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PAOLA - Paola Middle School students are being challenged to join a winning team to help keep them focused and goal-oriented all the way through graduation day.
Brian McCauley
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LOUISBURG – The Louisburg FFA chapter has been selected to compete for national honors in two career development events when the 92nd National FFA Convention & Expo takes place Oct. 30 through Nov. 2 in Indianapolis.
Doug Carder
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PAOLA - After spending the past five years as an active shooter training instructor, Lt. Chad Corbin of the Paola Police Department has learned the importance of first responders from different agencies being able to communicate and work together efficiently during a mass-casualty event.
Brian McCauley
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More than 200 runners, along with several local sponsors, helped the third annual No One Fights Alone 5K once again raise funds for the Miami County Cancer Foundation.
Brian McCauley
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Several Miami County farms and agritourism businesses will be greeting visitors from all over this weekend during the annual Fall Farm Tour.
Brian McCauley
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OSAWATOMIE – No one was injured when a home was destroyed by fire Thursday, Oct. 17, south of Osawatomie.
Doug Carder
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OSAWATOMIE — Osawatomie High School will celebrate homecoming Friday, Oct. 18, when the Trojans take on Burlington at Lynn Dickey Field. Kickoff is at 7 p.m., and the homecoming coronation will take place at halftime.
Doug Carder
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OSAWATOMIE – The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) issued an advisory Thursday, Oct. 17, for the Marais des Cygnes River at Osawatomie – north of the Mill Street Bridge and east of U.S. Highway 169 and Main Street – caused by a break in the community’s main sewer line.
Doug Carder
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Obituaries
Angela (Hornbacher) Ball, 40, passed away October 4, 2019. She leaves behind her partner, Shawn, sons, Lane and Porter, daughter Emily, and step-daughter Ciara; her brother Luke (Sara) Hornbacher, nieces Brooklyn and Finley, nephew Nolan; parents Dean and Alisa Hornbacher; numerous aunts, un…
Otis Clyde Lile age 82 of Parker, KS died Sunday October 13, 2019 in Olathe Hospice House Olathe, KS. Graveside Service: 11 am Friday October 18, 2019 at Osawatomie Cemetery. Memorial(s): 1st Baptist Church of Osawatomie or Alzheimer's Association send c/o Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home P.O. Box…
Margaret Markle age 97, of Louisburg, Kansas passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Louisburg Health Care and Rehab. Funeral Services are pending at this time. Arr: Dengel & Son Mortuary Louisburg Chapel 913-837-4310. www.dengelmortuary.com
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“Gemini Man,” now showing in theaters, is promoted as being groundbreaking. And, Oh My, it surely is. Not in plot, but in technology. Digital technology.
Our bathroom scales know that it’s church dinner and bazaar season. I’m getting to as many as I can. It’s not just the promise of good food and company that attracts me. It’s continuing a tradition.
Little did Dr. James Naismith know when he invented the game of basketball in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1891 that, more than a century hence, it would become beholden to its Chinese overlords.
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OSAWATOMIE – The Osawatomie Trojans would not go quietly into the good night, coming back from a 12-0 deficit to tie the Burlington Wildcats on the opening drive of the second half.
Gene Morris
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PAOLA – The Spring Hill Lady Broncos continued their dominance in Frontier League play, defeating the rival Paola Lady Panthers in three sets.
Gene Morris
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TONGANOXIE – The Spring Hill boys team was runner-up in the Frontier League cross country championships.
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LOUISBURG – For the second time this season 80 minutes was not enough to determine a winner in the Louisburg Wildcat soccer rivalry with the Paola Panthers.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
LOUISBURG — The Louisburg Lady Cats and Eudora Lady Cardinals exchanged volleys in an epic match with all of the feel, excitement and deep breaths and applause of a state championship showdown.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
LOUISBURG — Colin Cook, Logan Faulkner and Ethan Ptacek scored goals as the Louisburg Wildcat soccer team defended its home field against Eudora.
Gene Morris
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LOUISBURG — The Louisburg Lady Cats and Spring Hill Broncos captured team titles in the Louisburg Invitational.
Gene Morris
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PAOLA — Lou Mayer, 92, and Ralph Mayer, 90, helped bring in a throng of 95 thundering motorcycles during the annual Fill Your Tank Let’s Ride memorial benefit ride.
Gene Morris
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100 Years Ago (1919)
PAOLA — Members of the Paola American Legion Auxiliary of Miami Unit No. 156 are making their annual plea for donations for veterans early this year.
PAOLA — On the third Wednesday of each month, the Master Food Volunteers from K-State Research and Extension’s Marais des Cygnes District plan an informative nutrition program called Knowledge at Noon.
125 Years Ago (1894)
The annual Arnett family reunion was held on Sept. 15 in Lane. It was hosted by the Leigh Arnett family.
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