A traveling exhibition is coming to Tonganoxie. The Tonganoxie Community Historical Society will host “Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy,” an exhibit from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. The exhibit opens later next week (April 18) and will be ...
Tonganoxie will have its citywide spring garage sales Saturday. There is no registration required for the event, which takes place the first Saturday of April each spring. Residents are welcome to put out temporary yard sale signs, but city officials ask that sellers follow city sign ...
A 40-year-old Leavenworth woman has been sentenced to prison in connection with the death of a 3-year-old child who died of acute fentanyl toxicity. Tara Ann Huerta pleaded guilty Feb. 18 in Leavenworth County District Court to one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of aggravated ...
Library Giving Day is today! Library Giving Day is a national fundraising event to help raise funds for local libraries through the generosity of people who depend on and enjoy libraries. From today through Friday, any monetary gift is eligible for dollar-for-dollar matching, up to $1,000, ...
Everything’s coming up roses for a Tonganoxie High School horticulture class. Well, not just roses for the THS students. Chieftain Floral is the new student-run business at THS through the FFA program Alicia Hendron, who is in her first year teaching at THS, offers horticulture classes ...
TOPEKA — Local Kansas governments could award pricier construction contracts to select businesses under a bill that seeks to raise the ceiling for mandatory public bidding processes. Under current law, any county construction project that exceeds $25,000 must involve a public bidding ...
Saturday afternoon will be the time to release the children. This year’s Tonganoxie Recreation Commission Easter Egg Hunt will be 3-4 p.m. Saturday at the TRC baseball and softball fields. In total, more than 6,000 plastic eggs will be placed on the fields. Egg hunt times for ages ...
Editor’s note: Leavenworth County Commissioner Mike Stieben periodically submits commentary about local issues involving the County Commission. He is weighing in on a work session this past week regarding data centers as disussion about a potential center south of Tonganoxie gains ...
A 44-year-old former Tonganoxie resident convicted earlier this year of more than a dozen child sex crimes has been found deceased before sentencing. The Leavenworth County Attorney’s Office was informed Friday morning that David A. Espinoza was recently found deceased. In light of ...
Tonganoxie USD 464’s incoming superintendent is starting his new job early. Shawn Poyser will serve as interim superintendent through June 30, the school board decided during a special meeting Wednesday, March 11 at the USD 464 Administrative Center. Board members met in executive session ...
