Louisburg News

Almost a decade ago, Kim Silance was starting her first day on the job as the Stilwell Post Office's newly-minted postmaster.

If Thanksgiving is all about bringing family closer together, shouldn't that philosophy extend to a family built on shared faith as well? That's a philosophy followed by the Louisburg faith community anyway, since at least 1938.

On Dec. 5, from 9 a.m.A to 3 p.m., the Louisburg Middle School Parent Teacher Student Organization will hold the seventh annual Holiday Mart.

Panther Lube and Tire is now open and ready to facilitate your vehiclea s needs.

It's not often that city governments get to deal with a pair of big-ticket items during a single meeting, but such was the case in Louisburg on Monday night.

Wayne Knop didn't really need the extra incentive. As a Louisburg resident, veteran and post commander of Louisburg American Legion Post 250, he would have attended the Veterans Day ceremony at Louisburg Middle School anyway.

At the USD 416 District School Board meeting Monday night, Superintendent Sharon Zoellner discussed percentages, the budget and what Louisburg students have been achieving recently.

The Louisburg Chamber of Commerce gave out its annual Chamber Appreciation Award on Nov.

Gary French is planning for the worst. No one ever wants a disaster to hit a school, but it's a possibility that the Osawatomie USD 367 superintendent knows could come at any time.

Ita s that time of year again. The season for giving, listening to Christmas music on the radio and cozying up to a fire with a cup of cocoa.

Larry Fries brushes away the leaves from the completed memorial for Shelly Tooley as the sun sets behind him at Cedar Cove Feline Conservatory and Education Center.

The statistics regarding missing children in the United States are not for the faint of heart.

For those unfamiliar with the process, seeing an American flag retired for the first time can come as something of a shock.

There's a plan in place for the Louisburg High School musical theater program. It's one that involves not just the theatrically gifted students of LHS.

There are a lot of ways to measure success. In sports, for example, maybe it's done with a point total.

With night falling a little bit earlier each day, and temperatures dropping to match, people across Kansas are preparing for the rigors of winter - and the city of Louisburg is no exception.

With the arrival of Halloween on Saturday, the site of costumed kids prowling Louisburg's streets was a common one.

It can sometimes go unnoticed, but Louisburga TMs youths are responsible for a great deal of whata TMs right in this community.

I saw a kid dressed as a whoopee cushion on Friday night. I'm not sure I ever would have expected to begin a column that way, but that's the type of thing that deserves its own introduction.

One has to figure that blood drives essentially are populated by two kinds of donors: the first-timers and the veterans.