Tonganoxie High cross country teams will compete Saturday in a triangular against Pleasant Ridge and Maur Hill Mounty Academy on the University of Saint Mary campus in Leavenworth. Races start at 9 a.m. THS will then be gearing up to host the Frontier League Meet on Oct. 15 at the ...
Tonganoxie City Council members approved a purchase of rock salt for the upcoming winter season. The council approved the lowest bid from Central Salt for roughly 100 tons of rock for $6,840. As the city has done in previous years, public works staff utilized bids from Leavenworth County’s ...
Voters have a chance to hear from candidates this weekend. A forum will be 9 a.m. Oct. 10 at the Tonganoxie VFW Post Home. Candidates for the 38th and 42nd House of Representatives races have been invited to attend.
Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues to grip the area’s large Hispanic population. Restaurants closed, motel managers cancelled ...
Tonganoxie High School’s Homecoming Week gets started Monday. Festivities will kick off with homecoming royalty candidates and senior fall sports team members giving a morning welcome at Tonganoxie elementary and middle schools. On Wednesday, there will be a rock, paper, scissors tournament. ...
A 22-year-old Lansing man has been convicted of two counts of aggravated endangering a child. Burnis L. Williams pleaded no contest to the charges on Thursday in Leavenworth County District Court. The court accepted his plea and found Williams guilty, according to a release from the office of ...
An 83-year-old Leavenworth man has been convicted of sexual battery. David R. Thomas pleaded no contest to the charge Thursday in Leavenworth County District Court, according to a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson. The court accepted his plea and found Thomas ...
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A Lawrence filmmaker’s latest project — a supernatural thriller filmed at an iconic local mansion — has been in the making for the better part of a decade, and in just a few weeks it will open in select theaters. The film, “One Eye Open,” features RJ Mitte of “Breaking Bad” ...
A few weeks ago, I headed to the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson with a group of Collegiate Farm Bureau students. We took in the 4-H and FFA projects, watched livestock showmanship in the ring and, of course, made our way through the birthing barn. The birthing barn is one of my favorite stops ...
