Paola — North Point Skilled Nursing held a staff appreciation day Sept. 30 to honor their part in parent company Americare Senior Living earning the 2019 Customer Approved Award from the healthcare-intelligence firm NRC Health based in Lincoln, Neb.

The merger of Kansas City Power & Light and Westar Energy to form Evergy, which took place in June 2018, was celebrated Monday, Oct. 7, by employees of the Paola and Ottawa service centers.

SPRING HILL — The Bean Coffee Company in Spring Hill recently was presented with an Award of Merit from the Kansas Department of Commerce.

PAOLA — It’s been 40 years since Walmart first opened in Paola, and Assistant Manager Karen Blanck has been there every step of the way.

PAOLA — Visibility has never been the problem for the 36-acre former Ursuline Sisters pasture land that sits just off the exit ramp from U.S. Highway 169 into Paola.

SPRING HILL — A new business is bringing local farm products to historic Main Street in Spring Hill.

OSAWATOMIE — When Joyce and Gordon Schrader first moved to Osawatomie in 1964, they planned to stay three to five years.

OSAWATOMIE — First Option Bank, headquartered in Osawatomie, and Pony Express Community Bank, headquartered in St. Joseph, Mo., recently announced that an application to merge the two institutions will be submitted to the Federal Reserve Board for regulatory approval.

PAOLA — Two years ago, Julio “Kitson” Eugene and his fellow Haitians gathered around Julie Zoller during a soap-making demonstration in the poverty-stricken country of Haiti.

SPRING HILL — The Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce helped welcome a new business to the community during a ribbon-cutting event April 29.

SPRING HILL — The Kansas Paint Company celebrated the opening of its new location at 208 S. Webster St. in Spring Hill with a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 6 sponsored by the Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce.

PAOLA — It didn’t take long for word to spread that Paola’s Pizza Hut was celebrating its grand opening May 16 at its new location at 1613 E. Peoria St.

PAOLA — Paola City Council members recently approved an ordinance regulating food trucks, but not before modifying it after listening to multiple food truck operators voice their opinions.

LOUISBURG — Cathy Pemberton has been named the new manager of Crown Realty’s Louisburg branch office.

PAOLA — A group of Paola business owners and community members have joined forces in an effort to promote Park Square and the activities that take place on and around it.

PAOLA — Dennis Doherty was only 2 years old when his father, Jim, took a chance on a business venture that would change the family forever.

PAOLA — Rick Schoenberger worked hard to develop a strong customer base at The BBQ Shack in Paola.