Several area students were named to the Emporia State University honor roll for the 2021 fall semester. To qualify for the university honor roll, students earned a minimum 3.80 semester grade point average in at least 12 graded hours.
Mellisa Wilson, Central Heights Elementary School teacher is one of 32 first-year educators from Kansas were recognized for their outstanding teaching skills through the 2022 Kansas Horizon Award program.
If you want Italian food and you live in Franklin County you’re in luck, because the only Italian restaurant in a 60-mile radius just so happens to be in Ottawa, and it’s delicious. Luigi’s Italian Restaurant is located on Ottawa’s Main Street under a can’t-miss yellow awning.
After nearly two years of being virtual, the Franklin County District Court will return to in-person jury trials next week, albeit at a new location. Starting January 27, Franklin County District Court jury trials will be held at the Ottawa Memorial Auditorium to ensure adequate space for social distancing amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Eric Crowley was sworn in as Ottawa’s new Mayor during the City Commission meeting on January 19. Crowley replaces former Mayor Sara Caylor, who will resume her role as a City Commissioner.
Students in Blake Lasley’s horticulture class at Ottawa High School became the first winners of Midland Genetics’ Corn Challenge, a competition between Franklin County high schools to see who could grow the most corn and take in the highest profit per acre.
TOPEKA — In her 13 years working as a corrections officer, Jennifer Wyman has fielded threats to herself and her family, sat with other officers in the emergency room and helped to rehabilitate inmates, all while working three other jobs because of insufficient pay.
You thought last year was a mess — well — here we go again. With the increased COVID-19 cases, variants, and major inflation, 2022 is going to be another challenge. I am confident that we can meet these challenges with perseverance and by remembering the words of our Founding Fathers, that our government is of “We the People” and that every decision we make as legislators must be in support of our Constitution.
Prairie Paws Animal Shelter received over $3,500 in donations from over 100 people on Monday as part of the nationwide “Betty White Challenge”, which encouraged people to donate to local animal shelters in honor of the late actress’s 100th birthday.
Ottawa’s Dakota Allen is pictured with MLA Proven Queen 2058, which won reserve intermediate champion heifer at the 2022 Cattlemen’s Congress Junior Angus Show, Jan. 6, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Photo by Next Level Images