Michael Stuart, Ottawa was one of 229 Barton Community College students named to the Dean’s List for the spring 2022 semester. To qualify for this honor, students must have been enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours and maintained a grade point average of 3.5 to 3.99 on a 4.0 or “A” letter scale.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit agreed with a lower federal court in Kansas a family could pursue a lawsuit against a Wichita police officer but not the city of Wichita for a fatal shooting of an innocent, unarmed man who was targeted in a hoax emergency call to law enforcement.
Franklin County Emergency Medical Services (EMS) received the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline EMS Silver Plus Achievement Award for its commitment to offering “rapid, research-based care to people experiencing the most severe form of heart attack”.
The Franklin County Historical Society will be hosting a presentation by Murl Riedel titled “Architecture of the Peoples Houses” at the Ottawa Memorial Auditorium on July 17 at 2 pm. The free event is sponsored by Humanities Kansas as part of its Speakers’ Bureau.
Karl Rogers is more than a coach to the West Franklin football players. He has known many of them most of their lives.
Members of Wellsville High School’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) team received several awards, including two first places, during the organization’s National Leadership Conference. Wellsville’s FBLA chapter is the second largest in Kansas, with 152 members headed by teachers Dawn Rottinghaus and Karla Face. A nationally recognized
Playing nationally-ranked non-conference teams is the standard for the University of Kansas men’s basketball team. The 2022-23 non-conference schedule is top heavy again.
Ottawa University turned to a former men’s lacrosse player and assistant coach to lead the women’s program. Kyle Beard, a Braves players in 2015-16 and men’s assistant coach 2017-19), is the new Lady Braves coach.
The Ottawa Arrows hope to use the FIKE Wood Bat Tournament as a springboard into the postseason. The Arrows regular season ends Tuesday with a home doubleheader against Lawrence.
The Kansas Sports Hall of Fame’s 2022 induction class is star-studded. The 10-member class is highlighted by Kansas and North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams and Wellsville native and Emporia State University basketball standout Emily Bloss Carpenter.