U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation.
Employers posted a record 11.5 million job openings in March, meaning the United States now has an unprecedented two job openings for every person who is unemployed. The latest data released Tuesday by the the Bureau of Labor Statistics further reveals an extraordinarily tight labor market that has emboldened millions of Americans to seek better paying jobs, while also contributing to the biggest inflation surge in four decades.
Prosecutors will retry a former Leavenworth police officer for a charge of involuntary manslaughter. A new jury trial for Matthew R. Harrington is scheduled to… Login to continue reading Login…
The Sunflower Piecemakers Quilt Show, a Leavenworth County tradition for more than 25 years, will be held Saturday at the Lansing Activity Center, 108 S. 2nd St., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free and all are welcome.
Missouri execution would be just fifth this year in U.S. A man whose death sentence for killing a Missouri couple while robbing their home was overturned three times was scheduled to be executed on Tuesday.
Russian forces Tuesday began storming the steel mill containing the last pocket of resistance in Mariupol, Ukrainian defenders said, just as scores of civilians evacuated from the bombed-out plant over the weekend reached safer territory and recounted days and nights filled with dread from constant shelling.
If the U.S. Supreme Court follows through on overturning the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade case that legalized abortion nationwide, it would immediately split the country into states with abortion access and those that outlaw it.
Local residents can submit comments to the Kansas Supreme Court regarding redrawn districts for the state House of Representatives and Senate. Kansas lawmakers already have approved the new districts, which were drawn up as part of the redistricting process.
More than 300 pounds of unwanted prescription drugs were collected this past weekend by members of local law enforcement agencies. The Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office collected an estimated 300 pounds of drugs Saturday during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
The University of Saint Mary will celebrate the close of another academic year and the achievements of the class of 2022 during two commencement ceremonies at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.