WEINGARTNER ON HALLOWEEN
Halloween is here and with the decent weather, local officials are expecting huge numbers of trick-or-treaters out tonight. Children and adults of all ages will be roaming the streets, some not paying…
TWO ON THE LOOSE
Tuesday,October 29th, while the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office was conducting an investigation into a felony burglary, the suspects were identified to be the same suspects involved in the misdemeanor theft at Maple…
COBBS ON READING SKILLS
Students and teachers in Ottawa are getting some extra reading instruction. At their meeting, the Ottawa School Board reviewed some test scores that measure how students are learning. Ottawa USD 290, School…
KOBACH LEADS ILLEGAL VOTER CHARGE
Kansas Attorney General, Kris Kobach, lead a coalition of Attorneys General from 26 states in filing an Amicus brief urging the U. S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from…
OTTAWA CITY WIDE REVIEW KIND OF
The Ottawa City Commission will not meet this week. The Ottawa City Wide Clean Up was held this past weekend and as usual, a lot of trash was collected at various location…
TRAINING GRENADE FOUND IN PRINCETON
A couple months ago, a man, magnet fishing on the bridge over the Marais des Cygnes river in Downtown Ottawa, pulled out a live Civil War Era cannonball. That cannonball was deemed…
EARLY VOTING STILL OPEN
One week from today, the United States will elect a new President to lead the country. A huge election, indeed. But, there are other important seats up for election also. In our…
HALLOWEEN AG ORIGINS
Halloween, trick or treat, jacko lanterns, costumes, ghosts and spooks. It’s here. Today, it’s a big deal. But, did you know that Halloween began in ancient Celtic cultures and actually has agricultural…
GARNETT MAN HELD
A man charged with an attack on an Ottawa bicyclist two weeks ago is still being held in the Anderson County Jail after his bond was reduced at a hearing Tuesday, October…
MICO RELIEF EFFORT
When Amanda Hambleton of Paola saw images of the devastation Hurricane Helene caused in Florida, Tennessee and North Carolina, she knew she had to find a way to help. She connected with…
OTTAWA MAN DIES IN FARMING ACCIDENT
A farming accident has taken the life of a Franklin County man. A 77-year-old man was pronounced deceased after he was found trapped by heavy machinery near a farm northwest of Ottawa….
FLU SEASON IS HERE
It’s that time of year… cold and flu season has most definitely arrived and more and more people are reporting they are feeling the affects. Many more people are now looking to…
NUNEZ ON REZONE
A proposed construction of a new house at 132 South Mulberry has caused some concern from neighbors of the area. The Ottawa Planning Commission was considering a request to rezone the lot…
COLD SHELTER MEETING
The Franklin County Coalition to End Homelessness met last night, October 24th, to talk about and train people interested in helping with an emergency shelter from the cold this winter. Last year…
MORAN AT SHERIFF OFFICE
The Franklin County Sheriff’s Office in Ottawa will have a special visitor this morning, November 26th. Senator Jerry Moran will be in town and at the sheriff’s office on Beech Street to…
MEN’S CANCER
“You have cancer”…. Nobody wants to hear those three words. The reality is there will be over 1.7 million new cancer cases diagnosed in the United States this year and along with…
ASHER’S STORMTROOPERS
Four words that no parent ever wants to hear…”your child has cancer.” But, every year, the parents of 15,000 kids will hear those words. Each year, an estimated 400 000 children and…
CANCER DRUG SHORTAGE
A national shortage of cancer drugs is forcing some Kansas doctors to ration medication. The Kansas News Service reports that supply chain issues have squeezed supplies of more than a dozen chemotherapy…
HOG WILD CHECKS GIVEN
Thursday, October 24th, was a big day for Bo Killough, the local businessman who hosts the annual Bo Hog Wild BBQ, Brewfest and Kidfest. He was able to give monetary gifts to…
MAJOR DRUG BUST IN OTTAWA
A major drug bust went down yesterday morning October 24, in Ottawa. The Ottawa Police Department Star Team and Franklin County Deputies executed a search warrant in the 500 block of South…