NEWS BRIEFS
Missouri execution would be just fifth this year in U.S. A man whose death sentence for killing a Missouri couple while robbing their home was overturned three times was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday.
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Ukrainian fighters: Russian forces storming Mariupol plant
Russian forces Tuesday began storming the steel mill containing the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, Ukrainian defenders said, just as scores of civilians evacuated from the bombed-out plant over the weekend reached safer territory and recounted days and nights filled with dread from constant shelling.
Possible overturning of Roe sends abortion fight to states
If the U.S. Supreme Court follows through on overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, it would immediately split the country into states with abortion access and those that outlaw it.
True friends are worth freezing for
Dear Amy: “Allie” and I became friends when our children were young. We celebrated holidays, vacationed together, and shared in our joys and troubles.
Sneakers, elastic pants: People alter office wear amid COVID
Blazers in knit fabrics, pants with drawstrings or elastic waists, and polo shirts as the new button-down. Welcome to the post-pandemic dress code for the office.
Trump’s bid to shape GOP faces test with voters in May races
Donald Trump’s post-presidency enters a new phase this month as voters across the U.S. begin weighing the candidates he elevated to pursue a vision of a Republican Party steeped in hardline populism, culture wars and denial of his loss in the 2020 campaign.
‘A different mindset’
Describing the progress she has made in the shot put, Aarion Pickens kept coming back to the same word – “mind-blowing.” After breaking her personal record by nearly 5 feet in the first track and field meet of the spring, the Leavenworth sophomore has not stopped improving, and her mark of 40 feet, 3 inches is first in Class 5A. Longtime shot put coach Gloria Swanagan has known Pickens for years through their attendance at Rock of Refuge Christin Fellowship in Leavenworth.
She’s up! Whitmore 1st woman to start Atlantic League game
GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — Kelsie Whitmore played left field and batted ninth for the Staten Island FerryHawks on Sunday, becoming the first woman to start a game in the Atlantic League and one of the first to do so in a league connected to Major League Baseball.
Milan J. Cop III
Milan J. Cop III, 72, Bonner Springs, KS, passed away at his residence on Friday, April 29, 2022.
Sharon J Daniels
Sharon J Daniels, 78, Basehor, KS passed away on Saturday, April 30, 2022 at the Overland Park Regional Hospital. .