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The Ottawa City Commission has approved a service agreement with a consulting firm for the rehabilitation of a taxiway at the Ottawa Airport. City Manager Brian Silcott says at first the taxiway…

The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Award and Banquet is tonight. At the event, five awards will be given out. The most prestigious of those awards is the Russell Crites award,…

In her State of the State Address last night, Governor Laura Kelly said the world has changed a lot in the last 25 years, but everywhere she goes she hears two things:…

President Biden gave his farewell speech to America last night. In the speech, he urged American to keep up the fight for the ideals the Nation stands for. He says he’s worried…

Two Ottawa city employees have been recognized for their completion of a management program. City Manager Brian Silcott gave some details concerning Utility Superintendent Levi Harn and Interim Public Works Director D….

Governor Laura Kelly has announced that United States Congress’ passage of the reauthorization of the Water Resources Development Act will save Kansans more than $41 million due to a provision that adjusts…

**High School Basketball**WBB:Ottawa 53 Baldwin 45Prairie View 42 Anderson County 18Wellsville 45 Santa Fe Trail 20Jayhawk Linn 30 Central Heights 12West Franklin 47 Mission Valley 37Crest 37 Pleasanton 9Osage City 69 Cair…

The Ottawa City Commission meets this morning. Here is a preview of the meeting, courtesy the City of Ottawa Information Technology Department… The meeting will be at 10:00 this morning, January 15th,…

A group of Ottawa High students attended the Kansas Thespian Festival in Wichita. It was the first time a troup from Ottawa had attended the event, and did they ever have a…

The Kids Baking Championship on the Food Network Monday night, January 13th, featured all contestants making macarons, which just happen to be a favorite of 12-year-old Piper Lowe, of Princeton, one of…

The Ottawa Area Chamber Of Commerce Annual Award and Banquet is coming up tomorrow, January 16th. At the event, five awards will be given out. One of those is the Community Builder…

The Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Award and Banquet is coming up on Thursday, January 16th. At the event, five awards will be given out. One of those is the Entrepreneur…

Are you into collecting artifacts? Have an arrowhead that you found a long time ago? Interested in finding out more about it? The Anderson County Historical Society Museum will host an Artifact…

A new policy greeted USD 290 students as they returned from Christmas Break. If students in the Ottawa School District want to participate in a fundraiser, there will be a few rules…

A 55-year-old Overland Park man recently was sentenced to 10 years and three months in prison for shooting and killing a 43-year-old Edgerton man at Hillsdale State Park in 2023. Brian Meysenburg…

Franklin County Deputies responded to a disturbance among family members outside Pomona yesterday, January 13th, with a physical altercation which ended with a firearm being discharged into a vehicle. The family argument…

U.S. Senator Jerry Moran and two other senators reintroduced the “Justice For 9/11 Act” to nullify any plea deals made between the U. S. Government and the Guantanamo Bay inmates who planned…

The Franklin County Commission met yesterday, January 13th, in a Reorganization meeting. New Commissioner Sabina Meader was sworn in and took her spot on the Board. Also swarn in were County Clerk…

AdventHealth Ottawa is one step closer to resuming birthing services at the hospital. They have introduced doctor of obstetrician-gynecologist Bridget Abney. Doug Rich, Chief Operating Officer of AdventHealth Ottawa, says they are…

A family down on their luck and living in their car, stayed the night at the Ottawa Cold Shelter, Sunday night, January 12th, but, when they went out to the car, it…