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LOUISBURG – The Louisburg City Council at its Dec. 6 meeting approved continuing the Faces of Louisburg Improvement Program (FLIP) for commercial and residential properties through 2022.
Doug Carder
News Editor
Road work is likely to take place across the county this spring and summer, from Old Kansas City Road to Metcalf Road.
Doug Carder
News Editor
OSAWATOMIE – Schools in Osawatomie USD 367 will be closed until Wednesday, Jan. 19, due to staffing issues related to rising COVID-19 cases.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
Miami County has more than 450 active COVID-19 cases – up 180 from last week’s count of 270.
Doug Carder
News Editor
More of the land that houses Doherty Steel east of Paola has been rezoned from Countryside (CS) to Heavy Industrial (I-2).
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
SPRING HILL — Spring Hill USD 230 Superintendent Wayne Burke recently announced his retirement, effective at the end of the 2021-22 school year.
PAOLA — More than 25 Paola High School students are now certified Microsoft Word specialists thanks to a program offered by teacher Mary Beth Rayne in her Business and Technology Concepts class.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
PAOLA — After spending the past 18 years gaining experience as a massage therapist, Chassi Melte finally opened her own business last year in Paola, and she is loving every minute of it.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
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Dennis Jerome Higgins, age 64, La Cygne, Kansas, passed away Saturday, January 8, 2022.
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Reconstruction was the effort made by the United States federal government to reunite the nation after the Civil War. During Reconstruction, the Democratic Party was the more conservative party than the Republicans in regards to Civil Rights for African-Americans.
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LOUISBURG — Maverick Rockers sank four field goals, with three 3-pointers, to fuel a 23-15 fourth-quarter run as the Louisburg Wildcats defeated the Baldwin Bulldogs, 75-64, at home Friday, Jan. 14.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
OLATHE — The Louisburg Wildcats swept a pair of duals on center stage at Olathe South High School.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
OSAWATOMIE — The Miami County boys swim team started the season with a splash, winning its home opener.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — Local youths could be playing ballgames on new turf fields in Wallace Park as early as this spring if proposed plans continue to move forward.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
How do school principals and superintendents raise the test scores and academic success of their students?
IOLA — The Osawatomie boys basketball team did not do a good enough job taking care of the basketball at Iola.
LOUISBURG — The Wildcats were runner-up in their home Louisburg Invitational wrestling tournament.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
OSAWATOMIE — Chance Mitzner won the 100th match of his prep wrestling career, placing second in the Dick Burns Classic at Bonner Springs High School.
People
Members of the Happy-Go-Getters 4-H Club gathered for their monthly meeting and Christmas party Saturday, Dec. 4, at the Richland Township Hall.
Dec. 14 was an extraordinary day. The temperature was warm and sunny. Members of Chapter DQ, P.E.O. and their guests gathered at Paola Country Club for the chapter’s annual Holiday Auction.
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PAOLA — Members of Chapter DQ, P.E.O. recently donated money and blankets to My Father’s House, a homeless shelter in Paola.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
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