According to the US Department of Agriculture, over 87 percent of Kansas is farmland. Despite this, many Kansans are completely unaware of the role farmers play in the state’s culture and economy, which is why the Franklin County Farm Bureau works so hard to educate them.
Three prep spring sports will be host sites for the upcoming postseason. Wellsville (3A) and Central Heights (2-1A) will be the host sites for baseball.
The Ottawa University head into the KCAC Tournament as the top seed for the first time since 2010. Ottawa sealed the KCAC regular-season title Friday with a 13-3 win over Sterling.
The private-public school issue may have a resolution after many years of debate. On Friday at its Board of Directors meeting, the KSHSAA pushed forward a proposal to address the issue that’s been scrutinized the the past decade.
Few events shaped my childhood like the one-two punch of the Hesston tornado in 1990 and the Andover tornado in 1991. My family lived only 18 miles away from Andover, and the notion that a storm could descend from nowhere and wreak destruction terrified me.
After two years, the Franklin County Health Department has gotten rid of its mobile COVID-19 testing trailer. According to its Facebook page, the Health Department has moved into what it calls endemic planning mode.
A fifth grader from Baldwin City has been chosen as the winner of the 2022 Missing Children’s Poster Contest held by the Kansas Bureau of Investigation and Attorney General Derek Schmidt. Claire Watkins was declared the contest winner during a presentation at Baldwin City Elementary School Intermediate Center.
At a time when Confederate monuments across the nation have come down, generating a degree of consternation in many cases, the upcoming dismantling of a Kansas monument dedicated to abolitionists provides a good example of how a collaborative approach can foster constructive dialogue and civic engagement.
The Franklin County Optimists have named eight students as this year’s “unsung heroes”. Left to right: Kearston Clausen, Nevaeh Watson, Deondre Goodwin, Trey Kingsolver, Xavier Richardson, Baron Hernandez Garcia, Wyatt Mendell.
Ottawa High School seniors Quinncy Morris (left) and Ryan Laurie (right) were recognized two of the top one percent of all graduating seniors in the state of Kansas during Governor Kelly’s Scholars Ceremony. Photo: Ottawa High School