An Ozawkie resident charged with attempted second-degree murder in an October shooting incident in Holton will stand trial this September in Jackson County District Court.
During a pre-trial status hearing on Friday afternoon, Topeka attorney Thomas G. Lemon, as defense counsel for Joshua J....
Craig Beyer (left) of Topeka-based Sowards Glass fastened a window frame to a lower floor classroom window at the new Holton Elementary School, while Beyer's co-worker, Justin Dolsky, inspected a nearby window frame on Tuesday afternoon. Sowards representative John Stein said the first of 68...
A fund-raising drive for the construction of a new monument in Holton’s Linscott Park to honor Jackson County’s Purple Heart Medal recipients is now three-fourths of the way to its goal.
But more donations are being sought as soon as possible so that construction of the monument can begin in time...
An Atchison-based member of the Kansas House of Representatives says he’s ready to throw his hat into the ring to try and unseat Kansas Sen. Dennis Pyle, it was reported.
Jerry Henry, a Democrat who has served in the Kansas House since 1993 and who currently represents the 63rd District, recently...
Republican Bob McNicholas of Netawaka filed Monday for the Jackson County Sheriff position.
McNicholas also ran for sheriff in the 2012 general election.
Current Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse, who is a Democrat, has also filed for the election.
This year’s general election will be held on Nov. 8...
Owners of 80 Jackson County properties, who are delinquent on their taxes, may be subject to a tax sale being planned for this year, it was reported.
Jackson County Treasurer Linda Gerhardt and the Jackson County Commissioners are in the preliminary stages of conducting a tax sale after it was...
Connecting a road that runs behind Holton Community Hospital to the road that runs through the Holton Industrial Park has been announced as the focus of a special Holton City Commission meeting set for this afternoon (Wednesday), it was reported.
During the commission’s regular meeting on Monday,...
Area residents who live in the unincorporated areas of Jackson County are reminded that they have until Friday, April 1, to register or re-register their dog with the county if it’s a pit bull or a hybrid of that breed.
The Jackson County Commissioners approved a resolution last year that requires...
The Jackson County Commission has agreed to have the county support KANZA Mental Health & Guidance Center as its administrators and board seek $400,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds to renovate the recently purchased Moser building in Holton.
At a recent Jackson County Commission...
In the three decades since Scott Foster’s family purchased the facility that houses Holton’s Foster Ford dealership, not much about the building’s interior or exterior has changed.
“We’ve got some lovely 1985 paneling in here,” Foster joked.
But in recent months, the Ford dealership’s customers...