PAOLA – A resolution that gives Paola USD 368 the option to implement a cost-of-living tax in the upcoming budget was approved 6-1 by Paola school board members during their March 10 meeting.
After three months of searching for missing Olathe man Jordan Yust, law enforcement officers confirmed that Yust's body was found in a Miami County pond Monday, March 24.
Firefighters in Miami County Fire District No. 1 and No. 2 have been busy recently, as a report from Emergency Management Coordinator Mark Whelan lists more than 50 responses between March 13 and 18.
OSAWATOMIE – A fire damaged Doug’s Body Repair in Osawatomie on Wednesday, March 19, and the business owner and a Paola firefighter suffered minor injuries.
LOUISBURG - Anthony Juarez, a musician who served his community at Agape’s Grace in Louisburg and as a firefighter with the Drexel Volunteer Fire Department, passed away Tuesday, March 18, from injuries sustained after a pickup truck crashed into a Louisburg business.
LOUISBURG – Two people inside Safari Hair Styling in Louisburg were seriously injured by a pickup truck that crashed into the business on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 18.
LOUISBURG - Louisburg Library Director Kiersten Allen and Youth Services Director Elizabeth Ellis have watched the library evolve during the past several years.
OSAWATOMIE – USD 367 school board members have finalized the details of a $20,050,000 school bond issue that will be proposed to voters during a special election Tuesday, June 3.
TOPEKA – Two bills addressing property taxes recently passed the Kansas House and are now being discussed in the Senate, but not all local legislators are on board.
OSAWATOMIE – A traffic stop conducted by an Osawatomie police officer led to the arrest of both occupants after the officer detected the odor of marijuana.