The Oswego Fire Department and law enforcement officers were called to the Diamond Coach Corp. in Oswego following a roof collapse on the south side of the facility, Wednesday, Jan. 13, around 3 p.m.

More details to come.

The crowning will be held at the half-time of the boys varsity game.

Labette County High School will hold its annnual Tamasha this Friday night, Jan. 14, with the following (top 5) candidates: They are (front) Leah and Alexandra; back is Kelsey, Katie and Jaia.

Leah Charles, daughter of Eric and Tammy Charles; Katie Rohling, daughter of Jim and Ronda Rohling; Jaia Hucke, daughter of Phil and Julie Hucke; Kelsey Trotnic, daughter of Rick and Vickie Trotnic; and Alexandra Kunde, daughter of Norbert and Heike Kunde from Berlin, Germany, and her host family is Gary and Tammy Spruill.

Photo by Beth Conrad

Desks had been moved before the reorganization meeting Monday of the county commission, Jan. 11. The commission voted for Brian Kinzie to become chairman of the board and Commissioner Jack Martin will be vice chair. Commissioner Lonie Addis handed the gavel over to Kinzie. Read more

The annual meeting of the Labette County Conservation District is scheduled for Saturday evening, Jan. 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the Labette County High School cafeteria at Altamont.

Craig Carnahan will preside over the election of supervisors. The Bankers Award for Soil Conservation will go to Don and Linda Sales of rural Cherryvale. The Wildlife Habitat Award will be presented to Steve and Cheryl Lewis and Steven Charles, of Oswego.

See this week’s Labette Avenue for the complete information and list of advertisers.

The 17th annual Martin Luther King Day has been set for Saturday, Jan. 16, at 12 noon at the Oswego Community Center, according to chairman Floyd Cavitt.
“We will have three great speakers that day,” Cavitt said. The Labette Community College men’s coach Armando Johnson, Martha Gatewood and the Chetopa Principal Ebony Hart will be the keynote speaker. Read more

The City of Chetopa had applied for $300,000 and were awarded $237,000 through the HOME Investment Partnerships Program for the rehabilitation of existing homeowner-occupied houses in Chetopa.  Read more