PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – A religious group based in Ohio announced Monday that a violent gang in Haiti has released three more hostages, while another 12 remain abducted. The statement from Christian Aid Ministries said the people were released on Sunday in Haiti and are “safe and seem to be in good spirits.” The group provided no further details.
WASHINGTON – Congressional leaders announced Monday that former Sen. Bob Dole, who died Sunday, will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday – a building he worked in for over 30 years representing Kansas in both chambers of Congress.
A man pleaded no contest to attempting to rape a woman in an empty lot in north Leavenworth, according to a prosecution official. Thomas J.
• The Leavenworth City Commission will meet for a special meeting and study session at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Leavenworth City Hall, 100 N.
Eighty years ago, 6-year-old Dorinda Makanaonalani Nicholson sat down to a Sunday morning breakfast at home on Hawaii’s Pan American air base when the walls began to shake. It was Dec.
MINNEAPOLIS – Attorneys and a judge hammered out jury instructions Monday for the trial of a white Minnesota police officer who fatally shot Black motorist Daunte Wright, with the judge denying defense requests that would have made the instructions more expansive for the former officer’s benefit.
ATLANTA – Former U.S. Sen. David Perdue will challenge Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp for governor, he announced Monday, setting up a bitter 2022 Republican primary fight while Democrat Stacey Abrams is likely to await the winner.
OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The prosecutor overseeing the case against the student accused in last week’s deadly Michigan school shooting and who took the rare step of charging his parents left open the possibility Monday that school officials could also face charges, saying “in this case, a lot could have been done different.”
Above left: Brian White directs the Lansing High School Singers during the 35th annual Mayor’s Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on Sunday in Lansing. Performances took place inside the Lansing Middle School auditorium before the tree lighting, which took place on the school grounds. Above right: Dancers from Katie’s Dance Studio perform. PHOTOS BY JOHN RICHMEIER
Members of the public can help improve the chances of a class at Pleasant Ridge High School to win the Burns & McDonnell Battle of the Brains competition. A PRHS advanced chemistry and physics class is one of 20 finalists in the science, technology, engineering and math competition, according to Principal Scott Kessler and teacher Glenda Connelly.