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PAOLA – A project to replace a culvert on Evening Star Road is slated to begin this fall.
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OSAWATOMIE – There will not be a prohibition on fun as Osawatomie Public Library takes a step back in time to host a 1920s speakeasy-themed fundraiser Friday, Jan. 24, at The Loft on Sixth in Osawatomie.
Doug Carder
News Editor
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OSAWATOMIE — The city of Osawatomie’s search for a new city manager is ramping up.
Doug Carder
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PAOLA - Miami County school districts and Prairie View have canceled classes for Friday, Jan. 17, due to expected inclement weather and potentially hazardous road conditions.
Doug Carder
News Editor
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LOUISBURG - The Louisburg American Legion Post 250 plans to host a fish fry dinner Saturday, Jan. 18.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
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PAOLA – Miami County commissioners ushered in the new year with several appointments to boards, committees and the planning commission at their Wednesday, Jan. 8, meeting.
Doug Carder
News Editor
MANHATTAN — A public hearing will be conducted at 10 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, to consider the issuance of a permanent quarantine regarding emerald ash borer.
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PAOLA — It just got a lot more expensive for Paola to dispose of biosolids at its wastewater treatment plant.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
Obituaries
Donald Guy Davis, age 94, of Osawatomie, KS, died Sunday, January 12, 2020, at Garden Terrace of Overland Park.
Donald E. Bain, age 73, of Louisburg, Kansas passed peacefully on January 14, 2020.
Michael Lee Caswell, age 60, of Louisburg, Kansas, passed away peacefully at home on January 10, 2020. He was born November 1, 1959, in Paola, KS, to Roy and Norma Caswell.
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Slaveholders in both the North and South, as well as racists in both the North and South, were sometimes outnumbered in population by African Americans in their communities in antebellum and after the Civil War, yet they were able to effectively suppress the civil rights and marginalize Afri…
Touch down in Europe and one of the first things that strikes the mind is the age-old architecture. Buildings here exist on a different timescale.
One of my Christmas gifts was a novel based on growing up in my hometown of Coffeyville — “flyover country,” according to the subtitle.
Sports
Swimmers from Osawatomie, Paola and Louisburg competed against four other schools in the meet Thursday, Jan. 9.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
OSAWATOMIE — The Osawatomie Lady Trojans looked like they were going to cruise to a victory against the Chargers of Santa Fe Trail in their home opener.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
Louisburg pulled off the 64-52 victory with the late surge against Turner on Tuesday, Jan. 7.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
SPRING HILL — The Lady Broncos used a stingy defense to run away with a home game against Metro Academy.
OVERLAND PARK – The Paola Panther wrestling team had a wild one on the road against Blue Valley Southwest.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Louisburg Lady Cats held Turner to less than five points in each of four quarters of basketball on the road.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
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SPRING HILL — Kelsey Carbajo was named the Kansas Cross Country and Track Coaches Association coach of the year.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
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PAOLA — Preston Martin, a state champion wrestler and state pole vault medalist, signed a national letter of intent to compete for the Cornell College Rams in Iowa
Gene Morris
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People
100 Years Ago (1920)
123 Years Ago (1897)
Members of the Happy-Go-Getters 4-H Club gathered for their monthly meeting and Christmas party Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the Richland Township Hall.
100 Years Ago (1920)
Diana Walker won the P.E.O. Bubble Ball grand prize at the Christmas meeting of Chapter DO, P.E.O.
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