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Remember When: A Community Review of Tonganoxie for Sept. 9, 2026

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 ...

Library Corner: Author and Book Market; Outdoor evening storytimes

Big Author and Book Market coming this month! The Tonganoxie Public Library is excited to offer its first ever Author and Book Market this month on Sept. 19. The outdoor event will run from 1-4 p.m. and will feature 14 authors, 15 vendors, two bookstores and two food trucks plus we’ll ...

Leavenworth County Commission to meet in Tonganoxie

Leavenworth County Commission members will be meeting next week in Tonganoxie to listen to residents’ concerns regarding the proposed Project Bluestem hyper scale data center south of Tonganoxie. Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 at the Administration Building at the ...

Sunflowers continue to shine at Grinter Farms

If anyone missed out on viewing the sunflower fields at Grinter Farms, there’s still time to view the natural beauty. The fields are near 23850 Stilwell Road between Tonganoxie and Lawrence. The Sunflower General store, which the Grinter family owns, also will be open for business daily ...

Tonganoxie VFW honors fallen with traveling Vietnam wall

The trailer carrying the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall rolled Thursday into Tonganoxie with a police escort from Basehor. Tonganoxie High School political science students helped Tonganoxie VFW members that day in assembling the memorial at VFW Park. There also were memorials for the Iraq ...

Tonganoxie teachers stage walk-in over contract impasse

Teachers hold signs Tuesday outside Tonganoxie High School as part of a districtwide walk-in before school. The teachers are bringing attention to an impasse on their contracts for the 2026-27 school year.[/caption]Dozens of Tonganoxie Education Association members stood in solidarity alongside ...

Leavenworth man convicted of fentanyl possession

During a plea hearing Wednesday, Sept. 2, Shawn M. Patrick, 35, of Leavenworth, pleaded no contest to possession of fentanyl and was found guilty of the charge, per a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson. According to court documents, Patrick was arrested April ...

Remember When: A Community Review of Tonganoxie for Sept. 2, 2026

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 ...