Miami County News

Heartland Oil and Gas Corp. , Juneau Beach, Fla., has conducted pressure testing on its new four-mile pipeline in Miami County, Kansas.

After these past few weeks of storms in Miami County, we are hoping for some dry weather so farmers can finish planting crops.

Everyone should make a point to visit the Miami County Historical Museum this month and check out Louisburg resident Bud Bortner's Lone Ranger collection.

Developers, realtors, bankers optimistic about housing market By Doug Carder, dcarder@miconews.com Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:31 AM CDT A San Diego developer is offering a buy-one, get-one-free deal to move his ...

Miami County Relay for Life to raise money, awareness for cancer research By Molly Heavner, mollyheavner@miconews.com Friday, June 6, 2008 4:24 AM CDT The 15th-annual Miami County Relay for Life will celebrate ...

This edition contains the first installment in a five-part series on the pinch at the pump.

The management of Heartland Oil and Gas Corp. recently initiated contact with institutional investors/private equity funds that specialize in oil and gas exploration and production and pipeline construction.

Louisburg turned out in force Thursday at a public officials meeting for communities affected by an access management study of Kansas Highway 68, from the Kansas-Missouri line to Interstate Highway 35.

New Legion, VFW member comforted by honors given across country on holiday By Catherine Odson, catherineodson@miconews.com Wednesday, May 28, 2008 4:28 AM CDT As taps sounded for the second time in Paola on ...

Local formation fliers Wayne Harclerode, Bill Johns, Lester Town and Jim Breckenridge are set to flyover nine Memorial Day services Monday.

President George W. Bush will stop in Kansas Thursday for a private fundraiser. The president will attend a fundraiser for Nick Jordan in Bucyrus in Miami County.

Volunteers have begun working on the Flint Hills Trail in eastern Franklin County.

A decision to study K-68 from Ottawa to Missouri was a matter of propitious timing, public officials from two counties and three cities were told Monday. via OttawaHerald.com

Prosecutors have charged Thomas E. Pool, 42, of Louisburg, Kan., in the shooting death of an Osawatomie man last month.Pool was arrested last night in Wichita on a warrant charging him with first-degree murder ... via KansasCity.com

“I'd ask him, and he'd pull out this long stick he'd use to turn the channels from the couch.”

Police officials search around the outside of the home at 816 Chestnut Ave. on Wednesday morning. via KCCommunityNews.com

EVERY WEEK when I decide what I should write about in my article I consider several things: the time of the year; what issues people will be dealing with whether it is crops, livestock or horticulture; and ... via KCCommunityNews.com

A man was shot to death inside a residence in Osawatomie, Kan., late last night. via KansasCity.com

“I took some FSCC classes while I was in high school”

A few years ago, Will Cutburth received a second chance at life, and now he's taking advantage of it. via Nevada Daily Mail/Sunday Nevada Herald

“I know I supported this study”

It was a reversal that likely will be reversed. On a 3-2 vote, county commissioners voted Wednesday not to take part in a study looking at growth along K-68 east of Ottawa, even though they had agreed to it ... via OttawaHerald.com

“It's been a tough, tough winter for the construction industry. ... It's a sloppy mess out there right now.”

The PUA, a joint project between the two Kansas cities of Paola and Louisburg , plans to deliver water to the cities from the Marais des Cygnes River . via Water Technology