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Polly Jones celebrates 75th class reunion
A remarkably resilient woman known by most as Polly (Jackson) Jones and by many, many others as Grandma Polly, she just recently attended the 75th anniversary of her high school graduation from Atchison High School as one of the few surviving members of the class of 1949.Polly’s lifelong resilient nature has allowed her to raise seven children as a single mom and those children eventually gave Polly twenty-two grandchildren, thirty-six great-grandchildren, and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Lewis and Clark reenactment to make three day stop in Atchison
A full-sized replica of Lewis and Clark’s keelboat with a crew of living-history re-enactors, will be recreating the historic expedition in 1803-06 with a voyage of 121-miles down the Missouri River from Omaha, Nebraska to the Greater Kansas City Area from October 3 to October 14.
Atchison to be featured in new television series of scariest homes
As a hotspot for all things spooky, Atchison is no stranger when it comes to visitors coming take part in the haunted season and this year the most haunted city in Kansas will be featured in an upcoming new national televised series.In a spin-off of the popular “Ugliest House in America,” HGTV will air an Atchison home in “Scariest Home in America” on Oct.
Raines selected for Kansas City Chiefs internship
The Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas announced last week that tribal member and Benedictine College alumna Aaliyah Negonsott Raines has been selected for a one-year internship program with the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League.
Muddy Road Fall Classic set for second annual hunt
The second annual Muddy Road Fall Classic hunt is set to take place on the evening of Saturday, October 5 at 8400 222nd Road in Nortonville.
Muddy River Music Festival pushes through rainy weather
The annual Muddy River Music Festival took place Saturday and still found success despite rain persisting throughout the event.