Tonganoxie Family, Career and Community Leaders of America brought home top awards recontly at FCCLA Nationals in Washington, D.C. Lauren Breuer and Gemma Halsa placed fourth nationally with a gold medal in at Digital Stories for Change Level 2. Natalie Loving and Addy Schooler placed 10th ...
A new dashboard tracks the number of Kansans enrolled in health insurance through the Affordable Care Act marketplace, offering data for legislators and others to understand the effects of policy changes, a health organization said. The Kansas Health Institute designed the dashboard to create ...
Every organization faces challenges that don’t have easy answers. Through Common Good Partnerships, Kansas Leadership Center works alongside Kansas organizations to build leadership capacity, tackle difficult challenges and make lasting progress. Common Good Partnerships is the new name for ...
Applications are now open for the next Pathways to a Healthy Kansas grant cycle from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas. Through the grant cycle, up to 20 community coalitions will receive two-year coordination grants of $100,000 each. Funded coalitions will then work with local partners to ...
There’s no better grammatical way to say this: it’s hot! During my wife’s grandfather’s later years, he used to begin many stories with “I remember when I was a kid…”. Well, I’m gonna borrow that family favorite line to say I remember when I was a kid, it was hot during the ...
Plant Bingo coming to the library The Tonganoxie Public Library will host a special bingo event from noon-2:30 p.m. Aug. 15. All of the prizes will be live plants or plant- and garden-related! Players will have 10 rounds of play, including special rounds, and the library will provide snacks ...
Good Shepherd Thrift Shop and Food Bank has announced its latest list of items it currently needs. The pantry continues to welcome sloppy joe sauce suchas Manwich, canned tomatoes, body wash, baking soda, cooking oil and refried beans. Good Shepherd, at 423 E. Fourth St., accepts donations ...
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The Flower Bar and Boutique had its ribbon cutting Friday in downtown Tonganoxie. The shop is at 612 E. Fourth St. The business’ original location is in Basehor and had a space at Cedar Hills Mall on Main Street before opening up nearby at its second location.
Kansas ballots this year will be full of contests for county commissions, the Legislature and statewide offices. But in August, voters will have to decide whether they want another kind of contest on the ballot in the future: contested elections for Supreme Court seats. On the Aug. 4 primary ...
