Lara Hastings Reporter

Lara Hastings, reporter for the Basehor Sentinel, covers Basehor-Linwood schools, Basehor city government, business and feature stories and writes a bi-monthly column called Chaotic Stability. She is a 2005 graduate of the A.Q. Miller School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State University and adores the Wildcats. Before joining the Sentinel staff in April 2006, she worked for the Kansas City Kansan and the K-State Collegian. She also spent the summer of 2003 on the shores of Lake Tahoe interning for the North Lake Tahoe Bonanza in Incline Village, Nev.

Recent stories

Students raise funds with parking-space raffle
Money to be donated to Chapman schools
By Lara Hastings
November 6, 2008
Donating a dollar could provide Basehor-Linwood High School students VIP parking.
Youths hear veterans’ stories
By Lara Hastings
November 5, 2008
Veterans Day is quickly approaching and Michelle Ablard, fifth-grade teacher at Basehor Elementary School, is making sure her students are prepared.
So long, readers: I’m outta here
By Lara Hastings
October 30, 2008
An Easter egg hunt? Are you serious? That’s what I thought on my first assignment as the Basehor Sentinel reporter two and a half years ago.
Basehor named city of excellence
By Lara Hastings
October 23, 2008
Basehor is a Community of Excellence, according to the Kansas PRIDE program.
Council allots funds for road work
By Lara Hastings
October 23, 2008
The Basehor City Council approved two agreements Monday night comprising one of the first steps in road improvements for the city.
Area candidates talk about issues at local forum
By Lara Hastings
October 22, 2008
Election Day is less than two weeks away, and area candidates were given a last-minute chance to share their views with the community Tuesday night at a Meet the Candidates forum sponsored by the Basehor Chamber of Commerce.
LCDC talks infrastructure at meeting
By Lara Hastings
October 22, 2008
No action was taken during the Oct. 9 meeting of The Leavenworth County Development Corp. because of a lack of quorum.
Basehor schools make the grade on AYP report
By Lara Hastings
October 16, 2008
The final state assessment scores were announced Wednesday and it looks as though Basehor-Linwood district schools have not only made the grade, but exceeded it.
Artist preserves history with drawings
By Lara Hastings
October 16, 2008
An image of brothers Ruben and Ephraim Basehor, which was once a grainy photo, is now preserved as a large pencil drawing on the wall of the Basehor Historical Museum.
Students to study Basehor recycling
By Lara Hastings
October 16, 2008
Could a community curbside recycling program be in the future for the city of Basehor?

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Recent photos

Basehor Veterans of Foreign Wars members (from left) Wilbur Grisham, Fred Box and Dan Stueckemann talk to fifth-graders Friday afternoon at Basehor Elementary School in preparation for Veterans Day.

Basehor-Linwood High School senior Josh Keopke (left) and junior Zach Ross stand by their respected reserved parking spots in the teacher’s parking lot at the high school. The students recently won a fundraising drawing allowing them front-row parking for a week.

Chuck Wilderson (middle), Basehor PRIDE president, flanked by Youth PRIDE members Austin Welling (left) and Brian Swenson, talks to three Kansas PRIDE judges in June. The PRIDE groups recently learned they earned the 2008 Community of Excellence award.

Kansas City Kansas Community College students Michael Kelling (left), Piper, Mary Katherine Swabb (middle), Basehor, and Cheyenne Pike, Kansas City, Kan., talk with Basehor City Administrator Carl Slaugh about a curbside recycling survey. The students plan to conduct a survey this month in Basehor as a part of their Greening Society Learning Community class.

Glenwood Ridge Elementary School students turn principal Jan Hancock into a banana split as a reward for their fundraising efforts. Students also won prizes during the Tuesday afternoon assembly for demonstrating excellent character since the beginning of the school year.

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