Leavenworth News

The Army is considering a major redesign of the M4 aimed at making the weapon shoot cleaner and longer - at high rates of fire.

Improvised explosive devices have been the largest source of casualties in the war zone and remain a persistent problem.

A wintry mix is falling around the metro area as earlier snows have given way to rain in the afternoon on Monday.

The beautiful and amazingly talented Miranda Lambert will be performing at Fort Leavenworth on December 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the Eisenhower Auditorium, Lewis and Clark Center.

As of Wednesday evening, KU head football coach Mark Mangino is still employed. NBC Action Sports Director Jack Harry talked with Mangino just before 6 p.m. Wednesday, and Mangino says an internal investigation is ongoing and he is not worried about losing his job.

The wives of three Army sergeants in prison for premeditated murder say their husbands are war heroes who should not be in prison.

Calling Sam Brownbacks election as Kansas next governor premature, Kansas Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a candidate of their own: Tom Wiggans, a retired Olathe pharmaceutical executive.Wiggans, 57, is a political newcomer largely unknown in the state he hopes to lead.

Ames Iowa State volleyball player Victoria Henson has been named the American Volleyball Coaches Association National Player of the Week.

In the Leavenworth, Kansas area, northwest of Kansas City, the snow came down first thing in the morning on Monday.

People line up to receive the H1N1 vaccine at a clinic in Leavenworth, Kan.

Main Missouri, United States city, Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, western Missouri , U.S. Located on the Missouri River at the confluence with the Kansas River , the city is contiguous with Kansas City , Kansas, forming part of a large urban complex that also includes Leavenworth , Olathe , Overland Park , Prairie Village, and Shawnee ...

As the holiday cooking season approaches, Safe Kids Kansas reminds parents and caregivers to check the kitchen for preventable hazards and to supervise children at all times in the kitchen.

Jennifer Seward as Gillian Holroyd and Matt Powell as Shepherd Henderson in "Bell, Book and Candle." The hit television series "Bewitched" popularized the idea of humans living a typical life with immortals.

Grain growers in eastern Kansas who plan to campaign for a seat on one of the state's five grain commodity commissions--corn, grain sorghum, soybeans, wheat or sunflowers--should be gathering petition signatures now to meet the Nov.

A Dec. 10 trial date has been scheduled for a woman accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the Leavenworth High School Football Booster Club.

The accused Fort Hood gunman , Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will be tried by a court martial, and prosecutors will have the option of seeking the death penalty.

Omaha Police made an arrest in a shooting that happened more than a year and a half ago.

The accused Fort Hood gunman , Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan will be tried by a court martial, and prosecutors will have the option of seeking the death penalty.

Only five soldiers, sentenced to death, are sitting on death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas... and only one has actually been executed since 1961.

He could face the death penalty if convicted of last week's massacre at Fort Hood.