The Mirror / Melissa Treolo

Melissa Treolo is a reporter for the Chieftain, covering news and features in Bonner Springs and Edwardsville.

Recent stories

Mullen touts change in Fort Leavenworth speech: By Melissa Treolo; March 10, 2010; Fort Leavenworth — In a speech addressing an auditorium full of Command and General Staff College students last Thursday, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Adm. Mike Mullen talked about stepping up to the plate as leaders and also making family a top priority.
Joint Chiefs chairman talks openly about leadership, gays in the military: By Melissa Treolo; March 4, 2010; In a speech addressing an auditorium full of Command and General Staff College students Thursday, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Adm. Mike Mullen talked about stepping up to the plate as leaders and also making family a top priority.
Accidents snarl highways: Winter storm causes pileups on Interstate 70; By Melissa Treolo; February 18, 2010; As she stood on a hill past the bridge just west of Kansas Highway 7 and Interstate 70, watching a massive accident unfold, Lawrence resident Jessica Boehle couldn’t believe her eyes.
Ag Hall of Fame faces questionable future: By Melissa Treolo; December 31, 2009; As the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame’s future still remains uncertain, members of the hall’s board of governors are preparing to do whatever it takes to turn the center into a viable institution that can at last hold its own financially.
Ag Hall’s future remains uncertain: By Melissa Treolo; December 31, 2009; As the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame’s future still remains uncertain, members of the hall’s board of governors are preparing to do whatever it takes to turn the center into a viable institution that can at last hold its own financially.
Poultry museum offers ray of hope: By Melissa Treolo; December 17, 2009; Many question how the Poultry Museum, a new addition to the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame museum that opened in May, could have opened while the center was facing such financial hardship.
Capital campaign misses mark, fails to produce: By Melissa Treolo; December 17, 2009; In 1998, the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame’s governing board started proceedings for launching a capital campaign, meant to raise at least $5 million.
Drought of dollars: As funding, attendance dry up, Ag Hall’s survival in danger; By Melissa Treolo; December 17, 2009; Wearing a coat to keep himself warm inside the east wing of the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame museum, education coordinator Lee Sigley offers his take on the current state of affairs at the center.
Dancer to make fifth appearance in ‘Nutcracker’: By Melissa Treolo; December 10, 2009; Madison Epp, of Bonner Springs, has danced her way through four “Nutcracker” productions at Kansas City Ballet.
Ag Hall of Fame board of directors members resign en masse: By Melissa Treolo; November 16, 2009; During last Tuesday’s National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame board of governors work session, new member Amy O’Rourke asked the entire board of directors to step down. Little did she know her request would be granted two days later.

Recent photos

Cooper Harris, 7, at left, and his brother Garrett Harris, 9, get ready to hand out beads to the parade watchers.

Adm. Mike Mullen, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, speaks at Fort Leavenworth about leadership and the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy.

Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks Thursday morning in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center at Fort Leavenworth. Topics he discussed ranged from how to be effective leaders to President Barack Obama's proposed lifting of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.

Don Bearley (left) and Richard Sheumaker look at some Energy-Star-rated appliances at Nebraska Furniture Mart, in Kansas City, Kan. Some Kansas residents participating in the State Energy Efficient Appliance Replacement Program will have the opportunity to receive rebates on the purchase of new Energy Star-rated appliances such as these.

Madison Epp (middle), a 14-year-old ballet dancer from Bonner Springs, is about to perform in Kansas City Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” for the fifth time. Epp previously played a party girl in the opening party scene, a ginger in the second act, Clara and a mirliton. This year, Epp was cast in the Waltz of the Flowers and snow scenes.

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