OTTAWA HIGH THESPIANS AWARDED
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…
PIPER LOWE MOVES ON
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…
CHAMBER COMMUNITY BUILDER AWARD
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…
CHAMBER ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARD
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…
ARTIFACT IDENTIFICATION
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…
COBBS ON FUNDRAISERS
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…
MICO MURDER SENTENCING
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…
SHOT FIRED IN POMONA ALTERCATION
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…
MORAN AND JUSTICE FOR 911
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…
COUNTY COMMISSION REORGANIZATION
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…
ADVENT WELCOMES OBGYN
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…
KOFO GOOD PEOPLE AWARD NICO BORDELON
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…
COBBS ON FOUNDATION BOARD
The Ottawa School District has created a Foundation Board that will help facilitate large-scale fundraiser projects. School Superintendent, Dr. Ryan Cobbs, says one example might be the Rose Parade: Cobbs says the…
FALLING IGUANA WARNING
Do you see the cold weather that’s on the way? Heading to Florida to escape the cold? You’ll have to go wa-a-ay south, as a cold front will plummet temps in Florida…
OZ SNOW COST BREAKDOWN
The City of Osawatomie broke down just how much time and money was involved in the clean up of last weeks snowstorm. Between January 4th and January 9th, winter storm Blair required…
SCHMOE ON STATE OF THE STATE
Governor Laura Kelly will deliver the State Of The State address tomorrow night, January 15th. Fifty-ninth District Representative Rebecca Schmoe says there are two other addresses Kansans should be interested in also:…
FORMER BURLINGTON TEACHER SENTENCED
A former Burlington High School teacher and wrestling coach has been sentenced for sex crimes with minors. Michael Vander Linden was sentenced in Coffey County District Court to three years in prison…
COBBS ON SNOW DAYS
Many students have already missed school due to snowstorms…….but the Ottawa School District is in good shape. School Superintendent Dr. Ryan Cobbs says there’s still some room to go: Cobbs says other…
CITY COMMISSION PREVIEW
The Ottawa City Commission will meet tomorrow afternoon, January 15th. One item on the agenda is a proclamation recognizing Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior Day. Other items on the agenda include a…
FINCH ON BUILDING CODE
What appeared to be a pretty mundane item on the City Commission agenda, the adaption of the International Existing Building Code in Ottawa turned into a revelation, of sorts, for the commission….