Santa Claus made a visit to Tonganoxie Elementary School last week for a little reading session with the entire kindergarten class.Children intently listened as Santa read a book about, well, Santa, of course.After a lively question-and-answer session, students filed out of the classroom where ...
To the editor:Yik Yak has hit the community of Tonganoxie and its arrival has already left giant scars on those who have become its victims.According to the article “How do you solve a problem like Yik Yak?” by Caitlin Dewey from the Washington Post, Yik Yak has been described as “a ...
Topeka ? The re-emergence of gay marriage as a hot legal issue nationally has complicated Democratic challenger Paul Davis' bid in Kansas to unseat conservative Republican Gov. Sam Brownback.Davis has represented a safely Democratic seat as a Kansas House member and voted three times in 2004 ...
To the editor:I am writing to express my appreciation of Kansas Rep. Connie O’Brien, R-Tonganoxie, for her responsiveness on issues.I have found that when I call her she always promptly answers or returns my calls.Once I had an issue related to my sister’s little girl with special needs, as ...
One day per week in Linwood, Tonganoxie and Basehor, residents have the pick of free farm produce at a not-so-typical farmers market.Corn, cabbage, tomatoes and zucchini grown at the Unites State penitentiary in Leavenworth fill bins under the Linwood Lions Club shelter every Tuesday at Linwood ...
Dale Giar spotted the great horned owl standing on the concrete of a bridge near Giar's Overbrook house. The owl did not move when Giar drove past him on his drive home Sunday .Giar thought something was wrong with the owl so he went back to the bridge after getting a blanket from his house and ...
Denison ? A small-town Kansas mayor faces an August recall vote after critics say she violated the state’s open meetings law and doesn’t get along well with most City Council members.Denison Mayor Audrey Oliverius said the local discord is because the northeast Kansas community of roughly ...
Basehor ? Karla Holton and Jessica Fouts became close friends when Holton found out she was having twin boys a little more than a year ago. Fouts had recently had twin girls and wanted to help Holton, of Basehor, prepare for what was coming.Neither of them knew the ultimate bond that would ...
Basehor ? You never know what the "Digging Divas" will turn up.For Judy Ward of Tonganoxie, it was that her great-great-great-greatgrandfather was accused of stealing $30 and was dishonorably discharged from the Union army during the Civil War. Ward is among the many women to join one of the ...
Topeka ? The Kansas Supreme Court handed down a mixed ruling today in a school finance lawsuit, ordering the Legislature to restore certain kinds of funding in the state education budget, but sidestepping the larger question of whether base per pupil funding for K-12 education is adequate.The ...
