Candidates are lining up for the 2026 election in Kansas to replace Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly, whose second term ends in 2027. For the past eight years, the greatest obstacle for Republicans in the ...

Leavenworth County Council on Aging will have a benefit fundraiser for Meals on Wheels next month. Dancing Through the Decades will be Aug. 16 at Riverfront Community Center in Leavenworth. Doors open ...

Memorial Day events again will take place in Tonganoxie. The seventh annual Biscuits and Gravy Breakfast will be 7:30-9:30 a.m. Monday at the Tonganoxie Community Historical Society and Museum, 210 W.

Shawn F. Linenberger Shawn F. Linenberger/Staff Photos Tonganoxie Middle School students perform “Dorothy in Wonderland” on Sunday afternoon at the Tonganoxie Performing Arts Center on the Tonganoxie ...

Fireworks stands dot U.S. Highway 24-40 in Tonganoxie. Though the community doesn’t have its own official Independence Day celebration, there is plenty of enthusiasm for the holiday with the many ...

Just a few stone walls remain of what was once a stately, three-story stone mansion on the bluffs of the Kansas River near Lecompton. Among the ruins, amateur archeologist Debi Aaron is hunched over a ...

The numbers of the moment have not been kind to universities across the state. At the University of Kansas, $40 million is the amount of budget pain leaders here worry about if new regulations are ...

The Tonganoxie USD 464 Education Foundation is inducting the 11th and 12th classes into the Education Hall of Fame on Friday. Criteria considered by the selection committee include outstanding service ...

A Larned State Correctional Facility resident died Saturday. Jason W. Cott, 45, was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday night. Staff began life-saving measures immediately and continued after ...

Monica Gee, owner of Wizard of Paws, 406 E. Fourth St., created the mural on a back building facing the alley. Her mural provides a plethora of pooch silhouettes, with many of them dedicated to ...

Good Shepherd Thrift Shop and Food Bank volunteers have compiled a list of current needs at the food pantry. To help fill in the gaps, volunteers are asking for laundry soap, paper towels, toilet ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated from its original post due to video footage in the area that happened to capture the accident. A three-vehicle accident happened about 4:30 p.m. Thursday ...