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By Staff Report
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March 1, 2018
- A University of Kansas graduate with roots in Tonganoxie has donated in $1 million in scholarships that will support LGBTQ students at his alma mater.
Chad Leat, who now lives in New York City, announced the $1 million gift/commitment during a visit to KU this week, according to a story posted Thursday on the KU website.
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By Staff Report
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May 12, 2017
- Kyle Hayden is resigning as the superintendent of Lawrence Public Schools, the district has announced.
He plans to stay with the district in the newly created role of chief operations officer, pending approval by the Lawrence school board.
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By Staff Report
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November 29, 2016
- A Kansas State University competition has awarded 16 students and 10 different business ideas with $20,000 in prize money — and a Tonganoxie High School graduate is at the top of the list.
Tonganoxie’s Tyler O’Briant teamed up with Manhattan’s Sam Rozell — both seniors in electrical engineering — and were awarded $7,500 and a spot in the Kansas Entrepreneurship Challenge for their pitch for Eyas, the first truly advanced police support quadcopter drone on the market. The Eyas will provide dual functionality both as a reconnaissance and a documentation tool, enhancing police officers’ ability to more fully understand the myriad of dangerous situations they face on a daily basis as well as provide more appropriate, over-the-shoulder documentation once these situations commence.
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By Staff Report
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May 17, 2016
- Tonganoxie Sesquicentennial organizers are looking to promote the event this Sunday, but they need the community’s help.
With assistance from Tonganoxie High School video production students and Gab Local TV of Topeka, organizers are trying to put together lip dub segment for the community.
Lip dub is a form of lip syncing to music in a video.
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By Staff Report
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May 17, 2016
- This year’s Southern Leavenworth County Leadership Development Class had 12 graduates.
The students received their graduation awards during a luncheon May 4 at the Bob Wiley Memorial VFW Post 11499 in Basehor.
Class members hail from Tonganoxie, Basehor and Lansing and were recognized for completing the eight-month course.
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By Staff Report
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April 7, 2016
- The winter weather spell came and went Easter weekend, but the snow spurt hasn’t hindered Tonganoxie High golf in the early going of the season.
THS had been practicing the last few weeks and has gotten a good amount of work in on various area golf courses in preparation for the new season.
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By Staff Report
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November 3, 2015
- A second mural in Tonganoxie will be changing the downtown landscape a bit more.
Kelly Poling, a muralist from Chillicothe, Mo., painted a mural featuring books and an image of the late Dr. Phil Stevens in September on the west side of the Stevens physician’s office building. That mural creates part of a border in the downtown pocket park.
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By Staff Report
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July 6, 2015
- The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Johnson, Leavenworth and Wyandotte counties from 7 p.m. Monday through Wednesday evening.
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By Staff Report
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April 30, 2015
- A 15-month-old has been flown to a hospital after being struck by a lawn mower in Leavenworth County.
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By Staff Report
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April 13, 2015
- The owners of the Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway are postponing construction of a 248-room hotel, which was to be underway this week.
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