Ottawa marks 150th with parade and dedication of Buffalo Woman Statue
Ottawa celebrated its 150th with a car and tractor show ice cream social and a community picnic drawing over 700 attendees. The Buffalo Woman Statue at the Franklin County Courthouse received a rededication, a project finished after 25 years with help from Jeanny Sharp and local volunteers. Deb Barker of the Franklin County Historical Society praised the event as a meaningful capstone on the community’s progress.
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Deb Barker
Franklin County Historical Society
Jeanny
Sharp
Herald
Barker
Jeanny Sharp
Jodie Garcia
Herald Reader
Crisis training gap in Kansas police sparks reform talk
In Kansas only 25 percent of police and sheriff staff are trained for mental health crisis calls, concentrated in four counties. The Ottawa shooting of 18 year old Joseph Jennings highlights the need for crisis intervention teams CIT with state funding and local cooperation. Local agencies face costs and staffing limits while Kansas lawmakers back CIT as best practice.
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Topeka
Kansas
Johnson
Sedgwick
Shawnee
Wyandotte
Rick Cagan
National Alliance On Mental Illness
Nami Kansas
Ottawa
Franklin County Sheriff's Deputies
Joseph Jennings
Orscheln Farm and Home Store
Princeton St
Cagan
Franklin County
KHS
Jennings
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Mark Malick
KBI
Ottawa Police Department
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Jim Kramer
Kansas Sheriffs’ Association
Kramer
Cimarron
Gray County
Area Mental Health Center
Area Mental Health (Center
Gar
den City
Smith
NAMI
Ford
Leavenworth
Lyon
Reno
Douglas County
Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center
Hutchinson
Mark Camillo
Tion
CIT
Kansas to spend an extra 9.5 million on mental health services
Gov. Sam Brownback announced a 9.5 million expansion for mental health services in the new fiscal year, including 500,000 for a yet undefined grant program to divert the mentally ill from jails and prisons. The plan is guided by the Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Advisory Council with input from state and local officials.
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Sam Brownback
Zileen Hawley
Brownback
KHI
Law Enforcement Behavioral Health Advisory Council
Kansas
Derek Schmidt
Kansas Department of Corrections
Ray Roberts
Sedgwick County
Jeff Easter
Bill Cochran
Topeka
Cochran
Sam Cochran
Ottawa
Crys Jennings
Brandy Smith
Kansas Health Institute
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Ransom Memorial Hospital
Joe
Orscheln
Bill
Memphis
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