Osborne County News

Twenty Kansas communities have earned PRIDE program awards for their work in community development and civic improvements.

Sunday afternoon, local leaders turned out to honor Kansas firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

Standing in the massive shadow of what is said to be the last standing oil derrick in Ellis County, Bob Eickhoff was suddenly swept back in time.

The concept of Extension Districts involves much more than the ability to tax, organizers say.

Editor's note: This is the second of a two-part series that looks closer at extension districts, what they are and how they work.

The concept of Extension Districts involves much more than the ability to tax, organizers say.

Work to repair a bridge on U.S. Highway 24, located approximately 4 miles west of Osborne, will begin Monday.

Work to repair a bridge on U.S. Highway 24, located approximately 4 miles west of Osborne, will begin Monday.

Forty-four Kansas communities will share a total of $13,081,660, including $4,370,331 in federal stimulus dollars, through the Community Development Block Grant program, the Kansas Department of Commerce announced.

Many of you likely have one sitting in your home right now. The question is, what do you plan to do with that out-dated computer, TV or appliance that no longer works? Many choose to recycle.

Responding to measures to reverse state budget deficits, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment on Friday announced plans to discontinue its Clandestine Drug Lab Response Program.

County Extension work isn't just a job. It gets into your blood. And it's hard to walk away from.

Attorney General Steve Six says Kenneth Eugene Wilson has been given the maximum sentence.

Saturday's funeral services for Osborne County firefighter Lyle Lewis, who died Tuesday after responding to a fire at a rural home southwest of Alton, provoked appropriate emotions of grief and mourning, but also of honor as the 50-year-old father of five was laid to rest.

A north Kansas firefighter has died, apparently succumbing to the heat while battling a house fire.

Northwest Kansas dodged the severe weather bullet overnight, although hail and heavy rains were reported in a few areas.

The yearly event is in celebration of Osborne County Pioneers of the Hackerott family who immigrated with their families to the United States from Isernhagen, Hanover, Germany in 1842.

Rain started falling about 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Arloa and John Shaw residence in rural Phillips County.

There's a laminated sheet of paper on a closet door in Elouise Miller's classroom, displaying an excerpt from Robert Fulghum's book, "All I Ever Needed to Know I Learned in Kindergarten." It's a teaching philosophy Miller has lived by for a lot of years.

Do elected prosecutors actually prosecute? Attorney General Steve Six sent out a news release yesterday announcing he had personally argued the murder case against an Osborne County man.