Wellsville Native Returns After Katrina Flood Loss
Wellsville native Treesa Gold and her husband Matt returned to Wellsville after fleeing New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. They evacuated Sunday morning, moved belongings to higher places, and traveled via Memphis to Kansas. Gold, a Wellsville High School graduate and daughter of teacher John Dowling, reported much of their rental house remains flooded and uncertain. Prior medical tests preceded the disaster.
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Treesa Gold
New Orleans
Gold
Memphis
Tenn
Kansas
John Dowling
Dowling
Labor Day origins and Kansas job market view
The piece explores Labor Day origins noting no single founder and quotes Samuel Gompers while Kansas officials describe the holiday as honoring workers. It reports Kansas July unemployment at 5.4 percent and total employment at 1,327,100, with job growth across sectors as a sign of economic recovery.
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Jodie Garcia
Herald
United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
United States Department of Labor
Sue Henke
Kansas Department of Labor
Kansas
Henke
Oil prices surge as gas stations report shortages in Ottawa
Residents in Ottawa and across the country face rising gasoline costs exceeding 3.15 per gallon in Ottawa with fears of shortages. Some outlets in Stockbridge and Kansas City report prices over 5.85 and stations running dry. Drivers blame profit motives and demand conservation amid President Bush warnings against price gouging.
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Ottawa
Wellsville
Mike Laws
Stockbridge
Tomers
CNN
Bush
Mary Slay
Pomona
Kansas City
CBS
Lawrence
John
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Franklin Country Historical Society
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