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Members of the Jackson County Community Band are gearing up for their 11th season, which will include three outdoor concerts, it was reported.
Jayme Malsom, Holton band director, and Sean Moore, Jackson Height band director, will lead this year’s band, which is comprised of area community members...
In the 50 years since he’s graduated from Holton High School, Tom Bell has become one of the most passionate advocates for better health care in Kansas, spending 15 years as the president and chief executive officer of the Kansas Hospital Association, an organization he was involved with for more...
Utility vehicles, golf carts and other low-speed vehicles are now allowed at Banner Creek Reservoir with a $50 permit, it has been reported.
During Monday’s Jackson County Commission meeting, a policy that allows work-site utility vehicles, micro utility trucks, low-speed vehicles and golf carts on...
The heads of Holton’s city infrastructure departments presented their fiscal year 2025 budget requests to the Holton City Commission on Monday, most noting that their requests weren’t too different from what they sought for this year while some added that “big-ticket items” may be on their want...
The new hourly fee to use the Jackson County Courthouse grounds and facilities, such as the bathrooms or meeting room, for special events has been waived for non-profit organizations and school districts.
The $40 per hour fee (per custodian), which was approved earlier this year, was recently...
The transfer of about 90 square miles of land from Prairie Hills USD 113 to Jackson Heights USD 335 is expected to receive the Kansas State Board of Education’s final approval this week, bringing to a close more than a year of negotiations resulting from the Prairie Hills school board’s decision in...
Five students from Royal Valley High School’s graduating Class of 2024 have earned the Eagle Scout award, the highest rank offered by the Boy Scouts of America.
Fewer than 10 percent of Boy Scouts have earned the Eagle Scout award since the Scouts were formed in 1912, and Matt Tracy, Jackson King,...
Holton and Jackson Heights high schools were recently ranked as the top two schools in the Topeka metro area by U.S. News & World Report.
The U.S. News Best High School rankings include data on nearly 25,000 public high schools in 50 states and the District of Columbia, it was reported. At...
Republicans Bethany Lee of Holton and Jeff Morrow of Topeka have both filed for the county attorney position, which will be included in the primary and general elections, it has been reported.
Lee has been a licensed attorney since 2012, serving 11 of those years as a prosecutor.
She is currently...
Eight live cat traps, each one containing at least one cat, were brought Monday morning to Heartland Veterinary Clinic so that each of the cats inside could be spayed or neutered, given some necessary vaccines and then taken back to the “colonies” where they were found.
Clinic co-owner Dr. Amy Sun...
