Kudos to the Tonganoxie City Council for considering updates to the current Animal Control ordinance, which has not been changed since the 1990s. This window of opportunity for Tonganoxie residents is golden — but will be short-lived, as the Council votes May 9th on the proposed ...
Like all Americans, Kansans are paying higher prices for their food. Attribute this rise in costs to Mexican freezes or tight supplies in the pork market; still, we're all digging deeper into our pockets to pay for our next meal.As a result, consumers should reconsider their grocery budgets to ...
Community must work together in preparing for next bond issueTo the editor:I would like to thank the residents who took the time to vote on April 5. As a member of the board of education I would like to express my pride in this community for being involved in the process.Many voters expressed ...
Recently there has been a growing demand by the public for the ability to conduct business with the government online. ELVIS (our Election Voter Information System) made Kansas one of the first few states to implement an online voter registration program in July 2009.The online voter ...
Only once in a blue moon do Kansas farm and ranch families have an opportunity to tell their story to people half way around the world. That was the case March 23-24 when a Dutch public broadcasting company television crew traveled to Smith and Sheridan counties to portray life on the farm in ...
A Tonganoxie police officer was one of 58 new law enforcement officers recognized for graduating from the Kansas Law Enforcement Training Center on March 4 outside Yoder, which is near Hutchinson.Jarrod Gill of the Tonganoxie Police Department was part of the 211th basic training class ...
To the editor:Lately I have received quite a few calls from senior citizens who have fallen victim to email or telephone scams. These schemes are getting increasingly more complex, creative and devastating when successful. Some use personal information gleaned from the Internet to manipulate ...
When Congress debated the health care bill last year, then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously quipped, “We have to pass the bill, so you can find out what is in it.” One year later, the negative impacts of this law are clear: health care costs continue to rise and access to care has been ...
In 1956, the Leavenworth County United Way (formerly United Fund) raised $65,000 to support local non-profit organizations who help those in Leavenworth County. Last year, even with economic hardships, employers and employees and other donors supported our community to the tune of ...
Chances are you’re serving up some home-grown dinner on your kitchen table tonight.Kansas farmers and ranchers consistently rank at the top in wheat, sorghum and beef production, with corn and soybeans following close behind. We even have a few folks growing cotton now. Kansas farmers produce ...
