Joshua Roberts
Recent stories
- Council scrutinizes downtown building
- December 4, 2008
- Backed by a critical engineer’s report, the Basehor City Council unanimously approved a resolution Monday night requiring the owner of a downtown building to either make major repairs or begin demolishing his structure within 30 days.
- Street project moving forward
- City Council prepping Wolf Creek project for public hearing
- December 4, 2008
- While there was no action taken, a proposed street construction/improvement project was again a primary discussion topic for Basehor city officials Monday night.
- Hearing set on indecent liberties charge
- April 20, 2006
- A former Basehor Elementary School teacher, who has been charged in Leavenworth County District Court with inappropriately touching an 11-year-old child, is scheduled to appear in court in two weeks.
- Library moving to larger quarters
- Library plans May 18 move to Parallel Road location
- April 20, 2006
- The Basehor Community Library will be on the move sooner than expected.
- Grand opening celebration
- Three area youths win essay contest held in conjunction with the Legends opening
- April 20, 2006
- The biggest splash from a Wednesday morning media gathering at the Legends of Village West shopping center had little to do with the unveiling of a new 60-foot, two-tiered water fountain.
- Basehor VFW Loyalty Day April 29
- April 13, 2006
- Loyalty Day, an event designed to reaffirm American citizens’ devotion to the country, hasn’t been formally recognized by the Basehor Veterans of Foreign Wars post since its inception in 1958.
- School officials seek additional teachers
- April 13, 2006
- Because of an expected increase in enrollment, the Basehor-Linwood school district is considering adding three teachers for next school year. The additional teachers would increase the district’s faculty to 114 teachers.
- Curriculum revisions continue in district
- April 13, 2006
- In an on-going effort to align curriculum with state standards, the Basehor-Linwood school board Monday approved revisions to the district’s health, physical education and fine arts programs.
- Council poised to make decisions on two highways
- April 13, 2006
- Basehor city officials are careful to point out that the development of two highways near the city — Kansas Highway 7 and U.S. Highway 24-40 — are critical to long-term economic development.
- New bank to open in about a year
- April 13, 2006
- Bill New, chairman of the board at First State Bank and Trust, said his company has conducted business based on ethics, honesty and “Christian standards.”
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Point of View
With college football season around the corner, what teams are you most excited to watch?
“I am really not a sports fan at all. But my husband will watch any team, college or pro. He loves football.”

