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: Pearson and Walker
- Anniversary: Weaver
- Engagement: Davis and Holland
- Engagement: Cao and Nowasell
- Anniversary: Skeet
- Wedding: Naff and O’Hare
- Engagement: Sanborn and Dent
- Wedding: Garrsion and Laney
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
- Crucial missed shots thwart Tonganoxie High boys’ chance for road victory
- Mill Valley hangs on in tight game
- January 18, 2015
- For most of Friday’s visit to Mill Valley, the Tonganoxie High boys had themselves in position to win. However, a series of missed shots in the fourth quarter proved more than a little costly. THS trailed by just five points entering the fourth quarter, but the Jaguars pulled away late to hand the Chieftains a 53-46 loss.
- Tonganoxie High girls make strides in loss
- Team nabs first victory against Turner
- January 18, 2015
- David Hall sensed the Tonganoxie High girls had started to turn a corner in their first win Jan. 13 against Turner. The Chieftains weren’t able to replicate that success Friday at Mill Valley, but further progress was still evident in the eyes of their coach.
- Kansas City Connection: A slice, a symphony and opera singing
- January 18, 2015
- Last week, this column previewed KC Restaurant Week, which began Friday and lasts through Jan. 25. Sometimes you just want to keep it simple, though, and just order a pizza. Also, mezzo-soprano superstar Joyce DiDonato and tenor Juan Diego Florez will headline the pinnacle event of the Harriman-Jewell series’ 50th season.
- Sign-ups to begin for annual trans-Atlantic pancake race
- January 18, 2015
- Sign-ups get underway next weekend in southwest Kansas for an annual trans-Atlantic pancake race.
- School efficiency panel suggests forming 2 new committees
- January 15, 2015
- A Kansas task force that spent half a year looking for ways to spend school funding more efficiently on Wednesday proposed legislation that would create two new commissions to take up the subject.
- Lesser prairie-chicken conservation plan receives windfall
- January 15, 2015
- Kansas fish and wildlife officials are saying that the plan to protect the endangered lesser prairie-chicken has raised nearly double the expected revenue in its first year.
- Tonganoxie educator one of Kansas’ best
- TES teacher earns statewide award
- January 15, 2015
- Nichole Gurwell has an interesting approach to teaching, according to Ty Poehl, Tonganoxie Elementary School principal. “It’s kind of like you take someone who is already an excellent teacher, but also has the attributes of a Nickelodeon producer,” Poehl said. “She knows what kids like.”
- Kobach seeks straight-party voting, power to prosecute fraud
- January 15, 2015
- Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach alerted lawmakers this week that he will again seek the power to prosecute voter fraud, and also is proposing two other voter bills.
- Kansas revenues take major hit from plummeting oil prices
- January 14, 2015
- Kansas lawmakers looking for a bright spot in the state’s financial picture were told on Tuesday that even though falling gas prices are greatly reducing the amount of oil severance taxes the state is collecting, more money is going into the pockets of residents that can be spent on other things.
- Kansans buy more lottery tickets, spend less at 2 casinos
- January 14, 2015
- Kansans spent more than a million dollars more last year to buy lottery tickets than they did the previous year.
- Group plans to build housing to revitalize Hutchinson area
- January 14, 2015
- A Hutchinson group is working on a plan to significantly increase the housing stock in a lower-income area of the city.
- U.S. farmers bought more tractors, fewer combines in 2014
- January 13, 2015
- A new report shows U.S. farmers bought more tractors and fewer combines in 2014.
- State Fair officials begin work on updating master plan
- January 13, 2015
- Kansas State Fair officials are considering two companies to write a master plan to address renovations at the aging fairgrounds.
- Kansas birth rate in 2013 lowest since recording began
- January 13, 2015
- An annual report says the Kansas birth rate in 2013 was the lowest since the state began keeping birth records in 1912.
- Trout fishing in Kansas? Yes, in the winter
- January 12, 2015
- Think of trout fishing and you aren’t likely to consider Kansas as a destination. But the state offers trout fishing during the winter at several of its waterways.
- Kansas rivers, lakes attract eagles in winter
- January 12, 2015
- Bus tours and educational programs are among the activities that are planned in Kansas to celebrate National Bald Eagle Month.
- BLHS powerlifters open 2015 season in convincing fashion
- January 12, 2015
- The Basehor-Linwood powerlifting teams continued their dominating ways Saturday when the opened the 2015 season at McLouth.
- Kansas will have no women in statewide offices
- January 12, 2015
- For the first time since 1966, Kansas will have no females in statewide offices, at least until the next election.
- Grocery store industry begins new push to allow strong beer, wine, liquor sales
- January 11, 2015
- Native Kansan David Dillon, the retired CEO and chairman of grocery giant The Kroger Co., has become the leader of the Uncork Kansas coalition, which is seeking legislation to end the longtime Kansas law that limits liquor sales only to licensed liquor stores. By Chad Lawhorn
- Kansas lawmakers open session amid budget shortfalls
- January 11, 2015
- Kansas legislators open a critical annual session Monday that will require them to wade through massive budget shortfalls and deal with a court mandate to boost spending on public schools.
