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WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor announced a 10-year contract extension for athletic director Mack Rhoades on Monday, saying the deal would allow him to “complete his career” at the Big 12 school. Rhoades joined Baylor in 2016 after Ian McCaw resigned following an investigation that found the school had mishandled allegations of sexual assault, including claims against football players.

Good mayoral candidate Brett Herron said the City disregarded its environmental strategy, which he tabled in 2017, by endangering wildlife and pets after reports to him of pets getting sick and having to be taken to the vet with liver damage.

Mollie Hemingway's book, Rigged: How the Media, Big Tech, and the Democrats Seized Our Elections, raises questions about Biden's victory in Georgia.

Opening weekend for the season is Sept. 4 at the festival, which is located at 633 N. 130th St. in Bonner Springs.

The free concert will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday at Haymarket Square, located at the corner of Cherokee and Seventh streets in downtown Leavenworth.

Leavenworth Main Street’s Leavenworth Live Free Outdoor Summer Concert Series returns this weekend.

Karoline Andersen, a 17-year-old from Norway, was one of several foreign exchange students this year at Leavenworth High School.

The Memorial May event ran through Leavenworth, but the 32-day event that began April 29 ends May 31.

Leavenworth pastor’s calligraphy a gift to his congregation Growing up in Indonesia, Tim Hutabarat learned the fine art of calligraphy. These days, the pastor at Southern Heights United Methodist Church in Leavenworth is sharing his work with members of his congregation. Each of his 80 parishioners will receive a free, hand-crafted placard with their name carefully and creatively drawn. Calligraphy is a decorative form of handwriting and penmanship. “I love to help people, make them feel be...