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The Leavenworth Times The Leavenworth County Health Department will no longer release COVID-19 updates on Fridays. The department will release only one update each week on Mondays, according to a spokeswoman for the county. The Leavenworth County Health Department had been releasing updates about local COVID-19 cases each Monday and Friday. But county spokeswoman Stephanie Sloop said in a news release Friday that the “Leavenworth County Health Department is moving to an all-inclusive update for our COVID-19 statistics posted weekly on Mondays. This move allows staff to continue their focus ...

The Basehor-Linwood Board of Education has hired a new superintendent. Doug Powers will replace David Howard, who is retiring as the superintendent at the end of the school year. Powers was hired for the job Thursday during a special meeting of the USD 458 Basehor-Linwood Board of Education. Powers will officially begin his duties as the new superintendent July 1. He currently is employed by the Turner school district, Kansas City, Kansas, as the assistant superintendent of facilities and public relations. He previously served as a superintendent in the Maize and Marysville school districts, ...

The Leavenworth Times A woman was arrested for alleged arson after a travel trailer was damaged by fire just outside of the Leavenworth city limits, according to an official with the Leavenworth County Sheriff’s Office. The fire was reported 7:40 a.m. Tuesday in the 2200 block of Ottawa Street just west of the city. Leavenworth Fire Marshal Andy Brooks said members of the Leavenworth Fire Department responded to the fire while providing mutual aid to the Kickapoo Township Fire Department. Brooks said fire caused substantial damage to the travel trailer, which was immobile at the time of the...

When they met this week, Leavenworth city commissioners approved the purchase of new police vehicles and repairs at the city’s wastewater treatment plant.

Parents who want their children to be bused to Lansing public schools next year may be charged a registration fee.