PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The number of Americans fully vaccinated against COVID-19 reached 200 million Wednesday amid a dispiriting holidayseason spike in cases and hospitalizations that has hit even New England, one of the most highly inoculated corners of the country.
WASHINGTON – The House voted overwhelmingly along party lines Tuesday on a bipartisan agreement that allows Congress to move closer to raising the nation’s debt ceiling. The vote came after leadership in the Senate, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced an agreement Tuesday that would create a one-time process to allow Senate Democrats to raise the debt ceiling on their own without fear of a Republican filibuster or other procedural hurdles.
Grow Leavenworth County Development Corporation recently presented Tiffany Andrews, owner of Tiffany Andrews State Farm, with a low interest e-community loan in the amount of $35,000. The business has a new location, 397 S. First St. in Lansing. The new location includes a drive thru/drop off option and there is plenty of spaces for parking. SUBMITTED BY AMY BAKER
The U.S. Marshals Service is making plans to transfer inmates from the CoreCivic’s Leavenworth Detention Center to the U.S.
Two new members have officially joined the Leavenworth City Commission. Griff Martin and Edd Hingula were sworn in as new commissioners Tuesday during a special commission meeting.
Armed Forces Bank was honored with the 2021 Community Impact Award presented at the 25th annual CRA & Fair Lending Colloquium held virtually Nov. 16 and 17, according to a news release.
The University of Saint Mary is presenting the Fall 2021 Student Art Exhibition, which features the work of 19 USM student artists. The event will run through Dec. 17. The exhibit is free and open to the public on weekdays in the Xavier Hall Goppert Gallery on campus, 4100 S. 4th St.
The VA Eastern Kansas Health Care System (VAEKHCS), which includes the Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, was recently named one of the best medical facilities in the state of Kansas for patient satisfaction by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
The public, as well as state and federal officials will gather in the Kansas Statehouse on Saturday for a ceremony honoring the life of Bob Dole, among a slate of other events in Dole's home state. Dole died Sunday morning in his sleep at 98 years old, prompting an outpouring of support and memories from political figures in Kansas and nationally, as well as the public.
The state’s three largest universities are pausing efforts to require COVID-19 vaccination for their staff after a federal judge in Georgia blocked implementation of a Biden Administration directive that federal contractors be immunized against the virus.