Marti Crow News Today

Final at Bravera Field helps christen completion of Sanford Softball Complex.

Rest in peace, Max Cleland.

MARTI CROW: Lessons to be learned Marti Crow I took lots of history courses in college and later at St. Mary University here in Leavenworth because I love history. I taught American history to middle school students. Now we live in very interesting historical times – a pandemic that harkens back to 1919, lots of political unrest and political friction, forever wars, and economic and social upheaval. There’s so many dramatic events that even hibernation during a quarantine doesn’t feel bor...

When people agreed about facts Marti Crow I miss Walter Cronkite. Remember when the news was factual and everyone, at least in America, agreed about the facts of the daily news? I still read newspapers. I like the fact that the “opinion” part of the newspaper is segregated on the editorial page. I expect that the items in the news part of the paper are researched and reported factually. When I read the editorial pages, I expect to see opinions with which I will either agree or disagree. Som...

LETTER: Mask petition To the editor: There is disappointment in the Leavenworth County Commission, with the exception of Vicki Kaaz, in not supporting a mask mandate. Now we have We the People of Leavenworth County (objection to this inclusive group title as we all live in Leavenworth County). They are initiating petitions to declare the mask ordinances in Leavenworth, Lansing and Tonganoxie unconstitutional. If they succeed in obtaining the required number of signatures for each city, then an ...