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Motorists who get traffic tickets in Holton will soon be paying more in municipal court fees, according to action taken this week by the Holton City Commission.
During the commission’s regular meeting on Monday evening, commissioners approved a charter ordinance raising the city’s court costs from...
More than two years after plans for Holton High School’s first Honor Flight were first put to paper, a group of 16 local veterans and 16 HHS students, past and present, boarded a plane at Kansas City in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 5, for a flight to Washington, D.C. to visit military...
Starting with the 2022-23 school year, Jackson Heights High School students will have the opportunity to play baseball or softball instead of — or in addition to — going out for track in the spring.
At the Jackson Heights USD 335 Board of Education’s regular monthly meeting on Monday, board members...
The ninth season of the Jackson County Community Band is under way — and more local musicians are being invited to join the band, according to Holton High School band director Jayme Malsom.
“We always love to have new members. As long as folks have some previous band experience, they are welcome to...
“Can I change your mind? Can I get you to change your mind?”
Those questions have been asked a lot of Dr. Joel Hutchins in recent months, he said, given his plans to retire as one of the area’s top physicians after more than 35 years of service to the Holton and Jackson County community.
Dr....
Kansas Sen. Dennis Pyle of Hiawatha announced recently that he is running for governor.
“Due to the continual gross negligence in protecting and assisting citizens, my family and I have decided it is in the best interest of our state that I pursue running for governor to enact solutions to stop the...
The Jackson County Commissioners have received two bids for ambulance services in Jackson County starting in 2023, it has been reported.
The commissioners solicited bids from Techs, Inc., which operates Jackson County EMS (and currently serves the county), and Global Medical Response, Inc. of...
A rumor that the recent Holton High School alumni banquet might be the last one spurred Jackie Sommers of Topeka and her four siblings — all of whom graduated from HHS — to return to their alma mater and former hometown to relive their “glory days” over Memorial Day weekend.
“I just thought the...
Jackson County Sheriff Tim Morse has visited the southern border in Texas several times, but his recent trip with U.S. Senator Dr. Ron Marshall and four other Kansas sheriffs shed new light on the growing immigration crisis.
“It was very eye-opening. Things have gotten from bad to worse,” Sheriff...
For the past year, recent Royal Valley High School graduate Karlie Albright has served as the president of her school’s FFA (Future Farmers of America) chapter and as vice president of the state FFA organization’s Northeast district.
On Friday, June 3, Albright was elected to serve as president of...
