OSAWATOMIE – Schools in Osawatomie USD 367 will be closed until Wednesday, Jan. 19, due to staffing issues related to rising COVID-19 cases.

OSAWATOMIE — Voluntary admissions will soon be accepted at Osawatomie State Hospital for the first time in more than six years.

PAOLA — Paola City Council members unanimously agreed to accept the resignation of City Manager Sid Fleming during a council meeting Tuesday, Dec. 14.

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.

Some tightly contested city and school board races highlighted the Tuesday, Nov. 2, general election that saw a turnout of less than 20 percent countywide.