Tonganoxie will be selling some of the playground equipment at Chieftain Park and the Stone Creek subdivision playground on Purple Wave, while other items from the playgrounds will be thrown away. Tonganoxie City Council members approved of the measure at Monday’s regular meeting as the ...
The 6th annual Tongie Tailgate will celebrate the start of the 2026-27 school year. Festivities start at 4:30 p.m. with the Tonganoxie High School volleyball scrimmage at Chieftain Arena. Activities will then be at Beatty Field the rest of the night, with Hot dogs being served starting at ...
Just 26 votes separated incumbent Lance Neelly and challenger Mike Stieben after the Aug. 4 Republican primary for the Kansas House’s 42nd District. Neelly had 1,628 votes and Steiben 1,602 after all precincts had reported. The unofficial results don’t include provisional ballots, which ...
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A push to extend a moratiurm on data centers in unincorporated areas of Leavenworth County failed Wednesday, Aug. 5, paving the way for a massive data center to be built south of Tonganoxie. The 90-day moratorium was set to end last week and Commissioners Mike Stieben proposed an extension of ...
Genesis Schools in Tonganoxie will begin classes Wednesday, Aug. 19 with a half-day of school. The Tonganoxie school also will have a back to school night at 7 p.m. Monday at Genesis Christian Academy. There will be a schoolwide presentation at 7:30 p.m. at the Tonganoxie Christian Church ...
Tonganoxie USD 464’s proposed budget includes a mill levy increase of about 1 mill. Superintendent Shawn Poyser announced at Monday’s regular meeting that the proposed mill levy is 61.981 for 2026-27. That’s up from 60.955 for 2025-26. The proposed budget is being published twice in ...
TOPEKA — CoreCivic on Wednesday announced the sale of its Leavenworth prison to the federal government, likely negating months of negotiations and a legal battle city officials pursued to ensure the humane treatment of immigrants detained there. Nashville-based CoreCivic announced in a news ...
The Leavenworth County Fair had all the makings of another big week 100 years after the first fair took place in Tonganoxie this past week at the fairgrounds. Rodeo and 4-H exhibits, deep-fried everything and turkey legs at food stands and rides and carnival games galore were available again ...
Editor’s note: To capture time accurately, language from the past generally is left unchanged. This may result in some antiquated or out-of-use language from time to time. We try to maintain the exact wording when possible, but edits are occasionally made for the sake of brevity or because ...
