Youth Center Closure Sparks Community Call to Action
A caller complains about the youth center in Ottawa closing while residents long for a safe space. The article cites 70 youths at an event with only three supervising adults, notes monthly utilities around 400 dollars, and urges parents and local businesses to step forward before the center remains closed.
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Herald Newsroom
Ottawa
Steve Norris
Youth Center
Jon Cook
Youth Center Board
Cook
12th District State Senate Race Reflections From Osawatomie
Douglas C. McDougal of Pomona recalls voting for Tyson in 1996 and 2000 after decades of observing the 12th District race between Tyson and Walker. He cites Walker’s reform efforts, high profile stances on health care and education, and Walker’s stance on gun rights and property values, while noting Tyson’s four-year record of tax relief and highway projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Tyson
Doug Walker
Osawatomie
Parker
Tyson
Walker
Senate
Topeka
Kansas
Osawatomie State Hospital
Tri- Ko, Inc
First Street
National Rifle Association
Douglas C. McDougal
Pomona
Shuttlecock Diplomacy and State Budget Struggles in Kansas
Kansas taxpayers face concerns as the state battles lottery reform and redirected revenues, while school funding, child support, and local tax distributions draw scrutiny. The Sierra Club threatens water standards action, farm prices lag, and a 2001 school finance crisis looms with a behind closed doors task force. Kansas remains cited for high state taxes in the region, amid calls for more funding and reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Social and Rehabilitation Services
Janet Schalansky
State Department of Rev
Enue
Wichita
Salina
Sierra Club
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Graves
U.S
Kansas City
Missouri
Colorado
Oklahoma
Nebraska
NAACP Ad Uses Byrd Killing to Attack Bush Hate Crime Stance
A NAACP animated ad links George Bush’s stance on hate crime legislation to the 1998 James Byrd dragging death, likening Atwater era tactics to modern politics. The piece argues hate crime laws politicize enforcement, deepen social division, and undermine fairness. Mulins narrates Byrd’s daughter, urging support for hate crime measures.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James Byrd
Lee Atwater
Babe Ruth
Atwater
Willie Horton
Michael Dukakis
Horton
NAACP
Texas
Byrd
Renee Mullins
George Bush
Bush
Bubba
Feds
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Ottawaherald.com
Franklin County
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Vernon J. Brown
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Otawaherald
Kathy Miller
Markrmiller
Ken Kistner
Kistner
Oncwaherald
Tim Millicam
Chicago Tribe
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