A member of the Lansing City Council would like to see some changes in the city’s traffic ordinances and fines. Marcus Majure said after the meeting he’s most interested in seeing the city adopt fines for motorists who don’t heed pedestrians in the crosswalks.
Kansas recount confirms results in favor of abortion rights Associated Press A decisive statewide vote in favor of abortion rights in traditionally conservative Kansas was confirmed with a partial hand recount, with fewer than 100 votes changing after the last county reported results Sunday. Nine of the state’s 105 counties recounted their votes at the request of Melissa Leavitt, who has pushed for tighter election laws.
The Basehor branch of Frist State Bank & Trust held a groundbreaking ceremony last week for its new Trust and Financial Services Office Building, located at 15330 Wolf Creek Parkway. The new 10,000 square foot facility will contain a full-service Trust Department and Financial Services Center as well as additional tenant office space.
Wire reports Kansas Lottery told to redo some sports betting regulations The Kansas Attorney General’s Office has asked Kansas Lottery officials to review some proposed regulations needed before legalized sports gambling can begin in the state. The attorney general’s office approved three proposed regulations but returned others to the Kansas Lottery after “identifying specific shortcomings that must be remedied,” John Milburn, a spokesman for Attorney General Derek Schmidt, said in a news release Friday.
Moving quickly to assign blame, Russia on Monday declared Ukrainian intelligence responsible for the brazen car bombing that killed the daughter of a leading right-wing Russian political thinker over the weekend. Ukraine denied involvement.
• The Leavenworth City Commission will meet at 6 p.m. today at Leavenworth City Hall, 100 N.
The Leavenworth Local Hotel, located at 600 Shawnee St., is located in the former Immaculata Catholic High School, which closed in June 2017. “The Catholic high school opened its doors to students in 1923,” said Taylor Herken, event coordinator at The Leavenworth Local Hotel.
Wire reports Former Kansas officer charged in serial sex assaults case A former police officer was charged Thursday in a series of sexual crimes that occurred between 2012 and 2018 while he worked for the Hutchinson, Kansas, police department, authorities said. Todd Allen, 51, who was a Hutchinson police officer for about 20 years, was charged with 24 counts, including 17 felonies involving multiple charges including rape, kidnapping and aggravated indecent liberties with a child, The Hutchinson News reported.
Turkey’s leader and the U.N. chief met in Ukraine with President Volodymr Zelenskyy on Thursday in a high-powered bid to ratchet down a war raging for nearly six months. But little immediate progress was reported.
A Leavenworth woman has been ordered to pay more than $3,500 in restitution to the Kansas Medicaid program after pleading guilty to one count of Medicaid fraud, according to a news release from the Kansas Attorney General’s Office.