- Grass fire spreads through Basehor Christmas tree farm
- Blaze one of four reported in Leavenworth County on Thursday
- February 2, 2012
- A grass fire burned through several acres of a Basehor Christmas tree farm Thursday afternoon, one of at least four blazes treated by Leavenworth County fire departments Thursday.
- Neighbors: Mike Everett
- February 1, 2012
- Mike Everett of Bonner Springs is this week’s Neighbor.
- Edwardsville begins condemnation process on dilapidated, vacant home
- February 1, 2012
- The city of Edwardsville is taking action to condemn an unsafe building for the first time in several years.
- Class aims for healthy kids
- February 1, 2012
- A new class designed to introduce children to fun ways to eat healthy and be active will be offered this spring at Kansas City Kansas Community College.
- Remember When for February 2, 2012
- February 1, 2012
- Events reported in The Chieftain this week 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
- Letter: Water rate increase too big
- February 1, 2012
- Suburban Water sent notice of another huge increase and an upcoming Kansas Corporation Commission hearing so that the public will have some opportunity to provide minimal input on the issue.
- Evolution of shaving
- February 1, 2012
- In the deep, dark past when I was a youth, there were three milestones which meant adulthood. Two including getting a driver’s license and registering for the draft. However, the earliest sign of approaching manhood was shaving.
- State recognizes BSHS social studies teacher
- February 1, 2012
- Andrew Addington admits that rather than posters of rock bands or movies, his walls in college were adorned with portraits of John F. Kennedy and Harry Truman.
- New grading system causes problems for high school faculty
- February 1, 2012
- Bonner Springs High School teachers and officials with USD 204 are meeting to determine how to address problems with the district’s grading software at the high school level.
- Single mother says she feels blessed after receiving free car
- February 1, 2012
- Erin Wren-Mahan recently received a holiday gift beyond her greatest expectations.
- Five questions: Tax season is here
- January 31, 2012
- Tuesday was the deadline for employers to make available federal W-2 forms to employees. Michael Devine, Internal Revenue Service spokesman with the agency’s St. Louis office, is encouraging all taxpayers to file returns electronically.
- Leavenworth County panel tackling rural stray-animal problem
- 12:37 p.m., January 31, 2012 Updated 09:32 a.m.
- More complaints related to animals poured into the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office than calls about any other topic in 2011.
- Man extricated from car after accident near Linwood
- January 30, 2012
- A De Soto man was taken to a local hospital Saturday morning after a one-car accident on Loring Road near Linwood.
- Spay-neuter transport leaving from Basehor in February
- January 26, 2012
- Basehor will be the site of the Leavenworth County Humane Society’s next low-cost spay/neuter transport pickup, Feb. 16 and 17.
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