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In spite of presidential election year politics, the need for immigration reform and discussions over how to fight terrorism and the Zika virus, U.S. Senator and Holton High School alumnus Pat Roberts reminded a group of Holton-area residents on Thursday that his primary focus remains...
Summer vacation is coming to a close for Jackson County area students as they head back to school this week.
USD 337 Royal Valley students will be the first to report back as classes for all students there begin Wednesday, Aug. 17.
Classes also begin Wednesday for students in USD 377 in Atchison...
The Jackson County Historical Society is hosting its sixth annual Barn Tour this fall.
The tour will be held on both Sept. 24 and Oct. 1 and will feature “The Barns of Muddy Creek.”
The tour group will leave at 8:30 a.m. both days from the Royal Valley High School parking lot in Hoyt and return...
A proposed policy update from the Kansas Association of School Boards regarding the use of school facilities for funerals prompted some discussion from Royal Valley Board of Education members Monday evening.
The updated policy from KASB recommends that the use of school facilities for funerals be...
The Holton school board on Monday evening approved the purchase of 418 new seats for the lower level of the high school auditorium at a price of $56,676 from Heartland Seating of Shawnee, it has been reported.
Other bids for the seats totaled $66,454 from Heartland for a different style of seat and...
An estimated 650 people were served at Holton National Bank’s 13th annual community appreciation free meal served Friday evening on the Jackson County Courtyard in conjunction with the annual Cruise Night event. The HNB staff served up pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, potato chips and water to...
A Soldier resident convicted in March of child sex crimes by a Jackson County District Court jury will likely spend the rest of his life in prison after receiving three consecutive 25-to-life sentences on the charges against during a Tuesday afternoon hearing.
District Court Judge Norbert Marek...
With one week until the start of the 2016-2017 classes, preliminary enrollment projections at Royal Valley are up, especially at the middle school, the USD 337 Board of Education learned Monday evening.
RV Superintendent Aaric Davis outlined the estimated enrollment numbers, which included 22...
Future renovations to district court, which is located on the third floor of the Jackson County Courthouse, continue to be discussed by the Jackson County Commissioners and Judge Norbert Marek.
During Monday’s commission meeting, the commissioners and Judge Marek prioritized the needs of district...
So far, a Holton Boy Scout has raised about a third of the amount he is trying to raise for his Eagle Scout project, the mounting of a historic bell at Holton’s Public Safety Building.
This Friday, area residents will have the opportunity to help 14-year-old Kyle Figge in his quest to raise the...
