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Royal Valley Board of Education members reviewed a list of proposed budget cuts – including the elimination of the high school golf program – during their meeting Monday evening.
Three of the five board members in attendance (Pat Tuck, Jeff Stithem and Ann Kelly) voted in favor of eliminating the...
Note: This is the 14th story in a series about doctors in our community.
Dr. Stephannie Gilkey-Nicol, D.C., 41, has worked as a chiropractor for 16 years, with 14 of those years in the Jackson County community.
A native of Garfield, Dr. Gilkey-Nicol received her undergraduate degree at Park...
As more and more long-standing Jackson County teachers continue to retire each school year, different ways to recognize those educators are being discussed.
Currently, none of the three districts in Jackson County – Jackson Heights, Holton or Royal Valley – have established a Teacher Hall of Fame...
More than 175 Holton High School alumni have expressed an interest in coming back to their alma mater for this coming Saturday’s annual HHS Alumni Banquet — about as many as last year so far, but still promising, according to HHS Alumni Association President Erin Ludvicek Carlson.
“Ticket sales...
At the 135th commencement exercises for Holton High School here Saturday evening at the gymnasium, a large crowd of parents, family and friends were on hand to cheer on the 80 members of the class of 2015 while the steady, soothing beat of a steady rain on the gym’s roof provided a sort of drum-...
In front of family members and friends, a total of 30 Jackson Heights High School seniors received their diplomas Sunday during the school’s graduation ceremony.
“Out in front of me, I see future teachers, future engineers, farmers – maybe a lot of farmers – and a future Beyonce,” said co-...
This year, three military veterans’ groups from Jackson County will visit the county’s cemeteries on Memorial Day for the annual salute of fallen military men and women.
Holton VFW Post 1367 and American Legion Post 44 will make the rounds on Monday, as will the recently-created Mayetta American...
Two long-time Holton teachers and one Holton Middle School staff member are retiring from the district at the close of the school year.
Marty Williams
Marty Williams is leaving Holton USD 336 after working at Colorado Elementary School since 1976. She was born and raised in rural Soldier and...
A Topeka resident was sentenced on Friday to 775 months imprisonment for what Jackson County Attorney Shawna Miller called “the worst crime I have ever prosecuted” — the December 2013 rape and attempted murder of a Holton woman.
Jackson County District Court Judge Micheal Ireland confirmed...
A Holton resident will spend roughly three years and a half in prison on burglary and aggravated assault charges on two different cases from last year following a Friday morning sentencing hearing in Jackson County District Court.
Bradley A. Stanley Sr., 33, received a 32-month prison sentence...
