U.S. Civil War re-enactors Mary Beth Menold and Matt Walker are forming a union that no confederate can do apart on Sept 18. The couple will be married following the Battle of Osawatomie reenactment during Freedom Festival. The nuptials will take place in the gazebo near Adair cabin in John Brown Memorial Park. And Freedom [...]
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 [...]
The word “cool” is subjective; it can mean different things to different people. People use the word to refer to small things, such as rings that change color, and large things, such as 96 phonograph horns made from recycled newspaper and dryer lint mixed with shellac. But cool is the only word I can think [...]
Courtesy of Judy Kinder Linn County News The Parker Harvest Fest will once again kick off the fall festivals for the county, as the community welcome visitors to the event during the weekend of Sept. 18-19. This year’s theme is “Once Upon a Time” and will primarily focus on storybook titles and nursery rhymes. Crystal [...]
Osawatomie Elks Lodge No. 921 will host a gun and knife show the weekend of Sept. 18-19 at City Auditorium, 425 Main St. The show will take place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sept. 18 and 9 a.m. to noon on Sept. 19. The event will coincide with the community’s annual Freedom Festival that [...]
Prairie View dropped two matches against Iola and Fort Scott at a triangular in Iola. Prairie View’s first match was against the host team, the Iola Fillies. They lost the first game 9-25. It just seemed like they couldn’t find any momentum. The second game showed some glimpses of the teams potential. With a few [...]
From the first week that we published the Osawatomie Journal, volunteer help has been vital to our success. Each week since we started, a group of local people have gathered to help us roll papers and deliver them. The process week one took us about 14 hours, now we can deliver papers in Osawatomie and [...]
Engineers who are in the midst of certifying Osawatomie’s levee system will talk with city council members Thursday night about that process and the city’s proposed storm water utility that would help pay for it. Osawatomie voters will decide the fate of the proposed utility which would generate funds to help pay for the levee [...]
On Saturday afternoon, Boy Scout Troop 106 welcomed its newest Eagle Scout when Riley McDougal reached that honor. Jeff Walmann spoke at the Court of Honor Saturday and told that crowd that only two percent of those who begin scouting reach the rank of Eagle Scout. It’s a statistic that shows how rare this achievement [...]
I was admonished this week for using the word “butt” when referring to the section of humans that is used for sitting. “What word should I use instead?” I asked. I was told that I should use the more appropriate term, “bottom.” I thought about this for a minute. Since the part I am referring [...]