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By Shawn Linenberger
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August 21, 2020
- Tonganoxie Public Library is closed today and Saturday due to heightened pandemic precautions.
Library officials posted Thursday that the library would be closed for two days.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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August 20, 2020
- A local veteran of the Korean War recently had the honor of attending the dedication of the Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C. Don Wiles, who served in Korea from 1950-1952, was among the members of the military who were present at this dedication. Wiles was a member of an engineer’s unit, which was responsible for blowing up and building roads and bridges. One of the people that Wiles remembers was Bob Burrows, a young man who lived in Tonganoxie and who Wiles saw pass through his company one day on his way to the front. Burrows was killed hours later.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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August 19, 2020
- Local residents now can utilize study rooms at Tonganoxie Public Library.
The library recently announced that it was making the rooms available to the public 9 a.m.-7 p.m. weekdays at the library in one-hour increments.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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04:33 p.m., August 5, 2020 Updated 06:30 p.m.
- Two Tonganoxie teens were shot during an incident early Wednesday morning about 3 miles west of Tonganoxie near Kansas Highway 16, but the wounds were not life-threatening.
Early Wednesday, two 17-year-old Tonganoxie girls were parked in the parking lot at Helen’s Hilltop, 19611 McLouth Rd., planning to meet an 18-year-old Tonganoxie woman, according to Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office reports.
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By Elvyn Jones
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August 1, 2020
- A Tonganoxie woman was killed and a Bonner Springs man was injured Friday morning in Leavenworth County when a car rear-ended a motorcycle.
According to the Kansas Highway Patrol’s online report, the accident occurred at 5:04 a.m. Friday on U.S. Highway 24/40 just west of 150th Street in Basehor.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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July 29, 2020
- A traveling exhibit that brings to life the history of the women’s suffrage movement in Kansas will visit towns across the state during the next 14 months in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment.
One of those stops is Tonganoxie.
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Compiled by Ray Stockman, Janet Burnett, Theresa Megee, Connie Putthoff, Kris Roberts and Billie Aye
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July 23, 2020
- With the summer months here, street repair has begun in earnest in Tonganoxie. Priorities for road work have been set by the city council, and the streets of Delaware, Pleasant, Shawnee, and Green are considered the number one priority. These streets will have mill and overlay work done to them. The primary road work which has been done so far, however, has been on Second street.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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July 23, 2020
- Tonganoxie USD 464 will have a special school board meeting Thursday to discuss a strategic reopening plan for the 2020-21 school year.
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By Beverly Muzzy
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July 22, 2020
- McLouth Middle School will celebrate its eighth-grade graduation this week.
The event will start at 8 p.m. Friday at Stan Braksick Sport Complex. A traditional ceremony is planned, but subject to change dependent upon any new information or guidelines that may be declared.
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July 22, 2020
- Tonganoxie Lions Club is distributing free produce this summer.
The first-come-first serve produce is being offered at noon Tuesdays at the Mutual Savings Association parking lot in downtown Tonganoxie.
Produce at the weekly dropoff is grown at the Leavenworth federal prison.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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July 22, 2020
- The show went on this past weekend at Tonganoxie VFW Park.
Tonganoxie Recreation Commission’s annual summer theater production normally takes place at the Tonganoxie Performing Arts Center on the Tonganoxie High School campus with a big cast of local children participating in the community event.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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July 10, 2020
- Families Actively Strengthening Tonganoxie, a workout group open to the local community, will have it its final gathering for the foreseeable future on Sunday at Chieftain Park.
FAST will have a kickball game at 6:30 p.m. at the park.
Past and current FAST participants, as well as anyone else is encouraged to participate. The community workout program is going to have a hiatus due to low turnout.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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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.
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By Shawn Linenberger
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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.
