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 ...

Elementary school students from across the county celebrated Kansas day by learning about the state's rich history.

History is my hobby and my interest.Recently, I received a call from a woman who had written a book about incidents from the Civil War. The author of this book was inquiring about Col. J. Castelli Rathbone.Linda C. Fluharty of Baton Rouge, La., contacted the Tonganoxie Community Historical ...

Florence Somers and Virgil Fields didn't see the tornado approach."We heard the hail," Somers said. "The lights went out, the air pressure dropped, Virgil's ears popped, and I felt the pressure change in my chest."Their house has no basement, so they rushed to the bathroom, taking a flashlight ...

Chuck Magaha has seen it many times.When disaster strikes, volunteers stream to aid victims."I think people want to be involved, to feel good about doing something," said Magaha, who's directed Leavenworth County Emergency Management for 12 years. "Human nature doesn't like to see somebody else ...

A year later, repairs from last May's tornado are just about complete at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds."We are working on the last building that needs to be worked on," said David Todd, Leavenworth County Fair Board president. "It's almost done."About 75 percent of the task to whip the ...

When a tornado siren sounds, where should you go?Unless you live or work in a house or office with a basement, sometimes the best place to go is no place, says a weather expert.National Weather Service meteorologist Greg Koch, Pleasant Hill, Mo., said that by the time the sirens sound, it's ...