Training and Doctrine Command Commander Gen. Paul Funk II and former Lt. Gov.Gary Sherrer go through a receiving line to greet retired Lt. Gen. Robert Arter and Lois Arter after a recent ceremony dedicating Arter Atrium in the couple’s honor at the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Arter Atrium is located inside the front entrance of the Lewis and Clark Center. A portrait of the Arters hangs outside Marshall Lecture Hall. PRUDENCE SIEBERT/FORT LEAVENWORTH LAMP
Children wanting to send letters to Santa Claus don’t need to go to the Post Office. They can drop off their letters at Leavenworth City Hall or two other city-owned facilities.
The legislative session’s big agenda items will include thwarting the governor’s mandates, school curriculum especially relating to racism and pornography and cost of living increases for state employees, the District 40 state representative recently told Lansing City Council members.
After a slow start, the United States has improved its surveillance system for tracking new coronavirus variants such as omicron, boosting its capacity by tens of thousands of samples per week since early this year.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and became a republic for the first time in history. Leaders, dignitaries and artists, including Prince Charles and Barbados native Rihanna, attended the ceremony that began late Monday in a square in the capital, Bridgetown, where the statue of Britain’s Lord Nelson was removed last year amid a worldwide push to erase symbols of oppression.
BREVARD, Fla. – The first Black woman to live and work at the International Space Station will join a SpaceX crew mission after April 2022, marking her first flight into space.
NEW YORK – The first officially authorized safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics have been cleared to open in New York City in hopes of curbing overdoses, the mayor and health commissioner said Tuesday.
Members of Leavenworth Scouts BSA Troop 167 recently visited the Kansas State Capitol to learn how state government works. Sen. Jeff Pittman led the group on a tour of the two legislative chambers and had the Scouts participate in a roleplaying exercise to see how laws are formulated, debated, amended and ultimately voted on in the state Legislature. Troop 167 meets each Tuesday at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Shown are Pittman, Landen Bouma, Andon Colston, Jackson Haverkamp, Christian Meadows and Xander Arnold. ERIC PRICE
KENOSHA, Wis. – When he was acquitted of murder in shootings during unrest in Wisconsin, Kyle Rittenhouse went from staring at possible life behind bars to red-hot star of the right: an exclusive interview with Tucker Carlson and a visit with former President Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago capped by a photo of both men smiling and snapping a thumbs-up.
Former LCF inmate convicted of trafficking contraband A former Lansing Correctional Facility inmate has been convicted of trafficking contraband into the prison, according to a prosecution official. A jury found George E.