Leavenworth County News

The Internal Revenue Service is looking for hundreds of area taxpayers who have not received refund checks.

The victim of a road-rage incident is alive thanks to a complete stranger, the man's family said.

Johnson County Health Department officials said they are expecting big crowds again for a free H1N1 clinic, one of two held in the Kansas City metro Monday.

Riley County Commissioner Mike Kearns and Director of Administrative Services Clancy HolemanA held a telephone conference with Leavenworth County Commission concerning the Military Installation Encroachment Bill.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. a ' The woman who was charged last week in her sona TMs death earlier this month has been apprehended.

New information was learned Monday when a Leavenworth mother made her first appearance in court on charges of aggravated endangering a child.

A silver alert has been issued for a missing Leavenworth County couple who became lost in Kansas City on Monday evening.Everett and Bernice Smith, both 86, last spoke with a relative about 9:10 p.m. yesterday.

The mother of a 4-year-old boy was arrested today in connection with her childs death.Monica Rivera, 28, of Leavenworth, was charged with aggravated endangering her son, who died after he was allegedly abused by her live-in boyfriend.The child, Gabriel Rivera, was brought to a Leavenworth hospital Oct.

Alcohol involved in hit-and-runLawrence police Friday released more information on a hit-and-run accident this month that killed a 20-year-old woman bicyclist.The 21-year-old driver of the car that fatally injured Rachel Leek had two passengers with him at the time of the early morning accident on Oct.

BASEHOR, Kan. a ' The Leavenworth County Sheriffa TMs Department is trying to determine what killed a Basehor High School student.

The mother of a 4-year-old boy who was allegedly killed by her live-in boyfriend has been charged with endangering a child, prosecutors said today.Monica Riveras boyfriend, Jason Lee Jones, was charged previously with felony murder in the Oct.

The trial of a Lansing man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend has been delayed for a second time.Leavenworth County District Court judge on Wednesday agreed to continue the trial of Sedale L. Fox to March 22.

There is a huge demand for the H1N1 flu vaccine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said production has fallen behind schedule.

Kansas City Kansas Community College posted an all-time enrollment high of 7,137 students for the fall semester.That is an 11.4 percent increase over the fall 2008 semester.The figure includes the 6,467 students at the campuses in Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties and 684 students at the newly acquired Technical Education Center.

Fire crews from the Leavenworth County Fire District No. 1 responded to a trash fire early this morning at the Lansing Correctional Facility.

A man admitted in Leavenworth County court that he had videotaped a Fort Leavenworth family in their bathroom.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. a ' A source close to the investigation into the death of a 4-year-old Leavenworth boy tells NBC Action News he died of blunt force trauma.

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. a ' Jason Lee Jones, the 33-year-old Leavenworth man responsible for watching his girlfriend's son while she worked, appeared in court Tuesday charged with murder.

A Leavenworth man was charged Tuesday with killing his girlfriend's four-year-old son.

A Leavenworth man has been charged in the death of a 4-year-old boy.The child, Gabriel Rivera, was brought to a Leavenworth hospital Sunday morning with serious injuries.