Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 had a drawing at the Leavenworth County Fair, with the VFW offering raffle tickets throughout fair week.Winners of the drawing were Dianne Gonser, flag and flag pole; Ron Foley, gift card from B&J Country Mart; and Jeff Watson, gift card from B&J.
The Tonganoxie American Legion baseball team didn’t have the strong end of the season it was looking for, but improvement was still evident across the diamond.The team wrapped up its season last week with back-to-back losses in zone tournament action in Pittsburg. Tonganoxie opened tournament ...
Community Blood Center will have a blood drive from 2-7 p.m. Friday at Tonganoxie VFW Hall, 910 E. First St.To make an appointment online, go to esavealifenow.org and use sponsor code “tonganoxie.” Appointments also can be made by calling Dick Dean at 913-845-2164.According to Community ...
Community Blood Center will have a blood drive from 2-7 p.m. Friday, July 20, at the Tonganoxie VFW Hall, 910 E. First St.To make an appointment online, go to esavealifenow.org and use sponsor code “tonganoxie.” Appointments also can be made by calling Dick Dean at 913-845-2164.According to ...
The Leavenworth County Republican Party will have its annual picnic in the park from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Tonganoxie VFW Park.Candidates and elected officials will be on hand, and Crossroads Revival Band featuring Greg Knapp will perform. There also will be children’s games. Those ...
Many historical homes and famous sites of Fort Leavenworth will be open to the public during the 35th annual Fort Leavenworth Historic Homes Tour 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 5.Tickets are $13 per person for non-members of the Friends of the Frontier Army Museum, or $11 per person for members or for ...
KABUL — U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales was charged on Friday with 17 counts of premeditated murder, a capital offense that could lead to the death penalty in the massacre of Afghan civilians, the U.S. military said.The 38-year-old soldier is accused of walking off a U.S. military base with ...
Fort Leavenworth ? A Seattle lawyer who is defending an Army staff sergeant suspected of killing 16 Afghans, including nine children, met Monday with the soldier for the first time at Fort Leavenworth, a conversation the attorney described as emotional.Lawyer John Henry Browne said he met for ...
Washington ? A senior defense official says the U.S. soldier accused in the killings of 16 Afghan civilians is expected to be flown to the U.S. military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., as early as Friday.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of security surrounding the ...
Fort Leavenworth ? Donald Rumsfeld recalled his 2001 Secretary of Defense confirmation hearing in which he fielded a question from U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas about what worried him late at night.“I could have said North Korea, but I said it was our intelligence,” Rumsfeld said. “I ...
