Kevin Gray All I could think at the Miami County Big Brothers Big Sisters first annual Pancake Feed on Saturday morning is how they got that title all wrong. It should’ve been the Miami County Big Brothers Big Sisters first annual pancake, eggs, sausage, bacon, toast, etc., All You Can Eat Feed thanks to the [...]
By Jeremy Gulley Every year it’s the same thing. People everywhere say that this year they are going to cut back and remember the true meaning of Christmas. Then at midnight on Thanksgiving, people crowd in to Walmart trying to get the perfect present for the lowest price or the lowest priced perfect present. Every [...]
By Jeff Gulley Donna Darner has witnessed a lot of changes at the Osawatomie State Hospital. For the past 50 years, Darner has been employed at OSH, starting as a high school student in the dietary department and advancing through the years to her current role as Director of Nursing. “The hospital has been very [...]
By Kevin Gray Christmas came early to two Miami County children when they won bicycles at the first annual Miami County Big Brothers Big Sisters Pancake Feed hosted by BBBS and Applebee’s at the Applebee’s Restaurant in Paola Saturday morning. In a raffle to cap off the morning, Trojan Elementary third grader Tabitha Friend won [...]
By Shirley Erickson 100 Years Ago The girl’s basket ball team of the Osawatomie High School are on the war-path this season. They have a most enviable record. We have not heard of a defeat registered against them so far this season and they have been playing some mighty good teams, too. They played Parker [...]
By Jeff Gulley As students in two high schools are trying to make sense of the death of a 17-year-old football players, the schools’ Fellowship of Christian Athletes organizations came together recently to promote healing for both groups and to kick start the Nathan Project program. Ron and Connie Stiles, along with former Green Bay [...]
By Jeff Gulley Two fires in two nights kept the Osawatomie Fire Department busy for Thanksgiving. The fire department was first called to a structure fire at 106 Brown Ave. Thursday night at 10:23 p.m. According to the fire report, a resident at the property reported having electrical problems and then smelling smoke. When the [...]
By Jeff Gulley Ashton Spears is asking for your help. The 11-year-old, for the second year in a row, is making it his mission to provide toys to the Osawatomie Community Food Pantry to be given away to kids who need them. “I just want to make sure that all kids get a toy for [...]
By Jeff Gulley It’s less than a week until opening night and for Lori French, trying to get a few free minutes is almost impossible. As practice is about to begin, the questions come at her rapidly but after 20 years, French has the answers. When the Osawatomie Middle School drama class presents “Hound of [...]
