By Jeremy Gulley I knew going into the Kansas City Marathon Saturday that things were going to get tough. I hurt my knee pretty severely a few months ago, and that injury put a halt on my marathon training. I knew that the lack of preparation and possible aggrevation of the injury might make the [...]
By Shirley Erickson 100 Years Ago 2500 employees on the Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain System were ordered out on strike today at noon. The news came by Associated Press and the courtesy of the Kansas City Star at 1 o’clock. The men who are out on this last order are boilermakers, blacksmiths, coppersmiths and [...]
By Kevin Gray The 33rd annual Foster Grandparents dinner Oct. 5 became an evening designed to recognize the love and confidence building foster grandparents give to school children in Miami, Linn, and Johnson County schools. A special award, the PhD of Love, went to Grandma Ruth Wrench of Osawatomie, who at 101, is the oldest [...]
By Jeff Gulley As the world watched and cheered the safe rescue of 33 miners in Chile, Osawatomie native Peter Murphy Lewis stood just a short distance away. “It was just unforgettable,” he said. “It was life changing. It was similar to the earthquake in Haiti but everything here was positive.” Lewis, a lecturer in [...]
By Shirley Erickson 100 Years Ago The men in charge of the sheep pens have received word that they can expect 2,300 carloads of sheep during the next 2 months. That’s a string of cars 22 miles long, figuring each car at an average of about 50 feet in length or 661,000 sheep in round [...]
By Doug Carder Area residents will find some new stops along with traditional favorites on the 2010 Scenic Fall Miami County Farm Tour this weekend. The free, self-guided tour will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. SUBHEAD: Cedar Ridge Farm Boers The first stop is [...]
By Doug Carder Another Kansas City Marathon will come and go this weekend without Kristen McBride at the starting line. But the Level I teacher at Trojan Elementary School is not going to let a nagging knee injury cloud her dream of running the ultimate race. “I’m going to be there next year, even if [...]
By Jeremy Gulley Tailgaters are a major frustration for drivers. Tailgating makes us nervous and irritated, and is the cause of many traffic accidents on our roads. According to a 2009 study on aggressive driving produced by AAA, many traffic issues are caused by (among other factors) people “. . . tailgating and pressuring other [...]
By Jessica Jones Prairie View traveled to Garnett on Oct. 5 to face Anderson County and Central Heights in a triangular. The night did not go how Prairie View would have liked, however, there was one positive. Prairie View was able to contain their missed serves to only one while their opponents missed nine. The [...]
