Associated Press The Supreme Court ruling expanding gun rights threatens to upend firearms restrictions across the country as activists wage court battles over everything from bans on AR-15-style guns to age limits. The decision handed down in June already has led one judge to temporarily block a Colorado town from enforcing a ban on the sale and possession of certain semi-automatic weapons.
John Richmeier Leavenworth Times A man who is serving a life sentence for a murder in Johnson County is now facing a charge for allegedly battering an employee at the Lansing Correctional Facility. Nicquan K.
Basehor resident Mary Beth Cowan recently returned from a trip of a lifetime to visit the homeland of her paternal grandparents in Croatia. She and her sister, Theresa, joined a tour group that was originally planned to travel two years ago, but the pandemic required the trip to be postponed to June and July of this year.
Associated Press Two Kansas lawmakers who faced legal issues during their time in the Legislature have been soundly defeated in their bids for reelection. Freshman Rep.
A man who was sentenced last week to nearly 13 years in prison for shooting at people on the Centennial Bridge turned himself in Wednesday to begin serving the sentence, an official with the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office confirmed.
Wire reports Videos in English depict last 6 months of Anne Frank’s life The Anne Frank House museum is releasing an English-language version of three videos in which an actress playing the young Jewish diarist describes the last six months of her life, from her arrest to her death in a Nazi concentration camp. The English version of “Anne Frank - After the Arrest” is set for release on Thursday, 78 years to the day since Anne, her parents, her sister and four other Jews who hid with them in a secret annex of an Amsterdam house were arrested.
Leavenworth Times A bus was turned onto its side Thursday on West Mary Street in Lansing. But it was only an exercise for local first responders.
In the thick of Kansas’ contentious debate over abortion rights, the anonymous text messages arriving on the eve of the big referendum this week seemed clear enough. “Voting YES on the Amendment will give women a choice.”
Leavenworth Times When they met this week, Leavenworth County commissioners approved wind energy regulations. Commissioners approved a resolution Wednesday to amend county zoning and subdivision regulations in order to enact regulations for “wind energy conversion systems.” Krystal Voth, director of the Leavenworth County Planningand Zoning Department, said the new regulations are in line with conversations commissioners previously had regarding wind energy.