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The Franklin County Sheriff’s office is proud to announce that they are fully staffed. That’s something that was hard to do just a few years ago. Sheriff Jeff Richards says statewide, applicants…

The City of Ottawa’s annual free chlorine burn and hydrant flushing will begin today, and continue for six to eight weeks. The flushing is done in order to provide safe, high quality…

The bookkeeper at Garnett’s Country Mart grocery store faces 17 counts of felony theft in connection with the disappearance of more than $3,000 from the store. The Anderson County Review reports that…

Back in mid June, a building owner in downtown Ottawa found out they had been awarded a $50,000 ‘Residential Opportunities On Main Street’, or ‘ROOMS’ grant. The grants are awarded through the…

The Osawatomie Police Department is investigating a possible sexual assault at the Osawatomie State Hospital. Osawatomie Chief of Police, David Stuteville, confirmed the investigation to KSHB 41 news reporter Ryan Gamboa, following…

Remember the talk about the lesser prairie chicken being put on the threatened or endangered list and how it really irritated Kansas ranchers? Well, the lesser prairie chicken will not be listed…

The 2025-2026 Franklin County Farm Bureau AG Ambassadors have been announced. They are Emma Cameron from West Franklin High School. She is president of the West Franklin FFA and the daughter of…

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…