A local district court trial for a man accused of pulling a knife on a Leavenworth police officer has been canceled because the defendant is now in federal custody for a drug case, according to local and federal court officials.
When they met Monday, members of the Leavenworth Board of Education helped narrow the number of options for the firm working on a long-range facilities plan for the school district.
A minimum security inmate from the Lansing Correctional Facility reported missing Monday night is still at large, a spokesman for the Kansas Department of Corrections said Tuesday morning.
The University of Saint Mary has named Michael Evans, a 2006 Saint Mary graduate and a veteran of the university's baseball program, as the new head coach of the Spires softball team.
Fewer of them are headed for warzones in Iraq and Afghanistan, but a top Army official told a group of newly-minted graduates of the Command and General Staff College on Fort Leavenworth Friday that they are still bound to be on the front lines.
The two new members of the Leavenworth County Port Authority named by the Leavenworth County Commission will be the first new members of the five-member body in at least 13 years. So the commission decided Thursday to take its time.
The history of international military student participation at Fort Leavenworth dates back to 1894. And a ceremony Thursday marked another chapter in that long history, one fort official said.
A crowd that spilled out of the Leavenworth County Commission chambers spoke out Wednesday both for and against a proposal for a gun range in the northwestern portion of Leavenworth County.
An inmate accused of escaping last month from the Lansing Correctional Facility has made his first court appearance for an escape charge, a prosecution official said.
When they met Tuesday, Leavenworth city commissioners held a public hearing for a proposal to vacate a section of 20th Street that's actually never been part of the roadway.
A top Army official will speak Friday to the 1,050 members of the Command and General Staff College's most recent class of graduates at Fort Leavenworth.
Construction bids on a two-pronged project that will result in the demolition of a circa-1937 jail belonging to Leavenworth County will be opened over the next two weeks, allowing work to proceed.
Just before authorizing district staff to transfer and encumber funds the end of the fiscal year, the Lansing School Board on Monday voted to amend its 2012-2013 budget.
To some, a prison may seem like an odd place to turn to when it comes to feeding those in need. But for several years now, the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth has provided fruits and vegetables that were distributed through various agencies in the county.
A 16-member committee of community members plucked from a number of different businesses and agencies are now meeting to make decisions on this year's Buffalo Bill Days Festival.
The Leavenworth County Commission Thursday agreed to send a letter to the Kansas Attorney General asking for a temporary reprieve from new concealed carry requirements set to take effect next month.
As someone who works downtown, Echo Fairbanks likes to walk around the area during her lunch breaks. And she's noticed several green spaces that are overgrown.
State legislators have just wrapped up their work for their 2013 session, but members of the Kansas Association of School Boards are already looking to what will happen during next year's session.