Tonganoxie Water Park’s 2026 season is winding down.
The final Friday of operations is this Friday. It still will be open weekends through Labor Day Weekend, with the final day of the season being Labor Day, which is Sept. 7.`
Here are the City Council meeting minutes from the July 20 meeting. They officially were approved at Monday’s regular meeting.
I. Pledge of Allegiance
• Mayor Pro Tem Jacob Dale opened the meeting at 7 p.m.
• Mayor Pro Tem Dale led the pledge of allegiance.
• Mr. Jacob Dale, Ms. ...
Awana Clubs registration open at First Baptist
Awana Kids Clubs begin Sept. 2 at First Baptist Church of McLouth.
Registration is open now.
Youths in preschool (going to kindergarten in 2027 or 2028) through fifth graders are invited to join us 6:30-7:45 p.m. Wednesday nights. Each week ...
The 2026-27 academic year is set to start next week for area school districts.
Tonganoxie USD 464 will open with a half-day of freshman orientation starting at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday at Tonganoxie High School. It also will be the first day of school for grades 1-5 with a half-day at Tonganoxie ...
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 ...
Just 25 votes separated incumbent Lance Neelly and challenger Mike Stieben in Tuesday’s Republican primary for Kansas House’s 42nd District.
Neelly had 1,622 votes and Steiben 1,597 after all precincts had reported. The unofficial results don’t include provisional ballots, which will be ...
Plant Bingo is coming to the library
The Tonganoixe Public Library will host a special bingo event from noon-2:30 p.m. Aug. 15 when all 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 ...
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court chose not to authorize an expedited review of lower court decisions temporarily blocking enforcement of a new state law repealing the three-day grace period for mail-in advance ballots.
On Thursday, a majority of the state’s highest court declined ...
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment continues to investigate cases of cyclosporiasis in Kansas related to the national outbreak and Taylor Farms de Mexico iceberg lettuce, which was voluntarily recalled from restaurants and grocery stores on July 17. The U.S. Food & Drug ...
Visitors to the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds were greeted by a colorful mural of native Kansas wildflowers surrounding the Native Garden, a volunteer-driven project completed just in time for the start of the Leavenworth County Fair.
The mural stretches across six wooden fence panels ...