Liz Anstine and Lisa Shepard, Interact Club co-chairs, recently were honored with a Paul Harris Fellow award for their hard work, dedication and commitment to Leavenworth High School Interact Club members. Shown with Anstine and Shepard are past president Maria Minchew, left, and President Shari Hansen. TAMARA SEVCIK
Ferdinand Charles Bates was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on Feb. 26, 1921, the son of B.
JACKSON, Miss. – Mystery solved: The top administrator in the Mississippi House says he unilaterally made the decision to take a statue of a racist former Gov. Theodore Bilbo off public display and put it into storage.
KABUL, Afghanistan – Only five hospitals in Afghanistan still offer CO- VID-19 treatment, with 33 others having been forced to close in recent months for lack of doctors, medicines and even heating. This comes as the economically devastated nation is hit by a steep rise in the number of reported coronavirus cases.
WASHINGTON – States are being given the goahead to build a nationwide network of electric vehicle charging stations that would place new or upgraded stations every 50 miles along interstate highways, part of the Biden administration’s plan to spur widespread adoption of the zero-emission cars.
Dear Annie: My wife and I have three grandsons, 11, 8 and 6. We live in different states. Six years ago, we asked our daughter if the boys could come for a vacation. That year, the two oldest came, and the following year, all three came to visit for two weeks.
WASHINGTON – Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering America’s consumers, wiping out pay raises and reinforcing the Federal Reserve’s decision to begin raising borrowing rates across the economy.
TORONTO – The truck blockade by Canadians protesting the country’s CO- VID-19 restrictions is tightening the screws on the auto industry, forcing Ford, General Motors and other car companies to shut down plants or otherwise scale back production on both sides of the U.S. border.
LANSING - Robert (Bob) C. Riese of Lansing, passed away, Feb. 7, 2022, at home with his wife and family by his side. He was born Jan. 2, 1932, in Flushing, N.Y., the son of Albert F. and Emma C. (Hulsebosch) Riese.
Nearly six months since the completion of the international withdrawal from Afghanistan, Afghan women and girls have seen a steady elimination of their rights and status within society. The news cycle has moved on.