Tonganoxie High School is celebrating Spirit Days this week. Festivities started Monday with Festive Pajama Day. Students were encouraged to cozy up in holiday pajamas for the first school day of the week. Tuesday was Holiday Switch Day, when students were to dress as their favorite ...
The Tonganoxie Arts Council’s Tall Tale Tryouts and Storytelling event attracted some 60 audience members who heard tales told by several competitors Saturday at the Tonganoxie Community Historical Society Museum. Those telling their tales were Perry Walters, McLouth; Bob Norris, Lawrence; ...
Tonganoxie Recreation Commission is combining two of its annual events this year to create the inaugural Tongie Split Fireworks Show. The event will be 7-9 p.m. Sept. 20 at the TRC ball fields at the Leavenworth County Fairgrounds. Here’s a rundown of what will be taking place: • Live ...
The Kansas Storytelling Festival will have a Tall Tale Preliminary Competition this weekend in Tonganoxie. In addition to the Tall Tales Qualifier in Downs, qualifiers will take place in Tonganoxie and Wichita. The Tonganoxie qualifier will take place Saturday at the Tonganoxie Community ...
A Tonganoxie man has been sentenced to more than a year of prison and jail time after being convicted of charges stemming from a 2023 motorcycle pursuit. On Friday, Gary L. Dixon, 43, was sentenced to 14 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections for fleeing or attempting to elude an ...
Tonganoxie USD 464 school board members have approved the 2025-26 budget, which will be a little more than a 1-mill increase. Board members approved the budget at Monday’s regular meeting. Patrons voiced concerns about the hike during the budget hearing at the beginning of the meeting. Board ...
County Road Brewing will have a barbecue cook-off this weekend. Entries will begin smoking meats behind the brewery starting at 7 p.m. Friday. The brewery also will be showing the Kansas City Chiefs game Friday night. Public tastings will start at 5 p.m. Saturday. People’s choice awards ...
Book talk series starting in September This fall the library is hosting a three-part book talk series called Dearly Beloved. The series will start next week and will run 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10. The first book is “The Measure” by Nikki Erlick. The series is meant to encourage ...
Tonganoxie City Council will have its next meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday due to the Labor Day holiday being Monday. The meetings normally are the first and third Monday of the month.
Holiday hours The Tonganoxie Public Library will be closed on Monday in observance of Labor Day. The digital library resources of hoopla and the Sunflower elibrary are always open, and the physical library will reopen on Tuesday. Book talk series starting in September This fall the library ...
