The Tonganoxie USD 464 budget for 2020-21 will see an increase of a little more than 2 mills.School board members approved the budget during a special meeting Monday at the Tonganoxie Elementary School library.The approved mill rate for 2020-21 is 62.596. Mill rates the past two fiscal years ...
Local organizations, departments and groups received more than $75,000 in grant funding this year thanks to another generous distribution from the Pete and Margaret Leighty scholarship.This marks the ninth year that the grant program has distributed funds through a committee of community ...
Name: Gabe BelobrajdicBorn: Nov. 8, 1989, at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.Family: Wife, Kelsey; two sisters, Sarah and Molly; brother, Adam; father and stepmother, Dan and Brooke. Belobrajdic was a “surprise” baby, so his siblings are much older than him. He joked that ...
Overland Park ? A proposal to bring indoor skydiving to a Kansas City suburb hit an obstacle when city council members questioned the wisdom of placing an oddly shaped building in a prominent place in the city, particularly if the business closes in the future.IFly Indoor Skydiving, of Austin, ...
Residents stopped.Some took photos.Passersby had to get a glimpse of a longstanding fixture in downtown Tonganoxie in its final days.City crews tore Thursday into the former police station at Fourth and Delaware that previously served as the public library.With the help of a backhoe, city crews ...
The first time I ate raw asparagus was during the ’80s at an Italian restaurant in New York. Someone else must have pushed me to order it because until then the only asparagus I’d ever encountered was steamed and buttered, and I really liked it just that way. Raw asparagus? Must be bland ...
After the U.S. Department of Agriculture has found Emerald Ash Borers in the Leavenworth area, residents are asked to help stop the accidental spread of the insect.The department found the insect in Clay and Platte counties in Missouri, and it was confirmed in Wyandotte County in August.To ...
In his four years at Tonganoxie High, Adrian Whittington has grown and matured.That didn’t mean he couldn’t have some fun, though, when he signed a letter of intent Feb. 17 with the Coffeyville Community College football program.It has become a tradition the past couple of years for THS ...
In today’s fast-paced “hustle and bustle” world we often forget to just be grateful for the “stuff and things” of everyday life. The little boy and his “too tight” buttonholes on his jeans took me back to research I’d done on buttons a few years ago. I found that buckles and ...
With just a few days remaining until McLouth High sports teams make their 2009 debut at the school’s annual Fall Preview on Friday. MHS coaches have been happy with the performances of Bulldog athletes at pre-season practices.McLouth football coach Chris Stewart said his varsity team got back ...