A 40-year-old Leavenworth woman has been sentenced to prison in connection with the death of a 3-year-old child who died of acute fentanyl toxicity. Tara Ann Huerta pleaded guilty Feb. 18 in Leavenworth County District Court to one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of aggravated ...
Tonganoxie will have its citywide spring garage sales Saturday. There is no registration required for the event, which takes place the first Saturday of April each spring. Residents are welcome to put out temporary yard sale signs, but city officials ask that sellers follow city sign ...
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Library Giving Day is today! Library Giving Day is a national fundraising event to help raise funds for local libraries through the generosity of people who depend on and enjoy libraries. From today through Friday, any monetary gift is eligible for dollar-for-dollar matching, up to $1,000, ...
FFA student grants are helping create a partnership between Tonganoxie High School students and the Tonganoxie Farmers Market. Siblings Veda Alvarez-Reischman and Corbin Reischman were awarded National FFA supervised agriculture experience grants in beekeeping and milling science, ...
Everything’s coming up roses for a Tonganoxie High School horticulture class. Well, not just roses for the THS students. Chieftain Floral is the new student-run business at THS through the FFA program Alicia Hendron, who is in her first year teaching at THS, offers horticulture classes ...
Farms in Leavenworth County cover about 150,000 acres, according to the most recent United States Department of Agriculture statistics. The USDA releases the statistics every five years, with the last numbers coming out in 2022. No-till farming makes up the largest percentage of farms’ ...
FFA student grants are helping create a partnership between Tonganoxie High School students and the Tonganoxie Farmers Market. Siblings Veda Alvarez-Reischman and Corbin Reischman were awarded National FFA supervised agriculture experience grants in beekeeping and milling science, ...
Leavenworth County residents will be celebrating 100 years of agriculture successes this summer. This year’s Leavenworth County Fair will be July 28-Aug. 1 at the fairgrounds in Tonganoxie. The first year, 1926, was a celebration of a bumper crop of corn in downtown Tonganoxie, and the ...
Earlier this month, a $500 donation was given to the Tonganoxie FFA Chapter to assist the group in its needs for funds for the chapter. The Leavenworth County Livestock Committee supports youth involved in agriculture through many different avenues and educational programs. This volunteer ...
