Archive for Wednesday, January 23, 2008

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Lead stories

12:00 a.m.
Lansing High School's Winter Royalty king and queen will be announced at halftime of the boy's basketball game Friday against Bonner Springs. King candidates, back row from left, are seniors Stephen Didde and Andy Armstrong. Not pictured is senior Bobby Hauver. Queen candidates are seniors, from left, Rachel Howard, Sara Logan and Rachel Pride. ‘Person of interest’ in Lansing homicide becomes suspect
Staff reports
9:00 p.m., January 22, 2008 Updated 9:32 p.m.
Authorities have identified the victim as Olivia Jackson, a 20-year-old pregnant woman.

All stories

Lions pounce on Patton
By Chris Wristen
January 23, 2008
The Lansing High freshman boys basketball team looked awfully comfortable playing in its home gymnasium Monday night.
Bill seeks drug tests for drivers in wrecks
By Scott Rothschild
January 23, 2008
The legislation was spurred by a fatal accident on Valentine’s Day 2007 near Basehor.
Tree stand pays dividends for Basehor farmer
Tree stand pays dividends for Basehor farmer
By Lara Hastings
January 23, 2008 in print edition on A8
The row of tall Eastern Red Cedar trees on Ronnie Kenyon’s farm just north of Basehor not only provides a nice winter sanctuary for the birds, it’s saved him hundreds of dollars in heating bills through the years.
Conservation district’s 59th annual meeting slated for Saturday
By Staff Report
January 23, 2008 in print edition on A8
Leavenworth County Conservation District will be having its 59th annual meeting from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday at the Lansing Community Center.
Conservation a priority for area farmers
By Estuardo Garcia
January 23, 2008 in print edition on A9
If raising seven kids wasn’t hard work enough, try adding three cats, 11 dogs and 104 cows in calving season.
Father’s legacy carried through with children
By Nicole Kelley
January 23, 2008
What started as a dream of one man’s wish to leave the city for a life on the farm has become a legacy that his two children have continued to value long after his death.
KCKCC to offer belly-dancing class
By Staff Report
January 23, 2008
A six-week class in belly dancing for beginners will be offered at Kansas City Kansas Community College starting Monday, Feb. 4.
County OKs employee pay packages
County OKs employee pay packages
By Joel Walsh
January 23, 2008
Leavenworth County’s non-elected employees will receive an average 2 percent salary increase based on merit in addition to a 1.5 percent across-the-board cost-of-living adjustment in 2008, but it has yet to be determined how elected officials’ salaries will be affected.