By Jeff Gulley The John Brown Jamboree is a month away and plans are almost set for four-day festival. Toby’s Carnival is back this year and will open on Wednesday, June 15. The annual Jamboree parade on June 16 will honor the 150th anniversary of Kansas. The best-themed float will win $200, with $100 for [...]
By Jeff Gulley Ken Tyson was one of many helping prepare the Vineyard of Hope’s float in the 2009 John Brown Jamboree parade. Months earlier, Tyson began to drive down from Kansas City to help the small church as they tried to reenergize and grow a youth group. That night at the parade, Tyson saw [...]
By Kevin Gray They didn’t know where it came from, but – like the General Lee, the car from the television show the “Dukes of Hazzard” – the last thing members of Osawatomie’s Silver Bullet Band knew before impact was seeing the under carriage and tires of a small pickup truck flying up and airborne [...]
Osawatomie’s pioneers battled nature when they were founding Osawatomie during the 1850’s, and Reverend Samuel Adair, John Brown’s brother-in-law, reported on the an infestation of worms that were destroying the corn crop planted by John Brown to help feed his family in a March 26, 1856 letter to John Brown’s father, Owen Brown. “John has [...]
By Jeff Gulley Thirty-five high school seniors got some much needed help toward college expenses Monday night. At the 12th Annual Frank Elliott Scholarship banquet, $200,000 in local scholarship money was awarded to some very deserving candidates. One-after-another, presenters of scholarships Monday night talked about how tough the selection was this year for Osawatomie High [...]
By Jeff Gulley Bruno, the Osawatomie Police Department’s drug dog, is moving to McPherson. The Osawatomie City Council Thursday night gave City Manager Bret Glendening the go ahead to negotiate the relocation of the drug dog and discontinue the program. Glendening told the council at the April 14 meeting that the officer trained to handle [...]
A fundraiser is planned for the Richmond family that suffered the loss of four family members in a fire this weekend. The Soft Rock cafe in Rantoul will open at 7 a.m. for a biscuit and gravy meal will 100% of the proceeds going to the family. Diners will be given an envelope to donate [...]
By Kevin Gray Young Hepanna Gayton from Lawrence likes trains; his father, Danny, and mother, Rhonda, enjoy running, which is why the family came to Osawatomie Saturday for Railroad Day. Hepanna and his two sisters could visit the Missouri Pacific Depot Museum and his parents could participate in the Tri-Ko Run the Rails 5K. The [...]
By Jeff Gulley Lightning struck a tree and a home on Main Street in Osawatomie Monday morning causing extensive damage to one residence and power outages. Charles Culbertson was at home at 711 Main St. Monday morning when he heard a loud noise. “It was really loud,” he said. “I knew it had hit a [...]