Loren Feldkamp is retiring as Tonganoxie USD 464 superintendent at the end of the 2025-26 school year after 46 years in public education. The longtime educator and administrator announced his decision last week on the district’s website. A 1974 graduate of Baileyville B&B High School, ...
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 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; ...
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.
Milk was flowing from ice cold gallon jugs often Saturday afternoon at Tonganoxie Recreation Commission’s inaugural Hot Wing Havoc challenge, but a whopping eight of nine participants made it through all five rounds, with the ninth just one step away. Competitors took their seats at ...
