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Spring Hill Player DIes After Being Taken From OHS Game By Air Ambulance

Spring Hill High School football player Nate Stiles has reportedly died following the Broncos game with Osawatomie. Stiles was injured late in the second quarter and was taken to the hospital by air ambulance. The type of injury has not been released. Stiles is the son of Miami County Commissioner Ron Stiles.

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Dear Voters of Osawatomie:

By Phil Dudley I am writing this guest editorial to communicate to you, the voter, the purposes of Charter Ordinance #13 and the need to approve the creation of the Stormwater Utility. There are very real consequences for voting no and I ask that you consider seriously these consequences. I also hope that you utilize [...]

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Voters To Decide Fate Of Storm Water Utility On Tuesday

By Doug Carder Osawatomie voters will decide whether or not to establish a storm water utility to help pay for upgrades to the city’s storm water system and for a $400,000 levee certification process. The approval or disapproval of the utility, which will appear on the ballot as Charter Ordinance No. 13, will be decided [...]

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Trojan Runners Finish Strong At Prairie View

By Jeff Gulley There was a lot of new hardware earned by the Osawatomie cross country team Thursday at Prairie View. The Trojans took first place in the boys’ varsity race, first in the boys’ junior varsity race and second in the boys’ freshmen race. The girls’ team had two top 20 finishes by the [...]

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Jolene Coffelt: Miami County Medical Center Rehab Patient of the Year

By Jeff Gulley For more than a year, Jolene Coffelt has been working to get back the use of her left arm. A fall at home led to a long road of surgeries, painful procedures and doubt about whether she would ever get back to normal but the one bright spot in her ordeal was [...]

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Trojans Stopped By Eagles

By Jeff Gulley Brandon Oakes rushed for 184 yards at Wellsville Friday night but the game belonged to the Eagles who dominated the Trojans in a 64-22 win. Wellsville had scored four times before Oakes broke through for Osawatomie with a 1-yard run. The Eagles took the opening kickoff and quickly scored on a 64-yard [...]

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Volleyball Team Takes Third at Pomona

By Jeff Gulley The Osawatomie volleyball team avenged a loss earlier in the day against Burlingame to take third place at the Pomona Invitational Saturday. The Trojans beat Burlingame 25-21, 25-19 in the consolation final to earn third place. Tayler Soucie had 11 kills and Brianna Crain added four in the match. Jessie Adams had [...]

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OHS Football

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By Jeff Gulley With two touchdowns runs, one to end the third quarter and one to start the fourth quarter, the Independence Bulldogs pulled away and beat Osawatomie 56-22. The game ended Monday night with the second half being played. The game began Friday night but was delayed by the strong thunderstorms that moved through [...]

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OHS Cross Country

By Jeff Gulley The Freshmen boys took first place and the junior varsity girls were second at the Santa Fe Trail cross country meet Thursday. The Trojans brought home six individual medals from the second meet of the season. “The kids ran very hard and improved their times,” coach Matt Higgins said. “It was great [...]

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Bulldogs Run Past Trojans in Opener

Nose tackle Kody Medina meets the Anderson County runningback at the line of scrimmage during the home opener Friday night.

Anderson County dominated the first half of the home opener in Osawatomie scoring 28 points and holding on to win 36-12. It was a rough start for the Trojans as they started their defense of the 2009 Pioneer League title. The Bulldogs took the opening kickoff and marched down the field behind the running of [...]

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