Ottawa News

Kent Lash, acting animal control officer for the Ottawa Police Department, recounts the Friday rescue of Rocky, a 10-month-old sheltie, shortly after the incident.

Terri Sutton doesn't want it to happen to anyone else. That's why Sutton, who runs the cafe inside Market Antiques, 503 N. Main St., phoned area businesses, warning them about a purse snatcher.

Spherion, a job placement service company, is filling 80 Warehouse positions in Ottawa, KS.

Three more Ottawa businesses have reported damage to windows. Ottawa police believe vandals, possibly driving a vehicle and armed with a sling shot, have been targeting windows of businesses along Main Street since Friday night, according to reports from the police department.

For Bob Fahnestock, Ottawa was almost like coming back home. For his wife, Keteri Fleet, ita s been a completely new experience.

Some Ottawa utility customers may qualify for assistance with their electric bills.

There weren't a lot of tricks on Halloween, but vandalism plagued a handful of businesses and a couple of automotive dealerships were burglarized over the weekend.

Ottawa police and school officials are asking people to be alert and report any suspicious activity around local schools, after a student reported a stranger invited her into a van.

An Ottawa business owner said shea ll be making some changes after she reportedly was robbed at knife-point and threatened early Friday morning.

Just because the Ottawa Police Department doesna t get a lot of complaints on Halloween doesna t mean there arena t a lot of risks.

A woman police say broke a window of her familya s business has been released from jail.

The Ottawa School Board wants to determine whether there is fault. Fault by the contractor, the architect, the construction manager.

Ottawa School District officials hope to bring an assessment of whether two school buildings have faulty roofs to a public meeting in about two weeks, Superintendent Dean Katt said.

Children walking home from Lincoln Elementary School could have a safer route after complaints from people in the neighborhood.

October 23, 2009 Burglary / Theft / Damage to Property 800 Block East 7th, 0836 hours, a man reported that his vehicle had been broken into and items taken overnight.

Ottawa High School senior Anna Neis, right, and junior Amy Barnes paint a ramp Friday at Ottawaa s Skate Park near the corner of Third and Poplar streets in Ottawa.

Damage was over $1000 report taken. Accident occurred in the 300 block of Galveston in Princeton.

Ottawa students and others will spend Friday making a difference. Volunteers, including students at Ottawa High School, will participate in Make a Difference Day.

A nasal mist vaccine against the H1N1 virus a ' commonly called the swine flu a ' will be available at a clinic for young children Thursday.

Donald W. Smith, 77, Ottawa, died Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009, at Richmond Care Center, Richmond.