NEWS BRIEFS
Strong job growth points to COVID’s fading grip on economy U.S. businesses stepped up their hiring last month as the omicron faded and more Americans ventured out to spend at restaurants, shops, and hotels despite surging inflation.
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AROUND KANSAS
Vote on Kansas health chief allows GOP to air COVID beefs Conservative Republicans’ frustrations over how Kansas handled the coronavirus pandemic are complicating Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s efforts to keep her top public health administrator in place.
Let your mirror reflect your beauty inside and out
Reflecting on ourselves can be one of the most difficult things to do. Looking at our reflections can often be just as hard. Proverbs tells us that as water reflects the face, a person’s heart reflects the person. There have been, and there will continue to be, times in my life where I don’t want to reflect on myself. I’d rather just keep going along as I am, blissfully unaware of what others might be seeing or experiencing from me. Does it really matter what other people think of me?
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine leaves global trade in tatters
Sanctions on Russia are starting to wreak havoc on global trade, with potentially devastating consequences for energy and grain importers while also generating ripple effects across a world still struggling with pandemic-induced supply chain disruptions.
Court of Appeals reverses dismissal of lewd and lascivious charge
A felony lewd and lascivious charge that was dismissed by a Leavenworth County District Court judge can now go forward with prosecution following a decision by the Kansas Court of Appeals. The felony charge filed against Henry L.
GOP moving to end Kansas grace period for mail-in ballots
Republican lawmakers moved ahead Thursday with trying to end a three-day grace period for Kansas voters to mail-in their ballots, advancing a measure that one voting-rights activist called “madness.”
ICY BOAT TRIP
A person is shown recently paddling a canoe in the icy waters of the Missouri River. Jim Baskas .
Sirens to sound during statewide drill
Leavenworth County Emergency Management officials conducted their monthly test of the county’s outdoor warning sirens earlier this week. But county residents may hear the sirens again Tuesday morning.
The Guidance Center hires medical, clinical directors
The Guidance Center (TGC), the community mental health center for Leavenworth, Atchison and Jefferson counties, has hired Dr. William Warnes and Dr.
STANDING WATCH
Master-at-Arms Seaman Robert Rowe, from Lansing, assigned to USS Gerald R. Ford’s security department, is shown standing watch during a sea and anchor evolution on the flight deck. Ford is underway in the Atlantic Ocean after completing the industrial portion of a six-month mission. Zachary Melvin