Mark Fagan
Recent stories
- CR1 interchange will be automated
- October 1, 2008
- The new turnpike interchange at Leavenworth County Road 1 not only will be the first new exit on the toll highway since the Lecompton interchange opened a dozen years ago.
- CR1 should be ready by November
- September 24, 2008
- Work to build a wider, smoother, safer Leavenworth County Road 1 is still on track for a November 2009 completion, project superintendent Ryan Blosser says.
- Various factors pushing prices on pumpkins upward this fall
- September 17, 2008
- Carving jack-o’-lanterns likely will cost more this fall, thanks to a ghoulish brew of meteorological and economic factors that’s putting a bit of a scare into some of the most experienced observers of the Halloween season.
- Victims of plane crash identified
- 12:00 a.m., June 25, 2008 Updated 09:04 p.m.
- Federal aviation officials will work Wednesday in a southern Leavenworth County field, trying to determine the cause of a small-plane crash that killed two people Tuesday morning.
- Two believed dead in small-plane crash south of Tonganoxie
- 11:55 a.m., June 24, 2008 Updated 09:17 p.m.
- Two people are believed to have died Tuesday morning in a small plane crash south of Tonganoxie, an official at Lawrence Municipal Airport said.
- Plenty of kid-friendly attractions available in region
- May 24, 2008
- OK, so you’ve seen enough Dora the Explorer to turn into the Grumpy Old Troll, and - even after listening to all 27 albums/videos/DVDs of the Wiggles - the kids are still bouncing off the walls.
- Electronically filing taxes offers faster, safer federal returns
- April 9, 2008
- Whether you’re paying the money you owe, or claiming the money you’ll be getting back, Uncle Sam says there’s no sense filling out any paperwork come tax time.
- Food prices putting strain on consumers’ pocket books
- March 12, 2008
- Mike Smith’s job isn’t getting any easier.
- Battles waged as food prices increase
- March 11, 2008
- Whether it’s price trackers or coupon clippers in Shawnee, a gardener in Baldwin City or buying-cooperative members in Tonganoxie, folks are finding ways to soothe the economic indigestion brought on by increasing food prices.
- New federal prison would mean boost to area’s economy
- President’s budget includes funds to study site in Leavenworth
- February 12, 2008
- Anticipated construction of a new medium-security federal prison in Leavenworth would be welcome news for the area as the economy continues to slow.
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