Miami County News

A standoff in Miami County that lasted for more than seven hours ended peacefully after a man surrendered to police.

Shots were fired at law enforcement officials Sunday night after they responded to a domestic disturbance in Miami County.

Paola residents can kick off the holiday season in style Friday during the citya s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony.

Two new doctors will be greeting patients at the Miami County Medical Center in Paola.

As a light mist of rain kept falling Saturday evening, it reminded Jay Preston, founder of My Fathera s House shelter for the homeless, of a night he will never forget.

The Paola USD 368 recently received a financial boost from local businesses. First Option Bank presented the district with a check for $19,789.84 at the Paola vs.

After community members paid their respects to local veterans last week at the Miami County Veterans Memorial, it was the students and faculty at Paola Middle School who took their turn to honor their country's heroes.

Mr. and Mrs. James Haley of Osawatomie will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary Thursday.

Your heart stops. Medics restart it. But you dont regain consciousness.A big chill could save your life.More hospitals in the area and nationwide are taking such patients body temperatures down to about 90 degrees for 24 hours.

Gary French is planning for the worst. No one ever wants a disaster to hit a school, but it's a possibility that the Osawatomie USD 367 superintendent knows could come at any time.

Times have been tough for many people lately, and with the pending combination of a down economy and a Kansas winter, the outlook is a little dimmer for the less fortunate.

While the Osawatomie and Fontana fire departments are certainly no strangers to each other, theya re going to have the chance to get to know each other a little better from here on out.

Miami County memorial services for Veterans Day will be conducted during the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month today at the Miami County Veterans Memorial at Baptiste and Hospital Drive in Paola.

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

When I first came to Paola in 1991, part of my reporting duties were to cover police and sheriffa s news for the Miami County Republic, and, it was not long before I got the nickname a oeScoopa from the law enforcement officers.

Paola Mayor Artie Stuteville certainly is a woman of many talents. When shea s not driving a taxi around town, running her coin laundromat, teaching youngsters how to dance or leading city meetings, she may be found in the kitchen, where she has perfected some tasty recipes over the years.

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.

A Miami County man who won a $25,000 lottery prize wasna t the only person struggling to believe his luck.

The Miami County Conservation District honored 30 winners from more than 600 entries in its poster, essay and limerick contest with a pizza party Oct.