Pacific storm to bring showers across intermountain regions
Weather bulletin notes a slow eastward move from the Northwest toward the northern Rockies on Wednesday. Expect showers and thunderstorms across the intermountain West, the Rockies, and the northern Great Plains as conditions evolve. Kansas hotline 1-800-565-7623 provided by the Kansas Highway Patrol.
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Ottawa VFW Senior Dance At Post 5901 This Weekend
The Ottawa Herald notes a non commercial bulletin: VFW Post 5901 hosts a senior dance Sunday from 6 to 9 PM at 3499 N U S 59. Border Line will perform country music and snacks should be brought.
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ACT Ottawa awards voting underway for annual awards
Preliminary ballots for ACT Ottawa's annual awards are now available online and voters must submit by midnight September 12. After preliminary totals a final ballot will be posted and winners will be announced with awards given September 22. Call (785) 242-3535 to request a mailed ballot.
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Actottawa.org
Pooch Plunge draws dogs and cheers at local event
At the Plunge event in Williamsburg, owners describe dogs enjoying water fun. One dachshund wore an orange life jacket to ease fear, while Ruby the rottweiler mix recovered from knee issues after vet visits and surgeries, delighting owner Jane Ramshaw.
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Vicki Whitacre
Whitacre
Ben Martin Peck Animal Shelter
Williamsburg
Jane Ramshaw
Ramshaw
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Power of the Past Tractor Show Returns to Forest Park Ottawa
The 13th Annual Power of the Past Antique Engine and Tractor Show plus the National Oliver Hart Parr Collectors Secondary Show will run Friday through Sunday at Forest Park. Parade of Power starts at 1 p.m. daily, with ham and bean supper at 4 p.m. Friday. Admission is 3 dollars, under 12s free, with 80 vendors and visitors from across the U.S. Additional events listed on powerofthepast.net.
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Ottawa
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Franklin County
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Brain injuries linked to alleged Melvern birth case motive
A neuropsychologist testified in federal court that prior head injuries may have driven Lisa Montgomery’s actions in the December 2004 murder and cesarean birth attempt. Prosecutors challenged the defense’s use of brain scans while experts debated diagnosis limits and the insanity defense.
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Melvern
Ruben Gur
University of Pennsylvania
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U.S
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Helen Mayberg
Emory University
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Attorneys argue over striking down death penalty law
In Topeka, lawyers debated whether a single word in Kansas constitution allows the state Supreme Court to strike down the death penalty again. Gavin Scott, sentenced to die for the 1996 Goddard farm killings, is appealing as the court weighs state versus federal Eighth Amendment wording.
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Suspect in Kelsey Smith slaying faces new charges
Edwin R. Hall of Olathe, already charged with capital murder in Kelsey Smith’s abduction from a Target parking lot, appeared set for a Wednesday hearing on aggravated indecent liberties counts for a 2004 sexual incident with a 14 year old. Hall has pleaded not guilty.
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Olathe
Edwin R. Hall
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Johnson County
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Hall
Overland Park
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Kansas City
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