25 years ago: Feb. 28, 2001 Three area legislators discussed activity in the state Legislature during a coffee last Saturday morning at the former Ratliff Drug Store in downtown Tonganoxie. Lawmakers are pictured on stools – Rep. Ray Cox, Sen. Bob Lyon, and Rep. Ken Wilk. Dee Ketchum, ...
The Tonganoxie High boys wrestling team has knocked off the two-time defending state champion and earned its second state crown in program history. THS scored 152 points at this year’s Class 4A state championships at Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina. Tonganoxie had the lead after Day ...
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 ...
Tonganoxie FFA celebrated National FFA Week with its annual open house and auction on Tuesday, but festivities continue through Friday with spirit week themes. Today is Dress Like Your Favorite Adviser Day at Tonganoxie High School, while Thursday is Wear Camp Day. On Friday, FFA members will ...
The Tonganoxie USD 464 school board met for a special meeting Monday, but no action was taken again after board members returned from executive session. Board members met for 30 minutes to discuss non-elected personnel and invited Kansas Association of School Boards attorney Lori Kopp into ...
The annual St. Patrick’s Parade in Tonganoxie will be here soon. This year’s parade, which is the 38th installment of the annual event, will start at 11 a.m. March 14. The parade will start at Fourth and Main streets and end at Tonganoxie Public Library. Per tradition, the PEO Chapter AT ...
Tonganoxie Recreation Commission will have its annual Easter Egg Hunt at the end of the month. This year’s event will be 3-4 p.m. March 28 at the TRC baseball and softball fields. Egg hunt times for ages infants to 3 years old will be 3:10-3:20 p.m., with half of the field for youths up to 1 ...
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 ...
Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 celebrated students, educators and first responders last month the post home. The local VFW recognized local winners in the national Voice of Democracy and Patriot’s Pen essay contests. The Voice of Democracy contest is for high school students and Patriot’s Pen ...
Larry McElwain always had plans to write a book about his experiences as a funeral director for more than 40 years. When he eventually got to writing the book, it took him about a year, but as he explained in an interview with The Mirror earlier this week, a massive heart attack and then ...
