The artwork of Wellsville High School senior Kathryn Thompson has received a Gold and Silver Key from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, the country’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for seventh through twelfth grade students involved in the creative arts.
Dominic Lopez and Cameron Peel were named Central Heights’ 2022 King and Queen of Courts on Friday. .
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.
TOPEKA — Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease led to rancher Charles Imthurn’s placement in a Kansas assisted living facility and it was dementia that prompted his involuntary discharge. Imthurn’s wife, Rachel, said the facility providing care for her husband and five other Alzheimer’s patients with issues related to memory, thinking and behavior decided without warning to get out of that line of business.
An Ottawa man was arrested Sunday night after fleeing a shooting incident the previous evening , OPD says. According to Sergeant Aaron Procaccini, officers responded to a shooting call in the 500 block of North Hickory Street around 10:15 Saturday night.
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TOPEKA, Kansas — Democratic Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly used her veto pen Thursday to strike down a congressional redistricting plan pushed by Republicans that critics say was gerrymandered to hurt Democrats.
The Ottawa Herald The Friends of the COF held its first annual cornhole tournament on February 6 at the Bottle House in Ottawa. All proceeds from the event go to COF Training Services, a not-for-profit organization that provides day programs and residential services to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Coffey, Osage and Franklin Counties.
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
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.