Elvyn Jones Editor/Reporter
Recent stories
- Glenwood Estates sewer project moves ahead
- September 2, 2010
- Work is about to start on a controversial sewer line project south of Basehor.
- Leavenworth County United Way 2011 campaign to kickoff Sept. 10
- August 31, 2010
- Goal is $375,000
- Leavenworth County commissioners accept FAA grant
- August 31, 2010
- Vote 2-1
- Two Tonganoxie Road bridges to be replaced next year
- August 31, 2010
- Travel between Tonganoxie and Leavenworth will be complicated next year with the replacement of two bridges at Stranger Creek on Tonganoxie Road.
- Barn razing
- August 31, 2010
- Familiar Stranger Creek landscape to change
- County approves funding for airport site study
- August 26, 2010
- After learning the Federal Aviation Administration approved a grant for a site selection study for a new general aviation airport in the county, Leavenworth County commissioners started considering the next step.
- Insurance requirement threatens county’s negotiated radio deal
- August 26, 2010
- Leavenworth County government’s attempt to act as an intermediary in an agreement to secure digital radios for the county’s fire departments will apparently go forward despite the decision of two local departments not to participate.
- Insurance requirement threatens county’s negotiated radio deal
- August 24, 2010
- Deal deadline Thursday
- Roberts honored at Fort Leavenworth
- August 21, 2010
- As he was formally recognized for his contribution in making Fort Leavenworth’s 3-year-old Lewis and Clark Center a reality, U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., shared the tribute with fellow senators, the men and women trained at the center and the soldiers they lead.
- FAA approves grant for site study of new Leavenworth County airport
- August 19, 2010
- Commissioner reconfirm vow to spend no more money on possible airport without county voter approval
Recent photos
Anna Mary Landauer leans against the mail box at the Doege family farmstead. Her grandfather made the box in the days when mail was delivered by carriers in horse buggies. Stakes in the ground behind the 92-year-old Basehor woman foreshadow the widening of the road next year when the bridge of Stranger Creek will be replaced. The project will require the removal of the barn on the left and modification of the larger barn to the right.
Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., speaks at a ceremony Friday at Fort Leavenworth’s Louis and Clark Center renaming the Trophy Lounge for the senator. Roberts worked to secure funding for the center, home of the Army’s Command and General Staff College since 2007.
Jody Baragary leads her grand champion market steer in the auction pit Friday at the Leavenworth County Fair. The steer fetched $3,300 as bidders rewarded Baragary and other 4-H’ers for work on their projects.
The Kansas Department of Transportation has approved placement of a larger stop sign and other changes at the Kansas Highway 32/Leavenworth County Road 1 intersection
Taylor Leach of Linwood grooms one of the dairy cows she and her sisters would show Thursday at the Leavenworth County Fair. She won the 4-H dairy showmanship competition for her age group for the sixth time. Taylor has also won numerous showmanship grand championships at the Kansas State Fair and two national Jersey competitions.
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