The GOP-led Missouri Senate has passed a stopgap budget that attempts to strip funding for Planned Parenthood while paying for Medicaid health care for newly eligible patients and pumping billions of dollars in federal funding to schools.
The final scores are in, and NBC is no doubt happy to put the Beijing Winter Olympics in the rear-view mirror. The games reached an average combined audience of 11.4 million people in prime time on NBC, the USA cable network and Peacock streaming service, the network said.
Dear Amy: My husband and I usually have breakfast several times a week at a local coffee shop. Over the years, we have become friendly with several of the waitresses.
The Leavenworth County Health Department has reported five additional deaths related to COVID-19. The deaths were reported Wednesday as part of a weekly update from the Health Department.
The Leavenworth High School JROTC Pioneer Battalion is hosting its 10th annual Pioneer Invitational Junior ROTC Drill Meet on Saturday. High school cadets from across the region will have the opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to teamwork and excellence in military skills, teamwork and discipline.
The United Way of Leavenworth County is committed to ensuring that local dollars go toward addressing Leavenworth County’s most critical health and human service priorities in an efficient and effective manner. Through a process that involves many local volunteers, the United Way directs funds to community service programs and projects that have demonstrated success in one of three impact areas to include health, education or income stability.
Joseph Aloysius Carr was born in Leavenworth on Feb. 10, 1922, the son of Lambert J.
Pushed by business groups, Republicans in the GOP-controlled Kansas Legislature moved to block local bans, restrictions or taxes on plastic bags or other packaging. The state Senate voted 27-13 for a bill that would strip cities and counties of their power to regulate or tax bags, cups, bottles or other packaging.
“Little Women,” the Broadway musical, focuses on the four March sisters — traditional Meg, wild, aspiring writer Jo, timid Beth and romantic Amy and their beloved Marmee, at home in Concord, Massachusetts, while their father is away serving as a Union Army chaplain during the Civil War. Intercut with the vignettes in which their lives unfold are several recreations of the melodramatic short stories Jo writes in her attic studio. The show opens Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Performing Arts Center, 500 Delaware St. Friday’s performance will mark the beginning of the 45th season as home to the River City Community Players. Admission prices are adults $15; seniors (62 and over), students (with ID), military (with ID) and groups (eight people or more) $12 and children (12 and under) $10. Shown are the four March sisters as they make a pledge to each other. The actors are Lacey Connell, Olivia Franklin, Adeana Carr and Hannah Finch. Photography by Ron Mazzia
A former Leavenworth County deputy alleges in a lawsuit that he was retaliated against after supporting the sheriff’s opponent in a 2020 election. Attorneys for John McEvoy Sr.