Local artist Michael Young of Michael Young Fine Arts has work displayed in Leavenworth, Kansas City and across the globe including Saudi Arabia, China, Europe and more. His piece “Brown vs. the Board of Education” is featured in the Kansas State Capitol in Topeka.
TikTok said Wednesday that every account held by a user under the age of 18 will have a default 60-minute daily screen time limit in the coming weeks. The changes arrive during a period in which there are growing concerns among different governments about the app’s security.
With more lunar missions than ever on the horizon, the European Space Agency wants to give the moon its own time zone. This week, the agency said space organizations around the world are considering how best to keep time on the moon.
A former state lawmaker was sentenced Tuesday to six years and three months in federal prison for fraud schemes committed while she ran several medical clinics in southwest Missouri. Tricia Derges, a Republican from Nixa, was also ordered to pay $500,600 in restitution, federal prosecutors said.
The Ukrainian military might decide to pull troops back from the key stronghold of Bakhmut, an adviser to Ukraine’s president said Wednesday as Russia pursued a bloody, months-long offensive to capture the city.
The second half-century for the world’s most famous sled dog race is getting off to a rough start. Only 33 mushers will participate in the ceremonial start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Saturday, the smallest field ever to take their dog teams nearly 1,000 miles over Alaska’s unforgiving wilderness.
Families of eighth-grade students who will be attending Leavenworth High School in the fall are invited to Becoming an LHS Pioneer – Transition Night 2023. The event will take place at 6:30 p.m.
Wire reports Man sentenced for shooting at police during Wichita protests A Wichita man who prosecutors say fired at police during racial injustice protests in 2020 has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Henry Parker, 30, was sentenced Monday on 21 counts, including aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer.
Leavenworth County has been awarded funds through the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in Leavenworth County. EFSP funds are federal funds made available through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency. Leavenworth County will receive $15,798. The funding is to be allocated and spent by April 30, 2024.
A Leavenworth County commissioner has testified in support of a bill that could allow county governments to impose a 1% earnings tax with voter approval. Commissioner Jeff Culbertson spoke as a proponent of Senate Bill 79, which is pending before the Kansas Senate’s Committee on Assessment and Taxation.