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Plans for new neighborhood of 140-plus homes begins process to win city assistance
Proposed pet food ingredient plant would pay average wages of $72K a year; project seeking $5M in tax breaks
Finding ways to save rural Kansas hospitals
EPA, pipeline operator reach deal to clean up Kansas spill
Library Corner: ‘Frozen’ pancakes and pajamas event for youths; Grinchy storytime
Kelly has early lead in Kansas governor’s race
Tonganoxie USD 464, Genesis Christian Schools out for parent-teacher conferences, fall break
SUV hits tractor trailer Wednesday near Basehor
Tonganoxie Spooktacular is coming Oct. 28
Remember When: A Community Review of Tonganoxie for March 13, 2024
Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...
St. Patrick’s Parade is Saturday in downtown Tonganoxie
Don your green and head to downtown Tonganoxie this Saturday. The 36th annual St. Patrick’s Parade will start at 11 a.m. Saturday on Fourth Street. The parade will start at Main and Fourth Street and head west along Fourth Street to Shawnee Street where the parade will end near Tonganoxie ...
Schools on spring break this week
There might be more activity during the day this week at local parks, activity centers, shopping areas. Tonganoxie, McLouth, Basehor-Linwood school districts, as well as Genesis Schools in Tonganoxie, all are among area schools on spring break this week. Classes will resume Monday for local ...
Remember When: A Tonganoxie community review for March 6, 2024
25 years ago: March 3, 1999 Twelve years ago, parade chairman John McCaffrey, started the Tonganoxie St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Since then, the parade has grown from 5 people to 200 people. The parade will take place at 10:00 a.m. on March 13, 1999. Sponsored by the Tonganoxie Chamber of ...
Remember When: A Community Review for Feb. 28, 2024
25 years ago: Feb. 24,1999 The Ice Cream Parlor & Grill had a half page ad thanking Tonganoxie for its support, as the business celebrates its 10th year. The celebration feature will be 2 hamburgers or cheeseburgers and 2 orders of French Fries and 2 medium drinks for only $6.00. The ...
Tonganoxie celebrates National FFA Week; major fundraiser and open house next week
The Tonganoxie FFA chapter had a busy few days for National FFA Week this past week, but the group also will be having an open house and the FFA Alumni Auction, which is a major fundraiser for the local FFA organization. This past week, the Tonganoxie FFA continued its tradition of ...
Jazzy times in Wichita: Tonganoxie’s jazz ensemble performs during KMEA convention; THS student selected to all-state band
The Tonganoxie High School Music Department had a busy couple of days in Wichita performing at the Kansas Music Educators Association state convention. The THS Jazz Ensemble performed Thursday at the Kansas Music Educators Association inservice workshop and then THS senior Aiden Van ...
Tonganoxie High Jazz Ensemble performs at KMEA event in Wichita
The Tonganoxie High School Jazz Ensemble performed today at the Kansas Music Educators Association inservice workshop in Wichita. Under the direction of longtime THS instructor Charles Van Middlesworth, the THS jazz ensemble performed a concert for KMEA members as part of this year’s ...
Leavenworth man pleads guilty to aggravated battery in biting of baby
A 23-year-old Leavenworth man has pleaded guilty to aggravated battery after admitting to biting a baby. Benjamin Frederick Douglas Oaks admitted to a Leavenworth police detective that, on several occasions, he bit the victim, whom he was caring for when the abuse happened, according to a ...
Community to celebrate life of Tonganoxie Middle School teacher
The community will honor a Tonganoxie Middle School teacher who died last week following a sudden illness. Katie Frances (Rodina) Brooks, a seventh-grade English teacher at TMS, died Wednesday, Feb. 14, after a sudden, brief illness, her obituary read. A celebration of life will be 1-3 p.m. ...