Republican candidate Kris Kobach on Wednesday endorsed lowering Kansas’ legal drinking age to 18 and promised that if he’s elected attorney general this year, he will challenge the federal policy preventing such a move.
The Federal Reserve intensified its fight against high inflation on Wednesday, raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a point — the largest bump since 1994 — and signaling more rate hikes ahead as it tries to cool off the U.S. economy without causing a recession.
The swimming season kicked into high gear early in a large swath of the U.S., as a heat wave pushed temperatures into the 90s and beyond on Wednesday in a stretch spanning from northern Florida to the Great Lakes and covering about a third of the country’s population.
When they met this week, Leavenworth school board members were briefed on recommendations from a subcommittee that looked at the process for selecting curriculum and other materials. The committee, which was formed in April, was made up of two board members, Mike Powell and Alisa Murphy, and three parents of students in the Leavenworth public schools.
The Juneteenth Celebration returns to Leavenworth on Saturday with a parade and festival organized by the NAACP and other community organizations and leaders. “The word ‘Juneteenth’ is a blend of the words ‘June’ and ‘19th’ because it was the middle of June 1865 when the enslaved Black people in Texas finally found out the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by President Lincoln two years earlier, freeing them,” said Joanna Scholtz, president of the Leavenworth NAACP.
The rental property coordinator for the city of Leavenworth is cautioning people about online ads that may be scams. Lawrence Levine said he confirmed a scam Friday regarding an advertisement on Craigslist for a rental property in north Leavenworth.
A Leavenworth man who is facing a second-degree murder charge was paranoid in the days before a fatal shooting, according to a probable cause affidavit. The affidavit was prepared by a Leavenworth police officer in the case of Ryan C.
The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol has postponed a hearing that was to feature dramatic testimony from former Justice Department officials who were pressured by then-President Donald Trump to pursue his false election fraud theories.
Strong winds result in $10 million damage in Riley County Straight line winds that reached up to 100 mph caused nearly $10 million in damage in Riley County during the weekend, the National Weather Service said. The weather service in Topeka said the winds were equivalent to an EF1 tornado but did not have the rotation needed to be classified as a tornado.
Sentencing has been continued for the man who shot at people on the Centennial Bridge. Jason R.