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Special-use permit approved for Tonganoxie bakery

The council approved a special use permit for Elle’s Bakery, which is a standalone structure outside a residence at 1005 E. Washington St. The home-based business is at the northeast corner of East and Washington streets near Tonganoxie Elementary School. Owner Lisa Perkins was present at ...

Tonganoxie FCCLA, education association to put on benefit soup supper Friday

Tonganoxie Family, Career and Community Leaders of America is joining forces with the Tonganoxie Education Association to sponsor a soup supper during Friday’s basketball home openers at Chieftain Arena. The benefit will be 5:30-7 p.m. Friday at the Chieftain Room, which is near the south ...

Utilities and trash increases tabled until next Tonganoxie City Council meeting

Tonganoxie City Council members asked that a decision to increase sewer and water rates be tabled until the next meeting, which is Dec. 15. Members wanted more time to look through options for the sewer and water rates. Increases for trash and recycling service also were tabled so as to vote ...

Remember When: A Community Review of Tonganoxie for Nov. 26, 2025

Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...

Tonganoxie woman gets jail sanction in animal cruelty case

A Tonganoxie woman previously convicted of animal cruelty has been ordered to serve a jail sanction after violating the terms of her probation. On Friday, Amanda E. Fleer, 42, was ordered to serve 10 days in the Leavenworth County Jail for failing to comply with a probation requirement that ...

Area man sentenced to probation for insurance fraud

Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt, today, announced a Johnson county man has been sentenced to 12 months of probation for insurance fraud. Macario Butler, 28, pleaded guilty on Nov. 7 in Johnson County District Court to one misdemeanor count of insurance fraud and one count of ...

Suspect dead, 4 law enforcement officers shot in Osage County

CARBONDALE — Four law enforcement officers were shot Saturday morning while responding to a domestic violence call at a home in a rural area south of Topeka, and a 22-year-old male suspect died of gunshot wounds at the scene. The suspect’s 77-year-old grandfather also was wounded in the ...

McLouth Happenings: Holiday vendor event and craft fair

Do your Christmas shopping at the McLouth Holiday Vendor Event and Craft Fair, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. It’s a large indoor show, with more than 125 vendors. There is something for everyone! Located in the McLouth schools at the Purple Gymnasium, Gold Gymnasium, cafeteria and ...

Remember When: A Community Review of Tonganoxie for Nov. 10, 2025

Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...

Tree lighting, parade, stocking stuffer stroll are Saturday in Tonganoxie

A Tonganoxie holiday tradition is back for another year this weekend. The Tonganoxie Mayor’s Christmas Tree Lighting and Parade will start at 5 p.m. Saturday at Fourth and Delaware streets. The parade will head west, with the tree lighting at 5:45 p.m. outside Tonganoxie Public ...