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The city of Leavenworth and county government each has been awarded a $280,000 grant as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All Grant Program.

More U.S. adults disapprove than approve of the way President Joe Biden has handled the discovery of classified documents at his home and former office, a new poll shows, but that seems to have had little impact on his overall approval rating.

Applications are now being accepted for a city of Leavenworth program that pays sewer and trash bills for low-income older residents who qualify, according to a news release from the city. In order to qualify, an applicant must be a resident of the city, at least 62 years of age and the primary occupant of a residence.

An inmate at the U.S. Penitentiary in Leavenworth was pronounced dead Wednesday after he was found unresponsive at the prison, according to a news release from the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Kansas plans to give $304 million in taxpayer-funded incentives to a semiconductor company in its largest city to build a huge new factory, but the project won’t go forward without funds the U.S. government has promised for rebuilding the nation’s chip-making capacity.

‘Dr. Phil’ talk show to end daytime TV run after 21 years Daytime television psychologist “Dr.

Andy Reid was an unknown assistant in Green Bay when Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie took a chance on hiring Brett Favre’s position coach to revive a struggling franchise in Philadelphia. A newspaper headline greeted Reid’s arrival with a headline that said: “Andy Who?” Everybody knows his name now.