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FRANKLIN COUNTY – Kansas Rep. Mark Samsel has been placed on probation for one year after reaching a plea deal in a case stemming from an incident that took place Wednesday, April 28, while he was working as a substitute teacher for Wellsville USD 289.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
Miami County has 160 new Covid-19 cases – down 57 cases since Sept. 8. The county currently has 200 to 210 active cases, down from 225 active cases last Friday, Sept. 10.
Doug Carder
News Editor
PAOLA — Some walked for their mother, some for a child, others a friend.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — Senior citizens got to find out more about services available to them while enjoying music and ice cream during Party in the Park.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — Paola city leaders have had no problem coming up with a list of projects that could be funded by the half-cent sales tax voters approved in 2019, but paring that list down is proving more difficult.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
When Chuck Smith decided earlier this year to take a motorcycle ride through the mountains of Colorado toward the Grand Canyon and across the rustic terrain of the western states, it was simply to clear his head and realize one of his dreams.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
LOUISBURG — Louisburg USD 416 returned to making masks optional after the school board allowed a mask mandate to expire Monday, Sept. 13.
Doug Carder
News Editor
PAOLA — Paola USD 368 school board members decided Monday, Sept. 13, to stay in Phase 1 of the district’s Safe Return to School Plan, which means masks will remain optional for now.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
Obituaries
Roy Carl Stanton, 93, Spring Hill, Kansas, passed away Monday, September 13, 2021, at Olathe Medical Center, Olathe, Kansas.
Foster L. Wright, 82, of Bucyrus, passed away 09/12/2021.
Karen Denise (Raley) Loar, 66, of Paola, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, September 11, 2021, after an extended illness.
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September is Whole Grains Month, and the Dietary Guidelines recommend that Americans make half their grain intake whole grains. For everyone age 9 and up, this means eating 3-5 servings or more of whole grains every day.
Can’t take them with me. Nobody wants them. What do I do now? I know I’m not the only one in this dilemma. I need to downsize, but what do I do with my “stuff?”
Do you realize that 50 percent of the teams playing games last week lost? Are all those players considered losers? Adversity is an opportunity to strengthen character.
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LOUISBURG — The Louisburg football team won a thriller in overtime against Tonganoxie to celebrate its home opener.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
LOUISBURG — The Barracuda Swim Team had its string of league championships snapped at 10, finishing runner-up in the meet this summer.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — Quarterback Fletcher Pankey threw for four touchdown passes as the Spring Hill Broncos spoiled the Paola Panthers’ home opener.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — Panther keeper Blake Ramsey showed off why he is the Frontier League leader in saves, making one incredible save after another in an absolute onslaught against Tonganoxie.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
OSAWATOMIE — Team captains Jake Whitaker, Matthew Fanning, Nolen Noel and Seth Carrow ran onto Lynn Dickey Field with their Osawatomie Trojan teammates carrying American flags on Friday, Sept. 10, the eve of the anniversary of 9-11.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
Do you realize that 50 percent of the teams playing games last week lost? Are all those players considered losers? Adversity is an opportunity to strengthen character.
SPRING HILL — Quarterback Fletcher Pankey threw four touchdown passes as the Spring Hill Broncos opened the season with a 31-0 shutout against the Louisburg Wildcats at home Friday, Sept. 3.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — The Louisburg Wildcat soccer team shutout the Paola Panthers, scoring nine goals from eight different players.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
People
When cancer strikes home, either to oneself or a family member, it leaves a lasting impact. So much so, that over a decade ago, a handful of impacted individuals formed the all-volunteer Miami County Cancer Foundation.
The Miami County Historical Museum Board of Directors met Tuesday, Aug. 10, at the museum in Paola.
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