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  • Joined: August 30, 2022
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Tim McCarver, big league catcher and broadcaster, dies at 81

Tim McCarver, the All-Star catcher and Hall of Fame broadcaster who during 60 years in baseball won two World Series titles with the St. Louis Cardinals and had a long run as the one of the country’s most recognized, incisive and talkative television commentators, died Thursday. He was 81.

Basehor-Linwood signing day

Basehor-Linwood coach Susan Mayberry had as much to celebrate as anyone Tuesday morning as five of her Bobcat softball players were recognized for signing with colleges. “I just couldn’t be more proud of the program and the kids going through,” Mayberry said.

Ukraine aid support softens in the U.S.

Support among the American public for providing Ukraine weaponry and direct economic assistance has softened as the Russian invasion nears a grim one-year milestone, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

Winter storm leads to ice on local streets

While forecasters had been predicting up to three inches of snow, a winter storm that passed through Thursday produced more freezing rain than snow in Leavenworth County. Leavenworth County Emergency Management Director Chuck Magaha estimated that Leavenworth County received about one tenth of an inch of ice as a result of the storm.

Special thanks for another special Spelling Bee

To the editor: The 2023 Leavenworth County Spelling Bee and Retired School Personnel Association wish to thank Eagles Lodge 55 for the use of their hall, Mills Trophies, Lansing Kiwanis for the second-place prize and Alpha Delta Kappa for the third-place prize. The first-place prize was provided by LARSPA.