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The Leavenworth Times Leavenworth County commissioners have voted to provide $240,538 in funding for design work for a Lansing sewer extension project. Commissioners approved the funding when they met Wednesday. Lansing City Administrator Tim Vandall said the project could help spur development of additional properties along the Kansas 7 Highway corridor by extending sewer service farther south to McIntyre Road. Vandall said city officials anticipate engineering costs for the design work will total about $500,000. He said the project may not be designed until 2023 or 2024. “But once designe...

The wearing of face coverings is now optional when visiting the Leavenworth police station. Visitors who previously stepped past the reception area to other offices of the Leavenworth Police Department were required to wear masks because of COVID-19. But a sign posted at the police station now indicates masks are optional. Police Chief Pat Kitchens said the change was made at the beginning of the month. He said police officers were among the first group of people to receive a COVID-19 vaccine once administration of the shots began in the area. Kitchens said about 70% of the members of the Lea...

A team of Junior ROTC cadets from Leavenworth High School has won a national championship. An all-female group known as the Cavalry Angels captured the overall unarmed drill team championship this past weekend at the National High School Drill Team Championships in Daytona Beach, Florida, said retired Maj. Kenneth Scillieri. Scillieri is the senior Army instructor for the JROTC program at Leavenworth High School. “I’m so happy for these girls,” Scillieri said. “They have put in so much time, work.” He said members of the team had been practicing since the start of the school year. S...

The Leavenworth County Health Department is changing the location of its COVID-19 vaccination clinics. Health Department officials initially offered vaccination clinics at their offices at 500 Eisenhower Road. But since February, the clinics have taken place at the Riverfront Community Center in downtown Leavenworth. Leavenworth County Health Officer Jamie Miller said the clinics will move back to the Health Department next week. Miller spoke Wednesday to county commissioners. Miller said around 100 people came to last week’s clinic for their first doses of COVID-19 vaccines. He said most o...

It appears the Leavenworth County government will not be taking over a private prison. Commissioners voted Wednesday to notify CoreCivic of their decision not to move forward with a proposal from the company. “I don’t see any way we can do this,” Commissioner Doug Smith said. CoreCivic officials had proposed the county take over the operation of the company’s Leavenworth Detention Center, which houses pretrial detainees for the U.S. Marshals Service. Company officials made the proposal after President Joe Biden issued an executive order in January that prohibits the U.S. attorney gene...