State representative to host town hall
State Rep. Pat Proctor will hold a town hall and legislative update in Leavenworth on Saturday.
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LOCAL BRIEFS
Cause of vacant house fire undetermined Firefighters have been unable to determine the cause of a fire at a vacant Leavenworth house. The fire was reported at 8:48 p.m.
NEWS BRIEFS
Task force: DOJ should investigate foster teen’s death A community task force is calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate the death of a Black teenager who was restrained facedown for more than 30 minutes at a Kansas juvenile detention center.
Siblings start their own partyline
Dear Amy: My sister, brother and I are all in our early 60s. My question is about cellphone etiquette.
Elizabeth A. “Beth” Lauchlan
Funeral services will be held at Church of the Open Door on Saturday, March 5th at 2:00 P.M. .
France Guadalupe Parks Rice
Frances Guadalupe Parks Rice, 73, of Topeka, Kan., passed away unexpectedly Friday, Feb. 25, 2022.
Why not introduce content in a context in which difficult things can be discussed?
The greatest inconsistency that likely baffles kids in high school is the difference between what adults expect of them and what adults trust them to do. I have seen in the news recently that this paradox is alive and well. It appears that in Leavenworth, as well as school districts across the nation, there are concerned adults who believe that certain reading material is too explicit for high school students. In our town, the current controversy seems to surround the novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” by Sherman Alexie and its incredibly brief discussion of self-sexual pleasure, as well as some less-than-feminist opinions expressed by the main character.
There is no short-term miracle solution to inflation
One of the political colonels opines how inflation affects the lives of the citizens of Leavenworth. True enough, inflation is here to stay at least for now. Of course, it is now a Republican talking point that inflation is all Biden’s fault.
Bruising primary season poised to reshape political power
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott will face Democrat Beto O’Rourke after voters in Texas opened what could be a lengthy, bruising primary season poised to reshape political power from state capitals to Washington.
End of the road
The third time was not the charm. After losing to De Soto twice during the regular season, No.