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Stranger Creek floods in Easton area Rainfall over the weekend caused Stranger Creek to flood in the Easton area. The creek had dropped below its flood stage Monday afternoon. But with additional rainfall in the forecast for this week, Leavenworth County Emergency Management Director Chuck Magaha said his office will continue to monitor creeks in the area. “We’ll definitely be monitoring the creeks for the next several days,” he said. Magaha said rainfall from over the weekend ranged from 1.25 inches to about two inches in Leavenworth County. He said other nearby counties had more signi...

The Leavenworth Times Beginning Monday, people will no longer be required to wear masks when visiting Leavenworth City Hall or other city buildings. Leavenworth City Manager Paul Kramer said face coverings will be optional. He said the city is also removing occupancy limitations that were in place at the Riverfront Community Center. Kramer said city officials already had made the decision to change the mask requirement before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated guidance for fully vaccinated people on Thursday. The CDC stated on its website that people who are fully...

The Leavenworth Times While thunderstorms may be possible this weekend, the local emergency management director thinks the risk of severe weather will be low. Chuck Magaha, director of Leavenworth County Emergency Management, said more severe weather likely will stay west of Leavenworth County. Magaha said there is still a chance local residents could see a strong thunderstorm with 50-60 mph winds and hail. He said a series of storms over the weekend may result in one to two inches of rain. “It’s going to be a wet weekend,” he said. Magaha said the rainfall could lead to minor flooding ...

The Leavenworth Times The Leavenworth County Development Corporation is notifying local city and county officials about a search for the location of a new state veterans home in northeast Kansas. Steve Jack, executive director of LCDC, mentioned the search Thursday during a meeting of LCDC’s Board of Directors. Jack said he was contacted by Gregg Burden, director of the Kansas Commission on Veterans Affairs Office, about the project. “They’re looking for a 25-to-50-acre site,” Jack said. Jack said state officials are looking for land that can be donated for a long-term care facility. ...

A judge has ruled a man facing a murder charge in Leavenworth is not immune from prosecution. Cody J. Nichols argued he should be immune from prosecution because he acted in self-defense when he shot Sanquan M. Brooks last year. But District Judge Gerald Kuckelman said Thursday that immunity is not available to the defendant because the judge believes Nichols was involved in a drug transaction at the time of the shooting. “This was a drug transaction that went wrong,” Kuckelman said. Brooks was killed July 18 in Leavenworth. Nichols, 20, is charged with what is known as felony murder, whi...