The Tonganoxie Recreation Commission will have an NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition next week in Chieftain Park.The event will be 6:30 p.m. Monday on the Chieftain Park soccer field, and there is no cost to enter. The deadline to register is Friday. Registration is available online at ...
A catchphrase popular in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 10 years ago was that “9/11 changed everything.”The attacks claimed 2,996 lives and gave rise to a wave of change through the two wars it spawned, another ongoing clandestine war against Al Qaeda, the creation of a Department of ...
A Leavenworth school is one of four structures added to the National Register of Historic Places, the Kansas Historical Society announced this past week.Sumner Elementary School, 1501 Fifth Ave., Leavenworth, was completed in 1925 and served as a school building until its closing after the ...
A Johnson County native and Kansas University graduate will be at the helm of a high-powered plane during the headline act of this weekend’s Kansas City Aviation Expo and Air Show.U.S. Air Force Capt. Joe “Rifle” Shetterly, who graduated from Olathe North High School, is part of the Air ...
Sure, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado all have their mountains.Texas has its big cities and big-name ranches.But Kansas gave the Old West everything iconic that westerners hold dear:The boot.The hat.The cowgirl.The Marlboro Man, Matt Dillon, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Buffalo Bill, Billy the ...
When the children entered the sanctuary at Trinity Lutheran Church earlier this month, they could tell it was something different than another day at church.They saw pandas swinging from vines in a bamboo forest, water cascading down big brown rocks into a creek in front of the stage and ...
Shawnee Town Museum’s June Speakers Series will feature the presentation, “The Big House to The Big Leagues: From Ft. Leavenworth Prison to The Negro Leagues.” The event starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, at Shawnee Town Hall, 11600 Johnson Drive. Admission is free.Tim Rives, deputy ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
