Ribbon cutting set for Frontier Army Museum gift shop
The CGSC Foundation will have a ribbon cutting ceremony for its gift shop located in the Frontier Army Museum at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
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Conservative legislators: Diversity efforts form of critical race theory
Conservative legislators assailed diversity efforts in Kansas school districts as tantamount to critical race theory, hearing from parents who termed the lesson plans and curriculum as “Marxism,” a sign the issue is not going away ahead of the upcoming legislative session
Christmas gift options for your outdoor enthusiast
Christmas is almost here – believe it or not. Some products may be hard to get with our current shipping problems, but these suggested items should arrive on time. Here are my choices for this year’s list:
Rams ready to defend league title, open season Friday at home
Isaac Jaramillo set a standard last season, winning the Northeast Kansas League in his first year as the boys basketball coach at Pleasant Ridge. With two returning starters, including leading scorer Walker Adams, and another year in Jaramillo’s system, that will be the goal again.
Holiday Open House slated for Saturday
The Basehor Historical Museum Society will hold its annual Holiday Open House event Saturday with Santa making a special appearance. The annual event also features a Festival of Trees with a variety of holiday decorated swags, wreaths and trees being auctioned to the highest bidder.
Defendant sentenced to 18 years for sexual exploitation of child
A Leavenworth man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a child, according to a prosecution official. Jake Thompson, 19, was sentenced Wednesday in Leavenworth County District Court.
Santa Fe Drive propane leak results in evacuations
A leak from a large propane tank resulted in nearby evacuations in Lansing, a fire department spokesman said. The leak was coming from a 30,000-gallon tank located on Santa Fe Drive, said Mike Stackhouse, chief of Leavenworth County Fire District No.
Leavenworth man convicted of aggravated assault
A Leavenworth man has been convicted of aggravated assault for firing gunshots after being confronted about following a woman, according to a prosecution official. Jurors convicted Eric W.
Report: US should make less plastic to save oceans
America needs to rethink and reduce the way it generates plastics because so much of the material is littering the oceans and other waters, the National Academy of Sciences says in a new report. The United States, the world’s top plastics waste producer, generates more than 46 million tons yearly, and about 2.2 billion pounds ends up in the world’s oceans, according to the academy’s report.
Death of bullied girl draws anger over suicides, racism
DRAPER, Utah – When her 10-yearold daughter tried spraying air freshener on herself before school one morning, Brittany Tichenor-Cox suspected something was wrong with the sweet little girl whose beaming smile had gone dormant after she started the fifth grade.