The mayor of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol said Monday that more than 10,000 civilians have died in the Russian siege of his city, and that the death toll could surpass 20,000, with corpses that were “carpeted through the streets.”
Twitter’s largest investor, billionaire Elon Musk, is reversing course and will no longer join the company’s board of directors less than a week after being awarded a seat. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal announced the news, which followed a weekend of Musk tweets suggesting changes to Twitter, including making the site ad-free.
A community task force reviewing the death of a Black teenager who was restrained for more than 30 minutes at a Kansas juvenile detention center found that an officer changed his answers on a form that otherwise would have led police to take the teen to a hospital instead of booking him into the detention center.
With state lawmakers currently on break, the governor of Kansas said the state government has a narrow window for eliminating its sales tax on groceries this year. Gov.
“Things are becoming real, and it’s exciting,” a Lansing councilman said last Thursday, referring to the approval of a bid for construction of a ballpark complex at Bernard Park. Council member Kerry Brungardt also alluded to discussion of a November vote that could result in an aquatics center for the city.
A company that supplies medical products may open a facility in north Leavenworth. Leavenworth city commissioners are scheduled to consider a rezoning request April 26 for property at 604 Pottawatomie St., which would allow Stripes Global to operate a distribution and fulfillment center at that location.
Lansing High School student Francisco Verzola is shown preparing gajar halwa, an Indian carrot pudding, as part of the KCKCC culinary program at the Pioneer Career Center in Leavenworth. Photo by Kim Taylor
Leavenworth High School students competed for the first time at the Pittsburg State University Math Relays on Tuesday, according to teacher Ginger Riddle. LHS students won eight individual event medals.
SpaceX launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escor to the International Space Station on Friday for more than a week’s stay, as NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination.
• The Leavenworth Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Monday at the school district’s administrative office, 200 N.