Orlis Cox honored for community, sports leadership
Daughters remember legendary coach Orlis Cox as Ottawa’s recreation leader who opened the city pool to blacks in the 1950s and mentored many through the ORC. Cox, Ottawa High School’s 1933 national relay champion coach, directed local sports and community programs from 1929 to 1988, earning state hall of fame induction in 2009 alongside other notable figures.
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Gleichman
Cox
Ottawa
Jesse Owens
Ensleym
ORC
New England Patriots
Dick Peters
Ottawa University
Arthur Schabinger
E.A. Thomas
Williamsburg
Kansas State High School Activities Association
Jesse Barnes
Don Calhoun
Kansas
Paul Endacott
Gwinn Henry
Steve Henson
Ken Mahoney
Harold Patterson
Ted Owens
John Mason
Eddie Sutton
Ken Roberts
Janell Smith
Ken Swenson
Ottawa High School
Virgil Sealey
Charles Young
Clarence Heckroot
Jack Richardson
Orlis Cox
Simulated patients boost critical thinking in nursing lab
At Neosho County Community College Ottawa, seven lifelike robotic mannequins operated by computer drive nursing simulations funded by federal grants. Instructors say mannequins let students practice vital signs, catheter insertions, and handling code cases safely, while leadership roles and mistakes become deep learning experiences.
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Brown
Froggatte
Julie Evans
Neosho County Community College
Garnett
NCCC
S. Beech St
Ottawa
Sudent
Ottawa man injured in Friday morning fight
A 32-year-old Ottawa man remained hospitalized Monday after a late Friday fight. Dillon Leach was rushed to Overland Park Regional Medical Center after an incident near Fourth and Oak streets following an Ottawa party argument. Police said suspects fled and the case is under investigation with some suspects identified.
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Ottawa
Dillon Leach
Overland Park Regional Medical Center
Fourth
Oak Streets
Adam Weingartner
Weingartner
Theft Reported at Pomona Ready-Mix Site
The owner of the former Pomona Ready-Mix plant in the 200 block of West A Street Pomona reports theft of scrap metals valued at about 5300 dollars along with a concrete truck transmission engine blocks and rear end. A possible suspect has been identified per Franklin County Sheriff's Office records.
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Pomona
West A
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Ottawa University homecoming queen shines at fundraiser
Megan Wilcox, Ottawa University senior, performs with the Jazz Choir at the Passionately Pink fundraiser in Ottawa Municipal Auditorium. She was crowned homecoming queen during the university’s weekend festivities. Coverage notes a Braves homecoming showdown with the Southwestern Moundbuilders on page 7.
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Megan Wilcox
Ottawa University
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Wilcox
Braves
Southwestern
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