flint Hills
Jill Zimmerman
Vernon Yoder
Old Deport Museum
Old Depot
Glenn Lancaster
Ottawa High School
Sir Charles Gillette
Franklin County Historical Society
Jerry Abbott
OK Club
Gillette
Williamsburg
Lori Hamilton
Women’s Day Magazine
Hamilton
Ruby Jean
Cleon Rickel
Commission
Richard Jackson
Gene Ramsey
Dick Smith
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium, Who Said That the City Commission
Oma
Smith
Marais Des Cygnes
Ment
KDHE
We One
Daily Record
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Andrew Leabo
Melvern
Frances Blake
Dorothy Barrigan
Kimberly Booten
Pomona
Wilma Burgoon
Elizabeth Taylor
Edith Miller
Margie Stanford
Aishlynn Hiles
Margaret Lewis
Sharon Stierwalt
Albert Sevenent
Firiam Hink
Satwrite Hodges
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
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