Matt Erickson Staff Writer
Matt Erickson is a staff writer for the Basehor Sentinel.
Recent stories
- The cost of employee stability
- September 12, 2012
- Small cities like Baldwin City in the metro area face wage and benefits pressure
- School districts take different approach to social media
- August 22, 2012
- Baldwin district looks to model appropriate online behavior
- State representative looking to jump to upper house in Topeka
- August 2, 2012
- This year’s redistricting jumble did play a role in state Rep. Anthony Brown’s decision to run for a state Senate seat
- ‘Who’s in charge here?’: Managers clash with councils in area cities
- June 20, 2012
- Carl Slaugh thought that when he retired from the Air Force, he’d be done moving somewhere new every three years.
- Kaw Valley Farm Tour, coming in October, turns farms into museums
- August 23, 2011
- When Shannan Seely first heard about the concept of the Kaw Valley Farm Tour, she didn’t quite understand.
- Lawmakers learn about Fort Leavenworth’s impact during visit
- May 23, 2011
- After Lt. Col. Russell Rhoads demonstrated how gaming software could be used to allow soldiers, first responders and others to retrace their steps and see what they could have done better, State Sen. Vicki Schmidt, R-Topeka, had a question.
- Kansas feted at festival’s Leavenworth swan song
- May 10, 2011
- Since they’ve been retired, Ruth and Charlie Kirby of Bonner Springs have loved to set out on day trips to visit destinations throughout Kansas.
- Filmmakers pose the question: ‘What’s the matter with KS?’
- February 24, 2011
- Joe Winston and Laura Cohen came to Kansas to film a documentary based on a book of political commentary.
Recent photos
After 25 years in the food industry, Bryan Smith opened his first restaurant of his own, 24-40 Roadside Café, in Basehor last month.
Basehor-Linwood High School freshmen Ally Nahrebeski, Raeney Seaton and Abbey Mellies eat lunch May 17 in the school’s small cafeteria.
Cleaning chemicals are among the materials that can present poison risks for children. This week is National Poison Prevention Week.
A gap in the brick remains where a section of wall at the former U.S. Displinary Barracks complex collapsed Monday morning, injuring a contractor working on the ground below. The collapse occurred as a construction crew poured concrete from the inside of the building, on the third floor. The injured man was trapped under a pile of bricks and wet concrete for about two hours before being rescued and taken to an area hospital.
Shannan Seely, coordinator for the Kaw Valley Farm Tour, speaks at the Basehor Chamber of Commerce meeting Aug. 18 at Community National Bank in Basehor.
