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National WWI Museum plans Memorial Day weekend events

The National World War I Museum has planned a number of Memorial Day weekend activities, including a preview of the landmark’s new traveling museum. The museum is located in Penn Valley Park in Kansas City, Mo.Saturday, May 28Special exhibition: “Following My Grandfather’s World War I ...

TRC Summer Kick-off Party is Saturday at Chieftain Park

The?Tonganoxie Recreation Commission Summer Kickoff Party will be 5-7 p.m. Saturday at Chieftain Park.TRC Wall of Fame inductee Russ Kimberlin will be honored, and the Silly Critter Pet Show and the Children’s Money Hunt as well as other activities also are planned.

Filmmakers pose the question: ‘What’s the matter with KS?’

Joe Winston and Laura Cohen came to Kansas to film a documentary based on a book of political commentary. But for the movie version, the Chicago husband-and-wife filmmaking team decided to let the state speak for itself.Winston visited Basehor Community Library on Monday for a screening and ...

Libraries’ joint effort bringing filmmaker to Basehor

An exclusive event is coming to the area this month, thanks to a partnership between the Basehor, Bonner Springs and Tonganoxie libraries.On Feb. 21, documentary filmmaker Joe Winston will visit Basehor Community Library for a screening and discussion of his 2009 film, “What’s the Matter ...

Naismith among 8 Wonders of Kansas People

Inman — A world-renowned scientist, the inventor of the game of basketball and an ax-wielding temperance crusader are among the newly announce 8 Wonders of Kansas People.Results were announced Thursday morning by the Kansas Sampler Foundation after six weeks of voting by the public. The top 8 ...

Dead women talking

When Laura Elkins takes on the personality of Madam Carrie Hall, she is reluctant to talk about the Leavenworth woman’s death.It’s not that Elkins doesn’t know the details — she’s thoroughly researched Hall — or that the death was in anyway gruesome. Elkins, of rural Leavenworth, ...

Barn razing

For the greater part of a century, the Doege family’s two barns have framed Tonganoxie Road as it crosses Stranger Creek to start winding southwest to Tonganoxie.With its tile lower story, gambrel roof and wooden silo, the larger of the two barns is the road’s east bookend. Vacant now of ...

FAA approves grant for airport site study

After learning the Federal Aviation Administration approved a grant for a site selection study for a new general aviation airport in the county, Leavenworth County commissioners started considering the next step.Entwined in that discussion was what voice county residents should have in the ...

Having a blast

Basics of Blastball• An introductory T-ball game for boys and girls, age 4• Blastbase — which makes a horn noise when players jump on it — at first is the only base; batting tee at home plate• Foam balls and bats — no need for gloves or batting helmets• Batters can swing until ...

Tonganoxie Rec Commission offering fall co-ed soccer

Registration for Tonganoxie Recreation Commission co-ed fall soccer is Friday. Age groups range from 4 1/2 to 14 years of age. Games will be played on Saturdays, beginning in mid-September. Call the rec commission at (913)?845-3502 for more information