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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Leavenworth man sentenced to 18 months for cocaine possession

Eric F. Grice, 60, Leavenworth, was sentenced Friday in Leavenworth County District Court to 18 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections following his conviction for possession of cocaine, according to a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson. Grice pleaded ...

Good Shepherd needing chili, saltines and toaster pastries

Good Shepherd Thrift Shop and Food Bank volunteers have compiled a list of current needs at the food pantry. To help fill in the gaps, volunteers are asking for chili, saltines and toaster pastries. Good Shepherd, at 423 E. Fourth St., accepts donations for the store and food bank 9 ...

Insight: The secret of politics

My first real taste of politics came when I was about 13 years old. A friend’s mom was running for a state legislative seat and asked if I could help staff a fundraiser. I don’t remember much about the event itself, but I do still have the autographed photo of me with the former governor. ...