Month: June 2018

Ottawa City Clerk and Summa Cum Laude graduate of Ottawa University Amy Lynn Finch has been awarded the Kansas Association of City/ County Management Rising Star Scholarship. She is one of three statewide to receive…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy was killed and another was critically wounded Friday when an inmate being transported to a court hearing in Kansas somehow got ahold of a weapon and shot…

Bicyclist hit by car Walter A. Kailer, 64, was taken by ambulance to the hospital Thursday afternoon after he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle in downtown Iola. The Iola Police Department…

HESSTON, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a natural gas pipeline exploded in rural central Kansas, sending flames shooting more than 75 feet into the air. A Harvey County dispatcher says the explosion was reported around…

Food commodities will be available at 4:30 Monday at Wesley United Methodist Church to qualifying recipients. Participants are asked to enter the east door. First-time recipients must bring proof of income.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have set their 2020 presidential nominating convention for the middle of July. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez says in a statement that party will convene July 13-16 to a get…

HUTCHINSON — Matthew Glenn Percy graduated from Hutchinson Community College with an associate of science degree May 11 as a member of Phi Theta Kappa and as a recipient of the Honors Program Graduate Medal.…

OTTAWA — Alex Wayne Trinkle earned his high school diploma from Ottawa High School during commencement ceremonies May 12. In addition to being an honor student, Trinkle was active with Scholar’s Bowl, varsity football, baseball,…

Humanity House This Sunday we celebrate the fathers in our lives. There are cards and BBQs and fishing and cakes, new ties, golfing, and kicking back with dad on a Sunday afternoon. But today, 20…

365-0365 Carlyle Presbyterian Church Myrna Wildschuetz played “Thanks to Calvary” for her prelude Sunday. Rita Sanders played “Let My People Go” on the organ for the offertory. Pastor Steve Traw’s granddaughter, Kathryn Traw, was the…