When migrants arrive to the main crossing point into southern Mexico - a steamy city with no job opportunities, a place packed with foreigners eager to keep moving north - they soon learn the only way to cut through the red tape and expedite what can be a monthslong process is to pay someone.
Gov. Laura Kelly has announced that the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) will receive nearly $3 million from the U.S. Department of Justice to better identify and support children exposed to drugs, increase public safety and reduce overdose death. These efforts are part of KDHE’s All Hands on DECK (drug-endangered children in Kansas) project.
A man died after being struck by a vehicle while walking in Leavenworth, and the driver has been arrested for murder, a police spokesman said.… Login to continue reading Login…
For more than a decade, Debbie Earnheart has called Basehor home. She and her husband, John, moved to Basehor for health reasons, bringing their two children. When the Basehor Police Department opened its new station in November of 2019, John purchased a Christmas tree to be placed in the lobby. After Thanksgiving that year, Debbie decorated it with ornaments she designed, honoring each officer with an ornament containing their name and badge number, something that she continues to do.
Multiple regions of Ukraine, including its capital, faced a massive Russian missile attack Thursday, the biggest wave of strikes in weeks targeting power stations and other critical infrastructure during freezing weather.
Southwest Airlines continues to slash about two-thirds of its daily schedule, canceling another 2,350 flights Thursday, though most of the planes that flew arrived on time. Southwest is struggling to recover after being overwhelmed by a winter storm that left hundreds of pilots and flight attendants stranded out of position to operate flights.
Roads reopened Thursday in storm-besieged Buffalo as authorities continued searching for people who may have died or are stuck and suffering after last week’s blizzard. The driving ban in New York’s second- most-populous city was lifted just after midnight Thursday, Mayor Byron Brown announced.
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly banned the use of TikTok on the state-issued devices of government workers under her control on Wednesday, becoming one of the first Democratic governors to restrict the popular social media app.
The director of planning and zoning for Leavenworth County will be leaving her position next week to take a new job. But she won’t be going very far.
The Leavenworth Police Department will have a normal staffing level on patrol for New Year’s Eve including members of the traffic unit. Maj.