Incidents and theft reports from Ellis Road area
A Richmond woman reported her 17 year old foster daughter ran away to a juvenile detention facility. A Princeton girl reported being touched inappropriately by an older man at home. Theft incidents include a Waverly woman’s property taken from her grandmother’s house and a Ottawa man reporting tractor weights stolen for a $350 loss. An Ottawa man’s CD case and textbooks were stolen from a vehicle, loss about $230. An accident on Texas and Shawnee roads involved Jacob Bauer crossing a stopped train with damages over $1,000.
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Virginia Terrace
Waverly
Nevada Road
U.S
Cheyenne Country
Texas
Shawnee
Jacob Bauer
Wellsville
Bauer
Ottawa woman cited after stop sign crash at Fifth and Poplar
Police report at 7:29 a.m. Wednesday shows Kylie Kichler, 29, Ottawa, driving the vehicle that struck Andrea Cox, 36, Ottawa, with Kichler cited on suspicion of disobeying a stop sign. Structure fire call at 1:35 p.m. Tuesday on 3108 Georgia Road involved Deanna Sitlington, 42, Pomona, reporting smoke from a window unit. homeowner extinguished fire with a garden hose. no injuries, minor exterior damage. Franklin County Sheriff's Office and Pomona Fire Department assisted.
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Fifth
Poplar
Kylie Kichler
Ottawa
Andrea Cox
Kichler
Georgia Road
Deanna Sitlington
Pomona
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Youngest Civil War veteran contender listed from Kansas
Today in Ottawa History notes J W Davis of McCune born Sept 11 1851 enlisted Aug 18 1864 from Putnam County Missouri claiming age 17 at enlistment making him a possible youngest veteran candidate alongside J H Getty John B Stall Andrew H Burke. Also mentions oldest sidewalk replacement and recent Ottawa Gardner high school football injuries Carl Drake and Harry Davis.
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Kansas
United States
McCune
J.W. Davis
Davis
Putnam County
Stall
Ottawa
J.H. Getty
John B. Stall
Princeton
Andrew H. Burke
Kansas City
J. W. Davis
H.P. Paramour
Locust
Second Streets
Mr. Paramore
Dan Smith
Harrison Farm
Gardner
Carl Drake
Harry Davis
Volunteers Planned for New Park Playground Project
Lisa Rivers of the Ottawa Volunteer Center announced at the city commission meeting that about 100 volunteers are needed for a playground installation on Oct. 22 from 7 30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers return Oct. 24 for mulching. The project is funded by a $20 000 KaBoom grant plus $17 000 local donations to install about 20 accessible playground pieces west of Main and 15th. To volunteer call (785) 242 7450.
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Lisa Rivers
Ottawa
City Commission
KaBoom
Main
15Th Streets
Rivers
Commodity distribution coming to Franklin County
The East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp. will distribute commodity food items to eligible Franklin County participants on Oct. 17. Distribution times cover Ottawa VFW Post 5901, Walnut Plaza Apartments in Wellsville, and Pomona Community Center with prior signup required. For more information, call (785) 242-7515.
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East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corp
Franklin County
Ottawa
VFW
N. U.S
Walnut Plaza
Walnut St
Wellsville
Pomona Community Center
Pomona
ECEAN
Call
US 169 survey set for Anderson County
A Kansas Department of Transportation field survey team will begin along a section of U S 169 in Anderson County on October 19 near Welda, surveying eight miles north to the junction near Garnett. Findings will guide a reconstruction of the two lane roadway, with the project tentatively starting in 2017 under the T WORKS program and an estimated $17 million cost.
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Kansas Department of Transportation
Anderson County
Welda
U.S. 59
Garnett
KDOT
Renters outnumber homeowners in Manhattan Kansas area
Census figures show Manhattan Kansas had a 49.5 percent homeownership rate in 2010, the only U.S. metro where renters outnumber owners. Kansas overall averaged 67.8 percent. Nearby college towns and large metros like College Station Bryan Texas and Los Angeles Long Beach Santa Ana also reported low ownership shares.
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Topeka
Manhattan
United States
Kansas State University
Army
Fort Riley
Kansas
College Station
Bryan
Texas
Texas A&m University
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
Calif
New York
New Jersey-Long Island
N.Y
Theadore Pope Obituary Notice
Theadore Pope born February 28 1988 in Kansas City Missouri was preceded in death by his father Theadore Pope and grandfathers George Hyd Kenneth Hyd and Emmett Pope. Condolences may be made at www.ottawaherald.com.
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Kansas City, Mo
Theadore E
Ether M. (Figley) Pope
Dort
Theadore
Pope
George
Kenneth
Hyd
Emmett
Market Quotations From Ottawa and Franklin Counties
Ottawa Co-op quoted Thursday af ternoon prices for hard wheat 6.33 soy beans 11.09 corn 5.91 milo 5.56. Franklin County USDA Farm Service Agency posted grain prices with corn 5.68 milo 9.37 oats 2.56 soybeans 10.92 wheat 6.53.
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Ottawa Co-op
Ottawa
Franklin County
Usda Farm Service Agency
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Ottawaherald.com
Eecmanene
Rantoul
Ms. P.m
Big Kansas College Town
Ottawa Art Guild
Carnegie Cultural Center
City OF
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Chevrolet
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