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The Leavenworth County Health Department has reported an additional COVID-19 death in the county.

No flooding was reported over the weekend as a result of recent rain. But Leavenworth County Emergency Management officials continue to monitor Stranger Creek and the Missouri River as additional rain is anticipated.

The Leavenworth Times A Leavenworth man was taken into custody after he crashed while allegedly trying to flee from a police officer on Eisenhower Road. After the crash, the man allegedly fled on foot before he was apprehended in Lansing, according to Maj. Dan Nicodemus, deputy chief of the Leavenworth Police Department. A Leavenworth officer attempted to stop the vehicle the 23-year-old suspect was driving at 8:04 p.m. Friday on Eisenhower Road. The officer knew there were outstanding warrants for the suspect’s arrest, Nicodemus said. The seven warrants were for various charges including a...

The Leavenworth Times Two men who are facing murder charges in Leavenworth County have been appointed a new attorney to represent them, according to court records. Ramaun K. Johnson and Dan S. Flannagan each was represented by attorney John Bryant. But Bryant, who recently was appointed to serve as a district judge, withdrew from the two cases Friday. Attorney Gregory Robinson has been appointed to represent Johnson and Flannagan. Johnson, 33, Leavenworth, is charged with first-degree murder in connection to the death of Shavar A. Walker. Walker, 33, Kansas City, Missouri, was shot multiple t...

The Leavenworth Times A judge has denied a motion that sought to prosecute a man in Leavenworth for an attempted murder charge a second time, according to court records. The judge made the ruling Friday during a hearing in the case of James D. Thompson. Thompson, 34, previously was charged with attempted first-degree murder in connection to an August 2015 shooting in Leavenworth. During a 2017 trial, the charge of aggravated battery was presented to jurors for consideration as a lesser included offense to the attempted murder charge. And jurors convicted Thompson of the aggravated battery cha...