Halloween safety Let’s assure this Halloween is safe. Check your kids’ candy before they eat it. It is possible they may receive pills laced with Fentanyl to look like candy. Rainbow Fentanyl comes in a variety of bright colors, shapes and sizes including pills, powder and blocks that ...
Ding-dong! Ding-dong! When I got “too old” to trick-or-treat, my parents assigned me the job of answering the door for trick-or-treaters. The Worst! Every couple of minutes, I had to get up and answer the door. I was working on my math worksheet, and more importantly, I had a ...
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President Donald Trump landed in Kansas Monday to support the reelection bid of Republican Sen. Roger Marshall, further highlighting how Republicans believe they’re at risk of losing the seat in a deep-red state. Trump spoke to the crowd near Wichita in a state he easily won by 16 points in ...
Tonganoxie Elementary School students were recognized at Monday's Tonganoxie USD 464 school board meeting. Works of TES students are on display at Grounded Coffeehouse, 304 E. Fourth St. More artwork from the students will be displayed at the coffeehouse in the spring as well.
Annual costume exchange is here Each year Tonganoxie Public Library offers a Halloween costume exchange for all ages of children throughout the month of October. Residents can drop off any clean, gently used costumes you’d like to rehome. Then check back to see what we have throughout ...
Health department offering flu vaccine clinic Jefferson County Health Department will set up its flu vaccine clinic from 10 a.m.-noon, Wednesday, Oct. 21, at First Baptist Church of McLouth, 100 W. Lake St. The clinic accepts Medicare Part B, Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Health Care and ...
HUTCHINSON — The owner of a south-central Kansas bakery did not expect a Facebook post she made last Thursday to go viral and end up featured on the New York Times homepage on Sunday. Holly Thomas, the owner of Holly’s Sweet Treats on Main Street in Hutchinson, made a post about a $678 ...
TOPEKA — Five measles cases reported in Kansas are related to out-of-state travel, health authorities said Thursday. “As of right now, we are not seeing the larger community transmission we saw back in 2025, but we will refrain from venturing a guess as to whether that will change,” ...
TOPEKA — Federal immigration officials subjected southwest Kansas to a “wanton abuse of power,” Gov. Laura Kelly said, and she pledged to union members that she would work to restore immigrants’ sense of belonging and security. Kelly spoke at a United Food and Commercial Workers ...
