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Southeastern Kentucky, part of which is located within the Cumberland Plateau section of the Appalachain Mountains, contains some of the most beautiful scenery in the American Southeast, including Cumberland Falls State Resort Park.
“Cumberland Falls is a pretty big deal down in that part of the...
WEEK 6 FOOTBALL PICKEM 2026
Oct. 9-11
1. Aeschliman Construction: Holton at Nemaha Central
2. Denison State Bank: Jackson Heights at Onaga
3. Beverley Brown & Co.: Horton at Royal Valley
4. Bergsten Insurance: ACCHS at Maur Hill-Mt. Academy
5. Bumper To Bumper: KU at Utah
6. Jayhawk TV &...
The 33rd annual Mayetta Days celebration will take place next Saturday, Oct. 3, and will include a variety of family-friendly activities, including a car and motorcycle show, a homemade bread contest, a street dance and a parade.
This year also marks the town’s 140th birthday, according to event...
The last time the City of Holton paid for an update to its comprehensive land use plan, it cost the city about $40,000, Holton City Manager Teresa Riley noted at the Holton City Commission’s regular meeting on Monday.
An update to the existing plan — which was approved by the city commission and...
In March of 2023, the family of the late Marvin and Melvena Ingels, third-generation farmers who owned land in the Netawaka and Whiting area, made donations of more than $330,000 to each of the FFA programs at two Jackson County high schools — Holton and Jackson Heights — and to the Heart of...
Sean Binkley of Topeka, a Holton native and member of the Holton High School Class of 1988, is now a world champion in jiu-jitsu.
Binkley won the Master 6 featherweight blue belt division at the World Master IBJJF Jiu-Jitsu Championship in Las Vegas, Nev. earlier this month.
More than 20,000...
Holton High School’s library is a busy place after the regular school day — not the kind of busy involving students checking out books, but the kind involving students connecting with students from other schools across the country, getting ready for another season of competition.
That competition...
WEEK 5 FOOTBALL PICKEM 2026
Oct. 2-4
1. Aeschliman Construction: Jeff West at Holton
2. Denison State Bank: Wabaunsee at Jackson Heights
3. Beverley Brown & Co.: Rossville at Royal Valley
4. Bergsten Insurance: McLouth at ACCHS
5. Bumper To Bumper: Middle Tennessee at KU
6. Jayhawk TV &...
"We’re finally cooking with some gas out there.”
That was Jackson Heights USD 335 Superintendent Jim Howard’s assessment of the progress being made on the new school building additions at Monday’s Jackson Heights Board of Education meeting, following the ceremonial turning of dirt on the new...
On a 3-0 vote, the Jackson County Commissioners approved the 2027 county budget on Monday using a mill rate lower than the one published earlier this month.
The 2027 budget will be funded by 71.553 mills, which is 1.136 mills more than the 70.417 mills used to fund the current budget.
The...
