For more than a decade, Leavenworth County’s public works department has offered residents a chance to minimize the amount of dust on unpaved roads.

An 82-year-old Leavenworth woman remained in the hospital Wednesday after she reportedly was battered by her daughter over the weekend, according to a police spokesman.

Three rural Easton residents were arrested Tuesday after they were found to be in possession of items stolen from other people’s sheds the night before, the Leavenworth County sheriff said.

A man has been sentenced to more than 12 years for setting fire to a Leavenworth church, the U.S. attorney announced Wednesday in a news release.

Over the past few years, advances in technology have made privacy for schools an issue, according to Lansing School Superintendent Randy Bagby.
 

An old railroad boxcar became the focus of a discussion Tuesday night at a meeting of the Leavenworth City Commission.