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The state’s new 10-year transportation plan, which Gov. Laura Kelly signed Friday, April 3, puts previously delayed improvements to Kansas Highway 68 in Miami County back on the radar.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
Religious gatherings and funerals have been added to the list of activities that are limited to no more than 10 people in a new statewide directive.
Doug Carder
News Editor
LOUISBURG — Discussions about turning the Louisburg Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center into a coronavirus (COVID-19) isolation facility have been scrapped, the center’s top official said.
Doug Carder
News Editor
Two Miami County residents have tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19), adding Miami County to the growing list of Kansas regions touched by the virus.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has delivered Kansas’ portion of the Strategic National Stockpile, and the Kansas Division of Emergency Management will coordinate distribution of the critical resources to all 105 counties to help communities respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, a…
OSAWATOMIE — Osawatomie USD 367 recently announced that school district play and exercise areas have been closed until further notice, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
The Osawatomie USD 367 school board has approved a resolution that reduces the number of credits needed to graduate from 25 to 21 for seniors in the class of 2020 at Osawatomie High School.
Doug Carder
News Editor
Artie Stuteville begins each day by opening the Paola laundromat at 6 a.m., and before long she receives the first call for her taxi.
Doug Carder
News Editor
Obituaries
Albert Craig Dougherty Jr, age 44, La Cygne, Kansas passed March 31, 2020.
1937-2020
December 5, 1923 - March 28, 2020
Voices
Dear Editor,
Osawatomie and Lawrence, Kan., are linked by both communities being founded by the New England Emigrant Aid Society, and both communities having John Brown-related history.
Maybe it’s not a real “history mystery,” but it is a puzzle.
Sports
LOUISBURG – Wildcat senior golfer Calvin Dillon was a three-time Tri-County Spotlight Golfer of the Year.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — Quinton Weidenbach is the lone senior golfer returning for the Paola Panthers.
OSAWATOMIE — Boyd Cole and Thaid Timblin were looking for another strong season on the track for the Osawatomie Trojans.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
OSAWATOMIE — Seven was going to be a special number for the Osawatomie baseball program this season.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — The defending regional champion Lady Panthers were expected to be in the hunt for another postseason run in 2020.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
OSAWATOMIE — The water is still at the Ozone Fitness indoor swimming pool.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
OSAWATOMIE — Kaitlyn Fanning, Tara Haag, Courtney Harris, Molly Spencer, Jozie Needham and Amanda Newcomb had played softball most of their lives, looking forward to this moment — representing the Osawatomie Lady Trojan softball team as seniors.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
LOUISBURG — Experience came the hard way for the Wildcat baseball team.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
People
100 Years Ago (1920)
Chapter DQ, P.E.O. members met at the Price Chopper Headquarters meeting room at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25.
Jan Sanders was re-elected president of Chapter DO, P.E.O. at the group’s March 10 meeting, hosted by Nancy Tyrrell and Julie Kirkland.
Heartland Art Guild members met at the Paola Free Library on Feb. 15 to finalize plans for the group’s upcoming show in April at the Roeland Park City Hall.
Miami County Medical Center Auxiliary board members met Monday, March 9, in the hospital board room.
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