PAOLA — The corner of Baptiste Drive and Hedge Lane soon may look a lot different as plans continue to progress for the Paola Crossings development and a new Casey’s convenience store.

More of the land that houses Doherty Steel east of Paola has been rezoned from Countryside (CS) to Heavy Industrial (I-2).

PAOLA — After spending the past 18 years gaining experience as a massage therapist, Chassi Melte finally opened her own business last year in Paola, and she is loving every minute of it.

OSAWATOMIE — Financial Advisor Emily Menefee of the financial services firm Edward Jones in Osawatomie has been authorized by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) to use the certification mark CFP.

PAOLA – A Casey’s convenience store is proposed to be built at the corner of Baptiste Drive and Hedge Lane as part of the planned Paola Crossings development.

President Joe Biden was in Kansas City Wednesday, Dec. 8, to tout the bipartisan passed infrastructure bill now referred to as the Build Back Better Plan that Biden recently signed into law.

PAOLA — Julie Zoller’s Fire Lake Soapery based in Paola is about to gain national attention.

OSAWATOMIE — Keith Myers and his fiancée Hailey Upshaw have just kicked off their professional partnership with the creation of H+K Designs, but they are already looking to give back to the community they love.

PAOLA — Luanne Debrick was only 6 years old in 1940, but she’ll never forget looking up onto the front porch of the Jackson Hotel in Paola and seeing movie stars Roy Rogers and Gabby Hayes.

PAOLA — Jenna Kelsey is looking forward to bringing new ideas and a fresh perspective to the Paola Chamber of Commerce.

SPRING HILL — Multiple businesses were honored during the Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce’s 30th annual dinner and awards banquet Tuesday, Nov. 9, at the Meadowlark Event Center.

PAOLA — The recent announcement that the DaVita dialysis facility in Paola will be closing Nov. 15 has left several local residents scrambling to find a new location and secure transportation for their life-saving kidney dialysis treatments.

LOUISBURG — Escape rooms have continued to grow in popularity during the past decade, and Jacob Vickrey and Levi Fyock are two of the many people who have embraced the concept.

PAOLA — Paola residents who live near the former Ursuline Sisters campus learned more details about a planned drug rehab facility in the area during an informational session Monday, Aug. 23.

PAOLA — The new owners of the former Ursuline Sisters grounds in Paola have plans to turn the campus into a drug rehab facility.

PAOLA — Carrothers Construction Company has left its mark all throughout Miami County during the past 100 years.

PAOLA — Don Hadlock is looking for the right person to keep his Paola cabinet shop in operation, just like it has been for the past 65 years.

PAOLA — Brooke Ritter is following in her mother’s footsteps with the recent opening of Glow Nutrition in Paola.

PAOLA — The soap business is going good in Paola.

PAOLA — Miami County Medical Center and Olathe Medical Center both recently received some national recognition for quality measures.