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Leadership program now accepting applications

The Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce is offering the Leavenworth-Lansing Leadership program for 2022-2023. The goal of the program is to establish a network of community leaders and provide upcoming leaders an opportunity to grow and develop with the guidance and assistance of those currently in leadership positions.

Boosting American spirits and reversing the sense of defeat

To boost American spirits and reverse the sense of defeat after Japan’s Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt longed for a U.S. response. And he wanted it as quickly as possible. At a conference just before Christmas, Lt. Col. James H. Doolittle of the U.S. Army Air Corps was charged with planning and carrying out an attack on Tokyo.

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Ukraine to hold first war crimes trial of captured Russian

Ukraine’s top prosecutor disclosed plans Wednesday for the first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier, as fighting raged in the east and south and the Kremlin left open the possibility of annexing a corner of the country it seized early in the invasion.

For Supreme Court justices, secrecy is part of the job

Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black was hospitalized, his health failing, when he gave his son Hugo Jr. an order: Burn the papers. Worried that the publication of certain of his private notes could harm the court or his colleagues, he insisted on their destruction.

Rambo honors father with no-hitter

On the night Leavenworth baseball honored his late father, Charlie Rambo pitched the game of his life. The Leavenworth junior tossed a no-hitter to lead the Pioneers to an 11-0 victory Tuesday against Wyandotte.