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Remember When: A Community Review of Tonganoxie for July 8, 2026

Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...

Candidate forum July 18 at VFW Hall in Tonganoxie

Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 will host a candidate forum July 11 at the post home, 901 E. First St. The event will be 9-10:30 a.m. Candidates for Leavenworth County Commision District 5 and Kansas House districts 38 and 42 have been invited to participate in the forum in advance of the primaries ...

Youths take audiences on trip to Oz at TPAC

Tonganoxie Recreation Commission’s Summer Spotlight theater production focused on the Emerald City on Thursday and Friday at Tonganoxie Performing Arts Center. Youths offered performances of “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” on the Tonganoxie High School campus those days. Carter Shepard ...

Fireworks this week, special reading on July 8 to celebrate 250 years

The booms will be a bit bigger this year, or at least come with that milestone significance. The nation will celebate 250 years Saturday with Independence Day. Bonnder Springs will have a fireworks display Thursday, while Basehor and McLouth have events slated for Saturday. Bonner Blast ...

Good Shepherd in need of several items this summer

Good Shepherd Thrift Shop and Food Bank has announced its latest list of items it currently needs. The pantry continues to welcome donations of liquid laundry detergent, hygiene products, 1-pound packages fo frozen hamburger, frozen chicken and pudding snack packs. Good Shepherd, at 423 E. ...

Area student named to spring dean’s list at Samford University

Brenna Lynn, a psychology major from Basehor, was named to Samford University’s Dean’s List for the spring 2026 semester. To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must earn a minimum 3.5 grade-point average out of a possible 4.0 while attempting at least 12 credit hours of coursework. ...

Emporia State announces honor roll list for spring semester

Nearly 700 Emporia State undergraduates were named to the university honor roll for spring 2026. To qualify for the university honor roll, students earned a minimum 3.80 semester grade-point average in at least 12 graded hours. Area students on the honor roll and their majors ...