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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...
The Jackson County Commissioners recently agreed to hire a law firm to negotiate a higher per diem rate for housing U.S. Marshals Service prisoners in the county jail.
At a recent Jackson County Commission meeting, Undersheriff John Calhoon discussed entering into an agreement to renegotiate the...
The special countywide 0.4 percent retailers’ sales tax for road and bridge improvements will expire at the end of 2026, and the Jackson County Commissioners are proposing that the tax be renewed at a slightly higher rate of 0.5 percent, which is a 0.1 percent increase.
Before the sales tax can be...
Earlier this year, the Holton City Commission approved an updated dog and cat ordinance that would limit Holton residents to three dogs and three cats each, outside of permits for additional pets that were “grandfathered in” at the time of the ordinance’s approval.
Starting Thursday, Jan. 1, the...
A lower-than-expected interest rate on the $5 million general obligation bond that Jackson Heights will use to fund construction of a pair of building additions in the district proved to be good news for the USD 335 Board of Education during the board’s regular monthly meeting on Monday evening at...
Midwest Health, one of the region’s largest senior living providers, has completed the biggest acquisition in its nearly 50-year history, adding 15 assisted living communities across the state of Kansas, including Vintage Park in Holton, the company announced.
Midwest Health of Topeka is a family-...
The Holton Community Theatre will ring in the holiday season with a spirited and family-friendly staging of Ken Ludwig’s “Twas The Night Before Christmas,” opening Dec. 19.
The play follows Emily, a determined young girl, and her friend Amos the mouse, as they join forces with Calliope, a...
More than $5,300 in funds will be distributed to Holton residents in need of a little help paying their utility bills during the winter months, thanks to a City of Holton-administered fund established more than a century ago.
The Sitzler Fund, established by the estate of Holton resident Louise...
Kansas state assessment test scores in Jackson County’s three school districts increased from the 2024-25 school year to 2025-26, but there is still improvement to be made to keep up with the rest of the state in many areas, according to information provided by the school districts.
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Santa Claus is coming to town!
The jolly old elf will be visiting Holton on the next three Thursdays (Dec. 4, Dec. 11 and Dec. 18) at Santa’s Workshop, located on the southeast corner of the Jackson County Courtyard next to the Courtyard gazebo, to hear Christmas wish lists from kids of all ages....
