A man suspected of leading police on a highspeed chase over two states has been fatally shot by officers, police in Kansas City said. The shooting happened late Tuesday night near Platte City, according to police.
Children wait with their parents for the opportunity to enter an armored vehicle owned by the Leavenworth Police Department. The vehicle was on display Wednesday for the city’s Touch-A-Truck event. Sections of Esplanade Street and an adjacent parking lot were closed for the event, which featured vehicles from city departments and other agencies. Photos by John Richmeier
Complaining that the West is “stuffing Ukraine with weapons,” Russia bombarded railroad stations and other supply-line points across the country, as the European Union moved to further punish Moscow for the war Wednesday by proposing a ban on oil imports, a crucial source of revenue.
The Federal Reserve intensified its fight against the worst inflation in 40 years by raising its benchmark interest rate by a half-percentage point Wednesday — its most aggressive move since 2000 — and signaling further large rate hikes to come.
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To the editor: Thank you to Ernest Evans for his editorial on the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act. It has brought new attention to the brutal acts of racial terrorism that occurred and were not acknowledged by our society.
The owner of an Alabama clinic was flying home from a conference for abortion providers Monday night when a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion began ricocheting around the world. As Dalton Johnson read it, he was struck by the bluntness of the language that would end the constitutional right to an abortion, shuttering clinics in about half of American states, including his.
Basehor-Linwood (16-0) completed its domination of the United Kansas Conference Tuesday with a 19-0, 20-0 sweep against Turner. The Bobcats finished 10-0 in league play, outscoring their opponents 163-20 to win the UKC.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. hit his first major league home run, Brad Keller pitched shutout ball into the seventh inning and the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 7-1 Tuesday night to end a fourgame losing streak.
Solange Davis, 80, Leavenworth, passed away on Tuesday, May 3, 2022 at the Piper Assisted Living facility, Kansas City, KS. .