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 ...
It’s fair season all across Kansas and the Midwest. County fairs are a tradition in America that bring folks together from all over their county renewing old friendships and celebrating the joy of finding the best of the best. Our Leavenworth County Fair started Tuesday and runs through ...
The celebration of 100 years of the Leavenworth County Fair is on and Mother Nature might be deliveirng a gift to the party in the form of lower temperatures. Forecasts call for the high to be in the 80s the rest of the week. The fair officially kicked off Tuesday and the annual fair parade ...
25 years ago: July 25, 2001 In recent months, Home Depot has been considering the possibility of constructing a home improvement store in the Leavenworth/Lansing area. But this week, rumors surfaced that the home improvement retailer has decided not to build a store in the area. Pat ...
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.
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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. ...
