Leavenworth County had 178 active cases as of Monday, along with 194 community recoveries since the last health department report on Sept. 20.Tonganoxie has doubled its number of active cases during that time, while Basehor saw a decrease. Tonganoxie was at 28 active cases Monday, up from 15 ...
Art in various forms will fill downtown Tonganoxie this week with this year’s edition of the Plein Air Art Festival.The festival starts Thursday and runs through Sunday. Much of the festivities will be in the downtown area, with fine art vendors, street performers, food trucks, glass-blowing ...
Leavenworth County is seeing a drop in active cases by about 50 from the previous week’s numbers, the health department reported Monday.LCHD reported that there were 189 active cases as of Monday afternoon, a drop from 240 cases as of the previous weekly report released Aug. 23.The latest ...
Topeka ? Kansas health secretary Lee Norman and Gov. Laura Kelly say formal approval of the safe and effective Pfizer vaccine removes a hurdle for defeating the latest surge of COVID-19 in Kansas.The rapid spread of the highly contagious delta variant has killed hundreds of Kansans and sickened ...
Topeka ? People who oppose mask requirements or restrictions on public gatherings imposed by Kansas counties can challenge them in court and obtain a ruling within 10 days — at least for now — because of a decision Tuesday by the state’s highest court.The Kansas Supreme Court’s ruling ...
COVID-19 has led to the deaths of three more people in Leavenworth County.Health department officials announced Tuesday that three men, one in his 70s and two in their 60s, suffered COVID-related deaths in the past week.Leavenworth County had 251 active COVID-19 cases as of Tuesday, according ...
Masks will be optional for students in class when the 2021-22 school year starts later next week, though the facial coverings will be mandatory if COVID-19 numbers are in the yellow or red gating criteria.USD 464 school board members approved criteria for the start of the school year during its ...
Leavenworth County COVID-19 cases continue to be on the rise.There were 256 new positive community cases in the past week, according to the latest statistics released by the Leavenworth County Health Department. Of those new community cases, 212 were unvaccinated and 44 vaccinated.Numbers ...
Leavenworth County has five people currently being hospitalized due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all of whom are unvaccinated.Leavenworth County Health Department statistics showed hospitalizations were at five for the second consecutive week. LCHD releases COVID-19 updates on Monday ...
Tonganoxie's Sacred Heart Catholic Church will be celebrating major milestones with its longtime priest Sunday at the church.Rev. Mark Goldasich is celebrating his 40th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood and 30th anniversary at Sacred Heart.The cake-and-punch celebration will take ...
