Presidential candidate makes stop in Oskaloosa

There was no secret service or a motorcade followed by a swarm of media following Republican Presidential Candidate John Davis Jr. as his bus rolled into the Oskaloosa square.

There was no secret service or a motorcade followed by a swarm of media following Republican Presidential Candidate John Davis Jr. as his bus rolled into the Oskaloosa square.
Courthouse records for the week of Dec. 22, 2011.

Growing up, Christmas was magical for Jan McKnight. Her family made it that way, especially her grandmother, Lillian Simpson.

Oren Long Sr., 87, a Valley Falls farmer, died of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle collision about 3 p.m. Dec. 16 at the north intersection of Highway K-4 and 16.

by Clarke Davis The last time he called was to ask who said “The unexamined life is not worth living.” He never had a computer, but he knew who had access to Google. Oren Long, a long-time contributor to these columns, died Saturday as a result of a car accident near his home on the [...]

Oren Long, Sr. died Friday evening from injuries suffered that afternoon in an automobile accident. He was 87 years old.
Marie A. Swoyer, 54, Newton, died Dec. 12, 2011.
Memorial services for Henry S. Kochanski, 92, Ozawkie, formerly of Philadelphia, are pending and will be announced next summer by Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home & Crematory, Lawrence.
Ethel G. (Pope) Mulvaney, 99, Kansas City, died Sept. 17, 2011.
Alta Louise Evans, 78, Arkansas City, died Sept. 29, 2011, at the South Central Kansas Medical Center in Arkansas City.