Audio clips
Births
- Chris and Erin Thom, Bonner Springs, a girl.
- Elizabeth and Marcus Howell, Olathe, a boy.
- Kyle and Jill Reynolds, Overland Park Regional Medical Center, a boy.
- Jackson Thomas Sloan, Atchison, a boy.
- Robbie and Melissa Lewallen, Tonganoxie, a boy.
- Ryanne and David Toland, Bonner Springs, a girl.
- Molly and Andrew Crews, Bonner Springs, a girl.
- Michael and Kim Robbins, a boy.
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: Ottinger
- Anniversary: Hylton
- Wedding: Thornton and Bailey
- Anniversary: Weaver
- Engagement: Thornton and Bailey
- Engagement: Farnsworth and McGlinn
Obituaries
On the street
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
- 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.
- Leavenworth County offers training in identifying signs of child abuse
- December 31, 2015
- Leavenworth County Child Abuse Prevention Council will present free training on Recognizing and Reporting Suspected Child Maltreatment 6-8 p.m. Jan. 7 in Berchmans Lecture Hall, University of Saint Mary in Leavenworth.
- 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.
- Kansas mulling stiffer penalties for water violations
- December 30, 2015
- Kansas state officials are considering stiffer penalties for water violations.
- Planning commissioner files for Leavenworth County commission
- December 30, 2015
- Though the election is more than 10 months away, one candidate already has filed for Leavenworth County Commissioner.
- 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.
- Army to resume cleanup at former Sunflower ammunition plant
- December 27, 2015
- Five years after federal funding dried for up environmental cleanup at the former Sunflower Army Ammunition Plant in Johnson County, Kansas, the U.S. Army has announced it will resume removing pollutants so the land can be redeveloped.
- Kansas City Connection: 36 Months in Kansas City
- December 27, 2015
- For my final column, I’d like to present this updated, family-friendly guide to all things KC.
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