Audio clips
Births
- Dylan and Harley Puhr, Tonganoxie, a girl.
- Jeremy and Kassidie Karns, McLouth, a boy.
- Jesse and Rebecca Moore, Tonganoxie, a boy.
- Jessica Bayliff, Tonganoxie, a boy.
- Lane and Carrie Stamper, Tonganoxie, a girl.
- Cole and Chassity Waddell, Basehor, a boy.
- James and Hallie Hughes, Leavenworth, a boy.
- Angela and James Smith, Tonganoxie, a girl.
Chats
- Shawn Linenberger: Chat with Mirror news editor Shawn Linenberger
- Frank Kohl: Chat with Leavenworth County Attorney Frank Kohl
- Todd Thompson: Chat with Todd Thompson, Republican candidate for Leavenworth County Attorney
- Connie O’Brien: Chat with Connie O’Brien, Republican candidate for Kansas House,
- Timothy Moran: Timothy Moran, Democratic candidate in the Kansas House District 42 race, to chat
Couples
- Anniversary: Monhollon
- Anniversary: Monhollon
- Engagement: Harrell and Aye
- Engagement: Harrell and Aye
- Engagement: Banahan and Ottensmeier
- Engagement: Banahan and Ottensmeier
- Engagement: Tiner and Chadwick
- Anniversary: Skeet
Obituaries
On the street
- What’s been your favorite vacation destination?
- What’s the best way to spend a snow day?
- What’s the best costume you’ve ever worn for Halloween?
- Though the cooler weather lately seems odd for August, autumn is just around the corner. What types of fall fare do you like to make — and consume?
- The new school year is about to begin. What was your favorite subject when you were in school?
Photos
Photo galleries
Podcasts
Polls
Which team would you have predicted to win the 2020 Class 4A boys state basketball title?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta (19-4) | 64% | |
| Piper (22-1) | 29% | |
| Rose Hill (13-10) | 2% | |
| Bishop Miege (19-4) | 2% | |
| Total | 37 | |
Videos
- Kansas newspaper owner says he’s sorry for equating mask rule to Holocaust
- July 8, 2020
- A Kansas county Republican Party chairman who owns a weekly newspaper apologized Sunday for a cartoon posted on the paper’s Facebook page that equated the Democratic governor’s coronavirus-inspired order for people to wear masks in public with the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
- Linwood Community Library awarded CARES Act grant
- July 8, 2020
- Humanities Kansas has awarded a Humanities Kansas CARES Act Relief grant to the Linwood Community Library. These funds, which total $5,810, are earmarked to support a portion of the library’s personnel and utility costs for a two-month period. “This grant will help us out during these very difficult times,” said Sharon Moreland-Sender, Linwood library director. “Stefanie (Brown) and Kim (Downing) continue to develop creative and unique ways to bring the community engaging and fun programs.” Downing is adult programming coordinator and Brown is children’s services assistant at the library.
- New York is now requiring people from three additional states to quarantine for 14 days as more individuals are testing positive for COVID-19 nationwide. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a Tuesday press rele
- July 8, 2020
- New York is now requiring people from three additional states to quarantine for 14 days as more individuals are testing positive for COVID-19 nationwide. Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a Tuesday press release that Delaware, Kansas and Oklahoma now join a total of 19 states that qualify under New York’s metrics for community spread. Cuomo’s advisory applies to states with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a 7-day rolling average, or states with a 10% or higher positivity rate over a 7-day rolling average.
- Kelly stresses mask-wearing as Kansas records nearly 3,500 new COVID-19 cases in two-week stretch
- July 8, 2020
- The state of Kansas should continue to remain in Phase 3 of the recommended reopening process as new cases of COVID-19 continue to spike, Gov. Laura Kelly said Monday. In the past two weeks, Kansas has seen nearly 3,500 new cases of the potentially deadly respiratory virus — by far the biggest increase the state has seen during the pandemic, Kelly said. Since Friday alone, the state confirmed over 980 COVID-19 cases, the statewide cumulative case total sits at nearly 17,000, and the virus has killed 280 Kansans.
- Tonganoxie Business Association meetings resuming this week around July 4 holiday
- July 8, 2020
- Second Harvest will have its next delivery to Tonganoxie later this week. Residents can stop by 10 a.m-noon Thursday at Cornerstone Family Worship, 205 E. U.S. Highway 24-40.
- Second Harvest returning this week to Tonganoxie
- July 8, 2020
- Second Harvest will have its next delivery to Tonganoxie later this week. Residents can stop by 10 a.m-noon Thursday at Cornerstone Family Worship, 205 E. U.S. Highway 24-40.
- McLouth High graduation July 25; MMS promotion also planned
- July 8, 2020
- The McLouth High Class of 2020 graduation is now planned for late July. The ceremony will be 8 p.m. July 25 at Stan Braksick Sports Complex. School officials are planning for a traditional ceremony, though it’s subject to change per any new guidelines announced during the COVID-19 pandemic. McLouth Middle School promotion is 8 p.m. July 24 at the stadium.
- Clemson ROTC student from Fort Leavenworth earns new rank
- July 8, 2020
- A Fort Leavenworth resident now is a second lieutenant with Clemson University ROTC. Katharine Ahsley Bolen recently was appointed second lieutenant during a joint online ceremony for Clemson University’s Army and Air Force ROTC units.
- Local students part of Washburn University 20202 graduating class
- July 8, 2020
- More than 600 students completed their courses for associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees this spring at Washburn University, including some graduates from Leavenworth County.
- Meet-the-candidates forum is Saturday
- July 8, 2020
- Voters will have the opportunity to pose questions to local candidates running in the 2020 primary elections.
- K-State players end threat of boycott over Floyd tweet
- July 8, 2020
- Kansas State football players have called off a threatened boycott in response to an insensitive tweet by a student about the death of George Floyd. The decision, announced on social media by several players, follows moves by the school to address diversity concerns.
- Kansas football suspends voluntary workouts after 12 positive COVID-19 tests
- July 8, 2020
- An uptick in positive COVID-19 tests has led the Kansas football program to suspend its voluntary summer workouts, KU officials announced Friday morning. Twelve football players have now tested positive for COVID-19, and KU is requiring a 14-day self-quarantine for all football players and staff members. The number of positive tests is four times what the figure was on Monday morning, the last time the program released information about testing. “When we welcomed our young men back to campus a couple of weeks ago for voluntary workouts, even with the policies and procedures in place to try and protect them from becoming infected with the virus, events outside of our control (have) made the decision to pause these workouts necessary,” KU coach Les Miles said in a statement.
- Together Tonganoxie Thrives for July 8
- July 8, 2020
- Together Tonganoxie Thrives is a page that highlights local businesses that are participating in a 13-week special advertising page that features those businesses different weeks.
- Jump in COVID-19 cases linked to Basehor Field of Dreams, Leavenworth County Health Department reports
- July 6, 2020
- Local health officials are linking increased COVID-19 cases to the Field of Dreams Athletics Complex near Basehor. The Leavenworth County Health Department said Monday that it has seen an increase in COVID-19 cases from contact tracing investigations related to the complex at 14333 Fairmount Road.
- Leavenworth County won’t follow governor’s mandatory mask order
- July 2, 2020
- Leavenworth County officials will continue to encourage and recommend that the county’s residents continue to wear masks when social distancing is not possible. But the county is opting out of Gov. Laura Kelly’s executive order for mandatory mask-wearing, which is set to start Friday. County Commissioners voted, 5-0, to opt out of the order and follow recommendations from Leavenworth County Health Officer Jamie Miller during a special meeting Thursday night at the Leavenworth County Courthouse.
- Tonganoxie City Hall closed Friday for observance of Independence Day holiday Saturday
- July 2, 2020
- Many government offices in Leavenworth County will be closed Friday in observance of the national holiday Saturday.
- Fireworks allowed through Saturday
- July 1, 2020
- Residents can shoot off fireworks within city limits through Independence Day. Fireworks started being discharged Tuesday. Fireworks can be shot off 8 a.m.-11 p.m. daily from through Saturday, which is Independence Day.
- Storm hits area Saturday; debris drop-off available
- July 1, 2020
- Tonganoxie residents were cleaning up Saturday morning after an overnight storm brought some hail and strong winds that caused damage to several trees. City residents can drop off tree limbs and brush from the storm, in the lot next to the Tonganoxie City Fire Station on Fourth Street if they have some debris still to move. The city is allowing the drop-off for two weeks after the storms, so residents still have some time.
- This month’s Second Harvest mobile pantry is July 9
- July 1, 2020
- Second Harvest will have its next delivery to Tonganoxie next week. Residents can stop by 10 a.m-noon July 9 at Cornerstone Family Worship, 205 E. U.S. Highway 24-40. The pickup generally is the second Thursday of each month. Produce and other grocery food items are available to all residents at each of the pickups. People are limited to five family boxes per vehicle. The next pickup will be Aug. 13 at Cornerstone.
- Together Tonganoxie Thrives for July 1
- July 1, 2020
- Together Tonganoxie Thrives is a page that highlights local businesses that are participating in a 13-week special advertising page that features those businesses different weeks.
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