A group is seeking a location on the grounds of the Leavenworth County Courthouse to place a marker with historical information about three lynchings that occurred in the county. Joana Scholtz and other members of a local committee for the Equal Justice Initiative appeared Wednesday before Leavenworth County commissioners to make the request.
Neal Hanley Special to the Times Robert Andrew Campbell was born in Leavenworth on May 16, 1923, the son of Harry and Catherine (Lewandowski) Campbell. He graduated from Immaculate High school in 1940.
A federal judge on Thursday ordered the Justice Department to put forward proposed redactions as he committed to making public at least part of the affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida.
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas sued the state of Missouri on Wednesday over a new law that requires the city to increase funding for its police department. The lawsuit filed in Jackson County is the latest salvo in a lengthy dispute between some city leaders and GOP state officials over funding for the police department.
A top executive at former President Donald Trump’s family business pleaded guilty Thursday to evading taxes in a deal that could potentially make him a star witness against the company at a fall trial.
Wire reports U.S. retail sales were flat in July as inflation takes a toll The pace of sales at U.S.
A task force is recommending that trash collected by the city of Leavenworth be placed in garbage bags or city-issued carts. A Solid Waste Citizen Task Force also is recommending that the city government discontinue its practice of having garbage bags delivered to residents.
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday implored fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of Donald Trump’s Florida home and denounced calls by some of the former president’s allies to defund the FBI, saying that was “just as wrong” as a push by Democratic activists to shift money from police.
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney was increasingly open on Wednesday about considering a 2024 presidential campaign after soundly losing a Republican primary to a challenger backed by former President Donald Trump.