To the editor:TFI Family Services is a not-for-profit Foster Care Agency. Our agency has been in the state of Kansas for over 50 years. We are writing you today to discuss the need for foster families in the Leavenworth County area.In the State of Kansas, we have more than 7,500 children in ...
To the editor:The potential re-zoning of property near County Rd. 1, south of Tonganoxie, was discussed at the last Planning & Zoning meeting. None of residents who spoke were in favor of re-zoning. However, the committee unanimously voted in favor of re-zoning. It begs the question: ...
The Tonganoxie USD 464 Education Foundation will induct its 10th class into the Education Hall of Fame next week.The ceremony will take place during halftime of the Tonganoxie High homecoming football game against Spring Hill on Oct. 11.There also will be a reception that afternoon for the ...
To the editor:(Dear Tyson,)On behalf of the citizens from Tonganoxie and surrounding areas who have flocked together by the thousands to oppose your proposed $320 million poultry processing plant, I’d personally like to apologize if we have ruffled any feathers.It’s just that we don’t ...
Editor’s note: The mail-in ballot question for Tonganoxie residents that is due back to the Leavenworth County Clerk’s Office by Feb. 28 asks whether the city should replace the current 3/4-cent sales tax for the Tonganoxie Water Park that is set to expire with a 20-year tax at the same ...
Trainer praised for stanceTo the editor:I am writing to commend Mr. Mark Padfield on his attitude and practice regarding cupping (Mirror 8/17). This “ancient Chinese therapy” has been popularized by recent Olympic events, but is worthless as a performance enhancer and has many possible ...
As Tonganoxie prepares to celebrate its 150th birthday with this weekend’s sesquicentennial, The Mirror is rattling off 15 people, places and things that Tonganoxie is known for — or maybe not so known for: 1) Biggest school. The new Tonganoxie Elementary School, which opened last summer, ...
Basketball is on the minds of many these days.After all, this is Kansas, a place rich in hoops tradition.Whether you love or loathe the nation’s second-winningest men’s program that calls Lawrence home, the Wichita State and Kansas State programs, historically, are no slouches.Yep, KU is ...
A building that in some capacity has stood for a century was full of life for years.Now it stands there alone and deserted, its fate to be decided in the coming months.Residents again will celebrate the bustling, beautiful and active new Tonganoxie Elementary School on South East Street with ...
Gov. Sam Brownback rescinded nine executive orders last week that Govs. Kathleen Sebelius and Mark Parkinson originally signed.The one causing the largest stir is one that now ends legal protection against discrimination for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered workers in state ...
