Latest photos by Joel Walsh

Rick Joyce, the owner of Leavenworth-based Affordable Lawn and Cemetery Care, reads one of many ... July 30, 2008	John Flower, one of eight candidates for the Leavenworth County Commission's 3rd District seat, addresses ... July 29, 2008	An existing billboard on Kansas Highway 7 south of Lansing could be made into a ... July 15, 2008
Photo detail July 15, 2008	From left: Kris Ward, Gayle Runnels, Yvonne Rosenthal, Anna Jean Breuer and Carla Crawford, of ... July 2, 2008	Stranger Township Volunteer Fire Department Chief Ben Hayes, who will step down Thursday after more ... June 25, 2008
Stranger Township Volunteer Fire Department chief Ben Hayes, who will step down Thursday after more ... June 24, 2008	U.S. Sen. Sam Brownback, who spoke earlier this year in Leavenworth, announced Thursday the Senate ... June 19, 2008	Hazel Smith, of Overland Park, dabs paint on the cheek of 4-year-old Rebekah Farrow, Linwood. ... June 12, 2008
Paul Wilburn, (left) orchestra teacher at BLHS, Doug Rippee (center left), Doug Doering (center right) ... June 12, 2008	A.J. Calderone, 5, of Kansas City, Mo., inspects a Sucuta Tortoise, one of many animals ... June 11, 2008	A cowboy clown knots a balloon for 8-year-old Rylea Oliver, of Basehor. Children also clowned ... June 11, 2008
A giant cow owned by Roberts Dairy made Basehor-Linwood High School the unmistakable site of ... June 11, 2008	Paul Wilburn (orchestra teacher at BLHS), Doug Rippee, Doug Doering and Barry Brown of The ... June 11, 2008	Hazel Smith, of Overland Park, dabs paint on the cheek of 4-year-old Rebekah Farrow, Linwood. ... June 11, 2008
Francis Hurla June 4, 2008	A communications tower at the intersection of Interstate 70 and Kansas Highway 7 owned by ... May 30, 2008	Members of the 705th Military Police Battalion Interment & Resettlement, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., retire the ... May 26, 2008
Members of the 500th Military Police Detachment, Fort Leavenworth, Kan., give a 21-gun, national salute ... May 26, 2008	40th District Kansas Rep. Candy Ruff, D-Leavenworth, addresses the crowd gathered at the 122nd annual ... May 26, 2008