hen longtime Basehor resident and icon Mary Anna Landauer passed away quietly in her home March 25 of this year, she left a hole in heart of the community she had called her home for much of her 103 years of life. As a way to honor a life well lived, the Basehor City Council will mark each May 5 as “Anna Mary Landauer Day” within Basehor.
A Leavenworth man has pleaded not guilty to threatening police officers with a firearm. Donald S.
School officials have agreed to move this year’s Leavenworth High School graduation ceremony outdoors. “We are planning for an outdoor ceremony,” school district spokesman Jake Potter said.
A tornado that barreled through parts of Kansas destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and buildings, injured several people and left more than 15,000 people without power, officials said. In addition to wreckage from the tornado itself, three University of Oklahoma meteorology students traveling back from storm chasing in Kansas were also killed in a crash Friday evening, according to officials.
People gather for a concert and other activities Friday at Haymarket Square in downtown Leavenworth. The concert was among the activities held during the first day of the inaugural First City History Festival. The festival continued Saturday. John Richmeier
Whittier Club to meet Wednesday The Whittier Club will meet on Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the Jahn Room at the Leavenworth Public Library, 417 Spruce St.
• The Leavenworth City Commission will meet at 6 p.m. today at Leavenworth City Hall, 100 N.
The first civilians evacuated from the bombed-out steel plant that has become the last stronghold of Ukrainian fighters in Mariupol slowly made their way toward safety Monday, as others who managed to escape the city described terrifying weeks of bombardment and deprivation.
A special grand jury was selected Monday for the investigation into whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. The investigation has been underway since early last year, and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took this unusual step of requesting the special grand jury to help it along.
The Leavenworth Parks and Recreation Department will host a free Touch-a-Truck event May 4 in the south parking lot at the Riverfront Community Center, 123 S. Esplanade St., from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.