By Kevin Gray At her 102nd birthday celebration Sunday after services at the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Ruth Wrench of Osawatomie greeted family, friends, and joked about this being her second childhood. She was even high-fiving with some of the children, like Alexis Hinton of Olathe, after services. Osawatomie kindergarten teacher Marilyn Cook said Grandma Ruth [...]
By Jeff Gulley The Osawatomie Middle School eighth-grade girls got past Jayhawk-Linn for the first basketball win of the season Thursday night. Mariah Guilfoyle scored nine points and Makayla Pope scored eight points to lead the Trojans to a 22-11 victory. Guilfoyle helped Osawatomie out to a 5-2 lead in the first quarter. Guilfoyle hit [...]
Tammy Walmann (left) receives a plate of spaghetti during the Lions Club spaghetti feed Saturday. More than 150 people participated in the event which raises funds for the club’s many charitable endeavors.
By Kevin Gray While trains offered their familiar sounds in the background and those “confounded” horseless carriages flew by Osawatomie’s Oakwood Cemetery Saturday evening, individuals and families, who helped build a small community into a city, returned to tell their stories. Hosted by none other than the Reverend Samuel Adair (Grady Atwater), visitors learned more [...]
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 [...]
Riley McDougal earned the highest honor a Boy Scout can achieve as he officially became an Eagle Scout on Saturday. Family, friends and fellow scouts from troop 106 gathered at the Beagle Methodist Church to honor McDougal, a freshman at Washburn University. “I appreciate all of you being here today,” McDougal told the crowd. “You [...]
