The 2026-27 academic year is set to start next week for area school districts. Tonganoxie USD 464 will open with a half-day of freshman orientation starting at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday at Tonganoxie High School. It also will be the first day of school for grades 1-5 with a half-day at Tonganoxie ...
Just 25 votes separated incumbent Lance Neelly and challenger Mike Stieben in Tuesday’s Republican primary for Kansas House’s 42nd District. Neelly had 1,622 votes and Steiben 1,597 after all precincts had reported. The unofficial results don’t include provisional ballots, which will be ...
Plant Bingo is coming to the library The Tonganoixe Public Library will host a special bingo event from noon-2:30 p.m. Aug. 15 when all the prizes will be live plants or plant- and garden-related! Players will have 10 rounds of play, including special rounds, and the library will provide ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court chose not to authorize an expedited review of lower court decisions temporarily blocking enforcement of a new state law repealing the three-day grace period for mail-in advance ballots. On Thursday, a majority of the state’s highest court declined ...
The Trump administration wants soldiers to consider becoming truck drivers when they leave the military to help replace the tens of thousands of immigrant drivers who lost their licenses in a crackdown this year. A new campaign launched Friday will promote programs that let veterans who ...
Agenda Leavenworth County Commission agenda for 9 a.m. July 29 at the Leavenworth County Courthouse I. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE/MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER III. ROLL CALL IV. PUBLIC COMMENT Public Comment shall be allowed at the beginning of each meeting and opened again at ...
Visitors to the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds were greeted by a colorful mural of native Kansas wildflowers surrounding the Native Garden, a volunteer-driven project completed just in time for the start of the Leavenworth County Fair. The mural stretches across six wooden fence panels ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment continues to investigate cases of cyclosporiasis in Kansas related to the national outbreak and Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg lettuce, which was voluntarily recalled from restaurants and grocery stores on July 17. The U.S. Food & Drug ...
Kansas farmers could soon play a role in spaghetti night or be the source of macaroni salad for the community cook out. More Kansas farmers are testing out a new breed of the durum wheat species milled into semolina flour used in pasta. Kansas State University released the new variety, and ...
Editor’s Note: The Lawrence Journal-World recently published a voter’s guide of area races, including the Kansas House 42nd District. Here’s that portion of the guide: Lance Neely Neelly, the incumbent, did not provide responses to the Journal-World’s questionnaire. According to his ...
