Comedian Charged on Campus Rapes
Vinson H. Champ, 35, a former Star Search comedian, is charged with rape in Nebraska and faces extradition after being arrested at Newark Liberty International Airport. He is linked to five campus attacks and cut short a Bermuda cruise engagement to return for hearings. Heidi Hess, a 30-year-old Nebraska business teacher, called the case sickly ironic.
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Trenton
N.J
Bermuda
Nebraska
Vinson H. Champ
Newark International
Continental Airlines
North Carolina
Champ
Los Angeles
Lincoln Journal Star
Lincoln
Neb
Heidi Hess
Grain prices listed at Ottawa Co-op and Franklin County
Local markets report Tuesday afternoon quotations for hard wheat 4.26 corn 2.70 milo 4.29 soybeans 8.53 oats 2.10. County prices posted morning at Franklin County Farm Services show wheat 4.13 corn 2.64 milo 4.19 soybeans 8.40.
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Ottawa Co-op
Franklin County Farm Services
Winter driver charged after three county pursuit in Franklin
Bobby Jackson Brown 20 of Mamou La led authorities through three counties in a March chase after a strong arm cash register heist. He faces a Franklin County District Court count of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, with prior guilty pleas in Anderson County including aggravated battery on an officer. His associates, two juveniles, pleaded guilty in Anderson County and were placed on three years supervised probation. Other defendants facing charges include a Wellsville man under federal indictment for illegal firearms possession who was charged with aggravated intimidation of a witness and related crimes, plus numerous local cases including domestic battery vehicle burglary and drug charges.
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Franklin County
Bobby Jackson Brown
Mamou
Franklin County Sheriff's Department
Ottawa
Garnett
Brown
Anderson County
Nicole Smith-Brown
Jason Dupont
Smith-Brown
Dupont
Louisiana
Franklin
Wellsville
Michael Eugene Hicks
Hicks
Diana Hicks
Franklin County Mental Health
Sean Hicks
Kelly Roy McDaniel
S. Poplar
Pomona
Thomas Aaron Ingram
S. Cherry
Ingram
Chad Everett Cline
Miches Donald McCain
Charles R. Schaal
Topeke
Jennifer L. Calderon
Seon M. Hopkins
S. Olive
Marcus James Phillips
S. Maple
James Darrell Arvin
Oak
David Lee
Kentucky Road
Jeremy Michael Penland
Cherry
Penland
Kimberly
Schirck
N. Cherry
Melissa M. Mann
Lawrence
Bruce Lee Lane Sr
E. Grant
William K. Powers
S. Ash
Brandi N. Vietze
Thomas J. Llamas
Adam L. Walker
Jackson Road
Peggy A. Roatch
Scott F. Roatch
John Ine Bond
Donna Adams
S. Main Lot
Eric Dawayne Crump
N. King
Obituaries for Farris Martin Clinton Ewing Wharton and Wilhite
Obituaries from Garnett and Colony list Diane Kay Farris Martin 48 of Ottawa dying May 13 1997 with services at Farris Feuerborn Chapel burial Garnett Cemetery. Fern Iris Clinton Ewing 87 of Garnett dies May 11 1997 with services at First Baptist Garnett burial North Cemetery Osawatomie. Olin L Wharton 89 of Colony dies May 12 1997 with services at Farris Feuerborn Memorial Chapel Colony burial Bluejacket Cemetery. Lily R Wilhite 79 of Ottawa dies May 13 1997 with arrangements pending Dengel and Son Mortuary. Memorials to American Cancer Society Colony Senior Citizen Center. Details include multiple family names and survivor lists.
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Diane K. Farris Martin
Diane Kay Farris Martin
Ottawa
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Farris- Feuerborn Memorial
Garnett
Garnett Cemetery
Richard W
Edna Pearl (Wilson) Farris
Abilene
Garnett High School
Baker University
Baldwin
U.S. Air Force
Parmelee Products
Jackson Hawks III
Virginia
Geoffrey Russell
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
Jonathon Russell
Myrtle Beach
8.C
American Cancer Society
Fern I. Clinton Ewing Garnett
Fern Iris Clinton Ewing
First Baptist Church
North
Osawatomie
Walter Dallas
Nellie Bell (Lee) Hoag
Kansas Retired Teachers Association
William Edward Clinton
Raymond Ewing
Janice Crist
Lois Crist
Beverly Fink
Lamar
Colo
Richard Clinton
Clathe
Leroy Ewing Tola
Olin L. Wharton
Colony
Farris-Feuerborn Memorial
Bluejacket
Okla
Pat Wharton
Martha Claggett
Vinita
Lucille Whitchurch
Bernice
Ruth Stroup
Miami
Raymond Jones
Belton
Paul Jones
Beggs
Vernon Wharton
Pensacola
Fla
Lily R. Wilhite
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Dengel and Son Mortuary
Tragic Nursing Home Fire Claims Two Lives
In Harveys Lake Pennsylvania a two story Country Manor Personal Care home fire killed two people and left five others presumed dead. At least twelve residents were injured as firefighters rescued several residents while others remained trapped in beds during the blaze. Fire crews worked through the night to extinguish the flames. residents ranged from mid forties to late nineties.
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Harveys Lake
Country Manor
Frank Lutinski
Seiko Watches Sale and Local Event Notes
Sutton's offers 30 to 40 percent off all Seiko watches at 207 S Main. Helton's Hallmark catalogs Bean Baby accessories in-store. Classic Oak Furniture closes May 11 to June 19, reopens June 20. Megan Elizabeth Higdon hosts a Community and Church Baby Shower May 17 at 7 p.m. Homewood Church. Dance Garnett VFW Bordering Country on May 17 for members and guests.
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Seiko
Sutton
Helton
Hallmark
Megan Elizabeth Higdon
Homewood Church
Garnett Vfw
Ottawa area hospital notes and police roundups
Admissions include Eldon Hoyt Glenn Lancaster Harlow Walker Carol East and Larry Hurlock Ottawa and Judy Ray Overland Park Dismissals include Edith Gibbons Kaitlin Conn Opal Petty Ottawa and DeWayne Springer Richmond Birth a daughter to Judy and David Ray Overland Park Tuesday Sheriff arrests Frye Carter Leach at 1043 S. Ash for marijuana related charges and jail detention Police report thefts fights vandalism accidents and minor arrests across Ottawa Pomona and surrounding areas.
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Eldon Hoyt
Glenn Lancaster
Harlow Walker
Carol East
Larry Hurlock
Ottawa
Judy Ray
Overland Park
Edith Gibbons
Kaitlin Conn
Opal Petty
DeWayne Springer
Richmond
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O'Reilly
Franklin County Home Health
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Ransom ‘Memorial Hospital
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Blake Spurney
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Ad Briefs
Fr.co
OWBA
Bank IV
Judy
David Ray
Sheriff's News
Bryan Kirkwood Frye
Robert Edward Carter
Williamsburg
Ryan Tate Leach
S. Locust
Osage County
East 7Th
Lucas Williams
Rantoul
Central Heights High School
Calista M. Yeatman
Wal-Mart
Tony W. Berry
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Hickory
South Elm
South Cherry
Stephen Lynn Hickerson
N. Oak
North Cedar
Thelma Sumner
Ellis Road
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le Loup
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