By Jeff Gulley It was the breakout game the Trojans have been looking for all season. Osawatomie erased a season of frustrating losses, winning on the road at Central Heights Friday night 44-20 behind a stellar performance by senior quarterback Seth Jones. Jones tossed seven touchdown passes throwing for 337 yards and was also the [...]
By Beth Gulley If you have visited the YMCA on a Tuesday or Thursday evening lately, chances are you have seen a group of people huddled around the front desk folding pastel squares of paper. When I asked Callie Benton what they were doing, she said “we are folding a 1,000 paper cranes for Sadie [...]
A child care provider training opportunity will be offered in Miami County on Oct. 21. It will be from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the K-State Research & Extension office at 104 S. Brayman St. in Paola. The title will be “Cultural Influences on Language and Literacy Teaching Practices: Part 2 of 3”. An instructor [...]
By Jeff Gulley It was senior night for the Osawatomie volleyball team last week and the Trojans split a pair of matches with Jayhawk-Linn and Wellsville. Playing at home on Oct. 5, the Trojans fell to the Jayhawks, then came back to beat Wellsville in two games. Against the Jayhawks, the Trojans lost two hard-fought [...]
At its meeting Thursday night, the Osawatomie City Council voted to designate the Osawatomie Journal as the official city newspaper. As such, the Journal will publish the city’s legals, which include items such as ordinances, resolutions and the annual city budget. The Journal was the low bidder at 55 cents per line. The Osawatomie Graphic, [...]
By Doug Carder The award-winning short film “Change for a Dollar” made a warm impression on Jessi Beets and her friends during a screening Sunday at City Auditorium. Area residents of all ages turned out to catch the first glimpse of the 10-minute film which was made in Osawatomie in March. The film was shot [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
By Shirley Erickson 100 Years Ago A.W. Youngberg opened his theatre last week. Like everyone, when they start up a piece of new machinery, he had some grounds for cussin’, but we guess he didn’t, and now he has a real nice show in operation. His sister, Miss Louise Youngberg, Wade Carson and Bruce Campbell, [...]
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 [...]