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News
PAOLA — An option for faster and more reliable internet will soon be available to residents and businesses in northern Paola after it was announced Friday, May 20, that KwiKom Communications and the city were able to obtain a state grant.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
PAOLA — Law enforcement officers in the county gathered with members of the public to honor and remember the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice while on duty, during a memorial service Friday, May 20.
Doug Carder
News Editor
PAOLA — KP Piraino said his fondest memories of Lakemary Center come from staff members who were always helpful and supportive, even in difficult situations.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
OSAWATOMIE — Graduates of Osawatomie High School of all ages will be returning to their old stomping grounds this weekend for the annual alumni celebration.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
Local residents will have multiple opportunities to attend Memorial Day services this year in Miami County.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
LOUISBURG — Community members recently joined together in prayerful solidarity during a National Day of Prayer service in Louisburg.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
PAOLA – All local city and county races have at least one candidate as the election filing deadline is one week away.
Doug Carder
News Editor
Obituaries
Spencer Ernst Sr, 71, of Cleveland, Missouri, died May 23, 2022, at Advent Health Shawnee Mission.
Regina Louise Hamilton (Felix) of Pleasanton, Kansas, died on May 23, 2022.
Rita Jean Wheeler-Trumbly was a caring wife, mother, gammy, sister, aunt, and friend. She left this world on May 19, 2022, at the age of 69.
Voices
Cultural ideals and realities change in every cultural group, and those that were considered to be positive by our ancestors sometimes have been recast as negative by modern Americans.
The joy! The happiness! The blissfulness and jubilation of the weather we have had!
We are entering the season for home canning!
Sports
HUMBOLDT — The Prairie View Lady Buffalo softball team scored 38 runs in a three-game run to the Class 3A regional title, punching their ticket for a back-to-back trip to state.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — Kailyn Younger has been a pioneer of women’s sports at Paola High School.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
ATCHISON, Kan. — The season came to an end for the Louisburg Wildcat baseball team in the Class 4A regional championship game against the Paola Panthers.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
WINFIELD, Kan. — Panther Carden Escobar placed sixth in the Class 4A state tennis tournament.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
OSAWATOMIE – The Trojans ended the baseball season in the opening round of the Class 3A regional playoffs.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
LOUISBURG — The state playoffs came early for the Lady Cat soccer team.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
CHANUTE — The Paola Lady Panthers won the Class 4A regional track title at Chanute.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
ATCHISON, Kan. — Dalton Picek and Caden Marcum hit solo home runs to lead the Paola Panthers to a 3-1 victory against Louisburg in the Class 4A regional championship game.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
People
The Miami County Historical Museum held its monthly board meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, at the museum.
Members of the Happy-Go-Getters 4-H Club gathered for their monthly meeting Tuesday, April 12, at Richland Township Hall.
Members of Chapter JB, P.E.O. met at Little Town on April 12.
Jaden Argeropoulos, Gus Cook, Elsie Fleming, Dylan George, Tori Kresch and Nathan Troutman, who are all forensics students at Paola High School, were on hand to perform following Chapter DQ’s 90th birthday luncheon at the Paola Country Club on April 12.
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