The Kansas City Royals have selected several potential sites to build a replacement for aging Kauffman Stadium, owner John Sherman said. In a letter to fans posted on social media, Sherman said the sites are in or near downtown Kansas City, but he did not elaborate.
NASA’s new moon rocket blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Wednesday, bringing the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago.
Kansas voters have narrowly rejected a proposal to curb the power of the governor and other officials to regulate businesses and set environmental and public health rules, rebuking the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature again after affirming abortion rights this summer.
The Council on Aging is collecting stocking stuffers to fill over 400 Christmas stockings for older adults who are homebound, those who are alone or isolated and those who are facing financial challenges. Santa will be delivering the stockings.
A Missouri judge ruled that a state agency previously led by Republican Josh Hawley broke public record laws on purpose to help his U.S. Senate campaign.
NATO member Poland and the head of the military alliance both said Wednesday a missile strike in Polish farmland that killed two people did not appear to be an intentional attack, and that air defenses in neighboring Ukraine likely launched the Soviet-era projectile against a Russian bombardment that savaged the Ukrainian power grid.
American Legion invites high school students to compete in speech contest High school students in Leavenworth County have been invited by Lansing’s American Legion Post 411 to compete in Leavenworth County’s annual American Legion High School Oratorical Scholarship Program. The county contest will take place Jan.
Leavenworth County commissioners have certified the local results of the Nov. 8 election.
Mail carrier Luciano Rivera Jr. recently retired from the U.S. Post Office after 35 years of service as a mail carrier in the Leavenworth community. A celebration dinner recently was held in honor of his retirement at the Riverfront Community Center.
The Leavenworth County Development Corporation has turned down a request to add a county representative to LCDC’s Executive Committee. “After serious consideration LCDC has decided not to make any changes to the current structure of our Executive Committee,” LCDC President Josh Hoppes wrote in a letter to county commissioners.