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- Corrections department ends men's boot camp E ...
The Kansas Department of Corrections says it has notified Labette County officials of its plans to stop operating the men's boot camp in the county.
- Labette Men's Camp Closing Under Budget Constraints
The newest budget cuts on the way for the state of Kansas will affect another jail facility in Labette County.
- KOMA Beef Conference slated for producers in four states
The 2009 KOMA Beef Conference is scheduled for Jan. 8 at the Community Center on the Labette County Fairgrounds in Oswego, Kan.
- Former security guard pleads guilty
A 26-year-old man has pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting a theft of explosive materials from the Hallowell Manufacturing plant in Columbus, Kan., in June of this year.
- Sedgwick Officials Tour Closing Corrections Camp
For only one more month, the inmates at the Labette County Women's Correctional Camp will have a second chance at rehabilitating their lives.
- Corrections Camp Meant For Correcting To Close
Each of the women here made a mistake. It's what landed them in a 32-bed facility near the Kansas-Missouri border, somewhere between probation and prison time.
- County eyes state's closed prison camp for jail space
Sedgwick County is exploring whether a Labette County women's correctional camp the state plans to close could be used to help ease jail crowding here.
- KDOC announces termination of contract for camp
The contract with Labette County for the operation of the Labette Women's Correctional Conservation Camp at Oswego will be terminated effective Jan.
- KDOC announces termination of contract for camp
The contract with Labette County for the operation of the Labette Women's Correctional Conservation Camp at Oswego will be terminated effective Jan.
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- Oswego man charged with possessing stolen explosives
An Oswego, Kan., man and two Wichita men have been charged in U.S. District Court, Wichita with possessing explosives stolen from a Hallowell company.
- Rowland to retire as Extension agent
By Jamie Willey Parsons Sun ALTAMONT -- For the first time in 27 years, Labette County will have a new family and consumer science agent.
- These items were taken from the Sun's wire services 20, 30 and 40 years ago
These items were taken from the Sun's wire services 20, 30 and 40 years ago. May 30, 1968 Voicing strong opposition to the closing of county roads for drag racing, Labette County commissioners approved a ...
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City DescriptionOswego is a city situated along the Neosho River in the eastern part of Labette County, located in southeast Kansas, in the Central United States. The population was 2,046 at the 2000 census, and it was estimated to be 2,000 in the year 2006. It is the county seat and second most populous city of Labette County.
Oswego was the outgrowth of a trading post established in the early 1840s by John Mathews. Up to 1865 there were no other white persons in the community and the place was called "White Hair's Village" because an Indian chief of that name made his home there. In 1865 a number of settlers located at this point and the name was changed to "Little Town." Two years later the Oswego town company was organized and so named for Oswego, New York, whence many of the settlers had come. Lots were given away to every person who would erect a building, with the result that the town grew very rapidly. The organization of Oswego as a city of the third class took place in February 1870. The town was made a city of the second class by proclamation of the governor in 1880.
The first frame house was put up by Dr. William S. Newlon in September 1865. The first frame store building was erected ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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