Seniors to meet in Pomona and fast food commodities
The West Franklin Seniors host a potluck at 6 30 p m Tuesday at the Pomona Community Center with Sam Lynch speaking on home fire safety. Separately the Fast Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp will distribute commodity food items to Franklin County residents Monday from 9 a m to noon at the ECEAN Center Ottawa and 10 a m to noon at Wellsville Walnut Plaza Apartments.
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Pomona
West Franklin
Sam Lynch
Fast Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
Franklin County
Ecean Center
Third St
Ottawa
Wellsville Walnut Plaza
Gladys MacDonald
OU Graduation Ceremony Set For May 14
Ottawa University plans a 2 p.m. Sunday ceremony in the campus chapel with Mayor Richard Jackson as speaker. Chemistry professor Tom Lewis will give the baccalaureate address at 10 a.m. Also a reception is scheduled for 3 p.m. on the Administration Building lawn.
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Ottawa University
Ottawa
Richard Jackson
Tom Lewis
Hospital Notes and Local Warrants Update
Franklin County Jail releases include Denise Collins 20 of 1229 S Main after court commit hold. Ahmad Zia Sediqzad 41 of Overland Park released after detainer. Steven Ramon Blew 25 of Olathe released after jurisdiction hold. Matthew Newton 26 of Gardner released after detainer. Jocelyn Hiles 21 of 504 S Cedar St arrested for inattentive driving after vehicle struck pillars. Corey Hamilton 19 and Adam Hamilton 22 arrested for marijuana possession at 1601 S Hickory St. A 17-year-old runaway located and returned. Ambulance transfers and multiple medical emergencies and injury accidents reported in Ransom Memorial area and vicinity.
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Franklin County
Denise Michelle Collins
S. Main St
Ahmad Zia Sediqzad
Overland Park
Kan
Steven Ramon, Blew
Olathe
Matthew Lee Newton
Gardner
Jocelyn Hiles
S. Cedar St
Cedar
Corey N. Hamilton
S. Hickory St
Adam D. Hamilton
Hickory St
Ransom Memorial Hospital
U.S
North Mulberry Street
Wellsville
West 13Th Street
South Cedar Street
Louisiana Road
North Cedar Street
South Main Street
Sycamore Street
Thelma Jane Tallman Ottawa Obituary
Thelma Jane Tallman 93 of Ottawa died May 9 2003 at Village Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Monday at Dengel & Son Mortuary Ottawa with interment at Highland Cemetery. Body lies in state 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday and after 8 a.m. Monday. Memorials to Trinity United Methodist Church in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be emailed via the funeral home website. A full obituary will appear later.
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Thelma Jane Tallman
Ottawa
Village Manor
Dengel & Son Mortuary
Highland Cemetery
Dengel & Son
Trinity United Methodist Church
Funeral Home
Hickory St
Kan
Dengelmortuary.com
Pastor honored for service remembered at church center renamed
Rev. William R. Weber served Ottawa Police Department and Franklin County Sheriff's Office for about 12 years as chaplain guiding inmates and families. He died May 1 at 76. Calvary Baptist Church renamed its activity center the William R. Weber Activity Center to honor 44 years as pastor. He aided inmates, delivered death messages, supported departments, and ministered locally and statewide through Pulpit Supply.
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Louise Stauffer
William Robert Weber
Franklin County
Weber
Ottawa Police Department
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
Calvary Baptist Church
Seventh St
William R. Weber
Jeff Herrman
Herrman
Pulpit Supply
Laurie Sisk
Derek Lavalette
Star Signs
Lawrence
Ottawa
Mother and son Chapman graduate from Baker University
Diane Chapman and son Ben Chapman will graduate May 18 at Baker University. Diane earns a master's in school leadership while Ben completes a bachelor’s in business and mass communications. Both have pursued education and shared campus life, with Diane already a Sacred Heart teacher and future principal, and Ben planning to become a high school principal.
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Diane
Ben Chapman
Baker University
Ben
Sacred Heart School
Diane Chapman
Baker
Chapmans
Perry
Emily
Chapman
Daugher
Sacred Heart
Ottawa
Ottawa University
Kings of Rock
OHS
Andy Gassaway
Kansas Tornado Toll Rises Across Multiple States
Tornado damage spans Missouri Tennessee Kansas and Illinois with at least 42 dead and hundreds of millions in losses. Oklahoma City was hit by a separate twister amid a storm line from Oklahoma to Nebraska. Hospitals report injuries and communities assess devastation including Lawrence and Woodson County. Authorities warn of continuing severe weather as residents begin recovery efforts.
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Missouri
Tennessee
Kansas
Ilinois
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Oklahoma City
Allen County
Iowa
Woodson County
June Reynolds
Reynolds
Lawrence
Interstate 70
Sue Lewis
University of Kansas
Lila Patton
Patton
Leslie Torrez
Topeka
Jamie Crevier
Aberdeen
Raintree Montessori
Byron McReynolds
Southwest Junior High
Sunflower Elementary
Sheriff’s Department
Yates Center
Linn
National Weather Service
Chase County
U.S. 177
Prison conviction details in Byrd case unfold
Byrd aged 822 S Mulberry St was convicted in March. Byrd and Richard Crook were arrested in May 2002 after a deputy stopped Crook for no license tag. A jar with white powder led to a meth lab in the trunk. Crook pled guilty and testified against Byrd.
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Byrd
S. Mulberry St
Richard Crook
Crook
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