Audio clips
Births
- Cassidy (Coffin) and Jesse Courter, Wellsville.
- Travis and Leanna Shriner, Tonganoxie, a girl.
- Kevin and Holly Reischman, Tonganoxie, a boy.
- Jason Spencer and Kimberly Sturgeon, Lawrence, a boy.
- Jackson Thomas Sloan, Atchison, a boy.
- Kyle and Jill Reynolds, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, a boy.
- Jesse and Sabrina Barnett, Tonganoxie, a boy.
- Robbie and Melissa Lewallen, Tonganoxie, a boy.
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
- Engagement: Kane and Harrison
- Engagement: Dent and Gouvion
- Engagement: Pearson and Walker
- Anniversary: Weaver
- Engagement: Davis and Holland
- Engagement: Cao and Nowasell
- Anniversary: Skeet
- Wedding: Naff and O’Hare
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
What were the top five Tonganoxie news stories of 2014?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Brothers Market replaces B&J Country Mart | 33% | |
| Good Shepherd purchases building that once was home to Pelzl’s hardware, variety store | 33% | |
| THS principal Jamie Carlisle announces resignation midyear, will finish out school year | 33% | |
| Construction on new Tonganoxie Elementary School progresses | 0% | |
| Tonganoxie City Fire Chief Dave Bennett steps down after 27 years in department | 0% | |
| Incumbent Connie O’Brien defeats 19-year-old Tonganoxie challenger Austin Harris | 0% | |
| Jewel on Main opens in former country jubilee venue | 0% | |
| Lyn Rantz hired as new Tonganoxie USD 464 superintendent | 0% | |
| Former police station torn down; pocket park created in its place | 0% | |
| Chieftain Trail nearly doubles with connection to northeast area of Tonganoxie | 0% | |
| Total | 3 | |
Videos
- Tonganoxie vigil pays tribute to 21-year-old killed in Thursday morning wreck
- 06:00 a.m., February 19, 2015 Updated 08:28 p.m.
- As more than 100 people gathered on a frigid Thursday night along Leavenworth County Road 5 in Tonganoxie, a family member spoke glowingly about Colin Bennett. Darren Bennett, an uncle, told the crowd that no one ever had “anything negative to say about Colin Bennett.”
- Kansas bill would require parental consent for sex education
- February 18, 2015
- Schools would be barred from giving sex education lessons to students without their parents’ consent under a bill discussed Tuesday by the Kansas House Education Committee.
- Woman gets 21 months in prison for hiring illegal workers
- February 18, 2015
- A co-owner of two Kansas City-area hotels has been sentenced to a year and nine months in federal prison for hiring workers who were in the country illegally and paying them less than other employees.
- Kobach says Kansas attracted most new businesses since 2003
- February 18, 2015
- Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach says more new businesses were formed in Kansas in 2014 than at any point since 2003.
- Hallmark to transfer printing work from Georgia to Kansas
- February 18, 2015
- Hallmark Cards plans to end printing work at its Litho-Krome printing subsidiary in Georgia and transfer the work to Lawrence.
- Linenberger: Brownback’s decision on LGBT protections should trigger public action
- February 17, 2015
- Gov. Sam Brownback rescinded nine executive orders last week that Govs. Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson originally signed. The one causing the largest stir is one that now ends legal protection against discrimination for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered workers in state government.
- Police were on scene when Tonganoxie principal left campus; sheriff’s office conducting investigation
- Chief says law enforcement presence common procedure
- February 17, 2015
- Tonganoxie police were at Tonganoxie High School to assist with former principal Jamie Carlisle’s departure. But Chief Jeff Brandau said that oftentimes is standard protocol for government agencies to have law enforcement present in such cases. Brandau referred to it as “civil standby,” something some officers also do for private businesses when off duty.
- KSU researchers develop heat-tolerant wheat
- February 16, 2015
- Two Kansas State University researchers are developing a type of wheat that will tolerate hotter temperatures.
- AT&T aims to match Google broadband in Kansas City
- February 16, 2015
- AT&T has announced a new Kansas City-area broadband service with speeds and pricing that aims to put it in competition with Google Fiber.
- Kansas committee review bill to boost tobacco, alcohol taxes
- February 16, 2015
- Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s proposals to raise alcohol and tobacco taxes are being reviewed by a legislative committee.
- Kansas lawmakers seek classroom tweaks in school budget row
- February 15, 2015
- Conservative Republicans have tried but failed to overhaul Kansas’ school curriculums in each of the past two years, but with a bigger majority in the state House and a looming budget crisis, some believe this could be the year they finally get their way.
- K-State’s response to open records request shows difficulty
- February 15, 2015
- A heavily redacted 11-page response from Kansas State University to a newspaper’s open records request illustrates shortcomings with the state’s open records law, but a leading First Amendment expert said it can be difficult to challenge such redactions.
- Kansas City Connection: Banjos and beignets
- February 15, 2015
- This week in Kansas City, celebrate folk music, Mardi Gras and Black History Month.
- Wanted: Mural ideas for Tonganoxie
- February 13, 2015
- Temperatures climbed into the 60s Sunday and residents responded. Folks were out and about at Chieftain Park enjoying the unseasonably warm temperatures. A trip to the car wash came with a waiting period.
- Kansas Senate panel considering bill to ban abortion method
- February 12, 2015
- A Kansas Senate committee is preparing to consider a ban on a procedure used in 8 percent of the abortions performed in the state.
- State board told Attorney General’s office can’t advise it
- February 12, 2015
- A small state board will be seeking outside legal help after the Kansas Attorney General’s office said it does not have the resources to represent the board on routine legal issues.
- Kansas considers changes to policies for state workers
- February 12, 2015
- A day after Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback rescinded an executive order protecting state employees from discrimination tied to sexual orientation and gender identity, his administration announced plans to revise hiring, layoff and termination policies for government workers.
- Lobbyists looped in about budget earlier than disclosed
- February 11, 2015
- Newly released emails obtained by the Topeka Capital-Journal show the governor’s administration informed two lobbyists about its budget efforts weeks earlier than previously disclosed.
- Kansas legislators open 2 days of hearings on marriage
- February 11, 2015
- Kansas lawmakers want to lower the state’s divorce rate. The House Federal and State Affairs Committee on Wednesday conducted the first of two informational hearings on marriage called by the committee’s chairman, Rep. Steve Brunk. The Wichita Republican says the state has an interest in keeping marriages together.
- Kansas lawmaker wants to set up new foster care program
- February 11, 2015
- A Kansas state senator wants to create a new foster care program that would provide higher state reimbursements to married couples who don’t smoke or drink, regularly attend church services or other social group meetings and either homeschool or send the foster children to private schools.
