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PAOLA – The Miami County Sheriff's Office dispatch center is poised for an equipment upgrade.
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PAOLA – A canvass of Miami County’s Nov. 5 general election results did not change the outcome of any school board or city races. The outcome of the sales tax questions and the constitutional amendment also remained unchanged.
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PAOLA - Students involved in Sunflower Elementary’s new Kids Connect Club are already making an impact on their community that stretches far beyond the walls of their Paola school.
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LOUISBURG – An award-winning feature film shot in and around Louisburg in 2018 will be shown at the Glenwood Arts Theater in Overland Park for a one-week engagement starting Friday, Nov. 15.
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OSAWATOMIE - An Osawatomie Community Thanksgiving Dinner is scheduled to take place at 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, at City Auditorium.
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OSAWATOMIE — Union Pacific’s historic Big Boy steam locomotive No. 4014 is touring the Union Pacific system throughout 2019 to commemorate the transcontinental railroad’s 150th anniversary, and Osawatomie will be one of the stops.
Local youths interested in cashing in on their talent still have time to sign up for the Paola Optimist Club’s annual “We’ve Got Talent” competition.
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PAOLA — Miami County Commissioner Rob Roberts called the five-year renewal of the county’s quarter-cent sales tax a great success.
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Obituaries
1937 - 2019
Rudy Charles Hansberger age 70, Louisburg, KS, passed away November 6, 2019.
Everett William Smith, age 84, of El Dorado Springs, MO, went to his heavenly reward, at his home on Tuesday, November 5, 2019, surrounded by his wife, Linda, and his five children.
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Following the Battle of Osawatomie on Aug. 30, 1856, the pro-slavery forces under the command of John Reid looted and burned the town, leaving three buildings standing.
Railfans, get ready! It’s only four more days until the giant arrives.
If there's one thing that elite opinion tends to agree about on the left and the right, it's that nationalism is a very bad thing. If anything, this view has become even more entrenched as nationalism has demonstrated its potency in recent years, from the election of Donald Trump to Britain'…
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LOUISBURG – Running will always part of life for Louisburg senior Trinity Moore.
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SPRING HILL – When the Spring Hill volleyball team needed a big point, there were plenty of players who rose to the occasion.
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OTTAWA – Student-athletes from Miami County celebrated at Wilson Field House as the Ottawa University Braves basketball team upset No. 7 ranked Oklahoma Wesleyan University.
Gene Morris
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CHANUTE — Without quarterback Madden Rutherford, the Wildcat football team adjusted its playbook and in a Class 4A regional playoff game against the Chanute Comets on Friday, Nov. 8.
Gene Morris
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SPRING HILL — The Lady Broncos turned in three of the six fastest times on the Tri-County Spotlight Girls Cross Country Team.
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SPRING HILL — The Spring Hill boys cross country team was dominant this season.
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SPRING HILL – There is not much that can stop Spring Hill junior Tommy O’Leary.
Gene Morris
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LA CYGNE — The Prairie View Buffalos put up a 35-0 shutout against Columbus to capture the Class 3A regional title.
Gene Morris
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125 Years Ago (1894)
The regular meeting of the Marais des Cygnes Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was held Oct. 5 at Timber Creek restaurant in Louisburg.
100 Years Ago (1919)
Nadine Bailey hosted the Oct. l4 meeting of Osawatomie Chapter DO, P.E.O., at Swenson Elementary School.
Heartland Art Guild members gathered at the Paola Senior Center on Oct. 19 for their monthly meeting.
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