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LOUISBURG – Halloween on Broadway is scheduled to take place Oct. 24 in downtown Louisburg.
Doug Carder
News Editor
PAOLA - A man fled the scene of a hit-and-run accident near Paola on Sunday, Sept. 20, prompting a widespread search, but he was later apprehended near Louisburg.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
PAOLA – Carl Clinton was heartbroken when he first heard that someone had broken into his Paola business, Papa C’s BBQ Bar & Grill, and caused extensive damage in the early morning hours of Friday, Sept. 18.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
OSAWATOMIE - Freedom Festival, originally slated for this weekend at John Brown Memorial Park in Osawatomie, has been canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival was to start Saturday, Sept. 19.
Doug Carder
News Editor
OSAWATOMIE – Mayor Mark Govea said one issue he continues to hear about when talking with community members is a strong desire to clean up Osawatomie.
Doug Carder
News Editor
PAOLA — For the past eight years the Paola Community Garden has sat on city-owned land in the Paola Industrial Park, but garden volunteers have always known they may need to move the amenity if a developer was ever interested in the property.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
When Heather and Michael Wood moved from Olathe to Osawatomie five years ago, they were looking for a wholesome, small-town community in which to raise their children.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
LOUISBURG — City Council members wasted few words in describing their disapproval for a proposed $449,069 change order to move the location of north pump station for the new wastewater treatment plant being built south of town.
Doug Carder
News Editor
Obituaries
Steve Polkey, 71, of Paola, completed his long courageous battle at home on September 18th, 2020.
Bonnie Jean Millard-Studdard, age 84, of Louisburg, KS, died September 19, 2020.
Patsy Ann Coffey was born August 26, 1947, and passed away September 7, 2020, at 73 years of age.
Voices
The newly released film, “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” is delightful and funny. And, I almost didn’t go.
Dear Editor,
Call it déjà vu, a flashback, or even a jogged memory — whatever you will — but I remembered why all these Covid precautions seem so familiar.
Sports
LOUISBURG — Brandon Doles had a 42-yard reception to set up the first score of the game for the Louisburg Wildcats.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
CANTON – It is official. Janel Carbajo of Spring Hill, known across the Kansas City Chiefs Kingdom as the "Puppet Lady,” was enshrined in the Ford Hall of Fans at the Professional Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — Strong Wright, a Paola teenager, gave the Panther football team some added inspiration Friday night in a 35-28 victory against the Tonganoxie Chieftains in a battle of two state-ranked teams.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
SPRING HILL — The state and nationally ranked Spring Hill Lady Broncos volleyball team defended their court against the rival Louisburg Lady Cats, taking a step towards winning a second straight Frontier League title in the process.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — It is time to take a swing at cancer.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
LA CYGNE – Fourteen student-athletes are out for the Prairie View cross country team.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
SPRING HILL — Down 41-12 heading into the fourth quarter, the Spring Hill Broncos nearly pulled off the upset against the No. 2 state-ranked Paola Panthers.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
OSAWATOMIE — The Osawatomie Lady Trojan volleyball team and Baldwin put the word “volley” into volleyball during a varsity match.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
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