Kansas legislators are close to approving plans for new state House and Senate districts that have bipartisan support even though they’re expected to preserve Republican supermajorities. The House on Wednesday added proposed boundaries for its members’ districts to a Senate-passed bill that revised senators’ districts.
A Leavenworth man has been sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for raping a child, according to a prosecution official. Jonathan Leenardo James, 37, was sentenced Wednesday in Leavenworth County District Court to 331 months, or 27 years and seven months, in prison, according to County Attorney Todd Thompson.
Legal experts and interest groups are weighing in on Ketanji Brown Jackson as the Senate Judiciary Committee began a fourth day of hearings on her historic nomination to become the first Black woman on the Supreme Court.
Republican governors in two states this week rejected legislation to ban transgender players from girls sports, signs that there are some remaining fractures among GOP leaders over how to navigate gender’s reemergence as a culture war issue.
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level in 52 years as the U.S. job market continues to show strength in the midst of rising costs and an ongoing virus pandemic.
A man has pleaded no contest to second-degree murder for a shooting last year in Leavenworth. Cordell M. Stewart, 22, Leavenworth, entered the plea Thursday… Login to continue reading Login…
The First City Film Festival will be held Friday through Sunday at the Riverfront Community Center after taking a break due to the pandemic in 2020 and 2021. “We never wanted to have this be an online festival even during the height of COVID because nothing replaces sitting in a dark room with people and feeling those emotions together,” said Tisha Swart-Entswistle, founder of the First City Film Festival.
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers, the company announced Wednesday, and if regulators agree it could mean a chance to finally start vaccinating the littlest kids by summer.
Thanks to a sudden $140 million cash infusion, officials in Broward County, Florida, recently broke ground on a high-end hotel that will have views of the Atlantic Ocean and an 11,000-square-foot spa.
The building that serves as the current home of the Council on Aging could be rezoned for a future mix of apartments and office space. City commissioners took a step toward rezoning the property at 1830 S.