The American Legion Boys State of Kansas is accepting applications for its 2026 session. The event is set to take place May 31-June 6 at Kansas State University in Manhattan. This will be the program’s 34th consecutive session at KSU and 88th overall. Traditionally, Kansas Boys State has ...
This year’s Pete and Margaret Leighty grant recipients recently were named. The latest recipients accounted for $75,956 in funding. Overall, this year marked the 16th year of the grant program, with more than $963,000 being distributed during those 16 years. There were 18 recipients this ...
Good Shepherd Thrift Shop and Food Bank have a couple current needs for the pantry. To help fill in the gaps, volunteers are asking for laundry detergent, coffee, adhesive bandages and hot cereal. Good Shepherd, at 423 E. Fourth St., accepts donations for the store and food bank 9 a.m.-1:30 ...
Harvesters will have its next mobile pantry dropoff Thursday in Tonganoxie. Harvesters delivers at 9 a.m. the second Thursday of each month at Cornerstone Family Worship, 205 E. U.S. Highway 24-40 in Tonganoxie. The dropoff is open to all residents. Motorists are encouraged to arrive early, ...
Tonganoxie Business Association will have its monthly networking and coffee this week at Grounded Coffeehouse, 304 E. Fourth St. The event, which is the second Monday of the month, starts at 8 a.m. the 304 Venue space in the same building as Grounded Coffeehouse.
The Leavenworth County 4-H Council will have Breakfast with the Grinch in December. The event will be 8-11 a.m. Dec. 14 at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds Administration Building. Cost is $7 for youths ages 6 and older and $3 for ages 5 and younger.
Winter break for Tonganoxie USD 464 will be Dec. 22-Jan. 5, though students will be out for the semester starting Dec. 19. The last day of classes will be Dec. 18, with Dec. 19 being a teacher work day.
There have been clear signs we have transitioned into another season on the farm. The temperatures have dropped, the geese are flying and the kids are counting down the days until their winter break begins. Fall harvest kept us busy for an extra month this year. We were extra thankful to ...
A two-vehicle accident that occurred Monday near Tonganoxie sent a local driver to the hospital. Tucker Conrad, 32, Tonganoxie, was driving a 2014 3500 four-door Ram truck and headed east on Parallel Road and stopped at the stop sign at Tonganoxie Road, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol ...
TOPEKA — A Kansas accountant stole $400,000 from his family, transferred it to a fake ranch, then used the funds to pay for construction of his new home. Quintin Flanagin was a certified public accountant in northwestern Kansas, and his family members were clients at his firm. In January ...
