Oswego News

Editor's Note: W. David Fretz, the author of this blog, passed away December 13, 2009, at Medicalodges, in Eudora.

A grant worth more then $300,000, encompassing 12 southeast Kansas counties including Labette County will soon give local law enforcement access to high tech equipment making it easier to track down criminals, and it all starts with a thumbprint.

The first Southeast Kansas Cattlemen's Conference is planned for Saturday at the Oswego Community Center next to the Labette County Fairgrounds.

While Fort Scott and Uniontown will remain in their classes for this school year, both Jayhawk-Linn and Pleasanton will each drop one classification after the Kansas State High School Activities Association released 2009-10 assignments Tuesday.

Submitted photo Uniontown High School Fall Homecoming Candidates are, front from left: Haley Melton, Tyler Felt and Bethany Ericson.

About $25 million in federal stimulus funding has been allocated for water projects in Kansas, including more than $12 million for a water district in the southeast.

Former assistant Cherokee County Attorney Jeffrey Pittman has been charged with trying to have methamphetamine delivered to him in jail.

Former assistant Cherokee County Attorney Jeffrey Pittman has been charged with trying to have methamphetamine delivered to him in jail.

COLUMBUS, Kan. - New charges filed against former assistant Cherokee County Attorney Jeffrey Pittman allege that he schemed with two others to deliver methamphetamine to him in jail.

A vocational welding program that has taught job skills to inmates at the Hutchinson Correctional Facility for 40 years is ending because of the state's budget problems.

"Old-Fashioned Sunday" on June 14 at the Oswego Christian Church promises to be much more than just a church gathering.