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PAGEANT IN LEAVENWORTH
The second annual Miss Kansas Volunteer Pageant was held in Leavenworth on Sunday. Miss Capital City, Paige Harding, second from right, was crowned Miss Kansas Volunteer and was awarded a $5,000 scholarship. Paige is a graduate of the University of Kansas and currently attends Washburn School of Law. Miss Leavenworth Teen, Bella Whitlock, second from le_, was crowned Miss Kansas Teen Volunteer and was awarded a $1,500 scholarship. Bella is a senior at Lansing High School and plans to pursue a degree in business. The Miss Kansas Volunteer Pageant is a statewide, service-oriented scholarship program seeking to empower young women through education and opportunity. Paige and Bella will compete in the national Miss Volunteer Pageant and Miss Teen Volunteer America Pageant next year in Jackson, Tennessee. Holly Pittman
Start your dog training with the focus cue
I am going to write a series of articles featuring a specific dog training cue and how that cue impacts our dogs as well as their humans. I will start with the focus cue.
Big 12 to go without divisions as 14-team league in 2023-24
The Big 12 will operate without divisions in football next season, when the arrival of Central Florida, Cincinnati, BYU and Houston creates a 14-team conference and ends its current round-robin scheduling framework.
Russia evacuates occupied Ukrainian city, orders martial law
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered martial law on Wednesday for four illegally annexed Ukrainian regions, doubling down on a faltering invasion he described as “very difficult.” In a tacit acknowledgment that another stinging battlefield defeat may be unfolding, his forces organized evacuations of civilians from one of the first major cities they seized.
Downtown businesses welcome trick-or-treaters
Downtown Leavenworth businesses will host a safe and free trick-or-treating event on Oct. 29 from 10 a.m.
Foundation to host lecture on Gen. Pershing
The CGSC Foundation and the Simons Center invite the public to attend a military history lecture focused on Gen. John J. Pershing on Nov. 9 at the Riverfront Community Center, 123 Esplanade St. A reception begins at 5:30 p.m., the buffet dinner starts at 6 p.m. and the presentation will begin at 7 p.m.
Biden vows abortion legislation as top priority next year
President Joe Biden promised Tuesday that the first bill he sends to Capitol Hill next year will be one that codifies Roe v. Wade — if Democrats control enough seats in Congress for Biden to sign abortion protections into law — in a speech designed to energize his party’s voters just three weeks ahead of the November midterms.
NEWS BRIEFS
From witness stand, Kevin Spacey denies sex abuse claims Kevin Spacey testified in a New York courtroom Monday that he never made a sexual pass at the actor Anthony Rapp, who has sued, claiming the Academy Awardwinning actor tried to take him to bed when he was 14. Identifying himself as “Kevin Spacey Fowler,” the actor was asked about Rapp’s claims that a then-26-year-old Spacey picked him up like a groom does a bride after a 1986 party and put him on his bed before lying on top of him.