As they prepared to vote on the county’s 2023 budget, Leavenworth County commissioners argued the state should be providing the county with money to reduce property taxes. Commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to approve the $56.7 million budget.
Basehor-Linwood USD 458 is adding a full-time school resource officer to the district for the 2022-2023 school year. Officer Jennifer LeManske has joined the district in a position that is co-funded by USD 458 and the city of Basehor.
Thousands of mourners spent hours in line for a few minutes to file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II while it lay in state inside a Parliament building Thursday and as King Charles III spent the day in private to reflect on his first week on the throne.
The House passed legislation Thursday intended to make it harder for future presidents to interfere with the once-a-decade census that determines political power and federal funding, a move that comes in response to the Trump’s administration’s failed effort to make a citizenship question part of the 2020 headcount.
The governor of Mississippi in 2017 was “on board” with a plan for a nonprofit group to pay Brett Favre more than $1 million in welfare grant money so the retired NFL quarterback could help fund a university volleyball facility, according to a text messages between Favre and the director of the nonprofit.
Wichita decriminalizes marijuana possession, fentanyl strips The Wichita City Council on Tuesday voted to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana and fentanyl test strips in the state’s largest city. The move would eliminate between 750 and 850 prosecutions a year from the municipal courts.
Little Story’s Boutique offers gently used clothing for children, newborn to juniors sizes and maternity clothing. The store is located at 506 Delaware St.
A package exploded on the campus of Northeastern University in Boston late Tuesday, and the college said a staff member suffered minor injuries. Authorities said another suspicious package was found near a prominent art museum and the FBI was assisting with the investigation.