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The Royal Valley Board of Education is seeking community input on whether the district should develop and implement a policy that would allow students to be randomly tested for drugs.
Board members agreed during their meeting Monday evening that they want to hear the opinions of community members...
Emporia native Kelley Hunt performed a variety of blues songs for more than an hour during the Jazz & Blues On The Square event held in downtown Holton on Saturday. Hunt opened up the evening entertainment, which also included Holton native and jazz trumpeter Jim Seeley.
The Jackson Heights school board is considering some final touches for the district’s new track facility located at the Cobra stadium.
At its meeting Monday evening at the high school library, the board reviewed some cost estimates to install a chain link fence at the stadium.
Adrianne Walsh,...
A group of Royal Valley Middle School students organized a book drive and collected 300 books for area children placed in foster homes.
Sixth-grade students Paige Weddle, Marissa Jackson, Sondra Priest and Jessica Marney held the book drive at the school for a week and a half.
They encouraged...
The U.S. flag was held aloft by a Holton Fire Department ladder truck and a morning wind during a short 9/11 remembrance ceremony held Friday on Holton's Town Square. The ceremony honored those who lost their lives — including emergency workers such as police, firefighters and EMTs — in the...
Kansas’ Second Judicial District — which includes Jackson County — has yet to announce when applications will be accepted for the replacement of two judges in the district.
Meanwhile, “senior judges,” or retired judges who step up to help in case of a sudden vacancy on the bench, are working with...
Jackson County Senior Services Director Cheryl Hamlin knows better than anyone that the Jackson County Senior Center at Holton is more than just a meal site for area residents.
“This place means more to these people than anyone is ever going to know because it isn’t just about the meal,” Hamlin...
Northeast Kansans are invited to this year’s Jackson County Barn Tour, which will focus on buffalo, barns and brome located on and near the Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian Reservation.
Sponsored by the Jackson County Historical Society, the same tour will be held on both Saturday, Oct. 3, and...
This coming Saturday, Sept. 19, will mark the 20th occurrence of Wetmore’s Spring Creek Festival, an annual event originally designed to keep the fall homecoming tradition at Wetmore High School alive after its football program ended more than a quarter of a century ago.
However, the return of...
Two of these Royal Valley High School seniors shown above will be chosen as homecoming king and queen before the school’s football game against Santa Fe Trail on Friday. Queen candidates are (front row, from left) Kaytlyn Gooderl, Anna Johnson and Macy Putnam. King candidates are (from left) Arrow...
