Leavenworth man pleads to sexual exploitation of a child
A Leavenworth man has pleaded no contest to sexual exploitation of a child, according to court records. Ismael Lopez Jr., 46, entered the plea Friday in Leavenworth County District Court.
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Inmate dies at LCF
Prison officials are still awaiting autopsy results, but they do not believe the death of an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility is related to COVID-19, according to a news release from the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Court records: Man shot, killed after offering man a ride
Court records say a Kansas City, Missouri, man fatally shot a Kansas man who offered to give him a ride because it was raining. Twenty-eight-year-old Aaron Simmons Jr.
Biological father and son can’t seem to talk
Dear Amy: Recently, my biological father emailed me to say he’d like to get to know me. We’ve never met.
Library study finds ‘challenged’ books soared in 2021
Deborah Caldwell-Stone, director of the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom, has never been so busy. “A year ago, we might have been receiving one, maybe two reports a day about a book being challenged at a library.
Including young kids likely to sink Kansas trans sports ban
Kansas appears unlikely to join other states this year in keeping transgender athletes from competing in girls’ and women’s school sports, partly because conservative state lawmakers want the ban to apply to elementary school students.
David George Balock
David George Balock, 72, of Leavenworth, KS, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on March 30, 2022. David was born on May 22, 1949, to George Balock and Esther Malick Balock in Aston, PA.
Sister Francis Russell, SCL .
Sister Francis Russell, 90, a Sister of Charity of Leavenworth (SCL) for 72 years, died on March 13, 2022, at Ross Hall in Leavenworth, Kan. Sister entered the religious community on Aug. 18, 1949, and was an educator and lauded social worker. To read her complete obituary, please visit the SCL website at https://www.scls.org/sisterfrancisrussell/.
James H. Sexton
James H. Sexton, 83 of Lansing, Kan., passed away Thursday, March 31, 2022, in his home.
Marie H. Bias
Marie H. Bias, 66, Leavenworth, passed away at Advent Health Systems on Monday, April 4, 2022.