Girl pulled from Kansas City amusement park pool dies A young girl who was pulled from a pool at popular Kansas City water park last week has died, the park’s owner said Tuesday. Oceans of Fun employees pulled the girl from the Coconut Cove pool on July 5 after she was seen to be in distress, according to a statement from Cedar Fair Entertainment Co.
Surging prices for gas, food and rent catapulted U.S. inflation to a new four-decade peak in June, further pressuring households and likely sealing the case for another large interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve, with higher borrowing costs to follow.
To the editor: Mark Twain once wrote “nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.” If he was in Kansas today he would modify that to “nothing so needs controlling as other people’s choices.” And that is exactly what the Value Them Both amendment aims to do. The Legislature wrote this amendment with the goal to abolish legal abortions in Kansas.
To the editor: It is imperative that Kansans go to the polls and vote “yes” on the Value Them Both constitutional amendment Aug. 2.
People who listen to police scanners soon will be unable to follow the radio communications of the Leavenworth Police Department. The Police Department is purchasing software and equipment to encrypt police communications.
A new wave of anger swept through Uvalde on Tuesday over surveillance footage of police officers in body armor milling in the hallway of Robb Elementary School while a gunman carried out a massacre inside a fourthgrade classroom where 19 children and two teachers were killed. The video published Tuesday by the Austin American-Statesman is a disturbing 80-minute recording of what has been known for weeks now about one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history: that heavily armed police officers, some armed with rifles and bulletproof shields, massed in the hallway and waited more than an hour before going inside and stopping the May 24 slayings.
The Council on Aging will host Family Fun Night on Saturday from 5-9 p.m. at Haymarket Square in Leavenworth. The event will include many activities and live music. Proceeds will benefit the Meals on Wheels program in Leavenworth County.
When they met this week, members of the Leavenworth Board of Education reappointed Judi Price and Mike Powell to serve as their president and vice president. But the votes were not unanimous.
Katelyn Burks of Leavenworth has earned the prestigious title of 2022 National American Miss Kansas at the state pageant held July 8-10. She will attend the national pageant in Orlando, Florida, during Thanksgiving week. She will have the opportunity to win her share of over $1 million in cash and prizes.
Two brothers from Leavenworth are facing rape charges for allegedly having sex with a child who was under 14 years of age, according to a prosecution official and court records. Steven, 39, and Thomas, 42, Manczuk each is charged in Leavenworth County District Court with rape, aggravated criminal sodomy and sexual exploitation of a child.