The U.S. Soccer Federation reached milestone agreements to pay its men’s and women’s teams equally, making the American national governing body the first in the sport to promise both sexes matching money.
A speed study for Fourth Street in Leavenworth recommends decreasing the speed limit at the south end of the city but increasing the speed limit in other locations. Public Works Director Brian Faust reviewed the results of the study with city commissioners during a meeting Tuesday.
When they met this week, Leavenworth County Port Authority members discussed how they may cooperate with the county’s new economic development administrator. Port Authority board member Rick Schneider raised the idea during Tuesday’s meeting.
A man is in custody following a homicide this morning at a Leavenworth apartment, a police spokesman said. Police officers responded to a report of… Login to continue reading Login…
Next to Nature Farm will host a Spring Farm Fest May 21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The event will include multiple food trucks, face painting, kettle corn, cotton candy, snow cones and baked goods. Sixty vendors and local artisans will be set up in the orchard. The farm store, which includes handmade products from 23 vendors local to Leavenworth, Nebraska and Kansas, will also be open.
The new director of the Leavenworth County Development Corporation believes local officials need to identify a location for another business park in the county. “We will soon not have enough land in our inventory,” Lisa Haack said.
A top Kansas government attorney argued that congressional redistricting is naturally political and that the Kansas Supreme Court shouldn’t try to decide when partisanship goes too far, only to be chastised by one of the justices for making a “boys will be boys” argument.
A family poses for a photograph with the mascot for the Kansas City Monarchs on Sunday at Legends Field. Mark Rountree .
It recently was time for community sheep shearing at the Smiling M Ranch near Tonganoxie. Several families and 4H members got their sheep sheared at the same time.
A Leavenworth man has been convicted of interference with law enforcement and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to a prosecution official. A jury found Ronda Dickerson, 70, guilty of the charges Monday following a one-day trial.