Tonganoxie USD 464 to celebrate students with back-to-school barbecue
Tonganoxie USD 464 will have a fall kickoff event Friday at Beatty Field. Festivities will start at 5 p.m. at a food tent near the stadium. Free hot dogs, chips and water will be served. From there, students throughout the district will be recognized.
Tonganoxie Living
Next Chats with Chelsi is Thursday at the library
Chelsi Myer will be on hand for a 4 p.m. Chats with Chelsi presentation Thursday at the Tonganoxie Public Library. Myer is a Leavenworth County Agent with Kansas State University Research and Extension. The topics of Myer’s chats vary from month to month, but they all stem from her family and consumer science background.
- Area communities ready for bang-up Thursday for Fourth of July celebrations July 3
- Easter egg hunts, Egg My Yard fundraiser planned for Tonganoxie April 17
- Just what the ‘doctor’ ordered in Tonganoxie: Resident who favors a certain soft drink turns 101 Friday April 10
- Caregiver support group being offered each month in Tonganoxie March 14
- Forecast favorable for 31st Annual Tonganoxie St. Patrick’s Parade on Saturday March 12
Local news
Tonganoxie High students represent FreeState at DC event
Electric Cooperative Youth Tour is an opportunity to take part in a program that promotes life skills that today’s generation value, including building relationships, developing leadership skills and preparing them for their futures.
- Sunflower Stroll, Plein Art Festival, cleanup days coming next week August 23
- Plein Art Festival next week alongside Sunflower Stroll August 22
- Leadership Southern Leavenworth County to have recruitment gathering next week August 22
- Next Chats with Chelsi is Thursday at the library August 21
- McLouth Happenings: Circus coming to town, MHS planning Nashville band trip August 21
Leavenworth County
Leavenworth man sentenced in stabbing case
Andrew Joseph Housworth, 41, Leavenworth, was sentenced Friday to more than 13 years in the Kansas Department of Corrections for one count of aggravated battery causing great bodily harm, a severity level 4 person felony.
- Sunflower Stroll, Plein Art Festival, cleanup days coming next week August 23
- Plein Art Festival next week alongside Sunflower Stroll August 22
- Leadership Southern Leavenworth County to have recruitment gathering next week August 22
- Tonganoxie USD 464 to celebrate students with back-to-school barbecue August 22
- Tonganoxie High students represent FreeState at DC event August 21
Sports
Sample graces football cover as THS garners early attention
Kansas Pregame recently published its 2019 football guide and a THS senior graces the front page. Lineman Cole Sample is one of 18 seniors included in the publication’s “Big Men on Campus” feature, highlighting them as the top players in the Class of 2020. Sample has received a track offer from Kansas and football and track offers from Pittsburg State.
- Town hall meeting to discuss local issues, including bond issue August 23
- Sunflower Stroll, Plein Art Festival, cleanup days coming next week August 23
- Plein Art Festival next week alongside Sunflower Stroll August 22
- Leadership Southern Leavenworth County to have recruitment gathering next week August 22
- Tonganoxie USD 464 to celebrate students with back-to-school barbecue August 22
- Soccer to be 1st Tonganoxie High team to open season August 22
- Knipp begins new volleyball era at Ottawa August 22
- Sample graces football cover as THS garners early attention August 22
- Tonganoxie High students represent FreeState at DC event August 21
- Next Chats with Chelsi is Thursday at the library August 21
- Leavenworth man sentenced in stabbing case August 21
Upcoming events
- Tonganoxie Community Historic Site open for visitors August 28
- TOPS Meeting in Tonganoxie August 29
- Tonganoxie Community Historic Site open for visitors September 4
- TOPS Meeting in Tonganoxie September 5
More events
Births
- Jeremy and Kassidie Karns, a boy.
- Jesse and Rebecca Moore, a boy.
- Dylan and Harley Puhr, a girl.
- Jessica Bayliff, a boy.
- Lane and Carrie Stamper, a girl.
