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.
Matt Partridge has returned to the Tonganoxie City Council. Members appointed Partridge to the unexpired term of Loralee Stevens, who announced earlier this month she was stepping down from the Council. Partridge spoke to the council during Monday’s regular meeting about his desire to ...
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 ...
Writing group next week The Writer's Group will meet on a special day for the month of July. The group normally meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month but will meet next week at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 29. The Writer's Group is a workshop-type writing group for writers of ...
Gallagher Park was the site this past week for an event that was taking place simultaneously across the United States. Tonganoxie Community Historical Society organized the local reading of the Declaration of Independence. Local residents took turns reading parts of the document at 5 p.m. ...
Tonganoxie school board members had their regular monthly meeting Monday at the USD 464 Adminstrative Center. The board approved personnel recommendations as part of its agenda. Contracts and work agreements were approved for Jamie Theno, Tonganoxie Elementary School nurse’s aide; Leslie ...
The Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a primary candidate forum at 6 p.m. today at the Leavenworth Public Library, 417 Spruce St. The forum will focus on three races for Leavenworth County Commission: Janet Klasinski, Lynn Looney and Robert Owens in Distict 1, Sara ...
Any Tonganoxie resident interested in applying for appointment on the City Council has until 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning to submit paperwork. The appointment will fulfill the unexpired term of Loralee Stevens, who recently stepped down from her position on the council. Stevens was first ...
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Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 will host a candidate forum July 11 at the post home, 901 E. First St. The event will be 9-10:30 a.m. Candidates for Leavenworth County Commision District 5 and Kansas House districts 38 and 42 have been invited to participate in the forum in advance of the primaries ...
