Leavenworth County commissioners have permanently lifted a cease and desist order placed on a landfill near Easton. However, commissioners have initiated a process that could result in the modification or even revocation of a permit that allows Flat Land Excavating to operate the construction and demolition debris landfill at 31358 227th St.
To help prepare Basehor-Linwood High School students for the future, USD 458 developed the Innovation Academy at the school three years ago. Created as a cross-curricular program that connects students to real world learning in 25 different courses, Innovation Academy incorporates project management and essential skill building to help make students marketable in the current job market, regardless of which industry or career they pursue after graduation.
Electric scooters that are part of a shared scooter program may start showing up in Leavenworth as early as Wednesday. A company called Bird is expected to launch a 12-month pilot program in Leavenworth sometime between Wednesday and May 4, according to a news release from the city.
Lansing’s volunteer boards were ramped up at last Thursday’s meeting as Lansing City Council members approved a number of open positions. At the meeting’s conclusion, council members expressed their appreciation for residents stepping up to these tasks.
A man has pleaded no contest to aggravated battery for a 2019 attack on an inmate at the Lansing Correctional facility. Andrew M.
The world’s most expensive lunch will go on sale again this spring when investor Warren Buffett auctions off a private meal to raise money for a California homeless charity one last time. Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO, held the lunch auction once a year for 20 years before the pandemic began to raise money for the Glide Foundation, which helps the homeless in San Francisco.
• The Leavenworth City Commission will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Leavenworth City Hall, 100 N.
A Leavenworth man pleaded guilty to fleeing from police and causing multiple crashes, according to a prosecution official. Raheem Keron Armstead, 39, entered the plea Friday in Leavenworth County District Court.
Strong storm rolls through Kansas, tears roofs off buildings National Weather Service officials were in western Kansas Saturday to assess damage from a strong storm and a possible tornado that damaged buildings in Sharon Springs and elsewhere, authorities said. Officials say the late Friday storm rolled through numerous Kansas cities, including Grainfield, Mingo and Winona.
The Easter Bunny recently visited the Kansas City Kansas Community College Pioneer Career Center and then delivered fun-filled bags to Leavenworth after school child care programs. The Easter Bunny stopped by the Xavier after school program, all four USD 453 Horizon Kids after school programs and the Women’s Y. Kingdom Christian Academy picked up bags for their students. Early childhood education materials about a new certificate program in fall of 2022 were dropped off to staff members. Submitted