All stories
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By John Taylor
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April 27, 2006
- Flag-draped polling booths in Leavenworth County are about to go the way of $1-per-gallon gasoline and rotary-dial telephones.
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April 27, 2006
- Beginning today and continuing through graduation, May 20, The Current will introduce the community to members of the Lansing High School Class of 2006.
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By Katie Kritikos
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April 27, 2006
- It doesn’t take skill to wreck a car, but to fix it takes more finesse than most people might realize.
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By Katie Kritikos
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April 27, 2006
- Here’s something you don’t often hear from a high school student - or anyone else, for that matter: “I wish I had taken chem II.”
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By Chris Wristen
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April 27, 2006
- Whether sporting short hair or long locks, a beard or clean-shaven face, Alan Kroll always has had a noticeable presence on the track.
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April 27, 2006
- Lansing City Council will be asked at a special meeting to increase the city’s ante for the Main Street System Enhancement project after the low bid for the project exceeded original estimates.
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By John Taylor
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April 27, 2006
- A picture of the Kickapoo School from about 1894 is the oldest photo in the exhibit, which went up last week throughout the hallways of the Leavenworth County Courthouse.
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By Chris Wristen
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April 27, 2006
- For all of the talk about a rivalry between Lansing and Leavenworth, it’s somewhat surprising that the bordering cities’ high schools only compete head-to-head in tennis. That will happen at 9 a.m. today when Lansing High competes at the Leavenworth Tournament.
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By Katie Kritikos
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12:00 a.m., April 27, 2006 Updated 11:24 a.m.
- Do not try this at home.
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April 27, 2006
- Sara Eustice, a 2005 graduate of Lansing High School, competed Saturday in the pole vault at the Kansas Relays. Eustice is a freshman on the track team at Wichita State.
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By Chris Wristen
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April 27, 2006
- Lansing High senior Jeff Slater spent his entire high school track career dreaming of competing at the Kansas Relays.
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By Sam Knowlton
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April 27, 2006
- “We’re a top-10 state,” Lew Ebert told an audience in Lansing. “(But) we’re 45th in job creation, and we’re the 41st worst tax climate for small business.”
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By Chris Wristen
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April 27, 2006
- Amanda Radovich didn’t leave this year’s Kansas Relays with a medal around her neck, but she did leave with a smile on her face.
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Gene Young
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April 27, 2006
- May baskets were popular in the 1930s when I was a kid.
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April 27, 2006
- Recently the House Appropriations Committee added an amendment to the omnibus appropriations bill prohibiting funds for in-state tuition for illegal aliens. This might be the beginning of a return of sanity to our Legislature.
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Current Staff Reports
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April 27, 2006
- Current sportswriter Chris Wristen and the newspaper’s Web site have won top honors in the Kansas Press Association’s 2006 Awards of Excellence competition.
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April 27, 2006
- Why Lansing should support the Governor’s Military Council.
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By Chris Wristen
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April 27, 2006
- Judging by the way Lansing High girls soccer coach Rob Elkins talked Monday after his team’s game against No. 5-ranked Olathe Northwest, you’d have thought LHS won the game.
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Current staff reports
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April 27, 2006
- Kaw Valley League baseball is heating up, and Lansing High is right in the thick of things.
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April 27, 2006
- Jason and Lindsay Dunlap, Kansas City, Kan., announce the birth of their daughter, Kaylin Nicole Dunlap.
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April 27, 2006
- Pamela and Andy Burton and Sherry and Gene Waters, Leavenworth, announce the engagement of their daughter, Cassi Waters, to Brooks Nelson, son of Ronda and Brad Nelson, Topeka.
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Current Staff Reports
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April 27, 2006
- Lansing High junior Ted Haugland turned in two of his best rounds of golf of the season during a three-day span as he led the LHS golf team to a seventh-place finish Saturday at the Osawatomie Invitational and a third-place finish Monday at Iola.
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Current Staff Reports
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April 27, 2006
- The Lansing High softball team will play host to a doubleheader with Bishop Ward at 4:30 p.m. today at Lansing City Park.
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April 27, 2006
- Kansas Authors Club announces its 2006 writing and artwork contest for youth.
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April 27, 2006
- Lansing Middle School will put on its annual spring Fine Arts Fair next month.
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Current Staff Reports
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April 27, 2006
- Lansing High School’s forensics team continued its record of success this weekend, earning first place Saturday, April 22, at the Tonganoxie Invitational tournament.
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By John Taylor
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April 27, 2006
- The city of Lansing isn’t resting on its laurels when it comes to being a Tree City USA.
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By John Taylor
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April 27, 2006
- The effort to extend Bittersweet Road from Lansing Middle School to West Mary Street and the new Lansing Elementary School continues to be on track.
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By Katie Kritikos
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April 27, 2006
- Jennifer and Jacob Nye recently got a taste of life as an artist.
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April 27, 2006
- Lansing Police and Fire reports from the week leading up to April 27, 2006.
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April 27, 2006
- Lansing sports scores and results for the week leading up to April 27, 2006.
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By Sam Knowlton
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April 27, 2006
- Police officers, firefighters and ambulance personnel helped local parents give the safety of their children a boost on Saturday - literally.
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April 27, 2006
- Miss Kansas USA Ashley Aull fell short at the Miss USA 2006 pageant.
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April 27, 2006
- Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bristow of Leavenworth announce the engagement of their daughter, Anne Barrett Bristow, to Jeffery William Slusher, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Slusher, also of Leavenworth.
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April 27, 2006
- Brian Kern is an unusual small-business owner.
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By John Taylor
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April 27, 2006
- Lansing City Council members on Thursday decided not to pursue an ordinance that would ban smoking in all public places, including restaurants, in the city.
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By John Taylor
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April 27, 2006
- Lansing State Rep. KennyWilk said he was certain lawmakers would approve a plan to fund public schools that would be amenable to the Kansas Supreme Court.
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Lara Hastings
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April 27, 2006
- The city’s future was discussed Saturday during a Basehor City Council retreat.
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Lara Hastings
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April 27, 2006
- A blast to the past, a history lesson and a way to show devotion to the United States are all things citizens of Basehor might receive by attending this Saturday’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Loyalty Day celebration.
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Lara Hastings
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April 27, 2006
- Robin Bell is a name police do not want people to forget.
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April 27, 2006
- More than 400 volunteer hours and devotion to youth athletics were the guiding force behind the nominations of Carol Wilson and the late JB Stinnett Jr. for the Kansas Friends of Education Awards.
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Caroline Trowbridge
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April 27, 2006
- The hunt is on for an interim superintendent for Basehor-Linwood schools.
On Monday, school board members interviewed one candidate to replace Superintendent Jill Hackett, who is on administrative leave until her resignation takes effect on June 30.
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staff reporters
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April 27, 2006
- The Basehor Sentinel was honored Saturday evening in Wichita with nine first-place awards in Kansas Press Association’s annual Awards of Excellence contest.
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Lisa Scheller
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April 27, 2006
- Smooth sailing calls for concise planning.
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By Jesse Truesdale
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April 27, 2006
- The Legends at Village West shopping center kicked off its grand opening of several new stores with music and a lot of sun on Saturday.
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By Andy Marso
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April 27, 2006
- The girls on the Basehor-Linwood soccer team might not want to look back on their April 13 game against Maranatha, but it probably represents a turning point in their season.
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By Andy Marso
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April 27, 2006
- A lot of people think it’s odd when I tell them I’m celebrating the two-year anniversary of my hospitalization this week.
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By Andy Marso
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April 27, 2006
- The Basehor-Linwood boys track team seemed to enjoy the new surface and accommodations at Bonner Springs, earning their best finish of the year at a meet there last Thursday. With the springy new track underfoot and weather conditions better than they had been most of the season, the boys ran, jumped and threw their way to a fifth place finish in the 12-team meet.
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Lara Hastings
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April 27, 2006
- Counting, singing, identifying colors and drawing shapes were just some activities enjoyed by soon-to-be kindergarteners during last week’s Kindergarten Round-Up at Basehor Elementary.
