When the summer heat cranked up, it wasn’t unusual for dad to turn the air conditioner off in his home. If it was running full blast he worried it was money out of his pocket, so he would choose to sit in a sauna.Luckily, his house never had time to heat up, since I stopped by several times a day.
A Leavenworth County commissioner questioned the medical director for two county agencies about her views on abortion counseling and birth control for minors without parental notification.
A Leavenworth County man charged with capital murder will be committed to a state hospital because it is unclear when he will be competent to stand trial.
It’s been ages since I thought about my first car, been even longer since anyone cared to listen about it.Two of the grandsons, just three months apart, are 12 going on 19. They love to talk the talk, but can’t quite walk the walk.
When they met this week, Leavenworth city commissioners reviewed options for the future of the city's trash service.
A Leavenworth man has been sentenced to a year in jail for killing his cat, according to a news release from the County Attorney's Office.
As much as I worry about technology changing what I consider to be the norm for today's young families, the transition of dads being more hands-on with the care of their children's' needs is truly the key to why this generation will show us baby boomers how it's supposed to be done.The days of dads not changing diapers or not knowing how to soothe a colicky baby are over. Real men have spit-up on their shirts, know the words to all the songs in "Frozen" and can not only cook dinner but will fulfill the promise of playing catch afterwards.Our daughters' husbands are my superheroes.
The Deeper Window Association Sweet Exchange fundraiser will be held Saturday at the KCKCC Pioneer Career Center, 1901 Spruce St., from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.The event was started by the Belardo family in 2018 as a fundraiser for the Alzheimer’s Association.
A jury has found a former Lansing Correctional Facility inmate guilty of aggravated escape from custody.
I didn't send the poem to 10 people within three hours, so bad luck was bestowed upon me. I'm not superstitious, but I did take more care than usual, but it happened anyway.It started after reminding the grandkids to be careful going down to the dock and then finding myself sliding down the grassy hill, hitting the dock with the shin of my leg, as four of my family members, who were on the dock fishing, watched in horror.