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January 2022

Vote for Athlete of the Week

The Athlete of the Week poll includes athletes from Basehor-Linwood, Leavenworth and Pleasant Ridge high schools. Coaches can email nominations to Leavenworth Times Sports Editor Derek Wiley at dwiley@cherryroad.com. Vote…

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RED FRIDAY

Employees at Zeck Ford in Leavenworth show their spirit on Red Friday in advance of the AFC championship game on Sunday. The Kansas City Chiefs host the Cincinnati Bengals at Arrowhead Stadium. The winner goes to the Super Bowl. MARK ROUNTREE/LEAVENWORTH TIMES
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Pittsburgh bridge collapse injures 10

PITTSBURGH – A two-lane bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, requiring rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet while others formed a human chain to help rescue occupants of a dangling bus. The collapse came hours before President Joe Biden was to visit the city to press for his $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes bridge maintenance.
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In Breyer’s tenure, court shifts more conservative

WASHINGTON – In the nearly 30 years that Justice Stephen Breyer has spent on the Supreme Court, it has been conservative, then more conservative and now much more conservative. The court’s rapid rightward shift in recent years was a change for the liberal jurist, who early in his career sat with the same group of eight other justices for more than a decade.
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Students should have a computer science requirement

The lineup of people testifying for and against a proposal to make completion of a computer science course a graduation requirement in Kansas says a lot about the need for universal school choice. Representatives of two universities, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools, a small business owner and the state community college association enthusiastically support the proposal.
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Kansas needs to ‘Axe the Food Tax’

In today’s political climate, it doesn’t seem there’s much we can all agree on, but one thing that nearly every Kansan can get behind is eliminating our state’s high food sales tax — once and for all.
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