Graduating seniors walk under sabers held by representatives of the Leavenworth High School Junior ROTC program. The graduating seniors were making their way to their seats for Saturday’s commencement ceremony at Leavenworth High School. John Richmeier
A captured Russian soldier who pleaded guilty to killing a civilian was sentenced by a Ukrainian court Monday to life in prison — the maximum — amid signs the Kremlin may, in turn, put on trial some of the fighters who surrendered at Mariupol’s steelworks.
• The Leavenworth City Commission will meet at 6 p.m. today at Leavenworth City Hall, 100 N.
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee — and thousands of its rank-and-file members — now have opportunities to address a scathing investigative report that says top SBC leaders stonewalled and denigrated survivors of clergy sex abuse over two decades while seeking to protect their own reputations.
The Kansas Supreme Court has affirmed a man’s Leavenworth County conviction for possession of methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia, according to a decision released Friday. Orville W.
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, the Democratic nominee in the state’s high-profile U.S. Senate contest, has been released from the hospital after a stay of more than a week following a stroke, his wife and his campaign said Sunday.
Drivers soon could see road construction signs going up in the area of the Kansas 7 Highway and Eisenhower Road intersection. Contractors are scheduled to begin working on an intersection improvement project next week.
Declan Oswald recently took the opportunity to meet with Basehor city officials to learn more about how city government works and to take another step in earning his Eagle Scout rank. The Basehor-Linwood Middle School sixth-grader met with Basehor City Council member Vernon Fields at City Hall to work on his “Citizenship in the Community” Boy Scout merit badge. Oswald learned about amenities within the community and how the City Council and Planning Commission are responsible for getting those amenities established.
Graduating senior Elise Guzman sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” during a commencement ceremony Saturday at Leavenworth High School. John Richmeier Basehor-Linwood High School held graduation ceremonies for seniors on Sunday at Children’s Mercy Park.
Kansas ordered to pay $63 million to former pizza magnate The state of Kansas must pay former pizza executive Gene Bicknell more than $63 million to settle a long-running dispute over his tax bill. The court ruled that Bicknell was a Florida resident in 2005 and 2006 when he sold NPC International, which owned more than 800 Pizza Hut locations around the world.