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RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL

When they met this week, members of the Leavenworth County Port Authority Board of Directors discussed ways to keep a speculative building loan program going. The Port Authority is a a quasi-governmental organization that focuses on economic development.

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Officials: Kansas deputy used Taser on child with autism

A state law enforcement oversight board reprimanded a Kansas sheriff’s deputy who used his Taser on a 12-year-old boy with autism while the boy was handcuffed and hogtied in the deputy’s vehicle. However, the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers’ Standards and Training chose not to revoke the law enforcement certification for former Jackson County deputy Matthew Honas despite finding that he used excessive force against the boy.

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