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Everyone needs a little help once in a while. An Ottawa woman who gives her time and products to a huge number of people and organizations in need… is in need of…

Starting today and over the next several weeks, when you drive around Ottawa, you may see some workers watching water gush out of a fire hydrant. No, they’re not watching it for…

My neighbor was having a problem in his garden last night and I went over to interview him about the issue: Now, don’t rabbits actually eat carrots? Retired K-State Extension Wildlife expert,…

Talk about pampered pets! An Osawatomie animal sanctuary is making space inside one of its shelters with tiny homes on the outside, for adoptable pets. Always and Furever, an animal sanctuary based…

If you’ve ever been on 15th Street from the trail toward Main Street after school, particularly on a Friday, you know a lot of kids are making their way up the street…

Convicted Osage County quadruple killer, James Kraig Kahler has been granted his seventh postponement of a preliminary hearing in a lawsuit challenging his conviction and death sentence. Kahler was sentenced to death…

Preliminary estimates reported by the Kansas Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics show a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.8% in June. This is unchanged from 3.8% in May…

Sometimes you have to be willing to take the back roads to find the true spirit of small towns around the state. One person who has done a lot of back road…

If you know a farmer that grows corn, give them a high five, because they are part of record production of corn in the United States this year. How does that impact…

The next couple months, the City of Ottawa will be flushing hydrants around the city. It’s an annual event used for a variety of things. The process is called “going free”. Assistant…

The Ottawa Library is busy through the entire year, but, their clientele changes throughout the year also. As school starts back up, a lot of the older kids that have used the…

Franklin County used to have the distinction as the “meth lab capital of Kansas”. New meth labs were constantly being busted. Franklin County Attorney Brandon Jones says when he started here in…

The power outage that affected the City of Ottawa Wednesday morning, August 13th, left about 1,300 people without power for about 20 minutes. The outage was caused by a turkey vulture attempting…

One person is dead following a fiery crash involving two semi trucks on I-35 yesterday morning, August 14th. The call came in just before 10:30 yesterday morning of a semi truck on…

The United States has seen an unprecedented number of flash flood warnings this year. Over 3,000, the most since the modern alert system went into effect in the mid 80’s. When areas…

For those of you who may be wondering when the county is going to get back to work on the Texas Road Bridge. Never fear, it’s coming soon. Franklin County Public Works…

The City of Garnett is getting serious about a proposed sales tax increase. They sent out some preliminary information with utility bills this past month. At the Garnett City Commission meeting Tuesday…

Franklin County recently sold five of their old dump trucks at auction and came away with over $81,000. They decided to use the money for eight crucial road repairs. One of those…

It’s back to school time for students in the area. Ottawa schools had their first full day yesterday, August 13th, as did Spring Hill. Today is the first day for Central Heights,…

The new school year is underway and that means a lot of you are scrambling to get sack lunches put together before the kids head out the door. Marais Des Cygne Extension…