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Kobach tells second left-wing organization to cease paying voters

(The Sentinel) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has demanded that a second left-wing organization cease paying incentives to voters. On Oct. 31, 2026, Kobach sent a cease-and-desist… Read More

November 2, 2026
Politics
Kansas AG demands League of Women Voters quit paying people to register to vote

(The Sentinel) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has directed the League of Women Voters of Kansas to cease paying people to register to vote. According to a… Read More

October 1, 2026
ICE
ICE detention center approved for Leavenworth despite resident protests

Leavenworth, Kansas approved the reopening of the Midwest Regional Reception Center as a new ICE detention center on Tuesday after a year-long process.  The city commission voted 4-1… Read More

March 12, 2026
Public Education
Former Kansas elementary teacher pleads no contest to charges of taking indecent liberties with a child

​(The Sentinel) – Jerome Riscovallez, 55, a former Henry Leavenworth Elementary School teacher, avoided trial later this month by entering two pleas of no contest to… Read More

September 12, 2025
Education, Kansas
Recall of Leavenworth school board member Vanessa Reid fails

(The Sentinel) — Supporters of a campaign to oust USD 453 board member Vanessa Reid failed to gather the required number of signatures on a petition to place a… Read More

August 4, 2023
Public Education
‘Failed attempt to undermine an election’: Recall of conservative Kansas school board member fails

(The Sentinel) – Supporters of a campaign to oust USD 453 board member Vanessa Reid failed to gather the required number of signatures on a petition to place… Read More

August 3, 2023
Culture, Education
Elected leaders’ concerns about early-age sexual indoctrination in Leavenworth elementary school is unwelcome, brings call to resign

As a conservative, Pat Proctor never did feel welcome at Leavenworth’s David Brewer Elementary School in Kansas. It’s only gotten worse now. After they blew the whistle on… Read More

March 13, 2023
Education, Kansas
Parent cites Leavenworth High School for lack of transparency, accountability

(The Sentinel) — What began last year as concern over content in an English Language Arts class has repeated itself this school year and resulted in a Leavenworth High School… Read More

February 20, 2023