Ottawa High Track Wins Medals at Wichita State Meet
Two Ottawa High thinclads earn medals and another qualifies for Saturday finals as the first day of the state track meet unfolds at Wichita. Weather outlook shows a 30 percent morning thunderstorm chance, then warm and mostly sunny with highs near 90 to 95. Partly cloudy tonight with a 20 percent rain risk and lows around 45. Sunday should be cooler and partly sunny with highs near 85.
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Ottawa High
Wichita
Heights board to meet for closed personnel session
The Central Heights school board calls a special 7:30 p.m. meeting at the district office Richmond for a closed executive session to discuss personnel. Jaycees sponsor mud bog a thon at Industrial Park in Garnett on Sunday with 9 a.m. registration, noon driver meeting, races at 1 p.m. Cash prizes depend on admissions. entry $3. Mike Norman contact (785) 448-6491.
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Central Heights School Board
Richmond
Garnett
Jaycees
Mike Norman
Norman
The
Herald
the Herald
State Supreme Court bars suit by family of fallen firefighter
TOPEKA Kan AP The Kansas Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the family of volunteer Riley County firefighter Gary Soupene cannot sue fellow firefighter Robert Lignitz after their vehicles collided on the way to a fire The decision held that workers compensation law shields coworkers from such lawsuits and prevents family actions against another firefighter
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Topeka
Kan
Riley County
State Supreme Court
Gary E. Soupene
Robert A. Lignitz
Soupene
Lignitz
Riley County District Court
David S.porate
Supreme Court
Sex offender registry deemed not cruel to public
Kansas Supreme Court ruled it is not cruel or unusual punishment to publicly disclose names of convicted sexual offenders registered with local sheriffs, even when probation was imposed. The Shawnee County case involving Clifford A. Scott, convicted of attempted aggravated sexual battery in 1995 and given two years probation, challenged disclosure as double jeopardy.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Supreme Court
Kansas Court of Appeals
Shawnee County
Clifford A. Scott
Scott
Recurring and bizarre crime tales from News of the Weird
Chuck Shepherd details odd cases including a Phoenix man who claimed an 8 year old drug runner ran the operation and a Detroit bank robbery linked to a 12 year old recruit. It also notes two casualties from dangerous handling of live ordnance in the Philippines and a naval officer killed by a live mortar shell.
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News of the Weird
Phoenix
Brian J. Diaz
Detroit
Comerica
Diaz
Philippines
Rizal
Zamboanga City
Chuck Shepherd
P.O
St. Petersburg
Fla
Williams aims for Nashville return with new songs
Karen Williams, 32, a songwriter from Ottawa, spent six months writing in Nashville then came back to Kansas. She has 13 new songs and plans to make a work tape of five for potential recording. She hopes for a country music deal, a Top 10 song, and CMA award recognition, while continuing to juggle family duties.
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Ashville
Tenn
Karen Williams
Williams
Ottawa
Nashville
Kansas
No Hay Manana
Paper Mill Road
Amy Kimeaux
Baton Rouge
Garth Brooks
Country Music Association
Steve Morse
Joint Ottawa county budget talks on shared city county fiscal matters
Ottawa city and Franklin County leaders weighed joint budget issues this week. County ambulance chief Ted McCurdy urged a about 12420 for next year to cover the city share of a 3M based stoplight preemption system. The county has funded devices at Main and 23rd 17th 15th and Seventh streets and 211st Street Terrace. The county seeks city funding for Main and Ninth Fifth Fourth Third Second First and K-68.
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Ttawa
Franklin County
Ted McCurdy
Ottawa
McCurdy
3M Company
Rex Bowling
Bowling
Dem lawmaker ends bid for governor amid party rift
Rep. Jack Wempe D Little River drops any governor bid citing late timing and policy differences with party leadership. Sen. Anthony Hensley D Topeka says he has not decided on a run and will announce Tuesday. June 10 is the filing deadline. Wempe followed Sen. Janis Lee who quit May 13.
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Jack Wempe
D-Little River
Gidemos Kan
Hensley
Wempe
Janis Lee
D-Kensington
Divorce trends rise yet show cautious public concern
Sociologists note Kansas 1996 divorce rate of 4.2 per 1,000, the lowest since 1971, reflecting a conservative shift. Experts discuss economic factors, changing gender roles, and family pressures, with some urging legislation to favor stability while acknowledging divorce can be best for some.
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Kansas
Vergie Anderson
Iroquois Center For Human Development
Greensburg
Anderson
Tor
Area
Garden City
Wichita State University
Ron Matson
Matson
Martin
WSU
David Wright
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