GUEST SPEAKER
Wendy Scheidt, executive director of Leavenworth Main Street, was the guest speaker for the Kiwanis Club of Leavenworth weekly luncheon. She talked about upcoming events in downtown Leavenworth. Cindy Henry
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Kansas governor nixes bills on trans athletes, parents’ role
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed conservative Republicans’ proposed ban on transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports and a GOP proposal aimed at making it easier for parents to try to remove materials from public school classrooms and libraries.
Wefald remembered as leader who made Kansas State ‘relevant’
Jon Wefald is being remembered as “a human dynamo,” a Kansas State University president for more than two decades who increased its enrollment, improved academic programs and boosted research funding – while finally finding a coach who could win football games.
Russia hits Lviv, prepares for assault in eastern Ukraine
Russian forces launched missile attacks on the western city of Lviv and pounded a multitude of other targets across Ukraine on Monday in what appeared to be an intensified bid to grind down the country’s defenses ahead of an all-out assault on the east.
Manhattan to be site of $650 million plant bringing 500 jobs
A biomanufacturing company plans to build a $650 million plant in Manhattan that will bring hundreds of high-paying jobs to the region, officials announced Monday. The San Antonio-based company is planning to create 500 jobs at the plant in the next seven years, according to a news release.
NEWS BRIEFS
Officials ID Kansas woman killed in shootout with deputies State investigators have identified the woman who they say was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire in southern Kansas, authorities said. Andrea C.
FIREFEST BBQ BLAZE
Chris Allen, Mission Command Training Program, takes a photo of his The Loop team members Lt. Col. Dallas Cheatham, Combat Training Center Directorate, Combined Arms Center-Training, and Maj. Chris Blom, Global Simulation Capability, CAC-T, as they build a bacon weave. Photos by Prudence Siebert/Fort Leavenworth Lamp
Local candidates continue to file for office
With the filing deadline still more than one month away, local candidates continue to file for this year’s election. Harry Schwarz, a Democrat from Leavenworth, filed on Wednesday to run as a candidate for the 41st District of the Kansas House of Representatives, according to the website for the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office.
Mr. Lincoln to visit Leavenworth Public Library
The Leavenworth Public Library and the Lansing Community Library are co-hosting a program titled “The Political Lincoln: Honest Abe on Campaigns and Elections,” on Tuesday from 7-8:30 p.m. in the Jahn Room at the Leavenworth Public Library.
Leavenworth seniors ask graduation to be moved
With the Leavenworth High School graduation a little more than one month away, seniors are seeking a change to the ceremony. For now, the event is scheduled to take place May 21 in the main gymnasium at the high school.