The second presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2023 will be at 12:30 p.m. Nov. 15 in the Arnold Conference Room in the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth.
Strong sales boosted a Powerball jackpot to an estimated $1.6 billion on Friday, making it the largest lottery prize in history. A drawing will be held Saturday night for the Powerball prize, which hasn’t been won in more than three months.
State representative candidates Pat Proctor and Dave Buehler, Kansas Board of Education candidate Danny Zeck, other local and state candidates and volunteers will hold an Election Night watch party Tuesday at Ten & Two, located at 712 1st Terrace in Lansing.
• The Leavenworth Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at Leavenworth City Hall, 100 N.
No injuries were reported after pickup truck apparently slipped out of gear and rolled into the side of a neighboring garage in Leavenworth, a police spokesman said. The crash was reported at 1:30 p.m.
With daylight saving time ending this weekend, a Leavenworth Fire Department official said it also is a good time to check the batteries in smoke detectors. “That’s always a pretty good thing we go by to help people remember,” Shawn Kell said.
Kansas City to pay $5M after police killing of Black man Kansas City will pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by the family of an unarmed Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2019. The Kansas City Board of Police Commissioners approved the settlement with the family of Terrance Bridges Jr.
A transition is coming across most of the United States, and it has nothing to do with the election. Daylight saving time is out, standard time is in this weekend.
Leavenworth County voters will still have the opportunity to vote in advance on Monday at the county courthouse. Or they can go to their regular polling locations Tuesday.
Members of the public will have the opportunity to provide input next week for a countywide transportation study. Two open house events are scheduled as part of a project that is being called Priorities for Progress: Connecting Community Opportunities.