Tax break for votes?
To the editor: Rep. Proctor seems to be at it again.
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1,700 new COVID-19 cases reported in county
The Leavenworth County Health Department has reported more than 1,700 new coronavirus cases in the county since Jan. 10. The Health Department reported Wednesday 1,683… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close
Dixie Rose Dickson
LEAVENWORTH – Dixie Rose Dickson, 89, of Leavenworth, passed away Friday, January 14, 2022 at her home in Lansing, Kansas. Ms. Dickson was born April 11, 1932, in Leavenworth, a daughter of Edgar C. and Ethel C. Tate Dickson. She…
Elizabeth Jean Nicks
LEAVENWORTH – Elizabeth Jean Nicks, 80, of Leavenworth, died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, at Twin Oaks Independent Living. She was born April 26, 1941, in El Paso, Texas, to Herschel and Mary (Duncan) Williams. She is survived by her loving…
CHRISTMAS FOR THE BIRDS
Each year, Anne Barfoot and her family take her live tree outside after Christmas and decorate it for the birds. Biscuits are baked with birdseed, popcorn is strung and pine cones are spread with peanut butter and birdseed. The annual event celebrates her late husband, Wes Barfoot. PROVIDED BY CAROL PAGE
Have we made progress toward King’s dream?
Dr. Martin Luther King was one of the great orators of recent history, and he delivered many memorable speeches. Perhaps his best known speech is his “I Have a Dream” speech delivered at the August 1963 March on Washington. That speech contained the famous line: “I have a dream that some day in this nation my four little children will be judged by the quality of their character rather than by the color of their skin.”
Illinois tornado victim’s family sues Amazon
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The family of a delivery driver who died last month when a tornado collapsed the central Illinois Amazon facility where he worked filed a wrongful death lawsuit Monday in Madison County.
Freed Missouri inmate sues over medical care in prison
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City man released from prison after serving more than 40 years for a wrongful conviction is suing the company that provides medical care for Missouri prison inmates.
‘I want to be the best I can be’: Leavenworth wrestler has worked to become one of the state’s best girls
Avari Johnson is proving the key to success is simply hard work. After missing all of last season with an elbow injury, the Leavenworth sophomore is not only healthy but building one of the best resumes in the state.
The First Amendment
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.