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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 2007
Page
6
Ottawans weigh possible indoor smoking restrictions ahead of a 7 p.m. Thursday public forum at the Franklin County Office Annex. City staff Youth in Gov speakers will brief residents on the issue during a fact finding session with three minute time limits per speaker.
Franklin County and Ottawa city agree on a 12 month repayment plan worth 30000 dollars to resolve a state sales tax miscalculation. State withheld 30000 from Ottawa in September and planned another 30000 in October, prompting the two governments to share the overpayment burden. The city clerk first flagged the error, which had inflated city shares for four years. Ottawa Mayor Blake Jorgensen and Commissioner Don Hay describe the agreement as fair and equitable for taxpayers.
Riley Roll, 7, from Richmond, works to finish a Halloween craft project Monday evening at the Richmond Public Library on East Central Avenue. About 20 other children joined the library’s annual Halloween Crafts Day.
Harris News Service reports Topeka lawmakers may revisit a graduated licensing plan for teens. The measure would raise learner permit and unrestricted license ages and stress education and safe driving, though House members question implementation and protections.
Dale Robertson 54 pleaded guilty to one count of bank robbery for the June 6 2005 Edgerton KS heist at First Kansas Bank and Trust. Identified by Wellsville Bank of Wellsville president Steve Layton in surveillance photos, Robertson had a prior 1992 107 month sentence for a Wellsville Bank robbery. Sentencing set for January 28 2008 with possible 25 year term.
A Malvern woman, Lisa Montgomery, was found guilty by a federal jury of kidnapping resulting in death for the 2004 attack on Bobbie Jo Stinnett in Skidmore, in which Montgomery allegedly killed Stinnett and cut the baby from her womb before taking the infant home. The verdict came after about four hours of deliberation rejecting an insanity defense. sentencing will proceed with a penalty phase where prosecutors seek the death penalty or life without parole.
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