Louisburg News

A water plant being built along the Marais des Cygnes River is still set to go online Aug.

Declining revenues and increasing expenditures have made it nearly impossible for the city to keep the 2010 mill levy at the current level, Louisburg City Council members learned Monday night.

Residents interested in keeping up with their finances or letting a little stress go will find two programs at Louisburg Library are just for them.

The new water plant being built along the Marais des Cygnes River currently is set to provide only Paola and Louisburg with water once it goes online next month, but plans need to be made now regarding future customers, including rural Miami County residents.

Property owners who recently requested to be annexed into the city are now requesting a variance to be allowed to build a barn on their 15-acre property atA the southeast corner of 287th Street and Rogers Road.

Family fun is in the works for July 4, when Louisburg's annual Freedom Fest makes a return appearance.

It's there for anyone who needs it - no proof of eligibility required. And it's a service organizers say is essential in Louisburg during a time when the economy is tougher than it has been in recent years.

A Louisburg student was among more than 600 students at Emporia State University to be named to the schoola s 2009 spring semester honor roll.

The words have become a part of American culture, even for those who dona t remember turning on the radio to catch the latest adventure of the masked hero or flipping on the television to see Clayton Moore hop on his trusty horse, Silver, alongside his loyal partner, Tonto.

Two green shirts led one group of bicyclers up the final hill on Metcalf Road before the 800 bicyclers participating in Biking Across Kansas completed their journey at Broadmoor Elementary School in Louisburg.

The last leg was the worst by many standards. Bicycling up and down the hills that saturated 311th Street and Metcalf Road from Paola to Louisburg, riders sighed in relief as they reached 287th Street, signaling their more-than-500-mile journey was about completed.

Miami County retail businesses and restaurants may have a busy night Friday when 850 bicyclists are scheduled to pedal into town during their final stop in the annual Biking Across Kansas event.

Jeannie Babb Taylor: Brand-new packaging! Southern Baptists attempt to save denomination by going incognito The webpage of Louisburg Southern Baptist Church reads: "We are still SBC; we still believe in inerrancy; we still cherish our seminaries and mission bodies: We changed our name from Louisburg Southern Baptist Church to Eastside Church of the ...

Claude E. "Bud" Smith Jr., 75, of Louisburg, Kan., died Thursday, June 4, 2009. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday, June 8, 2009, at Penwell - "Gabel Louisburg Chapel.

Hundreds of bicyclists will invade the area June 13 as the Bike Across Kansas tour ends its weeklong trek in Louisburg.

Paola and Louisburg officials on the Marais des Cygnes Public Utility Authority Board will have to wait a few extra weeks for completion of the new water plant southeast of Paola.

It's back to square one for the city of Louisburg and Miami County Rural Water District No.

While Miami County Airport welcomed a few planes and a helicopter as usual Sunday, the noontime scene was transformed as Harley-Davidsons, Hondas and Yamahas rolled in to register for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami County Poker Run.

Five-year-old Mitchell Rudy of Omaha, Neb., looked over the crowd from the fire enginea s cab, grinning from under the brim of Capt.

More details about walking and bicycling paths from Louisburga s neighborhoods to the schools could become more evident this summer.