Jackson Heights sophomore Zachary Self (right) and freshman Matthew DeVader (left) recently debuted “Cobra Ball,” a documentary about the JHHS football team’s 2025 season. The documentary may be viewed at the Cobra Cast YouTube page. (Photo by Brian Sanders)
Jackson Heights High School students got an early Christmas present before heading out for the holiday break on Friday, Dec.
After scoring 29 points for the Royal Valley High School Panther basketball girls in their 56-41 win over Sabetha on Dec. 19, RVHS sophomore Ki-We Miller donned her Prairie Band Potawatomi regalia and joined in a tribal dance as part of Native American Heritage Night in the RVHS gym. (Photo by Brian Sanders)
After scoring 29 points for the Royal Valley High School Panther basketball girls in their 56-41 win over Sabetha on Dec.
First-grade students at Holton Elementary School performed “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” as part of their recent Christmas concert in the Holton High School auditorium, under the direction of Sheri Bartel. Shown from left to right in the photo above are first-grade students Paisley Amon, Hadleigh Boyd, Kayslin Bryant, Olivia Bowser, Michael Bunde, Kellen Doyle and, as Rudolph, Reid McElroy. Second-graders at HES also performed at the concert. (Photo by Brian Sanders)
First-grade students at Holton Elementary School performed “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” as part of their recent Christmas concert in the Holton High School auditorium, under the direction of Sheri Bartel.
Retired Jackson Heights teacher and coach Nancy VanDonge (second from right in the photo above) was recently honored by the Jackson Heights district for her efforts to start the girls’ basketball program at Jackson Heights High School. VanDonge is shown with her daughters, Karla Tanking (at left), Kristi Suarez (second from left) and Kerri Smith (at right).
Jackson Heights sophomore Zachary Self (right) and freshman Matthew DeVader (left) recently debuted “Cobra Ball,” a documentary about the JHHS football team’s 2025 season. The documentary may be viewed at the Cobra Cast YouTube page. (Photo by Brian Sanders)
After scoring 29 points for the Royal Valley High School Panther basketball girls in their 56-41 win over Sabetha on Dec. 19, RVHS sophomore Ki-We Miller donned her Prairie Band Potawatomi regalia and joined in a tribal dance as part of Native American Heritage Night in the RVHS gym. (Photo by Brian Sanders)
First-grade students at Holton Elementary School performed “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer” as part of their recent Christmas concert in the Holton High School auditorium, under the direction of Sheri Bartel. Shown from left to right in the photo above are first-grade students Paisley Amon, Hadleigh Boyd, Kayslin Bryant, Olivia Bowser, Michael Bunde, Kellen Doyle and, as Rudolph, Reid McElroy. Second-graders at HES also performed at the concert. (Photo by Brian Sanders)
The Holton Wildcat Cheer team took third place in the state at the Class 4A Spirit Showcase. Members of the team are shown above and include (front row, from left) Mya Marten, Amanda Taylor, Briar Page, Kaylin Segenhagen, (second row, from left)  Marisa Meyer, Jaelynn Cottrill, Taya Turner, Lilly Naylor, Zoe Schuetz, Lola Snavely, Ava Clayton, (back row, from left) coach Jessica Snyder, Katie Purcell, Julie Wellman, Emma Newbury, Kayde Taylor, Maggi Emert, Kamara Norwood and coach Jennifer Taylor.
Business and building owners around Holton’s Town Square in attendance at a Monday, Dec. 22 meeting of the Holton Planning Commission said they would be in favor of changing the city’s zoning regulations to allow first-floor residential spaces at the back of buildings around the Square, both to...
For many years, Jackson County road and bridge crews have maintained an estimated 50 miles of roads on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation reservation on behalf of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and county commissioners are now seeking reimbursement for that work. Since 2008, the county has...
Retired Jackson Heights teacher and coach Nancy VanDonge (second from right in the photo above) was recently honored by the Jackson Heights district for her efforts to start the girls’ basketball program at Jackson Heights High School. VanDonge is shown with her daughters, Karla Tanking (at left), Kristi Suarez (second from left) and Kerri Smith (at right).
In the fall of 1971 — two years after four northern Jackson County schools merged to form Jackson Heights High School — Nancy VanDonge was approached by district superintendent Robert Clark about coaching a new high school girls’ basketball team at the school. “I knew it was important to start a...
Jackson Heights sophomore Zachary Self (right) and freshman Matthew DeVader (left) recently debuted “Cobra Ball,” a documentary about the JHHS football team’s 2025 season. The documentary may be viewed at the Cobra Cast YouTube page. (Photo by Brian Sanders)
Jackson Heights High School students got an early Christmas present before heading out for the holiday break on Friday, Dec. 19 — a screening of a 44-minute docu­mentary on the Cobras’ 2025 football season, capturing the highs and the lows of the team’s 11-1 run this past fall. The positive...

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The Holton Wildcat Cheer team took third place in the state at the Class 4A Spirit Showcase. Members of the team are shown above and include (front row, from left) Mya Marten, Amanda Taylor, Briar Page, Kaylin Segenhagen, (second row, from left)  Marisa Meyer, Jaelynn Cottrill, Taya Turner, Lilly Naylor, Zoe Schuetz, Lola Snavely, Ava Clayton, (back row, from left) coach Jessica Snyder, Katie Purcell, Julie Wellman, Emma Newbury, Kayde Taylor, Maggi Emert, Kamara Norwood and coach Jennifer Taylor.
The Holton High School Spirit Squad, which includes the cheer and dance teams, excelled at the recent Class 4A Spirit Showcase organized by the Kansas State High School Activities Association....

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