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State Rep. Pat Proctor will hold a town hall in Kickapoo Township on Tuesday.

Kansas identifies state’s 1st presumed case of monkeypox Kansas health officials said Saturday they have identified the state’s first presumed case of monkeypox. The patient is an adult resident in Johnson County who recently traveled out of state, according to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.

• The Leavenworth Board of Education will meet at 7 p.m. today at Leavenworth City Hall, 100 N.

President Joe Biden on Monday hailed a new bipartisan law meant to reduce gun violence as “real progress,” but said “more has to be done” after just 16 days in effect, that legislation already has been overshadowed by yet another mass shooting.

A federal judge on Monday declined to delay the upcoming trial of Steve Bannon, a one-time adviser to former President Donald Trump who faces contempt of Congress charges after refusing for months to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

After members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan 6, 2021, their leader called someone on the phone with an urgent message for then-President Donald Trump, another extremist told investigators.

For the first time, a pharmaceutical company has asked for permission to sell a birth control pill over the counter in the U.S. HRA Pharma’s application on Monday sets up a high-stakes decision for health regulators amid legal and political battles over women’s reproductive health.

FARMERS MARKET VOUCHERS: It’s Farmers Market Time again! The Leavenworth County Meals on Wheels program will be distributing Farmers Market vouchers beginning June 1st, 2022. The vouchers have a value of $35 and can only be used to purchase honey and produce.