Also from July 29
Obituaries
On the street
Polls
Do you plan on voting in the primary election on Aug. 3?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 59% | |
| No | 40% | |
| Total | 32 | |
Videos
All stories
- County Commission schedules meeting to discuss benefit district
- July 29, 2010
- Discussion will be on chip and seal of streets in Lo-Mar and Stoner subdivisions.
- Tonganoxie man sent to hospital following semitrailer accident
- 11:53 a.m., July 29, 2010 Updated 11:49 p.m.
- A semi trailer landed in a ditch after a tire blew out Thursday east of Linwood.
- Kilimanjaro calling: Journey to the roof of Africa offers lesson in humility
- July 29, 2010
- Sports Editor Chris Wristen spent June 6-12 climbing Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The following is an excerpt from his travel journal.
- Three vie to be Democrats’ nominee in 2nd District race
- July 29, 2010
- Two relative unknown candidates and one who created a stir in the political world two years ago are running for the Democratic Party nomination in the 2nd U.S. House District.
- 2nd District GOP incumbent faces stern test
- July 29, 2010
- The Republican Party primary for the 2nd Congressional District features the classic split in the GOP.
- Commission proposing property tax increase
- County to publish budget with 1.18 mill addition
- July 29, 2010
- The Leavenworth County Commission has approved publication of a 2011 budget that would start a county codes court next year, despite its most vocal supporter’s last-minute reconsideration.
- Expert’s advice to beat the heat: hydration, hydration, hydration
- Hydration, hydration, hydration
- July 29, 2010
- Summertime and the working ain’t easy. This is especially true for Josh Blevins, who spends most of his workday putting up houses for Mills Construction.
- Basehor-Linwood sees progress in summer football
- July 29, 2010
- Basehor-Linwood football players have been busy this summer trying to develop a formula to duplicate last season’s success.
- Auto racing is a way of life for Bonner Springs brothers
- July 29, 2010
- Does a hot night under the lights on a dirt track sound like an ordinary Saturday night?
- Changes being discussed to improve safety on K-32
- July 29, 2010
- A revamped version of an old intersection three miles south of a new Kansas Turnpike interchange is in line for some potential changes intended to improve safety.
- Primary next week
- July 29, 2010
- With state and national offices up for consideration, candidates and election officials are hoping voters participate in this year’s primary election.
- Remember When
- July 29, 2010
- A look back at this week in history in Bonner Springs, Basehor, Linwood, Edwardsville and the Kaw Valley.
- County resident lambasts new codes court
- Dairy farmer calls funding the court a ‘doggy, kitty tax’
- July 29, 2010
- When it comes to budgeting for a new codes court in Leavenworth County, at least one resident is saying thanks, but no thanks.
- Area communities form Special Olympics team
- July 29, 2010
- A new Special Olympics team is forming in southern Leavenworth County.
- 12-year-old girl who saved drowning man honored
- July 29, 2010
- A 12-year-old Kansas City, Kan., girl who is credited with saving a 49-year-old man from drowning has been honored by KCK Police.
- Basehor Resident joins Tastefully Simple Inc.
- July 29, 2010
- Lynn Wendt, of Basehor, has become an independent consultant with Tastefully Simple Inc., a national direct sales company featuring more than 60 delicious, easy-to-prepare foods.
- Alternative medicine proves to be effective
- July 29, 2010
- You don’t expect to go to lunch with a colleague and get hauled off to her Chinese chiropractor, but it can happen.
- ‘Up against a stump’
- July 29, 2010
- My late father-in-law had a favorite saying whenever he faced a problem. He would smile, scratch his head and point out that “I guess I’m up against a stump.”
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