Osborne News

Standing in the massive shadow of what is said to be the last standing oil derrick in Ellis County, Bob Eickhoff was suddenly swept back in time.

Osborne High School Gymnasium 200 block of West Washington St. Admission Free & Door Prizes Lunch served on site The inaugural Don Coldsmith Award will be given to Dr.

An open house is planned from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 9 at the Osborne Public Library to honor Emporia State University professor James F. Hoy, the first recipient of the Don Coldsmith Award.

Kansas cattleman Raymond Schneider expects DNA profiling to dramatically improve his herd in the next five years.

4, 2009*** Police Department City of Ottawa, Kansas DAILY MEDIA RELEASE August 03, 2009 Warrant Arrest 100 S. Cedar, 0902 hrs, The suspect Trapper Ainsworth a 27-year-old Ottawa male was arrested on a City of Ottawa warrant.

Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Ellis, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Russell, Smith and Trego counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 16, in Hays.

ALTON a ' A northern Kansas firefighter has died, apparently succumbing to the heat while battling a house fire.

"Our View from Here," an exhibition of work from the North Central Kansas Art Association and curated by Jan Schoen, president of the association, will open with an artists' reception 2 to 4 p.m. today at Deines Cultural Center, 820 N. Main, Russell.

Wilson was found guilty of first-degree murder, aggravated burglary, burglary of a residence and felony possession of a firearm, according to a news release from the Attorney Generala TMs Office.

A jury has returned a guilty verdict in the trial of a man accused of killing a North Central Kansas farmer.

Both the prosecution and the defense concluded their cases Monday, bringing to a close the witness testimony phase of the trial against Kenneth Eugene Wilson, who is charged in the March 2008 slaying of Portis resident Jeffery Scott Noel.

The countdown to the Kenneth Wilson murder trial in Osborne County District Court has reached its final 24 hours as official proceedings are scheduled to begin Monday.

"At this time we don't feel the rumors are credible," Superintendent Keith Hall said Tuesday morning.

There is an added police presence Friday at Osborne High School. Osborne superintendent Keith Hall says the presence is a precaution in response to rumors circulating among students.