In 1988, Rex Cameron drove a 1972 Ford pickup pulling a trailer into Holton, ready to begin a new job, not knowing anyone in the city other than then-City Manager Gene Williams and not having a place to live.
Since then, as Holton’s street superintendent, Cameron has built a regionally-respected...
Fund-raising for the placement of a monument in Holton’s Linscott Park to honor Jackson County’s Purple Heart recipients is complete, but project organizers noted the monument won’t be ready for its planned Memorial Day unveiling.
Mike McManigal, director of American Legion Riders Post 44 in Holton...
Republican Becky Hutchins, who represents the 61st District in the Kansas House of Representatives, has announced that she will not seek re-election.
“First, let me say how much I have appreciated your support these past two years,” Hutchins said in a press release. “These have been challenging...
Two local families who have been producing Angus cattle in the Holton area for several years recently purchased the Holton Meat Processing facility in an effort to get more Angus beef to the area market.
“This was just the final leg in the farm-to-plate process for us. It was good for us to have...
A documentary about her former neighbor in Hoyt – a man who survived the Dutch famine during World War II and later became an accomplished chef in America – is sending Royal Valley seventh-grade student Lilly Rooks to the National History Day competition near Washington D.C. this summer.
Rooks...
A former Netawaka resident is facing another 60 days in jail as part of his probation following his conviction on charges related to a May 2015 incident in which he reportedly picked up a package containing about four pounds of marijuana from the Whiting post office.
During his sentencing...
On Tuesday, 25 years to the day after a tornado leveled Andover, a huge chunk of the Midwest — including Jackson County — was getting ready in case another major tornado should tear its way through the region that night.
None did, however, although the storm system that covered most of Kansas did...
The Jackson County Commissioners continue to be concerned with a proposed “tax lid” bill as Kansas lawmakers return to work at Topeka on Wednesday.
The commissioners and Jackson County Clerk Kathy Mick were able to express some fears associated with that proposed bill to 61st District...
On Tuesday morning, Shannon Smith was overseeing a flurry of finishing touches on renovations at Holton’s Sonic Drive-In restaurant.
“They’re confident they’ll have it done,” said Smith, regional director of operations for Sonic Drive-Ins in the Topeka and Kansas City area.
Although Holton’s Sonic...
Meal prices at Royal Valley schools will increase slightly next school year in order for the district to be in compliance with federal regulations.
During the USD 337 Board of Education meeting Monday evening, the board agreed to increase lunch prices 10 cents and breakfast prices 5 cents at all...