Fourth Street is adorned with art in honor of the nation’s 250th birthday. Temporary art soon will complement the local works later this week. Tonganoxie Arts Council sponsored board painting days at Tonganoxie Recreation Commission and Tonganoxie Community Historical Society Museum for ...
The Gold Rush program happening Wednesday Hundreds of thousands of people migrated to the West in search of gold. The Gold Rush was so large-scale and impactful that many historians consider it to be one of the most significant events for us in the 1800s. Come learn about the history of ...
Personnel recommendations were approved last month during a Tonganoxie USD 464 school board meeting. Contracts/work agreements were approved for Zackary Camacho, Tonganoxie High School physical education teacher and THS head boys wrestling coach; Michael Eckert, Tonganoxie Middle School ...
This year’s Tonganoxie Days will feature a new stage for live entertainment at Gallagher Park and other activities complementing the annual festival. Tonganoxie City Council members noted at Monday’s regular council meeting that the finished stage looked sharp and would be ready for its ...
What’s a student to do when you’re trying to welcome a soccer team to your city, and you have only a day to put together a video? Do as the Lawrence High School video production team did May 14. They got the students outside on the football field, took a drone shot and welcomed the ...
Four candidates filed for Kansas House races in the area close to the June 1 deadline, including a Tonganoxie Democrat. In addition, two of those filings have turned uncontested general election races into contested ones. Every seat in the Kansas House is up for election this year, and some ...
TOPEKA — A coalition of federal lawmakers from Kansas introduced in the U.S. House last week a bipartisan bill that could offer interest-free loans to rural hospitals “hanging on by a thread.” U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann of Kansas and representatives from Alabama, ...
It might have felt like a polar plunge at times during opening weekend at Tonganoxie Water Park, but crowds still made their way to the pool for the start of the 2026 season. The water park officially opened Saturday for the summer. Denise Bixby at the water park said Tuesday that there ...
Organizers are working on a commemorative video celebrating 100 years of the Leavenworth County Fair and they’re asking for assistance from the public in providing photos through the years to include in the video. Stephanie Shupe said she’s asking for photos from various decades as the ...
This year’s Tonganoxie Days will feature a new stage for live entertainment at Gallagher Park and other activities complementing the annual festival. The annual festival will be June 13 in the downtown area. The Tonganoxie Library Run also will start at 7:30 a.m. near the library and the ...
