The Tonganoxie Mayor’s Christmas Tree Lighting and Parade will start at 5 p.m. Nov. 22 at Fourth and Delaware streets. The tree lighting will be 5:45 p.m. at Tonganoxie Public Library.

As of this year, all of Kansas’ community mental health centers are operating under a model that gives them more reimbursement for their services and helps ensure people can receive care regardless of their ability to pay, and leaders spoke more about it at a town hall meeting in Lawrence on ...

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 sugar, liquid laundry soap, mayonnaise or salad dressing and coffee. Good Shepherd, at 423 E. Fourth St., accepts donations for the ...

Tonganoxie City Council next will meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 17 at council chambers, Third and Bury streets. The council normally meets the first and third Monday of the month, but did not meet this past Monday.

Harvesters will have its next mobile pantry dropoff next week in Tonganoxie. 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, ...

Spooktacular, per usual, was a big hit last Friday in downtown Tonganoxie, but there are additional festivities happening on Halloween this Friday. There are Trunk or Treat events Friday. Tonganoxie Christian Church will have its event from 5-7 p.m. in the churc parking lot, 204 Washington St. ...

Library bingo in November We only have one session of bingo this month for adults of all ages at Tonganoxie Public Library. Join us from 1-3 p.m. Monday for 10 rounds of bingo play. We have snacks, small prizes, lots of winners as well as a ton of fun! Food demo program next week The ...

“I am so glad that I live in a world where there are Octobers.” That beloved line from “Anne of Green Gables” has always captured how I feel about this season. Growing up in Wisconsin, October meant crisp mornings that hinted at winter’s approach and warm afternoons that illuminated a ...

The Tonganoxie Community Historical Society’s Fourth Tuesday Program this month will focus farmers markets and more. Journalist and historian Cindy Higgins with her programs “Fresh Produce: Kansas’ Orchardists, Market Growers and Truck Farmers.” The program will explore Kansas’ ...

A Tonganoxie Business Park company — dsm-firmenich — officially opened its next generation, state-of-the-art, pet-only premix facility Monday. The new facility — NextGen Tonganoxie — sets a new standard in pet food safety with 100% automated micro-ingredient additions and fully ...