Groups rally to fight violence in Franklin County
Jodie Garcia reports that October Domestic Violence Awareness Month prompts officials to publicize the issue with purple ribbons and silent witnesses. Franklin County ranks fourth in per capita DV cases. Crystal Camps of Women’s Transitional Care Services notes rising reports and growing interagency cooperation.
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Jodie Garcia
Franklin County
Crystal Camps
Camis
Elliot J. Sutherland
The
Ottawa Herald
Linda Moody
Williamsburg
Ottawa City Library
S. Hickory St
Ottawa
Ottawa police to press on with domestic violence unit despite grant loss
Ottawa Police Chief Dennis Butler said the domestic violence unit will continue after a federal grant renewal denial. The joint unit, formed with Franklin County agencies and now tied to Elizabeth Layton Center, aimed to reduce the county’s high per capita DV rate. The grant expired in August and was not renewed.
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Harald
Franklin County
Ottawa
Dennis Butler
Butler
Ottawa Police
Franklin County Sheriff's
Heather Jones
Women’s Transitional Care Services
Elizabeth Layton
Ottawa Police Department
Montgomery trial nears end as prosecutors ready to rest
In Missouri jurors are set to hear closing arguments after prosecutors plan to rest their case in the Lisa Montgomery murder and baby theft trial. The defense seeks an insanity defense while testimony recounts Montgomery’s plan and actions at Stinnett’s Skidmore home.
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Kansas City, Mo
Lisa Montgomery
Bobbie Jo Stinnett
Montgomery
Stinnett
Skidmore
Ottawa High to reshaping football field with $240000 plan
Ottawa High School will overhaul its football field and field event areas in a nearly $240,000 project approved by the school board. Planned work includes moving long jump runways and pits, dirt excavation, and re centering the field between track sidelines with future sod and irrigation estimated at $57,000. The press box, about $140,000, was postponed. Additional bids for maintenance and supplies were approved, including $12,843 for Lincoln furniture.
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Ottawa High School
Dean Katt
Lincoln
Leaders seek housing aid for disasters
State leaders propose reallocating 5 million of disaster relief funds to speed up home construction in tornado and flood damaged Kansas communities. The plan, backed by Senate Majority Leader Derek Schmidt and House Minority Leader Dennis McKinney, aims to ease a housing shortage tied to spring and summer storms and supports Kansas Housing Resource Corp. efforts in Greensburg recovery.
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Chris Green
Harris
Topeka
Greensburg
Senate
Derek Schmidt
Independence
House
Dennis McKinney
Kathleen Sebelius
Kansas Housing Resource Corp
New gynecologist finds welcoming Ottawa start
Sara Krueger, a new gynecologist at Ransom Memorial Hospital in Ottawa, moved from a small South Dakota town via Michigan residency to serve the community. She notes the hospital’s friendliness, her family settling into Garfield Elementary, and coworkers surprising her with two cakes on her birthday.
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Ottawa
South Dakota
Sara Krueger
Krueger
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Michigan
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Garfield Elementary
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