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Fun touches down during airport day
L.M. Town took off from Richards-Gebauer Air Force base outside Belton, Mo., in his T-38 jet on a clear day in 1966, with a slight detour in mind before this young U.S. Air Force pilot and his buddy returned to their flight school in Enid, Okla.
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Murder Probe Pushes Police
Six months ago today, Billy Gene Cooper of Osawatomie was shot and killed apparently as he answered the front door of the home he rented on Chestnut Avenue.
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City Can’t Land Northland Prospect
Osawatomie’s first cast to land a big developer for the city’s Northland Project came up short last week. The proposal got a nibble, but the company didn’t take the bait.
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A Sisterly Act Of Love
Recently, 13-year-old Sarah Friend of Osawatomie fixed a hot dog for her 1-year-old brother, Wyatt. Having cut the hot dog into the bite-sized pieces, she sat talking Wyatt while he ate.
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State Hospital Seeks To Restore Pond
Osawatomie State Hospital employees are trying to make a fund-raising splash to revive one of the facility’s longtime features.
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Rep. Bill Feuerborn Visits Local Child Care Center
Rep. Bill Feuerborn has no doubts about the value of early childhood education and the lasting impacts such programs can have.
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Wendt To Vie For Homecoming Crown
Osawatomie High School’s homecoming came and went two weeks ago, but an OHS graduate is still vying for a crown of her own.
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Harvest festival set for next weekend
The Paola Harvest Festival is set to bring the fun times of fall to Paola’s Park Square next weekend.
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KAY Club’s Fund-raising Earns Praise
An Osawatomie High School group that continues to make an impact with its fund-raising efforts locally recently got some statewide attention.
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Food, fun at the fire station
City residents are invited to get a close-up view this weekend of the tools volunteer firefighters use to battle local blazes.
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Former POW To Speak
As a continuation of the Paola Veterans of Foreign Wars observance of POW/MIA recognition day, the post will bring Kansas native Capt. Charles Plumb to Paola next Tuesday. Plumb, who flew an F-4 Phantom jet on 74 successful missions over North Vietnam, was shot down only five days before leaving to return home in 1967 and spent six years in communist prison camps.
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Benefit planned for accident victim
A group of residents is trying to organize something great to help a local family deal with a recent tragedy.
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Homemade Kitfox Draws A Crowd
Joe Meyeres can see it now.
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