A military prisoner has died from injuries sustained when he wasassaulted by another military prisoner at the U.S. DisciplinaryBarracks at Fort Leavenworth.A brief altercation between Michael Fricke — a trusty who had beenincarcerated for 16 years for murder — and another military ...
Army officials say the Main Gate at Fort Leavenworth is open again after a "suspicious package" was found in an entering vehicle.The officials said discovery of the package around 10:30 a.m. Thursday prompted the gate closing as a precautionary measure. Both inbound and outbound traffic at the ...
Community Blood Center will be conducting a blood drive from 2-7 p.m. Friday at the Tonganoxie VFW Hall, 910 East First St.To make an appointment, visit esavealifenow.org and use sponsor code “tonganoxie” or contact Dick Dean at (913) 845-2030. Just one donation can save as many as two ...
There is going to be a new face at Fort Leavenworth. On Friday, Brig. Gen. Sean MacFarland officially took the post of deputy commandant of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center-Leader Development and Education during ...
Community Blood Center will be conducting a blood drive from 2-7 p.m. Friday, July 16 at Tonganoxie VFW Hall, 910 East First St.To make an appointment, go to esavealifenow.org and use sponsor code “tonganoxie” or contact Dick Dean at (913) 845-2030. Just one donation can save as many as two ...
The Washington Post is reporting that President Obama has relieved Gen. Stanley McChrystal of his duties as the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan, after McChrystal was quoted criticizing top White House officials in a Rolling Stone article, according to a White House official.The Post ...
Fort Leavenworth ? Bagpipe chords of “Amazing Grace” played in the early afternoon Thursday at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery as a faint wind rustled two rows of American flags.The flags lined the road leading to the Committal Shelter where graveside services took place for Army Col. ...
Memorial Day allows many to gather with friends and family for an extended weekend.But Larry Meadows, a Tonganoxie VFW member, knows it has much more significance.“Well, it’s a day we should stop and pay respect for the people who have passed who have protected our freedom and our way of ...
The third annual American Legion Post 41 Muscular Dystrophy Poker Run will begin with registration at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 29 at Helen’s Hilltop Bar and Grill, west of Tonganoxie on Kansas Highway 16. Registration fee is $20, with additional hands costing $10. The best hand wins, with ...
A Fort Leavenworth officer is among the dead in a bombing that struck his military convoy Tuesday in Kabul, Afghanistan.The Pentagon said five U.S. soldiers died in the suicide bombing, including Col. John M. McHugh, 46, of Newark, N.J., who was assigned to the U.S. Army Battle Command Training ...
