Fair kicks off with parade
The 2022 Leavenworth County Fair begins Tuesday and will feature a parade. With the theme being “Fun Under the Sun,” this year’s fair will kick off with a parade at 6:30 p.m.
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School district hires new principal
The Basehor-Linwood Board of Education recently approved the appointment of Dave Hickerson to serve as the interim principal at Basehor-Linwood High School. Hickerson will take over after the resignation of previous BLHS Principal Jarred Furman.
Panel debates upcoming amendment vote
A gymnasium full of attendees heard passionate arguments to “vote yes” and to “vote no” on the constitutional amendment concerning abortion on the Aug. 2 ballot at Saturday’s Value Them Both panel discussion at St. Paul Lutheran School.
Local program brings hope to the community
The mission of the Leavenworth Interfaith Community of Hope is to provide a safe place of belonging for people in Leavenworth County. The program helps unhoused people and those in need of meals or assistance with a variety of steps to becoming self-sustaining. The organization is located at 311 Kiowa St. in Leavenworth.
Universal free school meals ending
For more than two years, the federal government provided funding for free school lunches for all students. But for the coming school year, free school meals will be limited to students who qualify.
Kansas vote could allow ban, but abortion foes mum on plans
Republicans have spent more than three decades making it as hard as possible to get an abortion in Kansas, and now that their chance to ban the procedure is in sight, they’re reluctant to tell voters whether that’s their goal.
Let your sails be filled, pulled and pushed toward faith
I was ordained on July 31, 2010. Not only was it the beginning of a new adventure, it was also the anniversary of my retirement from the United States Navy 11 years earlier. I mention this because at that ordination, Vitor Westhelle preached a sermon that has caused me to reflect upon what it takes to “long” for something. He exhorted me to remember everything in between seminary and the promise from God given to me at my baptism. This meant that I must look back and see the course of my life and the longing being forged in my heart and mind, that is faith.
MONGOLIAN DELEGATION VISIT
The Leavenworth County Attorney’s Office met a delegation from Mongolia as part of the Open World Program 2022. They are here sponsored by the Lansing Kiwanis. They discussed the criminal justice system. The Open World Leadership Center is a program of the Congressional Office of International Leadership, an independent agency of the U.S. Congress. Delegates include people with law-related backgrounds with a facilitator who is an employee at the U.S. Embassy in Mongolia. Their mission is to introduce rising leaders of emerging countries to the American democratic governing systems. Todd Thompson
Gov. Parson issues emergency order in response to drought
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has declared a drought alert as state agencies respond to an expanding drought that he said could lead to financial ruin for farm families.
County clerk to offer advance voting in Basehor, Tonganoxie
The Leavenworth County Clerk’s Office will set up an advance voting site for the primary election from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.