The League of Women Voters of Leavenworth County awarded Jacob Baltazar, Leavenworth High School senior, a $500 scholarship. Pictured are League President Lisa Weakley, Baltazar and League Scholarship Coordinator Sherri Grogan. Kelly Butler
Matt Anderson is shown with artist Everett Ward at First Command Financial Services during the recent Main Street Alive After 5 Art Crawl. Linda Landzettel .
An attempt to take a Leavenworth man into custody for a municipal court warrant resulted in him being arrested for additional allegations of battery, assault and possession of cocaine, a police spokesman said.
A man has pleaded no contest to causing more than $30,000 in vandalism in Basehor, according to a prosecution official. Michael Ray Holmes Jr., 38, Kansas City, Missouri, pleaded Wednesday in Leavenworth County District Court to a felony charge of criminal damage to property and a misdemeanor count of criminal damage to property.
The White House is hoping to stir up some “egg-citement” when the Easter Egg Roll returns on Monday after a two-year, coronavirus-induced hiatus. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden expect to welcome some 30,000 kids and their adult chaperones for the egg roll, an egg hunt and other activities.
Crews fight explosion, fire at gas plant in Reno County Two people were being treated for minor injuries after an explosion and fire Thursday at a gas plant in central Kansas, officials said. Crews were called to the Haven Midstream plant near Haven in Reno County about 1:15 p.m.
In many ways it is easy to say the word “love.” We love the Chiefs, we love pizza, we love vacations. There are so many things that we love, and because of that we will find ourselves saying “I love (fill in the blank).”
The bodies of more than 900 civilians have been discovered in the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital following Russia’s withdrawal – most of them fatally shot, police said Friday, an indication that many people were “simply executed.”
Dozens of Republican leaders in Ohio are mounting a last-minute effort to urge former President Donald Trump not to endorse “Hillbilly Elegy” author JD Vance in the crowded upcoming primary for an open Senate seat.
Yet again, the U.S. is trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline.