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Defendant in murder solicitation case ordered to appear in court The Leavenworth Times A woman who is charged in Leavenworth County with solicitation of murder has been ordered to appear in court Monday morning for a motion to revoke her bond. Renee C. Johnson-Fritz, 44, is charged with solicitation of capital murder in connection to an April 9, 2019, attack on an inmate at the Lansing Correctional Facility. Prosecutors allege the attack was ordered by Johnson-Fritz’s husband, Frederick Fritz, who is an inmate at the El Dorado Correctional Facility. Johnson-Fritz is accused of forwarding a ...

The Leavenworth Times A man was arrested after he was chased by a Leavenworth County deputy in a pursuit that ended in Douglas County, according to an official with the Sheriff’s Office. The pursuit began at 11:34 p.m. Wednesday when a deputy with the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office attempted to stop a driver for alleged speeding in the area of 182nd Street and U.S. 24-40, according to Undersheriff Jim Sherley. The suspect, who was driving a 2017 Hyundai Elantra, allegedly drove away at a high rate of speed. He traveled west into the city of Tonganoxie and eventually traveled south on...

County schedules special meeting to address state mask order The Leavenworth Times Leavenworth County commissioners will have a special meeting Thursday afternoon to consider whether to opt the county out of a new statewide mask mandate. The meeting is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Thursday at the Leavenworth County Courthouse. Commissioners have voted in the past to exempt Leavenworth County from the governor’s mask orders. The governor’s previous executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic expire Wednesday as a result of a new state law dealing with emergency management. Gov. Laura Kell...

Leavenworth County commissioners ended up taking no action Thursday regarding the governor’s new mask order. That is because the order already was struck down by members of the state’s Legislative Coordinating Council. County commissioners previously exempted Leavenworth County from statewide mask orders issued by Gov. Laura Kelly. As a result of a new state emergency management law, all of Kelly’s executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic expired Wednesday. The governor had announced that she planned to reissue a number of executive orders Thursday including an order that requi...

Board members consider additional option for Henry Leavenworth traffic The Leavenworth Times After being presented two options earlier this year to help alleviate traffic congestion at Henry Leavenworth Elementary School, school board members now want to consider an additional option, the superintendent said. Members of the Leavenworth Board of Education discussed the possible options Monday during a special meeting. Leavenworth Superintendent Mike Roth said district staff members were given homework to study whether a bus lane can be added to the school grounds off of Vilas Street. Henry Lea...