Democratic women meet in Ottawa and more community notices
Franklin County Democratic women gather at 10 a.m. Saturday at Sirloin Stockade Ottawa. TOPS groups meet 11 a.m. Thursdays and 7 p.m. Mondays at the Don Woodward Center Ottawa. Installation for pastors at First Baptist Church Ottawa 7 p.m. Sunday for Steven Van Ostran and Dwight McCluney III. Former pastor Jim McCrossen preaches Sunday. Elks golf tournament Oct 2 Ottawa Country Club. Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce open house Sept and welcome new physicians at 1418 S. Main. Finch family reunion Feb 28 at Rantoul Community Building. Poetry contest opens with $20,000 in prizes. Richter United Methodist Church centennial events. Red Cross blood drive Oct 2 Faith Lutheran Ottawa. KU Day of Dance Oct 3 Lawrence. Arts Midwest grants announced for Ottawa Municipal Auditorium. Sink Cousins Reunion Sunday at 2291 Pawnee Rd. Benefit dinner for John Coffman at Fraternal Order of Eagles Ottawa. Miami County Medical Center and Osawatomie Chamber wellness classes begin Sept 28 Osawatomie Senior Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steven van Ostran
Dwight “Bud” McCluney III
First Baptist Church
Fourth and
Hickory
Paul Winkler
North Baptist Church
Dimitri Clark
Bethany Baptist
First Baptist
Roger Fredrickson
Ottawa University
Bethany Baptist Choir
First Baptist Choir
Carl Bobbish
Edith Rader
Jim McCrossen
American Red Cross
Ottawa
Faith Lutheran Church
Franklin County Red Cross
Ottawa woman among newest Kansas lawyers admitted
Officials from state and federal courts, along with the Kansas Bar Association, planned to swear in 252 new Kansas attorneys at a Topeka Performing Arts Center session presided by U.S. District Judge Richard Rogers and Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Kay McFarland. About 178 are from Kansas. the Ottawa entrant is Janice L. Branson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Bar Association
Kansas
Kansas Supreme Court
U.S. District Court For
Topeka Performing Arts Center
U.S
Richard Rogers
Kay McFarland
Girl 17 testifies on Ottawa burglary spree
A 17 year old girl testified at a preliminary hearing about a spree that saw her and three others burglarize dozens of vehicles in Ottawa during August. She cried at points but offered details on co defendants Jeremie King Corey Tucker and Jeremy McGee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessica M. Farrar
Corey Alan Tucker
Jeremy Lawrence McGee
Farrar
Jeremie King
Jeremie Dale King
Ottawa
Rick Geist
Ottawa Police Department
McGee
Tucker
King
Sand Creek Road
Geist
Franklin County Attorney’s Office
Tucker and
Edwin Smith
Gerald Powers
Smith
Randy del Kalm Jr
Wellsville
Kalm
Vern Ritchal
Robert F. Collins
Williamsburg
Ernest Bledsoe
Highway 68
Ritchal
Collins
Hit and run suspects elude manhunt in Ottawa incident
Two male suspects fled on foot after a hit and run in Ottawa injuring a 61 year old Princeton woman. The vehicle, a 1997 Dodge Neon, struck Wilma J. Ball at 23rd and Main, she was treated and released. Police recovered a 1987 Chevy Celebrity and searched Marshall Road soybean fields with a helicopter blocked by low clouds. One suspect lost his shoes. a 12 size Adidas pair was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rea Law Enforcement
Marshall Road
Princeton
Wilma J. Ball
Main
Ball
Franklin County
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Ottawa
Jeff Herrman
Kansas Highway Patrol
Herrman
South Main
Willie D. Elder
N. Poplar
Troy M. Altic
Lyndon
Altic
Wellsville Days Offers Extended Entertainment Lineup
The Wellsville Days festival expands Saturday events with a longer music run and a lineup including a cake walk, the Kansas Highway Patrol helicopter, food vendors, a free concert and dance with The Country Riders The Grand Opry and Triple Threat. Sunday features Show and Shine car show without entry fees and various kid games. Franklin County Convention and Tourism Bureau helped sponsor the celebration with advertising and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Highway Patrol
Country Riders
Grand ‘O’ Opry
Triple Threat
Skiles
Franklin County Conventiory and Tourism Bureau
Ottawa Daily Report Hospital Notes and Public Safety Roundup
Admissions include James R. Montgomery III of Ottawa. Dismissals list Ruby Coday Ina Jean Thompson Dorothy Crooks and Wade Gragg. Arrests include Renee S. Granger of Wellsville on a Franklin County warrant. Police report multiple juvenile arrests, thefts, and noninjury accidents with items stolen ranging from electronics to vehicles. Medical emergencies and chest pains reported across several locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Montgomery III
Ottawa
Ruby Coday
Pomona
Ina Jean Thompson
Kincaid
Dorothy Crooks
Wade Gragg
Williamsburg
Sheriff’s News
Renee S. Granger
Wellsville
Gardner
Franklin County
Edgerton
Randy del Kalm Jr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bulletin Board
Sirloin Stockade
Don Woodward
Elks Plan
Elks Club
Ottawa Country Club
Elks
Creason-Tawney
Chamber
Finch
Calvin and
Willard Finch
Rantoul Community
New York
Poetry Guild
UPA
Broadway
Poetryguild.com
Richter Church
Richter United Methodist Church
Idaho Road
Lawrence
University of Kansas Division of Dance
Robinson Center
Sunnyside Avenue
OMA
Heartland Arts Fund
Arts Midwest
Minneapolis
Minn
Mid Amercia Arts Alliance
Kansas City
Ottawa Municipal Auditorium
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Little Rock
Ark
Paul Mesner
St. Louis
Gene
Lola Broers
Pawnee Road
John Coffman
Order of Eagles Hall
Cora
Larry Hensick
Paola
Miami County Medical Center
Osawatomie Chamber of Commerce
Osawatomie Senior Center
Janice L. Branson
By Blake Spurney
Herald Statt
Jacqueline Reid-Peterson
E. 9Th
Apt. A
Blake'spurney
Herald
Wellsville Days
the Daily Report
Franklin County Education
Tunity Center
Seventh Street Terrace
Ian J. Thielman
Osborne Terrace
N. Locust
Randy Gene West
S. Ash
Angie Marie Stottlemire
Rantoul
S. Cherry
Herb Mahoney
S. Main No. 2
Bryan Marshall Mundy
Pine
Jimmie Dean
S. Main
South Locust
7Th Terrace
Kristine L. Houlihan
E. 7Th
Ottawa Retirement Village
Chris S. Grey
Mary Alice Maxwell
S. Hickory
Stephanie L. Jackson
S. Walnut
Maxwell
Fourth
Walnut
Loren E. Triplett
Ronald W. Strickland
Tennessee Road
South
Poplar
COF
N. Davis Ave
East Fourth
North Cedar
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