Cold night with clearing skies and frigid lows
Tonight plunges to 15 to 20 degrees as skies clear. Tuesday warms to around 50 with sunny conditions and southwest winds 10 to 20 mph shifting to northwest 10 to 15 mph late in the day. Page references follow for more weather and other sections.
Elderly couple beating death in Franklin County home
Vivian Johnson, 85, died Saturday at Overland Park Regional Medical Center after an Oct 31 to Nov 1 assault that also injured her husband Howard, 84. Two suspects, Raymond Fuller and Joseph Hayden, are jailed on $1 million bonds each on charges including attempted first degree murder and aggravated burglary. Autopsy results pending.
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Franklin County
Vivian Johnson
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Johnson
Howard
Overland
Joseph Andrew Hayden
Clathe
Ottawa
John Alfred and
Agnes
Halstead) Nelson
Smolan
Vivian
Brown Mackie College
Salina
Santa Leads 18th Annual Franklin County Bikers Ride
Santa Claus Shep Collins leads the 18th annual FCIB Toys for Kids Ride through Ottawa downtown Saturday afternoon. Stan Madison unloads a Hully bicycle in Forest Park as 19 bikes donated to ECKAN join toys, teddy bears, and hula hoops for distribution before Christmas.
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Santa Claus
Shep Collins
Franklin County
Ottawa
Stan Madison
Forest Park
FCIB
ECKAN
Daydream Foundation helps Thomas pursue violin dream
Ottawa based Daydream Foundation offers scholarships rather than cash to help children like 11 year old Thomas McGregor pursue passions such as violin. The nonprofit, started July by Charles Scoville Bruce Peterson Ted Scott and Harold Mayes, provides tools and opportunities while asking recipients to contribute to the community through service.
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Thomas McGregor
McGregor
Daydream Foundation
Charles Scoville
Bruce Peterson
Ted Scott
Harold Mayes
Thomas
Peterson
Ottawa
Scott
ECEAN
Mayes
Foundation
Scoville
Airport group pushes safety first for Ottawa Airport
The Friends of the Ottawa Airport want the FAA reviewed master plan implementation, repair of the automatic weather reporting system, new radio navigation and night landing aids, hangar and terminal upkeep, clearer city goals for attracting business, and an airport fund separate from the general city budget. They plan monthly meetings and a direct FAA communications network to monitor progress and timeline.
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Cleon Rickel
Federal Aviation Administration
Kansas State Extension Agricultural Experiment Station
Detwiler
FAA
Friends of
Ottawa
Food safety inspections lag amid staff shortages in Kansas
Harris News Service reports eight years with no inspections at McDonald’s only grocery store and no annual reach to 800 retailers. In Satanta Bailey’s Jack & Jill hasn’t seen an inspector since 1992. Budget and staffing shortages delay inspections, though two new inspectors reduced some backlog. Sixty six percent of 250 inspected grocers show lapses or delays in checks.
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Harris News Service
Bureau of Consumer Health
McDonald
Satanta
Ron Bailey
Bailey's
Jack & Jill
Kansas
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Dowell
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Keith Jones
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Ron Bishop
Laura Potter
Rotary
Jeanette Hally
Thomas McGragor
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