By Doug Carder Leadership, teamwork and community service were recurring themes throughout the Kansas Association of Youth’s Unit Conference on Friday at Osawatomie High School. About 200 students from 15 area high schools attended the conference. Students heard K.A.Y. chapter presidents talk about their clubs’ activities, and were entertained by Osawatomie students Lee Chamber and [...]
By Shirley Erickson 100 Years Ago BIG MIDNIGHT FIRE FLAMES SWEPT THRU LOWER END OF BLOCK ON WHICH CHAMBERLIN BROS LIVERY BARN WAS LOCATED Destroyed Livery Barn, The Sherman Restaurant, And Building Occupied by W. L. Bundy’s Grocery. Also Fire in North Part of Town Caused By Sparks A great big blaze has cleaned up [...]
By Doug Carder Mike Peace’s Osawatomie Elks Lodge brothers thought he was squirreling around when he proposed a new hunting tournament. But they soon realized their exalted ruler was pulling out all the stops to ensure the first Osawatomie Elks Squirrel Hunting Tournament was a success. “I think more people laughed about it than took [...]
By Doug Carder Three people have died in two separate accidents that occurred on the same stretch of road just minutes apart at dusk Thursday in the southwest corner of Miami County. A 2005 Cadillac with two women was southbound on U.S. Highway 169 when it slid on the icy roadway, went down an embankment [...]