By Kevin Gray Miami County combat veterans will be honored on Memorial Day with the unveiling of a monument to 20 men who earned the highest medals awarded by America and her allies. Osawatomie’s awardees include Ray Conklin, Ernest L. Jones and Cecil L. Prentice. Other veterans being honored represent Paola, Louisburg, Spring Hill and [...]
By Jeff Gulley Osawatomie USD 367 will be forced to cut about $421,000 from its budget by 2012 after the state budget’s passing last week, but the district will be able to cut funds without firing staff. Superintendent Gary French said Monday that through careful planning, spending and utility usage, the district will be able [...]
By Jeff Gulley The Osawatomie softball team advanced to the second round of regional play with a 4-0 win at Prairie View Monday. The Trojans scored runs in each of the first four innings and used some stellar glove work to hold off the Buffalos. Osawatomie scored in the first inning and took a 1-0 [...]
By Jeff Gulley It was not supposed to end for Osawatomie on Monday. Playing in the first round of the 4A baseball regional in Spring Hill, the Trojans were thinking about a state tournament bid. Instead they were upset 7-5 by a Prairie View team with only five wins on the season. “Overall we were [...]
Osawatomie High School said goodbye to 70 seniors Sunday afternoon as the graduation ceremony was held. Seniors waited patiently for all classmates to take their spots during the walk-in . Co-valedictorians , Daniel Dorsett, Sarah Maddox and Kayleigh Shay spoke to the class. Teachers Rod Madden and Mike Schainost were speakers at the baccalaureate service [...]
Sick or wounded Union soldiers largely clung to spiritual solace when they were hospitalized . Reverend Samuel Adair served in the Union Army as a chaplain, and was stationed at Fort Scott, Kansas in October of 1862. He reported in a letter to Bro. Brown on the conditions in the Army hospital at Fort Scott [...]
A genealogy and membership workshop will be conducted Saturday in the Parker Elementary School, 421 N. Center Ave. Hours for the workshop are from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The workshop, which is open to the public, is being sponsored by the Marais des Cygne Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Kansas [...]
By Kevin Gray With only three unfinished business items on the agenda last Wednesday, it seemed the Osawatomie City Council meeting would be quickly over. But this was not the case. The main discussion centered on approving the contract with SFS Architecture Inc. for Phase II addition to the Osawatomie Public Library. Council members simply [...]
By Jeff Gulley An Osawatomie man was killed Monday night and a woman is in critical condition following a motorcycle crash Monday evening south of Osawatomie. According to a news release, 28-year-old Dustin Eaks and a female passenger crashed and were ejected from a motorcycle Monday on Old Kansas City Road and West 355th Street. [...]
By Shirley Erickson 100 Years Ago The Wilson-Brown Studio of this city is now locating a branch studio in Lane. The firm is now operating three well equipped studios in Osawatomie, Lane and Parker. The Osawatomie studio is headquarters and all the finishing for their branch studios will be done here. The Lane Band entertained [...]