Leavenworth News

The Kansas City metro has plenty of historic drive-in restaurants: the beloved local Winstead's , Mug's Up Root Beer Drive-In , Harold's Drive-In , The Humdinger , and the drive-in that may be the oldest of them all, the cozy diner at 1320 S. 4th Street in Leavenworth called Homer's. It started as a root beer stand - with male carhops wearing ... (more)

A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the issuer credit rating to "bbb" from "bbb+" and affirmed the financial strength rating of B++ of Armed Forces Insurance Exchange .

Military officials in Kansas are making tough decisions on how to implement the furloughs of more than 6,000 civilian employees, The Topeka Capital-Journal reports.

It's a “last gasp,” an expert said of the convicted Ponzi schemer's contention about his sentence.

HAMILTON - Former Mayor John Bencivengo will begin serving a 38-month prison sentence in two weeks at a federal prison camp in Leavenworth, Kan., according to his attorney.

More than a year after announcing plans to open the new restaurant, the family-owned Luigi's, 127 S. Main St., Ottawa, is ready for business, Zhyllieta Morina said.

A traffic stop attempt in Platte County resulted in shots being fired Friday morning, Kansas Highway Patrol spokesman said.

Ron and Willena Lawrence of Ft. Leavenworth,KS will be celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday, May 18, 2013.

If you're afraid that long-past scrape with the law will keep you from landing a job, there's some... Brig.

The practically year-old Goldendoodle is as cute as can be. His real name is Brody, but his owner and hopefully soon-to-be therapy handler, Sergeant Amber Knickman, calls him her " Army Brat ." Knickman is completely familiar with wounded warriors and veterans since she is currently a Sergeant assigned to the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment in Fort Myer, ... (more)

U.S. Army Brigadier General Jason T. Evans said American Airlines Flight 1554 had just begun its descent into D/FW Airport on Tuesday evening when the incident began.

Officials with the Kansas Department of Education, Kansas Character Education Initiative and the Brown v. Board National Historic Site in Topeka honored the schools and districts on Thursday.

A military jury at Fort Leavenworth has convicted a 22-year-old Missouri soldier of a murder committed while he was home for his wife's funeral.

The following is the text of a public comment by Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth A. R. Pinkela of the United States Army before the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS on Monday, April 22, 2013: Good afternoon.

The family of two Leavenworth brothers who were shot to death in 2011 is unhappy with a plea agreement that allowed their killer to be sentenced to 18 years in prison.

The family of two Leavenworth brothers who were shot to death in 2011 is unhappy with a plea agreement that allowed the killer to be sentenced to 18 years in prison.

In his 30 years in law enforcement, Kansas Bureau of Investigation deputy director Kyle Smith admits he has never seen anything like an ongoing investigation connected to the famed 1959 "In Cold Blood" murders in southwestern Kansas.