Audio clips
Births
- Elizabeth and Marcus Howell, Olathe, a boy.
- Chris and Erin Thom, Bonner Springs, a girl.
- Jackson Thomas Sloan, Atchison, a boy.
- Kyle and Jill Reynolds, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, a boy.
- Ryanne and David Toland, Bonner Springs, a girl.
- Molly and Andrew Crews, Bonner Springs, a girl.
- Michael and Kim Robbins, a boy.
- Michael and Kimberly Robbins.
Chats
- John Taylor: Chat with Sentinel/Chieftain editor John Taylor
- Frank Kohl: Chat with Leavenworth County Attorney Frank Kohl
- Todd Thompson: Chat with Todd Thompson, Republican candidate for Leavenworth County Attorney
- Connie O’Brien: Chat with Connie O’Brien, Republican candidate for Kansas House,
- Timothy Moran: Timothy Moran, Democratic candidate in the Kansas House District 42 race, to chat
Couples
- Engagement: Walters and Bussell
- Anniversary: McGraw
- Anniversary: Logsdon
- Anniversary: Oelschlaeger
- Anniversary: Ottinger
- Engagement: Kane and Harrison
- Anniversary: Hylton
- Anniversary: Schirmer
Obituaries
On the street
- Have you researched your local election candidates for the April 2 election?
- Do you feel like racism still exists in your community?
- Who was your favorite school teacher and why?
- Do you make an effort to learn about candidates running for your city council or county commission?
- Do you enjoy watching or playing any winter sports?
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
How do you prefer to give back during the holidays?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| I prefer to give to locally-based organizations. | 79% | |
| I volunteer my time with local organizations rather than focusing on monetary donations. | 12% | |
| I support national organizations. | 8% | |
| Total | 24 | |
Videos
- De Soto school board announces special meeting
- January 18, 2016
- The De Soto USD 232 Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m. Jan. 28 to discuss the superintendent search process.
- Topeka teens’ music making rounds on Internet
- December 31, 2015
- Two girls who met in 2008 at a Topeka summer camp became best friends, and now they are becoming something of an Internet sensation, representing a clothing line and collaborating on musical endeavors they hope will inspire youths to have positive views of themselves.
- Bonner business to offer ‘market’ days
- December 31, 2015
- Happenings Event Space, 11635 Kaw Dr., Bonner Springs, will begin hosting a Third Sunday Market on Jan. 17.
- Edwrdsville city staff organize donation drives
- December 31, 2015
- The Edwardsville city staff completed a number of charitable ventures this month as part of the 2015 holiday season.
- Arizona must pay fines, reimburse Kansas customers
- December 31, 2015
- An Arizona company that told customers it was selling products to help a charitable organization has been ordered to pay $10,000 and reimburse customers.
- Newspaper served as vital link for area residents
- December 31, 2015
- This is a requiem for a newspaper, column and an important part of local life.
- Chieftain ending publication with current edition
- December 31, 2015
- The World Company is ceasing publication of two of its weekly newspapers, including The Chieftain of Bonner Springs and Basehor.
- Manhattan staging New Year’s Eve ball drop
- December 30, 2015
- Up to 10,000 New Year’s Eve revelers are expected to turn out in the Kansas town known as the Little Apple for a ball-drop event modeled after the one in New York’s Times Square.
- Face to Face: Bonner Springs business owner Nancy Goss
- December 30, 2015
- Nancy Goss, owner of Excess Self Storage in Bonner Springs, is the subject of this week’s Face to Face.
- Kansas mulling stiffer penalties for water violations
- December 30, 2015
- Kansas state officials are considering stiffer penalties for water violations.
- City managers review 2016 plans
- December 30, 2015
- With 2015 in the books, area city officials now are preparing for the projects that will take up much of their focus in 2016.
- Window firm takes over downtown Bonner space
- December 30, 2015
- A new downtown Bonner Springs business is looking to expand, having recently become affiliated with a national window remodeling company.
- 2015 in review: Top stories of the year
- December 30, 2015
- The top 10 stories reported by The Chieftain in 2015.
- Derby police to give school officers body cameras
- December 29, 2015
- The police chief in the Wichita suburb of Derby says his department will outfit its four school resource officers with body cameras as part of a pilot project.
- Remember When for Dec. 31, 2015
- December 29, 2015
- Events reported this week in The Chieftain 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
- Kansas’ governor defends state’s new guns-on-campus law
- December 29, 2015
- Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback says he’s not second-guessing a new state law that would require college campuses to allow concealed weapons, calling it a constitutional right.
- Budget shortfall, World Series among Kansas’ top 2015 news
- December 29, 2015
- A budget shortfall that forced lawmakers to increase sales and cigarette taxes and a long-awaited World Series title were among the top stories in Kansas in 2015. Here’s a look at those and the rest of the year’s Top 10 stories.
- Topeka offers $500K push to revive shopping centers
- December 28, 2015
- An effort to improve large, blighted shopping centers in Topeka is getting a $500,000 boost.
- Kansas Turnpike Authority approves two-year bridge projects
- December 28, 2015
- The Kansas Turnpike Authority has approved contracts for two-year bridge projects in Wichita and between Topeka and Emporia.
- Kansas lawmaker seeks end of privatized foster care system
- December 27, 2015
- A Republican Kansas lawmaker is calling for an end to the state’s first-in-the-nation privatized foster care system, as it nears its 20th anniversary with increasing scrutiny and a record number of children in foster homes.
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