25 years ago: Oct. 3, 2001 Leavenworth County commissioners on Thursday will begin negotiations with a Kansas City area firm that wants to take over operation of the county infirmary. In July, commissioners agreed to seek proposals from companies to operate and manage Broadway Heights, the ...

Annual costume exchange is here Each year Tonganoxie Public Library offers a Halloween costume exchange for all ages of children throughout the month of October. Residents can drop off any clean, gently used costumes you’d like to rehome. Then check back to see what we have throughout the ...

A 39-year-old Leavenworth man awaits sentencing on an involuntary manslaughter charge related to a fatal 2023 crash involving a motorcycle, per a release from the office of Leavenworth County Attorney Todd Thompson. According to court documents, on Oct. 23, 2023, Leavenworth police officers ...

TOPEKA (AP) — Senate Republicans’ top campaign spending organization is pulling back in North Carolina and pouring money into Kansas, a striking shift that shows how the party’s plan to keep its majority has turned into an increasingly defensive fight ahead of November’s midterms. The ...

A lobbyist who works at the Statehouse in Topeka testified Friday about two bathroom experiences in the span of five years that made her “uncomfortable,” and she expressed gratitude for a new state law that she says will “set a standard in stone” and help shield her from such discomfort ...

TOPEKA — Fort Hays State University president Tisa Mason says the Sternberg Museum of Natural History will close to the public in mid-December because of budget problems. She said museum faculty and staff would remain this academic year to review collections, determine what must be retained ...

TOPEKA — The Tall Oaks Camp and Conference Center demanded Monday that U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall suspend a campaign commercial attacking Democrat Adam Hamilton that made unauthorized use of a photograph of children at Tall Oaks’ chapel in Linwood. A senior advisor to the Marshall campaign ...

Fall harvest continues into another month on our farm. All of the dryland and irrigated corn and popcorn have been picked and either binned or delivered to the local elevator. We’ve also fenced off and opened up the corn field bordering our pasture ground to allow the cattle to graze on the ...

Good Shepherd Thrift Shop and Food Bank updates its latest list of items it currently needs each week. Currently on that wish list are small bottles of cooking oil, toaster pastries, facial tissues, juice, hot chocolate and sloppy joe sauce. Good Shepherd, at 423 E. Fourth St., accepts ...

Southwest Kansas communities reeling from President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown — which included random stops to check status — are looking for ways to recover as fear continues to grip the area’s large Hispanic population. Restaurants closed, motel managers cancelled ...