Topeka ? A legislative committee on Friday recommended a bill that would require drug testing using an oral swab at motor vehicle accident scenes where there was an injury or a death.The lawmakers are reacting to several recent fatal traffic accidents in which people who caused the wrecks were ...
With a flip of a sign from open to closed, Pelzl's Do-It best Hardware and V and S Variety Store, a 29-year staple of downtown Tonganoxie, closed for the last time Saturday."It's sad," Don Pelzl said about his store's closing. "I'll miss the customers the most. We had an awful lot of good ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has cited a Tonganoxie restaurant for health code violations.KDHE, on Oct. 16, sent a letter to Corky's restaurant, 1212 E. U.S. Highway 24-40, with its list of food code violations after a Sept. 21 reinspection uncovered four critical violations: ...
District in search of patron to fill vacancyThe School Board officially is in search of a patron to fill the unexpired term of longtime board member Bob DeHoff, who resigned at the Oct. 8 meeting.DeHoff represented District 6, so anyone interested in replacing DeHoff must reside in USD 464 ...
Beard's the word in the Gilner and Grigsby families.Each time Tonganoxie resident Andy Gilner and his wife, Margie, have found out they were going to have a child, Andy Gilner has decided to give his razor a rest and grown out a beard to signify that a baby was on the way.Three times he went ...
The Lawrence Journal-World, in an editorial Nov. 5, said:Even if the effort is futile, it's good to see a Pennsylvania man standing up to the hateful members of a Topeka church.To whatever extent a Pennsylvania man can financially cripple the wacko activities of Topeka's Westboro Baptist ...
To the editor:The Kansas Health Policy Authority Board Health Reform recommendations for improving health and health care in Kansas identified three priorities for health reform, including providing and protecting affordable health insurance -- to help those Kansans most in need gain access to ...
Well, there is going to be a wedding in the family, and I couldn't be happier ... I think. The bride is our oldest daughter, 27, and if ever a person were ready for this, she is the one. So that isn't the problem. And her fiance is an amazing young man, who seems the perfect fit for her. So ...
There's a few interesting facts local residents might want to know about Tonganoxie High first-year teacher/coach Doug Sandburg.He teaches physics and coaches soccer and girls basketball at the high school. His father, Master Sgt. William Sandburg, served in the United States Army for 26 years. ...
Shannon Carlin didn't need an alarm clock Monday morning to wake up for the first day of girls basketball practice. She had her conscience.It's a pretty impressive conscience, especially considering it woke the senior guard up when it was still dark outside."I set my alarm for 5 o'clock," ...