Latest photos by Matt Erickson

Officer Mike Joslyn is one of eight full-time officers in the Basehor Police Department. Police ... September 12, 2012	Dannielle White, a fifth-grader at Basehor Intermediate School, grabs some broccoli while loading up her ... September 5, 2012	Josh Marcus, a fourth-grader at Basehor Intermediate School, scoops some watermelon onto his tray during ... September 5, 2012
Basehor-Linwood Middle School sixth-graders Darby Peterson (clockwise from lower left), MacKenzie Bizzell and Nolan Ford ... August 29, 2012	A picture of a can filled with popsicle sticks appears on the screen of reading ... August 29, 2012	Basehor-Linwood Middle School sixth-grader Sterling Hollond taps on the screen of his iPad as he ... August 29, 2012
Basehor-Linwood Superintendent David Howard says he is frequently tapping on his smartphone, checking the USD ... August 22, 2012	Armella Ashworth of Basehor says she probably could have sought more support while she was ... August 16, 2012	Owen Lewis, 2011 Basehor-Linwood High School graduate and sophomore at Baker University, will listen carefully ... August 1, 2012
After 25 years in the food industry, Bryan Smith opened his first restaurant of his ... July 25, 2012	Members of Basehor’s McDonnell family can remember their son and brother Jared, who died after ... July 25, 2012	The Rev. Jay Lickey is the pastor of Open Door Fellowship, a new Basehor church ... July 24, 2012
The Basehor Historical Museum’s new exhibit on the agricultural history of southern Leavenworth County is ... July 11, 2012	Ken Massingill (left) accepts the 2012 Basehor Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Citizen Award from chamber ... July 6, 2012	Basehor VFW Post members fire off a 21-gun salute before the fireworks show at the ... July 4, 2012
Tyler Davidson, 5, of Leavenworth prepares for the fireworks show at the Basehor Fourth of ... July 4, 2012	Blake Waters (right), president of the Basehor Chamber of Commerce, congratulates Ken Massingill, who was ... July 4, 2012	Ed and Cindy Foley of Tonganoxie, with their 6-year-old son Graham, prepare for the fireworks ... July 4, 2012
Erin Laney, an eighth-grader at Basehor-Linwood Middle School, and Vince Ballard of Tulsa, Okla., serve ... July 4, 2012	Amber Dawson and William Malcom of Kansas City, Kan., dance as the Fairmounters play bluegrass ... July 4, 2012