A pilot who was attempting to perform a touch-and-go flying exercise at the Miami County Airport suffered minor injuries when the single-engine plane crashed southwest of Paola on Wednesday, Oct. 12.

LINN COUNTY — A body found Sept. 7 in a Linn County hay field just south of the Miami County line has been identified as missing person Garrett Russell.

PAOLA — Paola USD 368’s $40 million bond proposal to make improvements districtwide failed by 77 votes, according to the unofficial final results of the mail-in ballot election posted Thursday, Sept. 8, by the Miami County Clerk and Election Office.

LINN COUNTY — An investigation is underway after a caller alerted authorities to a dead body that was found Wednesday, Sept. 7, in a hayfield just south of the Miami/Linn County line near Middle Creek.