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Applications are being accepted for the Leavenworth County Planning Commission. The terms of four members of the Planning Commission are set to expire at the end of June. Krystal Voth, director of the Leavenworth County Planning and Zoning Department, said the members whose terms are expiring can reapply for the positions. But other county residents can apply for the positions as well. The Planning Commission makes recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners regarding changes to zoning regulations as well as things such as applications for preliminary and final plats. The Planning Co...

The Leavenworth Times The filing deadline is still almost two months away, but several people already have filed as candidates for local city and school board positions. As of Tuesday morning, three people had filed as candidates for the Leavenworth City Commission. They are Griff Martin, Maren Hart and Edd Hingula. All of Leavenworth’s city commissioners serve in at-large positions rather than representing individual wards or districts. This means each candidate for the City Commission can live anywhere in the city. Three seats on the Leavenworth City Commission are up for election this ye...

Jury trials to resume in Leavenworth County The Leavenworth Times After more than a year without a jury trial, trials with jurors are scheduled to resume in June in Leavenworth County District Court. But seating arrangements for the trials will be different. Jury trials were halted last year across the state because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Court officials in Leavenworth County prepared a 15-page plan for how to conduct trials during the pandemic. “We submitted a plan that was approved,” Court Administrator Steve Crossland said. With the Kansas Supreme Court’s approval of the plan, Jud...

The Leavenworth County Health Department reported 28 new coronavirus cases in a weekly update. Twenty-four of the new cases reported Monday are what Health Department officials refer to as community cases. The remaining new four cases involve inmates at the CoreCivic Leavenworth Detention Center. The Leavenworth County Health Department releases an update about local COVID-19 cases each Monday. Since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 6,726 confirmed cases of the virus in Leavenworth County. Fifty-five Leavenworth county residents have died from complications from COVID-19. As of ...

The Leavenworth Times The Leavenworth County Health Department will offer extended hours this week for a walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic. The clinic also will take place on a different day. This week’s walk-in clinic will take place from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., or until vaccine supplies run out, Wednesday at the Riverfront Community Center, 123 S. Esplanade St. The clinic is open to Leavenworth County residents who are 18 and older and have not yet received a COVID-19 vaccine shot. People are asked to bring photo identification. They also can expedite the process by downloading the vaccine c...