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Shawn Linenberger

Shawn is a community reporter for the Tonagnoxie Mirror.

Recent stories

Chase near Tonganoxie ends with one man taken into custody: By Ian Cummings & Shawn Linenberger; May 22, 2013; A vehicle chase Wednesday morning near Tonganoxie ended with one man being taken into custody.
Tonganoxie teens launch book drive to benefit Children’s Mercy Hospital: By Shawn Linenberger; December 24, 2012; Tonganoxie High School seniors Wyatt Maurer and Tyler O’Briant launched a book drive for patients at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Both have spent time at Children’s Mercy as patients and are members of the hospital’s Teen Advisory Board.
Kansas House, District 42: Connie O’Brien vs. Harold Fevurly Jr.: By Shawn Linenberger; October 28, 2012; Harold Fevurly Jr., of Easton, is the Democratic challenger facing another Leavenworth County resident, Republican incumbent Connie O’Brien of Tonganoxie in the House District 42 race. By Shawn Linenberger
Rural Tonganoxie man gets life in prison for sex crimes against children: By Shawn Linenberger; September 27, 2012; A rural Tonganoxie man has been sentenced to life in prison for child sex crimes.
Tonganoxie woman found guilty of three counts of animal cruelty: By Shawn Linenberger; September 24, 2012; A 34-year-old Tonganoxie woman has been found guilty of three counts of animal cruelty in Leavenworth County District Court. Sarah Hoppins, 34, was found guilty of the charges Friday after judge Gunnar Sundby heard from witnesses for the defense.
Man gets 15 years in McLouth student’s death: By Shawn Linenberger; September 11, 2012; A hotel security guard who fatally wounded a McLouth High School student on a Spanish Club trip to Costa Rica has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Tonganoxie students make rare find of worms native to Asia: By Shawn Linenberger; September 5, 2012; Some Tonganoxie inhabitants could be thousands of miles from home, according to researchers’ findings. Tonganoxie High School science teacher John Tollefson’s students in 2010 participated in Kansas State University’s Earthworms Across Kansas, a citizen science project for middle and high school students across the state.
Tonganoxie Middle School student hit by vehicle, taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital: By Shawn Linenberger; 04:31 p.m., August 30, 2012 Updated 05:32 p.m.; A Tonganoxie Middle School student was taken to an area hospital after being hit by a vehicle after school on Thursday.
Grass fire destroys mobile home: By Shawn Linenberger; August 21, 2012; Grass fires led to the loss of a mobile home in Tonganoxie and roughly 40 acres east of the city Tuesday.
Man injured in accident near Tonganoxie on Sunday: By Shawn Linenberger; August 14, 2012; A 49-year-old Tonganoxie man was taken to an area hospital after a one-vehicle accident Sunday afternoon about two miles northeast of Tonganoxie.

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In 2010, Tonganoxie High students discovered a species of worm of the family Moniligastridae, which is native to Asia, near the school. Researchers have called the find a rarity.

Firefighters tend to a fire Tuesday morning in Tonganoxie. The fire started in the area of the back deck at 505 Laughlin. Owners Dorothy and Walt Deckard were in the home at the time of the fire, but they and Molly, their Yorkie, escaped and were not injured. Firefighters were still trying to determine the cause of the fire Tuesday.

Milton Ulreich, who will be a Tonganoxie High School sophomore in the fall, throws a whipped cream-soaked sponge at THS cheerleader Jessa Thorne, who will be a junior in the fall, Saturday during Tonganoxie Days.

Leavenworth County Commissioner Clyde Graeber and Leavenworth County Sheriff Dave Zoellner pay their respects after participating in the laying of wreaths during Sunday’s 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Leavenworth. Seated at left is U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan.

Tonganoxie High School students Sarah Wetta and Rebekah Adcox place a cross on Saturday morning near the crash site of a Thursday rollover accident in which THS student Kylee Wilson, 16, was killed.

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