By Derek Wiley With 11 seniors, Lansing had an older team last season. But this year’s squad has more experience playing together. “We had an… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
The Leavenworth Public Library will host an event for “Harry Potter” fans of all ages on Thursday from 4-7 p.m. The event is free to the public and no registration is required to attend.
Participants in Lansing’s 2021-2022 Citizens’ Academy are, from left, John Class, Bethany Magee, Amanda Siegner, Jeff Wolters and councilman Dan Clemons. Mayor Tony O’Neill, center, presented the plaques. Unable to attend were participants Tamara Nikelsen and Tiffany Andrews. Photo by Connie Parish
Kansas is a state where the Republicans definitely have the electoral edge. The state has not voted Democratic in a presidential election since 1964, it has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1932 and the GOP currently has comfortable margins in both houses of the state Legislature. Registrationwise, 42% of the state’s voters are Republicans, 30% are Democrats, 27% are independents and 1% are Libertarians.
2 bird flu cases found in Sedgwick, Dickinson counties More cases of avian influenza, more commonly called bird flu, have been found in Kansas, state agriculture officials said. The Kansas Department of Agriculture has confirmed the disease in a backyard home-farm flock of birds in rural Sedgwick County, as well as a similar backyard flock in rural Dickinson County.
Facing senators’ questions for the first time, Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson forcefully defended her record as a federal judge Tuesday and declared she will rule “from a position of neutrality” if she is confirmed as the first Black woman on the high court.
Ukrainian forces fought off continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia’s Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights.
Dear Amy: I am a 16-year-old girl. I have a 13-year-old biological brother, “Paul” and a 10-yearold adopted sister, “Natty.” My parents have never told Natty she’s adopted.
Russia’s war in Ukraine could mean changes for Ed Kessel’s farm along a quiet stretch of western North Dakota. Worldwide, farmers like Kessel are weighing whether to change their planting patterns and grow more wheat this spring as the war has choked off or thrown into question grain supplies from a region known as “the breadbasket of the world.” Ukraine and Russia account for a third of global wheat and barley exports, which countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa rely on to feed millions of people who subsist on subsidized bread and bargain noodles.
To the editor: I am writing in response to Jeff Howards’ letter to the editor. I am a mother and taxpayer.