Good Shepherd Thrift Shop and Food Bank has a few current needs for the pantry. To help fill in the gaps, volunteers are asking for coffee, jelly, laundry detergent and all flavors of chili. Good Shepherd, at 423 E. Fourth St., accepts donations for the store and food bank 9 a.m.-1:30 p.m. ...
The Tonganoxie Community Historical Society’s annual soup supper will be later this month. The event will be 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Feb. 19 at Tonganoxie VFW Hall at 910 E. First St. Cost is $10 per meal and volunteers will be serving up chili and vegetable beef soup, along with crackers and ...
Tonganoxie Recreation Commission will have a Glow Gallery from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday at the rec center, 300 E. U.S. Highway 24-40. The event will have UV reactive coloring, UV reactive temporary tattoos and UV reactive DIY valentines. Membership and day fees apply. TRC also will have a ...
The Tonganoxie FFA Alumni and Supporters Chapter will have its annual Tonganoxie FFA Open House, Student Labor, Live and Silent Auctions next month. The event starts at 5 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Tonganoxie High School is excited to invite you to join us for our Annual Tonganoxie FFA Open House, ...
Kansas ordained clergy would be mandated reporters of child abuse under a bill proposed Monday in the House Judiciary Committee, and proponents hope this will be the year it passes. House Bill 2352 adds fully ordained ministers to the list of professions required to be mandatory reporters if ...
McLouth is planning for its America 250 Parade when it will celebrate 250 years of independence, The event will be April 18 in downtown McLouth. Everyone is encouraged to participate in the planning and the “behind the scenes” organization to make this a memorable event. There will be ...
Kansas was admitted to the United States on Jan. 29, 1861, after a tumultuous territorial existence as bloody as it was brief. Those early struggles likely informed the state’s motto: “Ad Astra per Aspera” or “to the stars though difficulties.” In light of the Sunflower State’s ...
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 ...
Free tax assistance at the library starts soon VITA tax volunteers and the Leavenworth County Council on Aging will have six dates for free tax assistance on select Wednesdays in February and March this year at Tonganoxie Public Library. Anyone who is a Leavenworth County resident, is 60 ...
As Kansans, I’ve always believed we are people who take the high road—whether morally, politically, or geographically. Geographically? I know many claim Kansas is flat, but that’s not what Colonel Henry Leavenworth found when establishing the first settlement in this State. After the ...
