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: Farnsworth and McGlinn
- Anniversary: Pooler
- Engagement: Stanwix and Rymer
- Anniversary: McKean
- Anniversary: Kreutzer
- Engagement: Lindsay and Luft
- Engagement: Jones and Bichsel
- Anniversary: Pembleton
Obituaries
On the street
Photos
Photo galleries
Polls
Are you happy with the realignment of the Basehor ZIP code?
| Response | Percent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Yes | 78% | ||
| No | 21% | ||
| Total | 28 | ||
| Note: This is not a scientific poll. | Vote | ||
Videos
- THS baseball vs. Basehor-Linwood moved to Friday
- April 1, 2014
- The Tonganoxie High baseball team’s doubleheader against Basehor-Linwood, originally scheduled for Thursday, has been split into two single games.
- Kansas: Man pleads not guilty in voodoo beheading
- April 1, 2014
- A former Topeka man suspected of killing a man by severing his head with a guitar string in 2011 pleaded innocent to murder.
- Basehor council changes property and liability insurance plan
- April 1, 2014
- The Basehor CIty Council on Monday night approved to change property and liability insurance plans to avoid a 19 percent increase in premiums.
- Basehor Community Garden hopes third year brings more growth
- April 1, 2014
- The members of Basehor PRIDE hope this spring brings similar success to last year when it comes to the Basehor Community Garden.
- Spring sports fans cheer on through drastic weather changes
- April 1, 2014
- Spring sports fans are a very hardy group. They sit, huddled in blankets, to cheer for a son, daughter or grandchild on a day with the thermometer hovering in the lower 40s and facing a brisk wind.
- Bobcat softball sweeps Turner in coach’s absence
- April 1, 2014
- When the Basehor-Linwood softball team opened its season Monday, it did so without its head coach. As it turns out, though, Susan Mayberry’s absence from the dugout gave the Bobcats a little extra incentive to get the job done on the diamond.
- Kansas historic site hosts Bleeding Kansas play
- March 31, 2014
- The Kansas Historical Society says an acting troupe of history re-enactors plans to present the play “Bleeding Kansas Characters.”
- Remember When for April 3, 2014
- March 31, 2014
- Events reported this week in The Chieftain 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
- Kansas residents rush to meet Obamacare deadline
- March 31, 2014
- Counselors are expecting a crush of late-hour requests for help from Kansas consumers seeking to navigate the federal government’s online health insurance marketplace.
- Kansas House panel leader resigns over school bill
- March 31, 2014
- The House Appropriations Committee’s chairman has resigned from the committee because he says he can’t s
- Basehor’s Bohannon’s Wine and Spirits Liquors finds success in first month of business
- March 31, 2014
- One of Basehor’s newest businesses is off to a great start as revenues have doubled initial expectations for the owner.
- Chameleon King: Bonner Springs resident has unique hobby
- March 31, 2014
- Ted Kasckow peers into the cage, trying to point out each of his three newest purchases. “That’s the fun part about chameleons — trying to find them,” he notes.
- Kansas losing population, Census figures show
- March 30, 2014
- New census figures show that more people have been moving out of Kansas than have recently been moving in.
- Kansas: Higher education funding questions persist
- March 30, 2014
- With much of the Legislature’s attention focused on a state Supreme Court order to equalize public school funding, movement on the higher education front, including Kansas University, has taken a backseat recently.
- Kansas City Connection: The Royals return, along with several great concerts
- March 30, 2014
- For a fun, relaxing night out in Kansas City, Kauffman Stadium can’t be beat. Good-natured crowds, footlong sausages and salty pretzels, cold beer and dip-and-dots ice cream, fountains, games, giveaways and music.
- Kansas shutting off cold-weather protection for utilities
- March 28, 2014
- State officials are reminding Kansans who fall behind on electric and natural gas bills that they will lose some protection against shutoffs next week.
- BLHS baseball adapting to new system
- March 28, 2014
- When Jeff Vestal first took over as Basehor-Linwood’s baseball coach, players admitted the transition wasn’t as smooth as they’d hoped. About three weeks later, the Bobcats have adapted and are ready to put their hard work into motion.
- Bobcat girls soccer opens first season under Jones
- March 28, 2014
- To say last soccer season was an emotional roller coaster at Basehor-Linwood would be quite the understatement. However, with a new coach, new philosophies and a new group of leaders, the 2014 Bobcats are entering the season with a bright, new outlook.
- Basehor-Linwood Superintendent: potential state budget cuts could have “devastating impact”
- March 28, 2014
- Basehor-Linwood School District Superintendent David Howard is calling school district residents to contact their local law makers over legislation that would reduce the district’s transportation and virtual school funding significantly.
- Tonganoxie USD 464 officials warn of phone scam
- March 28, 2014
- Tonganoxie USD 464 officials are warning businesses to be aware of someone trying to sell advertising for a school-related activity calendar.
