Master Deputy Zach Phillips records information about weather spotters volunteering for a tornado drill Tuesday in Leavenworth County. Phillips is assigned to the Emergency Management Division of the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office. The county’s outdoor warning sirens were activated Tuesday in conjunction with a statewide tornado drill. John Richmeier
Fonzi is a young, male shepherd mix available for adoption at Leavenworth Animal Control. Fonzi is neutered, vaccinated and dewormed. He knows basic commands and is fabulous on his leashed walks. Leavenworth Animal Control is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Photo by Carol Turner
Three people complained of feeling pain following a collision in southwest Leavenworth County. But they declined medical attention at the scene, according to an official with Sheriff’s Office.
After nearly five months of battling the severe effects of COVID-19 and pneumonia in the hospital and in rehabilitation facilities, Chris Dearinger has finally returned home. The Basehor community has rallied around him to make the transition easier as Dearinger’s health is still not where it was prior to the contracting the virus.
The president of the Leavenworth County Development Corporation said 2021 was a “heck of a year” in terms of economic development in the county. And Josh Hoppes believes more projects are likely in 2022.
Lansing City Council members are pleased that new owners of a trailer park now known as Parkwood North on 400 E. Eisenhower Road plan to clean up that area.
Aviation stakeholders from across Kansas will assemble to discuss jobs, infrastructure and emerging technologies as part of Aviation Day at the Kansas State Capitol from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday. The event is sponsored by the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Kansas Commission on Aerospace Education.
Some areas of Leavenworth County received as much as three inches of snow from a storm that passed through the area Sunday. And there is a chance for more snow later this week, the Leavenworth County Emergency Management director said.
A suburban Kansas school board that has been roiled by disagreements over COVID-19 protocols and other issues is dealing with its fourth resignation in a year after a member said she was harassed and threatened while she ate dinner at a restaurant last weekend.
As the prospect of a red wave grows, a series of Republican missteps including recruiting stumbles, weak fundraising and intense infighting is threatening the GOP’s path to the Senate majority. Arizona’s Republican Gov.