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Late night storm hits county

Some Leavenworth County residents are still recovering from a late Thursday night thunderstorm that had damaging high winds."From my perspective it could have been a lot worse," said Chuck Magaha, emergency management director for Leavenworth County. "We had a lot of aluminum roofing lifted and ...

Storms knock down trees, cause other damage in Basehor and Tonganoxie

A storm hit north Basehor on Thursday, uprooting trees and knocking out power for roughly two hours.According to Basehor police Chief Lloyd Martley, a 40-foot tree was uprooted from the ground."It appears the storm came diagonally from 166th and went diagonally across city of Basehor, doing ...

Weather forces library to reschedule talk

The Tonganoxie Public Library Kansas Humanities Council TALK Book Discussion with Ann Birney at the has been rescheduled for Thursday, February 28 at 6:30 p.m.

Snow advisory in effect Sunday

A snow and blowing snow advisory remains in effect until 3 p.m. today.A strong upper-level storm system continues to lift northeast and across the lower Missouri River valley this morning. A large area of snow has overspread the entire area from the westAccumulations have already reached an ...

Brrr! Tonganoxie Phil predicts more winter

On Groundhog Day, Tonganoxie Phil, the conjecturer of conjecturers, the vaticinator of all vaticinators, emerged from his front door.Looking at the sunny sky above and his shadow below, Tonganoxie Phil had no choice but to declare six more weeks of winter, matching the prediction made by the ...

National Weather Service issues winter storm warning

The National Weather service has issued a winter storm warning until noon Wednesday for Leavenworth County and the surrounding area.A mix of freezing rain, sleet and snow is heading from the center of the state to eastern Kansas and western Missouri sometime after 8 p.m. this evening. The mix ...

City, county salt supplies holding out this winter

With the official start of spring still months away and snow in the forecast again this week, Tonganoxie, Leavenworth County and Kansas Department of Transportation officials are keeping a vigilant eye on the weather and their salt reserves."I guess you don't realize how much snow becomes this ...

Snowpacked roads turn slushy

Drivers heading out Friday will find area highways mostly wet and slushy after an overnight storm left anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of new snow on the ground.Kimberly Qualls with the Kansas Department of Transportation said at 2 p.m. today that highways in Leavenworth, Wyandotte and Johnson ...

Wintry mix heading toward area

The National Weather Service has issued a snow advisory for Leavenworth and surrounding counties. The snowstorm, which is expected to bring anywhere from 2 to 5 inches of snow, will begin late tonight and continue into Friday. The snow might possibly be mixed with freezing drizzle.The advisory ...

Storm brushes city, but worries not over

A wintry storm that coated much of Kansas in thick layers of ice and caused power outages for thousands decided it would spare Tonganoxie of its brunt.The news was OK with Mayor Mike Vestal."We dodged a bullet, I guess, at least for now," Vestal said early Tuesday afternoon as a soaking rain - ...