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PAOLA — Local families needing a little help this holiday season have until Friday, Dec. 3, to submit an application for the Miami County Cops for Tots Angel Tree program.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
PAOLA — Eric Jenkins has been named Paola’s new chief of police.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
OSAWATOMIE — Eleven benches made from 100 percent recycled materials have been installed at various locations around Osawatomie as part of the Community Bench Project.
Doug Carder
News Editor
PAOLA — Paola firefighters learned strategies for combating fast-moving wildfires during a recent training session led by a member of the Kansas Forest Service.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
Two people were killed Thanksgiving night when the vehicle they were in was hit by a Union Pacific train at a rural crossing south of 255th Street and east of U.S. Highway 169.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
Miami County has seen an uptick in COVID-19 cases in the past week.
Doug Carder
News Editor
OSAWATOMIE — Keith Myers and his fiancée Hailey Upshaw have just kicked off their professional partnership with the creation of H+K Designs, but they are already looking to give back to the community they love.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
PAOLA — Luanne Debrick was only 6 years old in 1940, but she’ll never forget looking up onto the front porch of the Jackson Hotel in Paola and seeing movie stars Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
Obituaries
Teri Jo (Hunt) Davis passed away November 20, 2021, at the age of 64, at her home in Manhattan, KS, surrounded by family and friends.
1936-2021
Sarah Lynne Schmollinger, 34, of Louisburg, passed away, Wednesday, November 24, 2021.
Voices
Cooking a turkey can be overwhelming whether you are cooking your first turkey or you are an experienced cook.
I have long admired Sarah Josepha Hale for enriching women’s lives back in the 1800s.
The Rev. Samuel Adair led Osawatomie’s first community Thanksgiving observation in the Old Stone Church on Nov. 28, 1861, During the Civil War, following President Abraham Lincoln’s establishment of Thanksgiving in September 1861.
Sports
TOPEKA — Dust off another spot in the Paola High School trophy case.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
LOUISBURG — Jaden Vohs, Jerynce Brings Plenty and Noah Cotter led the Louisburg Wildcat cross country team to second place in the Class 4A regional, qualifying the team for state for the second year in a row.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
LOUISBURG — Few runners have had the impact on a team Jaden Vohs did this season for the Louisburg Wildcat cross country team.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
A youth football team in Texas has been barred from the playoffs after the organizational leaders decided the team was too good for league play.
PAOLA — Panther senior Caden Marcum has one less thing to worry about this spring.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
SALINA — Devlin Davis is living the dream, playing defensive back for the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
CHANUTE — Defensive specialist Riley Kallevig finished her second season with the Neosho County Community College Panthers in the district tournament.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
STILLWATER, Okla. — Taelor Karr is back in familiar territory, pacing the court at basketball practice.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
People
The East Central Kansas Association of Retired School Personnel met Nov. 16 with 19 members present.
Nadine Bailey hosted and presided over the Nov. 8 virtual meeting of Chapter DO, P.E.O.
100 Years Ago (1921)
Michelle Kaiser, co-owner of Home Town, gave a hands-on demonstration on fall décor for the program at the Chapter DQ, P.E.O. meeting Oct. 26.
Stephanie Brotherton, LMSW, mental health therapist with Hope Counseling Services of Paola, presented the program at the Oct.25 meeting of Chapter DO, P.E.O.
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