In a remote cemetery several miles west of Leavenworth city limits, a small crew of workers spent several days earlier this month cutting limbs, pulling brush and knocking down knee-high tufts of grass and weeds to uncover long-since neglected headstones dating to the mid-19th century.Asked ...

Tucked away in John C. Lenahan Sr.'s garage on Washington Street, old maps, drawings and black and white photographs of friends, family and memorable moments in Tonganoxie's history grace the wood-paneled walls.Inside Lenahan's home, scrapbooks filled with yellowed press clippings tell of ...

This summer, like most in Tonganoxie, the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds have been swarming with baseball and softball players nearly every evening.And it's not just the high-school-aged competitors who are keeping the diamonds occupied. Most of the buzz is created by the youngsters who throw ...

Ken Mark has seen a lot of changes in the time he's been with the Tonganoxie Recreation Commission.But now after 16 years on the board, 12 of which were as its chairman, Mark said it was time for him to move on."I am not burned out and still feel that I have a lot of energy and ideas," Mark ...

The United Way of Leavenworth County held its 52nd Annual Meeting on April 28 at the Riverfront Community Center. Among the activities at the meeting was the election of new members and officers to the board of directors.New members elected are, Jo Burkett, retired director of the Red Cross; ...

Quilts: The Fabric of Warmth will be the featured event from June 24 to Aug. 12 at the Leavenworth County Historical Society.Quilting, or the stitching together of layers of padding and fabric, is as old as ancient Egypt, if not older. Whole cloth quilts were common trade goods in wealthy ...

More than 30 local residents were at VFW Park on a muggy Sunday to pay their respects to the many Tonganoxie residents who have lost their lives in duty to their country.One resident, David Slawson, fainted twice because of the heat and humidity of Sunday afternoon."I'm feeling pretty good ...

Tonganoxie Recreation Commission will play host to its annual Easter egg hunt 3 p.m. Saturday at Chieftain Park.Local youth aged from toddlers to 8 years old are invited to participate in hunting for candy filled eggs.Besides the hunt, the rec commission also will provide a petting zoo, a ...

Wielding their four and six-stringed axes and thunderous drumsticks, four area bands went head to head Saturday night at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds in the third annual Battle of the Bands.But as the fog of war lifted, only one band, Never Ask Why, emerged victorious."I'm so excited," ...

Soon Tonganoxie baseball teams will be getting three new homes at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds.On Jan. 28, the Tonganoxie City Council unanimously voted to annex five acres of land at the fairgrounds, just north of the current ball fields, to expand the number of available baseball fields ...