WASHINGTON – In a surprising burst of hiring, America’s employers added 467,000 jobs in January in a sign of the economy’s resilience despite a wave of omicron infections last month. The government’s report Friday also drastically revised its estimate of job gains for November and December by a combined 709,000.
A Basehor man has pleaded no contest to taking indecent liberties with children, according to a prosecution official. Austin Jacob Wiles, 19, entered the plea Thursday in Leavenworth County District Court to two counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child.
LAWRENCE – The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday upheld a Topeka man’s conviction in the shooting deaths of three people in Lawrence n 2017. Anthony L.
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday the creation of a Cyber Safety Review Board that will have public and private sector experts examine significant hacking incidents and recommend improvements.
WICHITA – A Wichita police officer has been charged with battery and disorderly conduct for separate incidents reported last year, authorities said. Sedgwick County prosecutors charged Officer Andrew Barnett with the misdemeanor counts, television station KAKE reported.
The rental property coordinator for the city of Leavenworth is trying to get the word out about a program that provides assistance for weatherizing homes for low-income residents. Rental Property Coordinator Lawrence Levine said he has sent information about the Weatherization Assistance Program being offered through the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation to landlords and property managers in the community as well as local social service agencies.
When he was 14 years old, Tim Johnson had the honor of serving as a page in Topeka for then Kansas state Sen. Jack Steineger. Now as the Kansas state representative for the 38th District, Johnson recently was able to offer that experience to two Basehor-Linwood High School students.
Leavenworth County commissioners are hoping to have a series of joint meetings with the governing bodies of loca cities. "Networking and talking to people about issues, to me, is very important," County Commission Chairman Mike Smith said.
A former Lansing Correctional Facility inmate has pleaded guilty to escaping from the prison in 2017. James L.
The Lansing Lions Club provided cookies to city of Lansing employees as part of the club’s Thank-A-Local Hero Project. The Lions adopted the project to thank local organizations for their service. Assistant City Clerk Shantel Scrogin is shown accepting the packets of cookies from John Schukman, club president. KANSAS