WILLIAM HAMPSON
William Herbert Hampson, age 87, of Wellsville, Kansas, died August 12, 2025, in Overland Park. Visitation 10 am Friday, August 22, followed byService 11 am all at Eddy-Birchard Osawatomie. Burial…
August 2025
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Local governments schedule budget hearings
Local governments in Miami County are finalizing their 2026 budgets, with most choosing to exceed the revenue neutral rate (RNR).
Students kick off new school year
Students throughout Miami County and the surrounding region kicked off a new school year this week, and there were plenty of photos taken.
Driver killed in tractor-trailer collision
One driver was killed and another seriously injured in a wreck involving two tractor trailers on Interstate 35 on the morning of Thursday, Aug. 14.
First day of school
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MARY PERSER
Mary Jo “Jo Jo” Nuckolls Rucker Perser, 92, of Hutchinson, Kansas, passed away August 12, 2025, at Hospital District #1 of Rice County, Lyons. She was born June 28, 1933,…
JENNY PAULSEN
With a heavy heart, we announce the passing of Jenny Jo Paulsen, a woman of exceptional grace and style, who left this world on August 5, 2025, at the age…
Museum, library celebrate lessons from ‘Little House on the Prairie’
PAOLA – Laura Ingalls Wilder was back in Kansas, spending a week for “Life on the Prairie” workshops at the Miami County Historical Museum.
Meet the new teachers in Paola USD 368
PAOLA – Ten new Paola USD 368 teachers met at the district office on Monday, Aug. 4, to get more acquainted with the district.
Flint Hills Trail State Park selected for national Hall of Fame
OSAWATOMIE – The Flint Hills Trail State Park, which spans 118 miles from Osawatomie to Herington through the heart of the Flint Hills, has been selected to join the Rails to Trails Conservancy’s (RTC) Hall of Fame.