Trinity Lutheran was founded as a “daughter congregation” of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Netawaka, whose pastor, the Rev. H.F ...

More than a century ago, in 1925, A.B. “Slim” Haubold moved to Holton and took over the town’s Chevrolet dealership, which ...

Gov. Laura Kelly announced on Monday, April 6, that she signed House Bill 2537, known as Caleb’s Law, which expands and strengthens Kansas law to better combat sexual extortion and protect victims.

Nearly one in five storefronts on Holton’s Town Square are presently empty, according to an independent study of the Square by a Holton banker.

Leonard Dale Sigmund, 86, of Lebanon, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2026. He was born in Holton on Nov. 16, 1939, at 6 a.m. His father, Walter George Sigmund, was a farmer and his mother, Gwendolyn ...

Neva N. Douglas, 92, of Mission, formerly of Netawaka, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2026, at Trustwell of Shawnee Mission, with family by her side. She was born Dec. 12, 1933, in Osage County, the ...

Marjorie Lou “Wauksaqua” Heim, 56, of Topeka, passed away on Monday, March 30, 2026, surrounded by her family at The University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. She was born Nov. 15, 1969, in ...

For Julee Ware, reuniting with Jim Lovvorn and Clara Ann Lovvorn of Holton, who helped her more than 50 years ago, is a “dream come true.” Ware of Austin, Texas, put a call out in a recent edition of ...

Jayna R. Kasson, 63, passed away on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. She was born on March 9, 1962, in Topeka, the daughter of Wayne and Joyce Kasson. She graduated from Royal Valley High School, class of 1980.

Jackson County residents who have built a new structure or added onto an existing structure without a building permit from 2022 to 2024 are asked to contact the Jackson County Appraiser’s Office.

When Jackson County Clerk Kathy Mick steps down from her post at the end of March, longtime assistant clerk Kristie Richter will step in to take her place. “I’m a little nervous, but I’m excited,” ...

Kansas state assessment test scores in Jackson County’s three school districts increased from the 2024-25 school year to 2025-26, but there is still improvement to be made to keep up with the rest of ...