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Council adds one more site for police station consideration

The Tonganoxie City Council agreed Monday it would not consider more proposals for the city police department’s new home other than the six on the table before that meeting.Council members acknowledged the decision would put the council in the position of considering three sites BG Architects ...

Traffic patrols increasing through weekend

The Tonganoxie Police Department, along with many other law enforcement agencies across the state, including the Kansas Highway Patrol, will be participating in the Kansas Thanksgiving Traffic Enforcement Campaign from Monday, Nov. 21, through Sunday, Nov. 27.A grant through the Kansas ...

Tonganoxie police officers to get head-mounted video cameras

Tonganoxie motorists interacting with police for traffic violations or other actions might want to be on their best behavior because they will soon be much more likely to be on camera.The Tonganoxie City Council approved the purchase Monday of five head-mounted Taser Axon video cameras and ...

Tonganoxie municipal Court proceedings for October 2011

LICENSE SUSPENDED• Sarah Gray, 47, McLouth, speeding 48 in a 30, failure to appear• Damian Garcia III, Overland Park, speeding 41 in a 30, failure to appear• Charles E. England, 46, Hallsville, Mo., speeding 46 in a 30, failure to appearFINES ASSESSED:• Bruce Hicks, 31, Tonganoxie, ...

Comment: Safe at home or play

Kids connect to it. They download from it. They watch on it. They listen to it. They play on it. They surf on it. They converse with it.Do you know how to monitor it?It is the Internet and it can be hard to keep up with. We want our children to be safe online, and with the amount of time kids ...

Police contemplating updated officer garb

The Tonganoxie Police Department is trying out a new look.Police Chief Jeff Brandau said the department was sampling uniforms that have a tactical appearance. The new look was to be shared with the Tonganoxie City Council, but Monday’s meeting was canceled.Brandau said the department was ...

Hunt for missing baby moves into Shawnee

Law enforcement authorities today were searching the Johnson County Landfill, located in Shawnee, for a baby reported missing out of Kansas City, Mo.Tom Coffman of Deffenbaugh Industries, which owns and operates the landfill at Interstate 435 and Holliday Drive, confirmed that authorities were ...

Council ends quest for combo fire/police station

At a special meeting Monday, the Tonganoxie City Council pulled the plug on a possible combination police/fire station and agreed to seek individual solutions to both departments’ needs.The four council members present voted unanimously Monday to appoint Councilmen Dennis Bixby and Bill Peak ...