Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 will host a candidate forum July 11 at the post home, 901 E. First St. The event will be 9-10:30 a.m. Candidates for Leavenworth County Commision District 5 and Kansas House districts 38 and 42 have been invited to participate in the forum in advance of the primaries ...
Tonganoxie Recreation Commission’s Summer Spotlight theater production focused on the Emerald City on Thursday and Friday at Tonganoxie Performing Arts Center. Youths offered performances of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” on the Tonganoxie High School campus those days. Carter Shepard ...
The booms will be a bit bigger this year, or at least come with that milestone significance. The nation will celebate 250 years Saturday with Independence Day. Bonnder Springs will have a fireworks display Thursday, while Basehor and McLouth have events slated for Saturday. Bonner Blast ...
Tonganoxie school board members approved personnel recommendations at their regular meeting June 8 at the USD 464 Administrative Center. Contract/work agreements were approved for: JoAnn Kelli Irvin, Tonganoxie High School counselor; Courtney Bailey, THS science/biology teacher; Nicole ...
Cedar Hills Mall celebrated the opening of its building expansion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 13 at the mall near Third and Main streets. Tonganoxie Bussiness Association members were on hand to help celebrate the event. CMH's expansion means more boutique offerings and daily food ...
Younger students have regained ground academically after the pandemic’s disruptions while older students’ test scores continue to stagnate, according to the latest testing data released Wednesday by the federal government. Nine-year-olds rebounded to pre-pandemic reading scores and saw ...
Tonganoxie Public Library’s Chieftain Cafe provides afterschool snacks to students during the school year. Now that it’s summer, Chieftain Cafe is open 11 a.m.-noon weekdays and provides lunch items for youths 18 and younger. The offerings were implemented after the Tonganoxie school ...
It’s summertime again, and that means that the Jarbalo Community Bible Church is getting ready for its next anniversary celebration! The event will take place the last Saturday of this month. From 1-7 p.m. June 27, Jarbalo will celebrate at the church, 211th Street and Dempsey Road. There ...
Brenna Lynn, a psychology major from Basehor, was named to Samford University’s Dean’s List for the spring 2026 semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average out of a possible 4.0 while attempting at least 12 credit hours of coursework. ...
Nearly 700 Emporia State undergraduates were named to the university honor roll for spring 2026. To qualify for the university honor roll, students earned a minimum 3.80 semester grade-point average in at least 12 graded hours. Area students on the honor roll and their majors ...
