May 2022

League track champions

May 14, 2022

The Ottawa Middle School eighth grade goys Track & Field team won the Frontier League championship.Ottawa came back from being down eight points with two events left to beat Pioneer Ridge by two points after winning the 1,600-meter and 400-meter relays. Ottawa are back-to-back League champions. The Ottawa team members are: Nate Sims, Cole Mader, Bryston Schulte, Haydon Hull, Chase Meyers, Isaiah Cox, Evan Calderon, Layton Thompson, Lawson Davis, Brendyn Bowman, Caul Johns, Gage Criqui, Nick Walker, Liam Marler, Shane Circle, Conner Schulz, Jeremy Luna and Chayden Knapp. Submitted photo

May 14, 2022

The Ottawa University and College of Idaho softball teams are no strangers to each other. The two met in the first round of the 2021 NAIA College World Series.

May 14, 2022

The Ottawa University baseball team for the first time is a top seed in a regional. The No.

May 14, 2022

Spring sports has reached its pinnacle. It is postseason time.

Legislature to tackle several items after break

May 14, 2022

The legislature is on another break until May 23. The delayed schedule is a response to the Congressional map and now the state senate map being challenged in court.

KS Sec. of State candidate visits with Ottawa Republicans

May 14, 2022

Kansas Secretary of State candidate Mike Brown made a stop in Ottawa to visit with the Ottawa Republicans on Monday to discuss his goals for the state’s election process. Brown, a Johnson County native, is touring all 105 Kansas counties leading up to the primary election on August 2.

May 14, 2022

TOPEKA — U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran and U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids offered input Thursday into development of a compromise bill designed to improve domestic manufacturing and the nation’s supply chain that were exposed as competitively deficient during the COVID-19 pandemic.

May 14, 2022

TOPEKA — After years of waiting, Kansans will soon be able to legally wager on sporting events under a new law signed Thursday by Gov. Laura Kelly.

May 14, 2022

Franklin County’s disaster declaration for the COVID-19 pandemic was officially repealed and rescinded during the May 11 County Commission meeting, over two years after the declaration was first issued.

May 14, 2022

Ottawa City Commissioners held their first official discussion of the city’s 2023 operating budget at their May 9 study session. During the meeting, representatives from each department outlined their proposed budget for next year and explained any causes for significant increases from the 2022 budget.

May 2022

League track champions

OU, Yotes no strangers to NAIA play

OU baseball garners top seed in regional

Baseball, softball regional paths set

Legislature to tackle several items after break

KS Sec. of State candidate visits with Ottawa Republicans

Davids, Moran taking part in U.S. supply-chain, domestic manufacturing reform negotiations

Kansas governor signs law legalizing sports betting

Franklin County Commission Recap: May 11

Ottawa City Commission Recap: May 9