LCF inmate with COVID-19 dies
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Bank rolls out savings program for students
Basehor’s Community National Bank rolled out a program late last year to offer local students an incentive to get good grades while helping them learn about financial responsibility and the importance of saving money. Students from kindergarten to seniors in high school are eligible to participate and cash in on their hard work.
Trump plans luxury homes at Doral resort
NEW YORK – Donald Trump plans to build 2,300 luxury homes at his Doral golf resort in the Miami area, part of a flurry of recent moves to revive a family business suffering from the one-two punch of a divisive presidency and coronavirus shutdowns.
Jury selection begins in trial over killing of Floyd
Jury selection began Thursday in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights. The federal indictment unsealed in May alleges Derek Chauvin, Thomas Lane, J.
Was Biden’s speech a recipe for uniting our country?
President Biden on Jan. 11 stood before a national TV audience to address the right to vote. What we saw and heard was a diatribe against the 74,216,154 U.S. citizens who voted against him. It was a fullthroated denunciation of 46.9% of citizens who disagreed with his policies.
Poll: Biden’s approval rating falls to new low
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden ends his first year in the White House with a clear majority of Americans for the first time disapproving of his handling of the presidency in the face of an unrelenting pandemic and roaring inflation, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
County mulls private security for courthouse
County commissioners will consider hiring a private firm to provide security at the Leavenworth County Courthouse, at least on a temporary basis. Commissioners discussed the matter when they met Wednesday.
More than 2 dozen drugmakers to make Merck’s COVID-19 pill
GENEVA – A U.N.-backed organization announced Thursday that it has signed agreements with more than two dozen generic drugmakers to produce versions of Merck’s COVID-19 pill to supply 105 developing countries.
VETERANS’ RECOGNITION: AIDA DOZIER
Aida M. Dozier was born in Leavenworth on Aug.
Abortion issue stirs border effort
MEXICO CITY – Decades ago, Mexican activists drove women into the United States to terminate their pregnancies at clinics. Now it’s women in the U.S. who are facing more challenges to accessing abortion services and again Mexican activists are stepping up to offer support.