While serving in conflicts abroad, the U.S. military has been on the front lines of a historic battle at home, said Kansas University Chancellor Bernadette Gray-Little: African-Americans’ fight for civil rights.Gray-Little, the first African-American and the first woman to be chancellor at ...
The disposal of obsolete ordnance from Fort Leavenworth was the source of explosions heard at about 5 p.m. Thursday in the Tonganoxie area.Leavenworth County Undersheriff Ron Cranor said a Fort Riley explosive ordnance disposal team was summoned Thursday to Fort Leavenworth to pick up the ...
Fort Leavenworth experienced a small leakage of mercaptan Sunday, which caused an unpleasant odor on Fort Leavenworth and in the surrounding community.Because natural gas is odorless, mercaptan (or other similar sulfur compounds) is added to natural gas as a warning sign.The Sunday leak on Fort ...
A Tonganoxie High School graduate has completed U.S. Army basic combat training.Army Pvt. Jordan M. Briones graduated from basic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, S.C.During the nine weeks of training, the soldier studied the Army mission, history, tradition and core values and ...
The Tonganoxie VFW Post 9271 Ladies Auxiliary’s annual New Year’s Day biscuit and gravy breakfast will be from 7 a.m. to noon, Sunday at the post, 1009 E. First St., Tonganoxie.
The kindergartners chattered loudly, shouting over each other to say words that start with “ch”: “Chicken!” “Chocolate!” But Viktoria Irwin stood next to them silent, her hands together and her face still, as her eyes focused on the doorway in the opposite corner of the classroom, ...
The public is invited to a Wreaths Across America ceremony this weekend at Leavenworth National Cemetery, where more than 800 wreaths will be placed on the headstones of service members. The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the cemetery, at 173 Muncie Road in Leavenworth, south of the ...
A Basehor-Linwood High School senior is among 33 students from Kansas' 2nd Congressional District nominated by U.S. Rep. Lynn Jenkins for admission to U.S. military academies.Jenkins nominated Grant Moyer of BLHS for the U.S. Air Force Academy, the congresswoman's office announced ...
Lt. Gen. David E. Perkins will assume command of Fort Leavenworth and the Combined Arms Center during a Tuesday ceremony at the fort.Perkins replaces Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen, Jr., who became the commander of NATO Training Mission in Iraq and Chief of the Office of Security Cooperation in Iraq ...
Tonganoxie ? Galen Freeman never had the chance to graduate with his Tonganoxie High School classmates.About 65 years later, he’s in a class of his own.During a Veterans Day assembly Thursday at THS, Freeman sat on stage with other local veterans who were being recognized for their military ...
