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Breakfast with the Grinch is Sunday at fairgrounds

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 USD 464 begins later this month

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.

Applications being accepted for Boys State session this summer

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 ...

Remember When: A Community Review of Tonganoxie for Dec. 19, 2025

25 years ago: Dec. 13, 2000 Tucker Conrad and Jesse West are pictured taking some letters to the post office to mail. They are participating in a class project in which second grade students of Sarah Kettler and Gail Kiefer are writing letters to senior citizens. Kettler said the students ...

Insight: Winter connections

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 ...

Accountant diverted funds to fake ranch to pay for new home

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 ...

Accident near Tonganoxie on Monday involves local residents

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 ...

McLouth Happenings: Christmas Eve services

Christmas Eve services in McLouth Christmas Eve Church Service hours vary, offering everyone the opportunity to worship within the McLouth Community: McLouth Church of the Nazarene will have Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at 5 p.m. Dec. 24. Please join us. First Baptist Church of McLouth ...

Library Corner: Letters to Santa; Holiday wrapping party

Letters to Santa program is underway Through Monday, youths can write a letter to Santa and bring it to the library or use one of our letter forms at the front desk. Miss Katie, children’s librarian, will make sure the letters make their way to Santa in time for Christmas! Children will ...

Tonganoxie USD 464 board adds TES special education position

The Tonganoxie school board approved a full-time special education teacher position at Tonganoxie Elementary School at TES during Monday’s regular meeting. Board members approved the measure, 7-0. “We needed this,” said Feldkamp. 2025-26 calendar still being decided The 2025-26 ...