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PAOLA – Paola City Council members voted 3-1 during their meeting Tuesday, April 13, to repeal the city’s mask mandate ordinance.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
OSAWATOMIE — The Osawatomie City Council is expected to vote on the fate of the city’s current mask ordinance at its Thursday, April 22, meeting.
Doug Carder
News Editor
PAOLA — Troy and Daniele Jackson have a passion for taking something old and turning it into something new, so they jumped at the opportunity to breathe new life into the previous Beethoven’s No. 9 building in Paola.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
LOUISBURG — Louisburg will increase its natural gas rates to offset the cost of a prolonged cold snap in mid-February that created an unforeseen price spike of more than $3.8 million.
Doug Carder
News Editor
OSAWATOMIE — The city of Osawatomie will adjust the base rate of its electric utility to repay a $700,000, low-interest loan from the state.
Doug Carder
News Editor
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PAOLA - The 132nd PHS Alumni Luncheon will be held Saturday, June 5, at Paola High School.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
Nearly 300 residents in northern Miami County are taking matters into their own hands when it comes to protecting their rural property from future industrial growth and development.
Brian McCauley
Editor and Publisher
Obituaries
Lesia Stiles, 60, of Spring Hill, KS, passed away on April 12, 2021, after a two-year battle with cancer.
August 11, 1978 — March 16, 2021
Robert Allen Young, known by Bob to family and friends, passed away unexpectedly on April 7th, 2021, at the age of 61 years. Bob was a life long resident of Miami County with most of his years spent in Paola.
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Should coaches be upset over a bad call by a sports official? After all, they are human and sometimes make an error in judgment. Does the official receive consequences like what their error in judgment caused players and coaches? Suspending officials for judgment errors is a touchy subject.
I definitely needed a diversion. Lost in a self-induced “blue funk,” I was starting to feel sorry for myself. No one was coming for Easter.
Miami County is just beautiful in bloom!
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PAOLA — Aidan Hartig is not ready to hang his cleats up just yet.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
LOUISBURG — Five players from the Class 4A state runner-up Louisburg Wildcats basketball team were named to the Tri-County Spotlight Boys Basketball Team.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
LOUISBURG — Julian Margrave helped take the Louisburg boys basketball team to state this season, leading the Wildcats to runner-up in Class 4A.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
SPRING HILL – The Lady Broncos scored 21 runs in a doubleheader sweep for their home opener.
OSAWATOMIE — Meadow Stull singled home the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 10-9 walk-off Lady Trojans’ victory in the second game of a doubleheader against Anderson County.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — The Paola Panther baseball team swept Chanute at home, improving to a perfect 9-0 on the season.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
OSAWATOMIE — Hits were hard to come by for the Osawatomie Trojans baseball team in its home opener.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
PAOLA — The Lady Panthers and the Lady Broncos tied for first place in the Paola Invitational track and field meet.
Gene Morris
Sports Editor
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Cindy Manning recommended the book, “Dark Tide: The Great Molasses Flood of 1919” by Stephen Puleo to members of Chapter D.O., P..E.O., at their March 22 Zoom meeting.
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