Prelim Testimony Traces Wills Murder in Ottawa
Nine people testified in a district court preliminary hearing for the July 25 stabbing death of Jari Wills, a former Kansas State basketball player. The hearing was continued due to defense scheduling conflicts as prosecutors plan to call more witnesses. The defendants Donald Burgess and Sherrell Burgess, Michael Hicks, and Charles Tevis face second degree murder charges aiding and abetting in a case linked to an Ot tawa motorcycle club. Witnesses described the tavern fight at The Saddleback Lounge and noted racial tensions during the altercation.
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Jay Bemis
Herald
Jari Wills
Phillip Fromme
Burlington
Franklin County
Wendell Barker
Wills
Kansas State University
Saddleback
N. Main
Barker
Donald L. Burgess
Sherrell
Ottawa
Michael B. Hicks
Wellsville
Charles E
Toad” Tevis
Scranton
Kansas
Aesthetes Motorcycle Club
Aesthetes M.C
Hicks
Club
Aesthetes
County Officers Drill With Wolf Creek Officials at Ottawa High
Wolf Creek and FEMA conducted a disaster drill at Ottawa High School with about 25 Franklin County sheriff and Red Cross staff. The exercise tested Franklin County’s capacity to host 1,600 Coffey County evacuees in a nuclear emergency. Verbal feedback praised the county, with formal written results to follow. Similar drills have occurred in Anderson and Allen counties, with Lyon to be tested again later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Bemis
Herald
Wolf Creek
Burlington
Franklin County
Coffey County
Red Cross
Ottawa High School
Franklin Countians
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Franklin
FEMA
Anderson
Allen
Lyon
Ken Craighead
Craighead
Cil
States On Collision Course For Atom Smasher
Eleven states filed early bids to host the 4.4 billion atom smasher with Osage County Kansas among the entrants. California’s bid stalled by a party-line fight over minority hiring, while New York Ohio North Carolina Colorado Illinois and Texas are among leading contenders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
Energy Department
Kansas
Terry Smith
Smith
Osage County
Pomona Reservoir
Topeka
Fermilab
Chicago
Illinois
New York
Ohio
North Carolina
Colorado
Ilinois
Texas
California
John Garamendi
Talkington floats 934 million highway plan in Kansas Senate
President Robert W Talkington proposed a 934 million road program to spur Senate action on a highway bill during a special session in Topeka. The plan seeks priority corridors and could fund via bonds repaid by a gas tax increase, while House and Senate work toward a conference agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Robert W. Talkington
Senate
House
Talkington
Mittee
Department of ‘Transportation
Dave Kerr
R-Hutchinson
GOP
Planners Boost Business In Southside And Downtown
Ottawa Planning Commission cleared final plat for a southside development and a downtown industry, plus final plan and plat for a grocery store and Captain D's restaurant near Wal-Mart. A quorum delay stretched the meeting to 50 minutes before approving conditions including a 15 foot easement. Marvin Allen Jr plans a 31,745 square foot Country Mart and 2,845 square foot Captain D's with construction hoped to start by late September. The commission also permitted Anson Corp to stay in the Professional Building on Fourth and Main with a special use, and approved other apparel and fabric related businesses as downtown special uses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Bauman
Ottawa Planning Commission
Wal-Mart
City Commission
Jim Shaw
Jack Davis
Ottawa
Shaw
E.V. Skidmore
Olathe
Marvin Allen Jr
Allen
Planning Commission
Anson Corporation
Fourth and Main
Board of Zoning Appeals
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Mark Gifford
McPherson
Gifford
Jack Hartman
Ottawa University
Donald Burgess
Burgess
Mr. Wills
Mr. Burgess
Tevis
Sherrell Burgess
Diane McCord
McCord
Jari
Steve Zuk
the House Transportation Com
Michael Johnston
D-Parsons
Johnston
Mike Hayden
Senate Transportation and Utilities Committee
Ben Vidricksen
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