Vikings name King and Queen of Courts
Dominic Lopez and Cameron Peel were named Central Heights’ 2022 King and Queen of Courts on Friday. .
February 2022
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Ottawa crowns King and Queen
Ottawa High School seniors Claire Crowley and Chase Bloomer were Winter Royalty Queen and King. The crowning ceremony took place Friday at halftime of the boys basketball game. Photo by Greg Mast/The Ottawa Herald
Ottawa University receives e-bikes as part of initiative with Live Healthy Franklin County
Ottawa University has received 10 electronic bikes for students to use on and off-campus, thanks to a grant and partnerships with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas, Ottawa Bike and Trail, RideKC, Bike Walk KC, and Live Healthy Franklin County. The bikes were first available for student use on January 26.
Dorsey breaks father’s scoring record
Wellsville High School senior Jimmy Dorsey broke his father’s school single-game scoring record in leading the Eagles Friday to a 90-28 win over Osawatomie. Dorsey netted 45 points to move past Brent Dorsey for the school mark.
Horrible quarter hurt Ottawa girls in loss
The Ottawa High School girls basketball team ran into an unusual situation against Louisburg in the Cyclone gym. The game started like many others with the lead going back and forth.
Hull, Dials place in two tournaments
It was a busy weekend for the Ottawa High School girls wrestlers. The Cyclones competed Friday in the Frontier League Tournament and Saturday at Silver Lake.
OU men stretch winning streak to 9
The beat goes on for the Ottawa University men’s basketball team. The Braves stretched their winning streak to nine games with an 88- 71 win Saturday over York.
Deborah Ann Kent Miller
Deborah Ann Kent Miller of Emporia died of Covid on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 at Newman Regional Health. She was 73.
New bill would allow year-round sale of fireworks in Kansas
TOPEKA — As it stands, retail fireworks sellers in Kansas are only allowed to sell their wares from June 27 to July 6, a shorter time period than some neighboring states. Seasonal retailers in Missouri can sell fireworks from June 20 to July 10 and from Dec.
Ottawa student wins Ag Quiz Bowl at Farm Bureau Conference
Franklin County’s Isaac Wingert was part of the winning Ag Quiz Bowl Team at the Kansas Farm Bureau (KFB) Young Farmers & Ranchers Leaders Conference on January 29th in Manhattan. Isaac is a junior studying Agricultural Economics at K-State and is pictured here with KFB President Rich Felts and the rest of the winning K-State team. Proud parents are Harold and Kathie Wingert. Franklin County Farm Bureau Association was well represented with 11 members attending the conference in Manhattan. In total, nearly 380 young farmers and ranchers from across the state of Kansas attended the conference and took home valuable knowledge and tools to continue to move agriculture forward into the future. Photo contributed by Lisa Rivers, County Coordinator