Kansas prison in Lansing placed on lockdown after fight The Kansas prison in Lansing was placed on lockdown on Friday night after a fight among inmates sent one prisoner to the hospital and left at least three corrections employees injured. The incident happened about 7 p.m.
A damning report and hours of body camera footage further laid bare the chaotic response to a mass shooting at a Uvalde elementary school, where hundreds of law enforcement officers massed but then waited to confront the gunman even after a child trapped with the shooter called 911.
The economy is a bit wobbly, but General Motors CEO Mary Barra isn’t backing off of an audacious prediction: By the middle of this decade, her company will sell more electric vehicles in the U.S. than Tesla, the global sales leader.
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Members of the Leavenworth City Commission spent much of Friday reviewing a proposed budget for 2023. And at the conclusion of the meeting, one commissioner encouraged the others to work toward what is considered the city’s revenue neutral rate.
The Leavenworth County 4-H program gives youth the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in different project areas. The program will exhibit in over 40 project areas at the Leavenworth County Fair in Tonganoxie. The fair will be held July 26-30.
While a Panasonic manufacturing facility will be built in neighboring Johnson County, Leavenworth County could see benefits from the multibillion-dollar factory, according to local economic development officials.
A man who had been seeking to withdraw a 2010 guilty plea to a murder charge in Leavenworth is no longer pursuing the matter. Jason L.
Step back in time and explore Leavenworth, the first city of Kansas, built on the edge of a new and exciting western frontier in 1854 when the Kansas Territory opened for settlement. With the arrival of steamboats and railroads, the population of the infant town exploded, becoming a launchpad of western expansion and an innovative, bustling American industry destination on the Missouri River. On loan from the Leavenworth County Historical Society, this exhibit of historical photographs from the post-Civil War era reveals a notable segment of American history in surprising detail and reframes the rich legacy of Leavenworth. The free exhibit is being held at The Box Gallery, 1000 Walnut St., Kansas City, Missouri. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit will run through Sept. 8. Submitted
America is involved, like it or not, in the greatest spiritual war ever waged in our nation. There are those calling for submission to a “new world order” or submitting us completely to the UN or some other global group. Others call for the defunding, or even total abolition of law enforcement. A few have even demanded that we throw out the “outdated” U.S. Constitution.