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Pink is not one of the favorite colors of Derek Smith, principal at Jackson Heights Middle and High School.
But after students at JHHS threw down the gauntlet and challenged Smith to “go pink” in honor of a JHHS graduate who’s currently fighting cancer, he agreed to have his hair and beard colored...
Here are The Holton Recorder Football Pick’Em Contest entries for the week ending Friday, Nov. 1:
1. Northwestern at Purdue
2. KSU at Houston
3. Ohio State at Penn State
4. TCU at Baylor
5. Arizona State at Oklahoma State
6. Air Force at Army
7. USC at Washington
8. Oregon at Michigan
9....
A proposed sidewalk project along U.S. Highway 75 in Holton will receive more than $2 million in state funds through the Transportation Alternatives (TA) grant program, administered by the Kansas Department of Transportation and provided by the Federal Highway Administration, it has been reported....
The Royal Valley Elementary School parking lot and drop off area for parents is getting a facelift.
During the USD 337 Board of Education meeting on Monday evening, the board approved a motion to put the parking lot project out for bid after reviewing a final design of the new space by HTK...
The life and work of a longtime Holton educator whose efforts to bring the stars closer to Holton and Jackson County will be celebrated at a Saturday, Oct. 26 dedication ceremony at the Banner Creek Science Center and Ford Observatory, it has been reported.
The observatory has been renamed for the...
Growing up in southwestern Jackson County, Cindy Brees was brought up in the family 4-H tradition.
“I come from generations of 4-H,” Cindy said. “My dad was in 4-H, and it was just kind of a family given that me and my brother and two sisters were all going to be in 4-H.”
Her husband, David, might...
Here are The Holton Recorder Football Pick’Em Contest entries for the week ending Friday, Oct. 25:
1. Leavenworth at Holton
2. Oskaloosa at Royal Valley
3. Jackson Heights at JCN
4. Nemaha Central at ACCHS
5. Oklahoma State at Baylor
6. Missouri at Alabama
7. Notre Dame at Navy...
Grant funds for two projects in Holton — construction of the proposed Beck Bookman Library addition and the purchase of a tie transformer for the city’s power production plant — were part of the Holton City Commission’s agenda on Monday night.
During the commission’s regular meeting,...
Local business owners expressed their opposition to increasing the county’s current sales tax rate during a special Jackson County Commission meeting last week.
At the revenue neutral rate hearing for the county budget in August, some taxpayers asked about the possibility of increasing the sales...
A Topeka woman was killed and two other Topeka residents injured in a two-vehicle accident that occurred Saturday afternoon, Oct. 5 on U.S. Highway 75 about three miles south of Holton, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol accident report.
Dianna F. Slavens, 77, was pronounced dead at the scene of...
