Alice in Wonderland comes to Ottawa in student matinee
The Wichita Children’s Theatre Touring Company presents a new hour long adaptation of Alice in Wonderland at the Ottawa Municipal Auditorium as part of the Student Matinee Series. Performances run at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. with tickets at the door.
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Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Wichita Children’s Theatre
Landon Shaw
Alice
Tweedle Dee
Tweedle Dum
Wichita Children’s Theatre Professional
Oma
The
Ottawa Herald
Kansas Arts Commission
National Endowment For the Arts
Ottawa
Sacred Heart
Bethel Academy
Pomona
Richmond ‘Garnett
Man pleads guilty in Ottawa arson fire
A 33 year old Rantoul man pleaded guilty in Franklin County District Court to attempted arson for setting a fire Aug 17 at 724 N Main Ottawa owned by his mother in law. He admitted using cigarettes and matches and faces up to four years with sentencing set November 15.
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Rantoul
Franklin County
Richard Thomas Askew
N. Main
Ottawa City
Askew
Sylvia Lohman
Gerald Powers
Judge suppresses evidence in Buck drug case
Franklin County Judge tossed out evidence against Jeffrey W. Buck after ruling officers acted with reckless disregard for the truth in applying for a search warrant. The suppression left only a brief surveillance period and weak grounds implicating Buck in drug activity, triggering an appeal threat from prosecutors.
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Franklin County
Thomas H. Sachse
Jeffrey W. Buck
Sachse
Buck
Jeff Curry
Drug Enforcement Unit
Tim Woods
Woods
Scott Ryburn
Curry
Sheriff's Department
Resi
New Ottawa teachers balance work and motherhood in classrooms
Bradley-Butts, Muhl, and Louderback become teachers at Ottawa High School after student teaching under former instructors. They face double workloads, misconceptions about summers, and parental support gaps, but find joy as students’ eyes light up and progress grows.
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Ottawa University
Bradley-Butts
Mrs. B
Louderback
Bradley- Butts
Bertha Coward
Coward
Garfield Elementary
Eugene Field Elementary
Renita Abel
Renita
Muhl
Cordelia
Hawthorne
Zane
Abigail
Moonlight tour aims to fund Mine Creek battlefield land
The Mine Creek Battle site faces development as wagons laden with booty clog its banks. The Mine Creek Battlefield Foundation seeks 125000 to 150000 in a new capital campaign, with 100000 pledged by national Civil War groups and matching federal grant hopes. Local banks and stores have bought a few tickets for the fundraiser.
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Price
Missouri
Kansas
Mine Creek
Matt Matthews
Ottawa
Foundation
Matthews
Greenspan warns of market bubble risk despite gains
Investors in Tokyo reacts to Greenspan caution on stock market as the Nikkei falls about 179 points. Private economists warn that long prosperity may lull investors and banks into false security amid inflation pressures and fragile gains.
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Tokyo
Greenspan
Fed
Dow
Amer
Ican
U.S
Manhunt Ends as Pamela Butler Abduction Suspect Captured
Nelson, 24, captured after two day manhunt over Pamela Butler abduction. He suffered knee and ankle injuries, underwent surgery, and remains in fair condition. U.S. Attorney Stephen Hill said death penalty possible, but will discuss charges with prosecutors and family. Pamela, 11, was abducted Tuesday after being grabbed near skating area. sister Penny witnessed the capture scene and earlier events.
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Stephen Hill
U.S
Western District of Missouri
Nelson
Jeff Wright
Lanza
Hill
Kansas
Missouri
Pamela Butler
Pamela
Penny
Waiting lists strain area aging program aid
Nadine Leach discusses her mother Nora Davis’s need for assisted living in Ottawa as waiting lists and high costs push families toward Medicaid. The Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging and other regional offices scramble to enroll applicants, with lawmakers eyeing tighter eligibility rules come January and agencies seeking creative care options amid rising demand from an aging population.
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Nadine Leach
Nora Davis
Graves
Davis
Ottawa
Leach
Fontana
Jesse Jackson
Marilyn Legg
North Central
Flinthills
Salina
East Central
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Kristy Boaz
Rugg
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