Also from January 24
Obituaries
On the street
Polls
Do you expect it to get any colder this winter?
| Response | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Yes. The heck with global warming. | 61% | |
| No. If it does, I’m moving to the tropics. | 38% | |
| Total | 47 | |
All stories
- Murder charges filed in pregnant woman’s shooting death
- Suspect arrested in pipe-bombing
- 05:52 p.m., January 24, 2008 Updated 06:41 p.m.
- Prosecutors in Leavenworth County today filed a murder charge against a 23-year-old Lansing man in the shooting death of a pregnant woman.
- Family celebrates soldier’s return
- January 24, 2008
- The bright yellow ribbon that hung on a large tree in the front yard of Carol Murray’s house caught the eyes of many passing motorists along Kansas Highway 7.
- Realty executive is Citizen of Year
- January 24, 2008
- The chairman of one of Leavenworth County’s largest privately held businesses is this year’s Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year.
- New program for LHS freshmen showing early signs of success
- January 24, 2008
- With the first semester under their belt, school administrators and faculty of Lansing High School are already touting the success of a new program designed to smooth the transition for freshman class students.
- Rematch possible at Baldwin Invite.
- January 24, 2008
- When the Lansing High wrestling team departs early Saturday morning for the Baldwin Invitational, all of the Lions will eagerly await their opportunity to prove themselves against opponents from nationally ranked Oak Park (Mo.) High.
- LHS girls hustle to 3rd-place finish
- Defensive pressure helps Lansing overcome shooting woes
- January 24, 2008 in print edition on B1
- If any basketball team understands that it takes more than shots to win a game, it’s the Lansing High girls.
- Lions feast in finals
- January 24, 2008 in print edition on B1
- Rod Briggs knew one thing about his players: They were hungry.
- A biker; minus the leather
- January 24, 2008
- During the work week it’s usually all business for Chuck Peterson, senior vice president and CEO of Citizens National Bank in Lansing.
- Scouts race to finish line during Pinewood Derby
- January 24, 2008
- Scores of race fans flocked to the area this weekend not to the Kansas Speedway but to Lansing Middle School to take part in Cub Scout Pack 3165’s annual Pinewood Derby.
- Trash rates increase; first time since 1997
- January 24, 2008
- For the first time in 10 years, Lansing residents will see an increase in the rate they pay for trash removal.
- City resolves Hithergreen parking problems
- January 24, 2008
- Some one-on-one conversations with Lansing High School students seems to have curtailed parking problems on Hithergreen Drive.
- Scoreboard
- January 24, 2008
- Lansing sports scores and results for the week leading up to Jan. 24, 2008.
- Pucker up
- January 24, 2008
- Kerry Brungardt, Lansing Middle School principal, kissed a pig on Friday as part of a student council fundraiser.
- County conservation district’s 59th annual meeting is Saturday
- January 24, 2008
- 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.
- Tree stand pays dividends for Basehor farmer
- January 24, 2008
- 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 a priority for area farmers
- January 24, 2008
- If raising seven kids wasn’t hard work enough, try adding three cats, 11 dogs and 104 cows in calving season.
- Students learn global impact of compassion
- January 24, 2008
- A lesson in social studies met a lesson in compassion for two classes at Lansing Intermediate School, giving students the chance to learn firsthand how their generosity could have an international effect.
- Online tax filing offers easy, safe alternative
- January 24, 2008
- Whether you’re paying the money you owe or claiming the money you’ll be getting back, Uncle Sam says there’s no sense filling out any paperwork come tax time.
- Who was Drusie Coffin?
- January 24, 2008
- There was only one superintendent of schools in Leavenworth County in the 1930’s, 40s and 50s. On July 22, 1939, Drusilla Coffin became superintendent of the Leavenworth County Schools.
- City displays wisdom with parking solution
- January 24, 2008
- A resounding thank you goes out to City Administrator Mike Smith, whose common-sense actions seem to have diffused an issue splitting some Hithergreen Drive neighbors and Lansing High School students.
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Talking points
What are you looking forward to most with the warming weather this spring?
Just getting out of the house and playing with the kids.
