AdventHealth will become the official health care provider of Kansas Speedway. AdventHealth gains the naming rights to Kansas Speedway’s NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races on May 14-15.
The local National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is searching for new members to join the organization. DAR is a volunteer women’s service organization that honors and preserves the legacy of our Patriot ancestors.
Sigma Chapter Alpha Delta Kappa met Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, at First Baptist Church Parlor.
WASHINGTON — Leaders of faith organizations and Historically Black Colleges and Universities told members of a U.S. House panel on Thursday how their institutions and places of worship have been roiled by bomb threats and extremism.
The City of Ottawa Board of Commissioners has decided to extend an electric surcharge for residents after learning of additional expenses caused by the winter storm of February 2021. In April of 2021, the City added an electric surcharge to customer utility bills in order to recover a portion of the $1 million expense for higher electric generation during the storm.
From February 21 to March 4, The Ottawa Police Department will be joining agencies in Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma in a traffic enforcement campaign to spread awareness of teen traffic fatalities. There will be increased law enforcement presence near Ottawa High School during these two weeks.
Face masks are now optional outside of classrooms and laboratories on Neosho County Community College’s campus, President Dr. Brian Inbody announced Monday. The new ordinance went into the same day.
Eight local students were among more than 400 students who graduated from Emporia State University in December 2021. Graduates from this area are: Courtney LaceAnn Evans, Ottawa, Kansas, Master of Arts in English; Rachell Gracein Freeman, Ottawa, Bachelor of Science in Sociology with a minor in Crime and Delinquency Studies; Brian Hutton, Ottawa, Master of Arts in English; Whitney J.
Those driving on K-68 to Louisburg will have construction zones to navigate. Beginning Monday, KDOT plans to begin work on two K-68 improvement projects in Miami County.
TOPEKA — House Republicans failed Thursday to gather sufficient support for a constitutional amendment that could provide legislators with new oversight of the executive branch. The resolution, if passed by a two-thirds majority vote in both chambers and approved by a popular vote of Kansans, would add a new section to the state constitution providing the Legislature the authority to set and revoke new rules within state agencies housed in the executive branch.