GRAND MARSHAL
Frank Carroll is pictured at the Immaculate Conception Church on Thursday following a St. Patrick’s Day Mass. Carroll was the grand marshal of this year’s Leavenworth St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Photo by Rosie Ilmberger
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Suspect allegedly breaks 20 windows with bat
A man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly using a baseball bat to break at least 20 windows at a Leavenworth apartment complex, a police spokesman said. The man also is accused of breaking windows and taillights of a car in the parking lot.
Reese Witherspoon acquires film rights to Dolly Parton novel
With some support from her friend Reese Witherspoon, Dolly Parton is looking to be a movie star again. Parton is teaming with Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine media company for an adaptation of the best-selling novel she co-wrote with James Patterson, “Run, Rose Run.” Published in early March, the Nashville-based book centers on a bond between an aspiring country singer and a retired country superstar, a character Parton has said during media interviews that she was anxious to play on film.
NEWS BRIEFS
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.
Jackson pushes back on GOP critics, defends record
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.
Ukraine retakes key Kyiv suburb; battle for Mariupol rages
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.
‘Best of’ column concerns adoption
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.
Ukraine war imperils wheat, but farmers in no rush to pivot
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.
Debate on school programs
To the editor: I am writing in response to Jeff Howards’ letter to the editor. I am a mother and taxpayer.
Scott Cross
Scott Cross, 57 yrs old, passed away in January at Providence Medical Center. .