Tonganoxie wrestling will sponsor a cornhole tournament later this month.The event will start at 1 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds, 405 W. Fourth St. in Tonganoxie.Cost is $50 per team to enter (bring your own partner) and $10 for an all-you-can-eat taco bar. Solo cups also ...
The Senior Citizens Club of Tonganoxie will resume its schedule for dinner meetings next month.The first one will be 6 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Florence Riford Senior Center, 530 S. Bury St.This meeting is for Thanksgiving, and the turkey, gravy and potatoes will be provided. Those attending are ...
Leavenworth County had 111 new positive community cases between Sept. 27 and Oct. 4, with 86 being unvaccinated people and 30 being vaccinated.There were six people being hospitalized in the county as of Oct. 4, with all being unvaccinated.LCHD also reported that eight Lansing Correctional ...
Editor's note:An earlier version of this story had incorrect information on haunted hayride dates.Halloween events and other fall festivities are being planned this month in the Tonganoxie area.Friends of the Tonganoxie Library is having a lawn decorating contest this Halloween season in ...
Washington ? Drugmaker Merck said Friday that its experimental COVID-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths by half in people recently infected with the coronavirus and that it would soon ask health officials in the U.S. and around the world to authorize its use.If cleared, the drug would ...
Leavenworth County had 178 active cases as of Monday, along with 194 community recoveries since the last health department report on Sept. 20.Tonganoxie has doubled its number of active cases during that time, while Basehor saw a decrease. Tonganoxie was at 28 active cases Monday, up from 15 ...
Art in various forms will fill downtown Tonganoxie this week with this year’s edition of the Plein Air Art Festival.The festival starts Thursday and runs through Sunday. Much of the festivities will be in the downtown area, with fine art vendors, street performers, food trucks, glass-blowing ...
Leavenworth County is seeing a drop in active cases by about 50 from the previous week’s numbers, the health department reported Monday.LCHD reported that there were 189 active cases as of Monday afternoon, a drop from 240 cases as of the previous weekly report released Aug. 23.The latest ...
Topeka ? Kansas health secretary Lee Norman and Gov. Laura Kelly say formal approval of the safe and effective Pfizer vaccine removes a hurdle for defeating the latest surge of COVID-19 in Kansas.The rapid spread of the highly contagious delta variant has killed hundreds of Kansans and sickened ...
Topeka ? People who oppose mask requirements or restrictions on public gatherings imposed by Kansas counties can challenge them in court and obtain a ruling within 10 days — at least for now — because of a decision Tuesday by the state’s highest court.The Kansas Supreme Court’s ruling ...
