When Michael Meyer was asked to play a historical figure who had ties to Leavenworth County, he didn’t think it was going to be someone in his family.The retired teacher from the Kansas City, Kan., school district, now part-time employee at the Leavenworth County Justice Center, was asked to ...

The Tonganoxie Recreation Commission will not be having its annual candy cane hunt this year.Gayle Parker, the commission’s director, said the bad weather during the last few years has cut down the number of participants.But for those itching to get their hands on some of the peppermint ...

Fifteen people, including one from Tonganoxie and another from Basehor, have applied for two open judgeships in the 1st Judicial District.The prospective judges submitted applications by the noon Thursday deadline to fill either vacancy created by the retirements of Judge Frederick Stewart, ...

On Monday, Leavenworth County Commissioners took a tour of the Leavenworth County EMS station that is currently under construction to check on its progress.They didn't like what they saw.Commissioner J.C. Tellefson said a lot of work had been done since his visit a week ago, "But putting it up ...

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 ...