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Remember When: A Community Review of Tonganoxie for Oct. 14, 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 ...

Comedy show coming to Tonganoxie

County Road Brewing will be having a standup comedy show Saturday. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the show will start at 7 p.m. Limited space is available. Tickets can be purchased at countyroadbrewing.com/events/.

Money management workshop being offered in November, December

First State Bank and Trust will offer its Money Smart Teens Workshop, a money management service for working teens. The seminar will focus on spending, saving, giving and investing. The sessions will be offered 10-11:30 a.m. Nov. 7 and 1-2:30 p.m. Dec. 28. at First State’s east Tonganoxie ...

Library Corner: Costume exchange; Family movie night; Hubbel Hill walking tour

Annual costume exchange is here Each year Tonganoxie Public Library offers a Halloween costume exchange for all ages of children throughout the month of October. Residents can drop off any clean, gently used costumes you’d like to rehome. Then check back to see what we have throughout the ...

Remember When: A Community Review of Tonganoxie for Oct. 7, 2026

25 years ago: Oct. 3, 2001 Leavenworth County commissioners on Thursday will begin negotiations with a Kansas City area firm that wants to take over operation of the county infirmary. In July, commissioners agreed to seek proposals from companies to operate and manage Broadway Heights, the ...

Insight: Waiting on water

Fall harvest continues into another month on our farm. All of the dryland and irrigated corn and popcorn have been picked and either binned or delivered to the local elevator. We’ve also fenced off and opened up the corn field bordering our pasture ground to allow the cattle to graze on the ...

Senate Republicans move cash from purple North Carolina to red Kansas

TOPEKA (AP) — Senate Republicans’ top campaign spending organization is pulling back in North Carolina and pouring money into Kansas, a striking shift that shows how the party’s plan to keep its majority has turned into an increasingly defensive fight ahead of November’s midterms. The ...