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SPRING HILL — Hometown Holidays will ring in the holiday season in Spring Hill.The annual free celebration is scheduled for 6 to 8 p.m.

PAOLA - Christmas will come early at the Paola Adult Education Center during the annual Santa Land event Saturday, Dec.

SPRING HILL – Several business representatives and community members were honored during the Spring Hill Chamber of Commerce’s 33rd Annual Award Dinner and Auction.About 200 people attended the event, which took place Tuesday, Nov.

PAOLA – Guest speaker Murl Riedel will discuss the architecture of courthouses, city halls and state capitols during a presentation Dec.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

OSAWATOMIE – Osawatomie city leaders are hoping the kickoff of a reconnaissance survey will lead to a national park designation for the community steeped in Bleeding Kansas history.Representatives of the National Park Service visited Osawatomie Wednesday, Nov.

LOUISBURG – It’s been 64 years since 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became one of the first black children to attend a previously all-white elementary school in the South, but the significance of her act is still ringing true today.Ruby was greeted by protesters with signs on her historic first day of school Nov.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

PAOLA – Sunflower Elementary completed another season of Girls on the Run with a 5K race near Hy-Vee Arena, formerly known as Kemper Arena, in Kansas City Mo.The run took place on a rainy morning, Saturday, Nov.

LOUISBURG – Families of two Louisburg veterans who have passed away are ensuring their memories will live on by donating their memorial flags to the Louisburg VFW to be flown each Memorial Day weekend.The special flag presentation was made during a Veterans Day service at Louisburg High School.Greg Goode, commander of the Louisburg VFW Post 7348, accepted the flags from family members during the service.Goode said more than 200 U.S.