Leavenworth News Archives

Leavenworth police are reviewing the death of a baby nearly two years ago after the father was recently charged with abusing a 4-month-old in Atchison.The death of Bryan Quinley II in September 2006 was ruled ...

U.S. President George W. Bush has approved the execution of a soldier, the first time in more than 50 years since a president refused to commute a death sentence for a member of the U.S. military.

U.S. President George W. Bush has approved the execution of a soldier, the first time in more than 50 years since a president refused to commute a death sentence for a member of the U.S. military.

U.S. President George W. Bush has approved the execution of a soldier, the first time in more than 50 years since a president refused to commute a death sentence for a member of the U.S. military.

U.S. President George W. Bush has approved the execution of a soldier, the first time in more than 50 years since a president refused to commute a death sentence for a member of the U.S. military.

Commander, U.S. Central Command, beginning in September 2008; Commanding general of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, 2007-2008; commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, ...

Commander, U.S. Central Command, beginning in September 2008; Commanding general of the Multi-National Force in Iraq, 2007-2008; commanding general of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center at Fort Leavenworth, ...

Army Maj. Bruce W. Terry, in a paper written last year at the Army's Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., explains why the United States doesn't have much of a ground military option for ...

An adviser to incoming U.S. Central Command boss Gen. David Petraeus predicts that the general will seek to re-create his Iraqi success in Afghanistan, using many of the same methods that appear to have turned ...

KANSAS CITY, KAN. James A. McKeighan, 39, Leavenworth, Kan., was sentenced Thursday to 293 months in federal prison on drug and firearms charges.

Michael and Cassie Crow, married for fewer than 70 days, are among a growing number of young couples calling Raytown home.

An adviser to incoming U.S. Central Command boss Gen. David Petraeus predicts that the general will seek to recreate his Iraqi success in Afghanistan, using many of the same methods that appear to have turned ...

PAPER: Military Interventions in Sierra Leone: Lessons From a Failed State , By Larry J. Woods and Colonel Timothy R. Reese, The Long War Series , Occasional Paper 28, Combat Studies Institute Press, US Army ...

JR may not have felt like a lucky dog before, but he is now. The beagle was one of the infamous "Michael Vick dogs" that inhabited the suspended NFL star's Surry County home.

A Fort Leavenworth, Kan., man was killed in an accident that occurred just west of Hamilton, Mo., late Wednesday night.

You don't need to leave Kansas City to meet a Queen - ' this town's crawling with them, especially at Missie B's on a Saturday night.

With gasoline hovering near $4 a gallon, how far would you drive to save 50 cents in sales tax? If you do the math, not very far.

From Shawnee PD: On 7-13-08, 90-year-old Warren Wagner left his Shawnee residence in his Silver 2007 Chevy Colbalt 2-door to run some errands.

YAHOO! Soldier with troubled past convicted of murder in war-torn Iraq By Bartholomew Sullivan , Memphis Commercial Appeal Sunday, July 13, 2008 The Iraqi civilian made the mistake of smirking when soldiers ...

At 47, rock icon Melissa Etheridge has finally found the higher power most of us can only dream of, and it is within.

Approximately 22 National Guardsmen of the 35th Infantry Division will be welcomed home from their deployment to Kosovo during a ceremony on Sunday, July 13.

The Channel 9 news is filming in Leavenworth, Kansas early TOMORROW morning and The Lucky Charms were asked to play.

' A bomb threat forced the evacuation of the Doniphan County Courthouse in Troy, Kan., Tuesday.

Republican Jim Ryun is wooing an important voting bloc in the 2nd Congressional District with a new television ad touting his work to protect military bases while he held the seat he now hopes to recapture.

A day that would seem horribly smoggy in the U.S. is what Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau would say is a "blue sky day." Crow says, "It's my job as an artist to encourage others through music, and I'm ...

Imprisoned quarterback Michael Vick is seeking bankruptcy protection, saying that he owes between $10 million and $50 million to creditors.

Yes, the Army made some mistakes in Iraq: The 720-page report compiled by the Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, details the effects of having too few coalition troops on the ground when the ...

The United States Army in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM, May 2003-January 2005. ON POINT II: Transition to the New Campaign .

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Road construction is expected to cause major traffic delays Monday at the security entrances to Fort Leavenworth.The military post will close the main gate on Grant Avenue for five weeks to resurface the road.

U.S. military leaders made several mistakes in the beginning of the Iraq war and were unprepared for disorder, the Army's official history of the war says.

Two people were killed when a twin-engine plane that took off from the Wheeler Downtown Airport crashed Tuesday in a Leavenworth County field.

The U.S. Army's official history of the Iraq war shows military chiefs made mistake after mistake in the early months of the conflict.

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