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 Sam Brownback rescinded nine executive orders last week that Govs.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 ...
Temperatures climbed into the 60s Sunday and residents responded.Folks were out and about at Chieftain Park enjoying the unseasonably warm temperatures.A trip to the car wash came with a waiting period.It was a perfect day to be out and about.It’s hoped another spot will be a popular ...
Three weeks into the legislative session, and very little (so far) has been done to address the over $757 million in projected budgetary deficits affecting both the current fiscal year 2015 and next year’s FY 2016 budgets. The deficits are there because of one reason: Gov. Sam Brownback’s ...
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 ...
