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.”
Sarah Lyons Special to the Times The Leavenworth Public Library will host a mermaid and pirate show on Saturday from 2-3 p.m. “Landlubbers” ages 12 and under will take to the seas with a mermaid and pirate, hear pirate stories and rummage through his treasure chest for doubloons.
Associated Press Kansas voters on Tuesday sent a resounding message about their desire to protect abortion rights, rejecting a ballot measure in a conservative state with deep ties to the anti-abortion movement that would have allowed the Republican-controlled Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban the procedureoutright.It was the first test of voter sentiment after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in June that overturned the constitutional right to abortion, providing an unexpected result with potential implications for the comingmidterm elections.
Associated Press Republicans on Tuesday nominated Kris Kobach for Kansas attorney general, keeping alive the polarizing conservative’s bid for a political comeback following his losses in a governor’s race and U.S. Senate primary over the past four years.
Wire report Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, whose dulcet tones provided the soundtrack of summer while entertaining and informing Dodgers fans in Brooklyn and Los Angeles for 67 years, died Tuesday night. He was 94.
Wire reports Sandy Hook dad says Alex Jones made his life a ‘living hell’ The father of a 6-year-old killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting testified Tuesday that conspiracy theorist Alex Jones made his life a “living hell” by pushing claims that the murders were a hoax. In more than an hour of emotional testimony during which he often fought back tears, Neil Heslin said he has endured online abuse, anonymous phone calls and harassment on the street.
Leavenworth County saw a voter turnout of about 47% for Tuesday’s primary election. County Clerk Janet Klasinski, who is the county’s election officer, said the… Login to continue reading Login…
Trish Gassmann casts her vote at Fire Station No. 1 in Lansing during Tuesday’s primary election.
President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an operation he said delivered justice and hopefully “one more measure of closure” to families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.
The Women’s Division of the Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce will be hosting its annual Lip Sync Battle this weekend. The event will take place at 7 p.m.