GUEST SPEAKER
Wendy Scheidt, executive director of Leavenworth Main Street, was the guest speaker for the Kiwanis Club of Leavenworth weekly luncheon. She talked about upcoming events in downtown Leavenworth. Cindy Henry
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Kansas governor nixes bills on trans athletes, parents’ role
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed conservative Republicans’ proposed ban on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports and a GOP proposal aimed at making it easier for parents to try to remove materials from public school classrooms and libraries.
Wefald remembered as leader who made Kansas State ‘relevant’
Jon Wefald is being remembered as “a human dynamo,” a Kansas State University president for more than two decades who increased its enrollment, improved academic programs and boosted research funding – while finally finding a coach who could win football games.
Russia hits Lviv, prepares for assault in eastern Ukraine
Russian forces launched missile attacks on the western city of Lviv and pounded a multitude of other targets across Ukraine on Monday in what appeared to be an intensified bid to grind down the country’s defenses ahead of an all-out assault on the east.
Manhattan to be site of $650 million plant bringing 500 jobs
A biomanufacturing company plans to build a $650 million plant in Manhattan that will bring hundreds of high-paying jobs to the region, officials announced Monday. The San Antonio-based company is planning to create 500 jobs at the plant in the next seven years, according to a news release.
NEWS BRIEFS
Officials ID Kansas woman killed in shootout with deputies State investigators have identified the woman who they say was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire in southern Kansas, authorities said. Andrea C.
Rom-com might not have happy ending
Dear Amy: They say you never forget your first love. Is reaching out to them crossing a line? Life for me was like a “romcom” movie; I grew up as the girl next door in a gorgeous home.
Music, art sharpen our ability to think creatively
I recently listened to a YouTube video that involved Anton Krutz, the owner of Kansas City Strings in Merriam, Kansas, giving a talk and answering questions with a high school orchestra class. He definitely caught my attention with his views on education, especially as it relates to the future of science education.
On Tax Day, an extension may be better than rushing a return
Monday was Tax Day – the federal deadline for individual tax filing and payments – and the IRS expects to receive tens of millions of last-minute filings electronically and through paper forms. As of April 8, the IRS had received more than 103 million returns for this tax season, and it had issued more than 63 million refunds worth more than $204 billion.
For many, Easter Sunday marked a return to in-person worship
For many U.S. Christians, this weekend marked the first time since 2019 that they gathered in person on Easter Sunday, a welcome chance to celebrate one of the year’s holiest days side by side with fellow congregants.