Holton High School seniors Andrew Shupe (at left) and Presley Phillips (at right) were named King and Queen of Courts during recent winter courtwarming festivities at HHS. Coronation took place in between varsity basketball games between Holton’s Wildcats and Riley County. (Photo by Brian Sanders)
Holton High School seniors Andrew Shupe (at left) and Presley Phillips (at right) were named King and Queen of Courts during recent winter courtwarming festivities at HHS.
Holton High School football coach Brooks Barta is shown at center in this screen capture from “The Life Cycle Of Coaching,” a new documentary put together by Kansas State University’s College of Education about the impact that coaches like Barta have on young athletes, as well as how those athletes pass on what they’ve learned. (Screencap courtesy of KSU College of Education)
“It is our job to motivate our kids. It is our job to sell the value of what we do in the classroom. And that value is not necessarily the math.
HOLTON/JACKSON COUNTY-WIDE GARAGE SALES Friday-Saturday, April 24-25, 2026  
Elizabeth Bell (shown above at right) and Danielle Gharst (at left) are ready to help you file your 2026 income taxes at the Jackson Hewitt tax services office in Holton, which recently opened just off the Town Square.
The “Americans,” a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit, is now open to the public at the Rock Building on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation reservation. In the photo above, Raphael Wahwassuck, a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Tribal Council, is shown above answering questions about the exhibit yesterday from a group of women from the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Rossville.
Holton High School seniors Andrew Shupe (at left) and Presley Phillips (at right) were named King and Queen of Courts during recent winter courtwarming festivities at HHS. Coronation took place in between varsity basketball games between Holton’s Wildcats and Riley County. (Photo by Brian Sanders)
Holton High School football coach Brooks Barta is shown at center in this screen capture from “The Life Cycle Of Coaching,” a new documentary put together by Kansas State University’s College of Education about the impact that coaches like Barta have on young athletes, as well as how those athletes pass on what they’ve learned. (Screencap courtesy of KSU College of Education)
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).
Elizabeth Bell (shown above at right) and Danielle Gharst (at left) are ready to help you file your 2026 income taxes at the Jackson Hewitt tax services office in Holton, which recently opened just off the Town Square.
For the past few years, Jackson Hewitt has offered income tax preparation services at a kiosk in the Walmart store in Holton. But recently, the company has opened an office in Holton just off the Square, and a pair of Holton natives have returned to Holton to help keep things going smoothly at the...
Hiring good workers for the City of Holton and paying them enough to keep them on staff remains a priority for the Holton City Commission, which recently approved a five-percent across-the-board pay increase for city employees. During the commission’s Tuesday, Jan. 20 meeting — held a day later...
New England and Seattle will face off in Super Bowl LX on Sunday, Feb. 8, and the big game will be a rematch of Super Bowl XLIX from 2015, when the Patriots held off the Seahawks 28-24 in Phoenix. Local football fans are encouraged to make their predictions for the final score in The Holton...
An estimated 650,000 soccer fans from across the world are expected to visit the Kansas City area this summer during the World Cup, and steps are being taken to draw some of those fans here, according to Ashlee York, Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce director. Kansas City is one of 16 host...

Sports

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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