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Property owners hoping to renovate and revitalize residences and commercial properties in Colony will soon be able to take advantage of a specific tax rebate program to ease the financial burden of…

Cooking fires are the most common type of house fire in the United States. We need to have some type of fire suppression close by just in case there is a fire….

A tragic accident has claimed the life of a Pomona man and seriously injured two Ottawans.  Just after four, yesterday afternoon, November 14th, Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the intersection…

President Elect Donald Trump moving ahead with his transition and selecting possible nominees for his cabinet. Trump took the stage at a Mar-A-Lago gala speaking to a crowd that included Elon Musk…

Agriculture has been a staple in the Kansas economy since it’s beginnings. But, early on , agriculture was not easy in the state. It was so difficult that the United States Government…

The City of Garnett has scored huge outdoor steel pavilions, courtesy of the City of Overland Park. The pavilions were used for it’s farmer’s market. Overland Park donated the all-steel structures, on…

The Ottawa School Board has approved spending slightly over $300,000 to install an emergency alert system in the district. School Superintendent Dr. Ryan Cobbs says it will do a lot of things…

A sad but true part of American history will be presented tomorrow, November 16th, at the Miami County Historical Museum. Professor of History at Haskell Indian Nations University, Eric Anderson, will talk…

The day has arrived. The peak of the deer rut. Today is the day where, on average, there are more car- deer accidents than any other day in Kansas and they are…

When there are major upheavals in society, that can change how a city plans for the future. That certainly is the case of Ottawa. Ottawa Planning Commission member, Diana Staresinic-Deane says now…

President Joe Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump into the White House yesterday November 13th. By all accounts, the meeting went very smooth and cordial. ABC’s Michelle Franzen with more: Also yesterday, Senate…

Sometimes the Food and Drug Administration goes a little too far. They have recalled 80,000 pounds of butter. Eighty thousand packages of Kirkland salted sweet cream butter and unsweet cream butter, off…

With rumors of voter fraud in different parts of the country, which may or may not have been true, the voter bears a responsibility to make sure his or her vote is…

The Franklin County Commission has completed its canvass of the 2024 election, and there were no changes. County Clerk, Janet Paddock, says all in all, everything went very smoothly: Paddock says voter…

You are outside in your yard or somewhere else in town and suddenly your nose gets a whiff of something not… quite… right. What is that smell? You think, oh my, there…

What normally is a routine appointment to a city advisory board was anything but routine during the regular Ottawa City Commission meeting. Kelsie Kosko had applied for a position for the Ottawa…

A meeting tonight, November 14th, between Garnett City Manager, Travis Wilson and the engineering firm, Bartlett and West, will discuss progress made toward the planning of Garnett’s new water treatment plant. Wilson…

The Franklin County Local Emergency Planning Committee held its regular meeting, and a variety of preparedness topics were discussed. Emergency Management Director Thomas Winter noted the ongoing problem of gas line strikes….

The Ottawa City Commission received an update on the transition in process of the Great Life Ottawa Golf Course. City Finance Director Melanie Landis and City Commissioner Eric Crowley discussed the process…

The utility payment kiosk outside Ottawa City Hall has been out of order for several months and it may stay that way for a little while. During discussion by the City Commission,…