Louisburg News

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.

Chad Turney, Louisburg High School junior, was promoted to an Eagle Scout and recognized on Oct.

This week is a busy one within the city of Louisburg and, of course, the Halloween holiday is at the center of most of the action.

Halloween on Broadway will be held on Friday, Oct. 30 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Businesses will open their doors at 5:30 to hand out treats, play some tricks and other fun events.

In more than two decades with Louisburg USD 416, Pam Waite has seen many a flu season come and go at Louisburg High School.

With today's busy schedules, coordinating an event for more than 100 Girl Scouts from troops across Northeast Kansas is never an easy task.

In a way, the G.R.A.D.E. Foundation is the fulfillment of a promise that Chad Mathis made to himself years ago.

She started a photography business in a 500-square-foot room, with her dark room in a closet and a piece of cardboard wrapped in foil as a reflector.

The East Central Kansas Opportunity Corp. will distribute food items to Miami County commodity participants Tuesday according to the following schedule: Louisburg 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Louisburg Senior Center, 504 S. Metcalf Road.

" The 2009 Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta wrapped up over the weekend.

Paola and Louisburg residents should expect to see a new red vehicle cruising through town, Jayhawk decals and all.

Anymore, your town is lucky to have one local newspaper, much less two.Yet here in this Miami County town that some call Oz, two weeklies are suddenly vying for the hearts and wallets of Osawatomies 4,600 residents.Since August, the 121-year-old Osawatomie Graphic and the new Osawatomie Journal have been engaged in an old-fashioned newspaper war.

Growing up as the child of Tom and Shelly Schierman, Clea Barry is overflowing with childhood memories of time spent at the Louisburg Cider Mill, and its annual Ciderfest celebration.