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Sheriff’s Office to conduct saturation patrol on Dec. 13

On Friday evening the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office will conduct a "saturation patrol" in southern Leavenworth County in an effort to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers.The patrol will put additional officers on the roadways of Leavenworth County at a time of year when, the ...

Pound of meth reportedly seized during Lansing arrests

Three Leavenworth County men suspected in several burglaries around the Kansas City metro area were arrested last week on drug charges after they allegedly were found with more than a pound of methamphetamines.Randall Bell, 46, and Joseph Bittner, 34, of Edwardsville, and Matthew W. Wright, ...

Death at Arrowhead ruled homicide

Kansas City, Mo. ? The death of a Missouri man in an Arrowhead Stadium parking lot during Kansas City’s game this weekend was ruled a homicide Wednesday, but police said it could still take weeks before they know what killed him.Kyle Van Winkle, 30, of Smithville, was unconscious on the ...

Community National Bank names new Basehor president

Community National Bank announced this week the hiring of Steven Ketteler as Branch President in Basehor. Ketteler has over 20 years of experience in commercial banking with a BS degree from the University of Nebraska with an emphasis in finance. He attended the Colorado Graduate School of ...

Local vets celebrated at Leavenworth Veteran’s Day Parade

Three-year-old Mason Lake stood a couple paces in front of his family, waving his small American flag left to right, so close to the Veterans Day Parade in Leavenworth that one of the active-duty soldiers marching in front of him could’ve reached down to pat him on the head.Lake, of Lansing, ...

Kansas students score high on 2013 reading, math tests

Kansas remained among the highest scoring states in the nation in 2013 on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP exam, a test that's sometimes called “the nation's report card.”Although the average scores in reading and math among students in the fourth and eighth grades ...

Historic Leavenworth Veteran’s Day Parade set for Monday

An event tabbed as the oldest Veterans Day observation in the nation and largest parade west of the Mississippi River will take place Monday in downtown Leavenworth.The annual Leavenworth County Veterans Day Parade will start at 10:30 a.m. in downtown Leavenworth.Staging is to start at 9 ...

5 Questions, Oct. 23

Whether it’s a mummy, Dracula or Snow White costume, it’s important to look the part for Halloween. But most of the time, a convincing costume comes at a cost. Here are several tips from Crafster.org, an online organization for independent craft artists, that may help your family fully ...