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Harvesters drop-off is next week in Tonganoxie

Harvesters will have its next mobile pantry dropoff Thursday. 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, as the truck ...

PHOTO GALLERY: Bark Park gates officially open

The Hill's Pet Nutrition Bark Park officially opened Saturday in Tonganoxie. Here's a look at photos from the event, which included booths from Hill's, Tonganoxie Recreation Commission, Wizard of Paws, Leavenworth County Humane Society and Pleasant Valley Veterinarian Clinic.

Community remembers fallen Monday in Tonganoxie

A rainy Monday afternoon didn’t keep some people away from this year’s American Legion Post 41 Memorial Day Service at Maple Grove Cemetery south of Tonganoxie. Roughly 35 people were on hand for the ceremony, which started with a welcome from Post Commander Sam Peters and then the ...

2025 Tonganoxie High grad wins $2K in national PSA contest for safe driving

A Tonganoxie High School graduate has won the National Road Safety Foundation’s 16th annual Drive2Life PSA Contest. Huston Albert, who graduated May 10, won the contest, which asked teens nationwide for ideas for a TV public service announcement reminding drivers to safely share the road ...

Tonganoxie veterans greet motorcyclists participating in Run for Wall

Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 and American Legion 41 members greeted motorcyclists heading east for the annual Run for the Wall in Washington, D.C. The veterans waved to riders from the County Road 1 overpass above I-70 at the Tonganoxie/Eudora interchange. Various agencies also were on hand for ...

Remember When: A Community Review for May 21, 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 ...

Remember When: A Community Review for May 14, 2025

25 years ago: May 3, 2000 Next week, a cornerstone of the Tonganoxie businesses will be honored for a century of work. Calvin Quisenberry, owner of Quisenberry Funeral Home, will accept the award given by the Kansas Funeral Directors Association in Wichita. “A lot of the time, I spend as ...