OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal judge resentenced “Tiger King” Joe Exotic to 21 years in prison on Friday, reducing his punishment by just a year despite pleas from the former zookeeper for leniency as he begins treatment for cancer.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man freed after 37 years in prison in a case tainted by perjured testimony accused the city of “outrageous police misconduct” in a lawsuit filed Thursday, the same day his 1984 murder case was dismissed.
To the editor: What to do with the apparent surplus generated from Kansas tax collection? Gov. Kelly wants to give all taxpayers a one-time rebate ($250 for single filers/$500 for joint filers).
To the editor: I want to thank you for taking this time to allow public input regarding the Comprehensive Plan. I am a proponent of controlled growth while maintaining Leavenworth County as a mostly rural community.
Eleanor (Hersh) Hughes, 92, died Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.
LEAVENWORTH - Evelyn R. Aguilar, 84, of Leavenworth passed away on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Providence Medical Center, Kansas City, KS. She was born on August 25, 1937 at Jaroso, Colorado to Perfecto and McClovia (Quintana) Garcia. Evelyn was one of eight children born.
In today’s political climate, it doesn’t seem there’s much we can all agree on, but one thing that nearly every Kansan can get behind is eliminating our state’s high food sales tax — once and for all.
The lineup of people testifying for and against a proposal to make completion of a computer science course a graduation requirement in Kansas says a lot about the need for universal school choice. Representatives of two universities, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding access to computer science in schools, a small business owner and the state community college association enthusiastically support the proposal.
WASHINGTON – In the nearly 30 years that Justice Stephen Breyer has spent on the Supreme Court, it has been conservative, then more conservative and now much more conservative. The court’s rapid rightward shift in recent years was a change for the liberal jurist, who early in his career sat with the same group of eight other justices for more than a decade.
PITTSBURGH – A two-lane bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, requiring rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet while others formed a human chain to help rescue occupants of a dangling bus. The collapse came hours before President Joe Biden was to visit the city to press for his $1 trillion infrastructure bill, which includes bridge maintenance.