Defendant convicted of battery for stabbing
A Leavenworth man who was shot after stabbing another man has been convicted of a battery charge for the 2018 incident, according to a prosecution official. Marquis B.
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Election 2022: Texas primary tests GOP’s rightward shift
Voters in Texas will usher in the midterm campaign season with primaries that will test just how far to the right the Republican Party will shift in a state where many in the GOP have already tightened their embrace of former President Donald Trump.
Parents ponder grandmothers’ babysitting
Dear Amy: My husband and I have two boys under the age of two. We operate a successful business from home, so we only need childcare for an occasional break or date night.
U.S. may be drawn into war in Ukraine
The determined resistance of the Ukrainian people and twheir most courageous President Zelensky to the Russian invasion has inspired the world. The international community is rushing to apply sanctions on Russia and is sending food, medicine and arms to Ukraine to help the people of that country defend themselves.
Banning books
To the editor: Ban the book. Remove it from libraries.
Poll: Pandemic fears are fading along with omicron
Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans’ worries about COVID-19. As coronavirus pandemic case numbers, hospitalizations and deaths continue to plummet, fewer people now than in January say they are concerned that they will be infected after the rise and fall of the wildly contagious virus variant, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Strength in numbers
For all the girls powerlifting teams hoping for a down year from Basehor-Linwood, keep waiting. The Bobcats, winners of 14 straight state titles, return three individual champions, Sophie Leach, Audrey Spellman and Ava Gunn, as well as state runners-up Gwen Shafer, Samantha Price and Bella Rollo.
Kansas drops to No. 6 in latest AP Top 25 poll
The top six and seven of the top nine teams in the AP Top 25 lost on the same day last week, an unprecedented day of chaos that led to some big changes in this week’s poll — everywhere but at the top.
Linda Sue Vandruff
Linda Sue Vandruff, age 73, of Leavenworth, Kansas, passed peacefully in her home Sunday morning, 2/27/22. She is survived by her husband Van.
Ruth Elaine Turner
Ruth Elaine Turner, 82, of Leavenworth, passed away Monday, February 28, 2022. .