Local news

Five questions: Parents as teachers
By Staff Report
02:50 p.m., January 15, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
Parents as Teachers provides services for families with children ages 3 and under. Donna Higbee, certified parent educator for Wyandotte County, talks about the 25-year-old program.
Library invites children to tea
January 15, 2013
Basehor Community Library invites children to their Royal Tea Party at 2 p.m. Sunday Jan. 27.
Basehor man killed in Kansas City, Kan., shooting
By Ann Margret Montemayor
January 10, 2013
A Basehor resident was killed in a double shooting Wednesday night in Kansas City, Kan.
Remember When for Jan. 10, 2013
January 9, 2013
Events reported this week in The Chieftain from 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
Five questions: Time to read
By Staff Report
04:00 p.m., January 8, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
Basehor Community Library Director Diana Weaver talks about sitting down with a good book in the new year.
Vaccination check
January 3, 2013
Vaccine best defense against whooping cough
Remember When for Jan. 3, 2013
January 2, 2013
Events reported in The Chieftain this week from 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
Hunters education classes available
January 2, 2013
The Basehor Community Library and Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism is again offering free state-certified hunter education taught by Steve and Marsha Letcher.
Free hunters education classes available
January 2, 2013
The Basehor Community Library and Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism is again offering free state-certified hunter education taught by Steve and Marsha Letcher.
Trivia event at library is postponed
December 31, 2012
Tonight’s trivia event at the Basehor Community Library to benefit Basehor-Linwood Education Foundation has been postponed due to inclement weather.
Community garden plots available now
December 28, 2012
The Basehor Community Garden, sponsored by Kansas PRIDE, will open this spring for its second year, and plots are available for interested community members.
Remember When for Dec. 27, 2012
December 26, 2012
Events reported in The Chieftain from this week 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago.
Group offers training to detect child abuse
December 26, 2012
Leavenworth County Child Abuse Prevention Council (LCAPC) will conduct free training for mandated reporters of suspected child abuse/neglect in two sessions on Thursday, Jan. 10.
Library seeking more home-based businesses for group
December 26, 2012
Basehor Community Library is looking for more home-based business owners for its monthly group.