Darren Hasse received the Sons of the American Revolution Medal of Distinguished Service. Hasse received the medal because of his stalwart leadership as president of the Henry Leavenworth Chapter of SAR during the pandemic. He is shown with current SAR President Jerry Gross. Walt Schley
Leavenworth County has been awarded a $525,000 grant to create a secure parking area for vehicles used for a Council on Aging transportation program. The project is one of 48 to be awarded funding last week through the state’s Access, Innovation and Collaboration Public Transit Program.
A man has been sentenced to more than three years in prison for tracking contraband while he was an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility, according to a prosecution official. George E.
Carrie Underwood and Jason Aldean were the big winners, the Judds reunited, and Kelsea Ballerini turned a tough break into a one-woman house party at Monday night’s CMT music awards. Underwood and Aldean won video of the year and collaborative video of the year for their duet “If I Didn’t Love You” on the show that uses fan votes to honor the best in country music videos.
First commercial case of bird flu found in McPherson County The first case of bird flu in a Kansas commercial operation has been confirmed in a turkey flock in McPherson, state and federal agriculture officials announced Monday. Previously, avian influenza had been confirmed only in four backyard flocks in Kansas.
Vladimir Putin vowed Tuesday that Russia’s bloody offensive in Ukraine would continue until its goals are fulfilled and insisted the campaign was going as planned, despite a major withdrawal in the face of stiff Ukrainian opposition and significant losses.
Dear Amy: I’ve become good friends with a co-worker who started at the same job I did over 12 years ago. I’ve received raises, including two after I changed departments six years ago.
A newly redrawn Kansas congressional map is partisan gerrymandering designed to cost the state’s only Democrat in Congress some of her territory and drown out the voices of minority voters, attorneys representing voters in two heavily affected counties argued in closing arguments Monday.
The National Urban League released its annual report on the State of Black America on Tuesday, and its findings are grim. This year’s Equality Index shows Black people still get only 73.9% of the American pie white people enjoy.
Basehor-Linwood coach Scott Russell got a nice surprise at the first day of the track practice – the largest turnout in the school’s history. The Bobcats are starting the season with 132 athletes.