City to make parade decision Feb. 2
The Leavenworth Times
While some commissioners seemed in favor of moving forward this week, the Leavenworth City Commission will wait until Feb. 2 to decide whether to allow the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
The parade typically takes place each year in downtown Leavenworth. But city officials canceled the event last year because of concerns about COVID-19. Commissioners are now considering whether to allow the parade to take place this year amid ongoing concerns about the pandemic.
The parade is organized by a private committee, but the event requires permission from the city government.
Commissioners discussed the parade Tuesday during a study session.
Commissioners discuss proposal for Cushing building
Company proposes for-profit psychiatric hospital
The Leavenworth Times
A company is proposing to use a portion of the former Saint Luke’s Cushing Hospital building for a for-profit psychiatric hospital.
Representatives of the Tennessee-based CenterPointe Behavioral Health System met Wednesday with Leavenworth County commissioners.
The county government owns the former hospital building.
Officials with CenterPointe propose leasing the third floor and possibly the fourth floor of the Cushing building to operate a 20-bed adult inpatient psychiatric hospital that also offers outpatient services.
Commission Chairman Doug Smith said the proposal is still preliminary.
Officials with CenterPointe planned to tour the former hospital building Wednesday afternoon after their meeting with the County Commission.
The Leavenworth County Health Department has reported another death resulting from COVID-19.
The Health Department reported Wednesday that a Leavenworth County woman in her 40s recently died from complications from COVID-19.
“We extend our condolences to the family members and friends of this individual,” Stephanie Sloop, a spokeswoman for Leavenworth County’s response team to COVID-19, said in a news release.
Thirty-six residents of the county have died from complications from COVID-19 since the pandemic began, according to the Leavenworth County Health Department.
A new COVID-19 testing site has opened at the University of Saint Mary, 4100 S. Fourth St., according to a news release from the company NIC.
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