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Lansing News
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- Prelim Set For Leavenworth Homicide Suspect
A Jan. 15 prelimninary hearing is set for a convicted murderer charged with another killing and fleeing from Leavenworth police.
- Wobker-Caldwell
The Paola United Methodist Church was the location of the wedding of Carrie Wobker and Justin Caldwell, both of Kansas City, Mo., on Nov.
- Man Charged in Leavenworth Murder
A disturbance the day after Christmas led to a fatal shooting and police pursuit.
- Man Gets 27 Months For Robbing Skateboarder, 12
Police say 20-year-old Jacob Young stopped his car in Lansing on Sept. 26 and robbed the skateboarder after raising his shirt to reveal what the boy thought was a handgun.
- Students nominated for service academies
Congresswoman Nancy Boyda has announced students nominated from the 2nd District of Kansas to the U.S. service academies for the class of 2013.
- Holidays, stress go hand in hand
Thanksgiving is over, but Americans have more than a month of holiday buildup and celebration left to enjoy -- or not.
- ASVA Video: Mill Valley Vs. Lansing
Hovpen Sports and All Star Video Sports out of Kansas City have partnered to bring you the latest highlights out of the Kansas City Region via the Rivals.com Network.
- Election Issue: Running Scared
Kelly Kultala is in a hit man's cross hairs. Kultala, a Democrat running for Kansas state Senate, isn't paranoid.
- Kansan Among National 4-H Honorees
A dedicated advocate for youth - Cecil L. Eyestone of Manhattan, Kan. - has been tapped to join distinguished leaders in the National 4-H Hall of Fame.
- Lucky Charms at Autumn in the Grove Festival
The Lucky Charms are playing at the Autumn in the Grove festival on Saturday, 11 October 2008 in Lansing, Kansas at 2pm.
- Other news in brief: Part of U.S. 69 closing
U.S. 69 closingSouthbound U.S. 69 will be closed from 103rd Street to I-435 from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. today.
- Atchison Plan May Hinder Leavenworth-Area Airport
The County Commission has approved a study of whether building a public airport would be justified.
- Hit and Run Victim Remembered
A Lansing, Kan., family remembers a hit and run victim on what would be his 26th birthday.
- Leaders set out their priorities for highways
They came and they asked. And asked. And asked.They asked for new highways. They asked for more bus service.
- Midwest Country Music Stars Bill and Dustin Hunt, Inducted Into...
Midwest Country Music Stars Bill & Dustin Hunt, Inducted Into America's Old Time Country Music Hall Of Fame - NTCMA Midwest Country Music Stars Bill & Dustin Hunt, Inducted Into America's Old Time Country Music ...
- Kansas elementary principal prepares for Iraq tour
A northeast Kansas school principal is about to tackle a task that almost certainly will be far more trying than overseeing hundreds of kids every day of the week.
- Izzy
Your stories and photos Izzy 8/26/08 Owner: Melissa LamprechtName: IzzyFavorite pasttime: watching for squirrels through the window Kerri Wagner ~ 8/25/08 The 5th grade Jackson Junior Indians traveling football ...
- Trial Looms for Lansing Man in Death of Pregnant Girlfriend
Sedale Fox of Lansing is charged with one count of capital murder and one count of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder in the death of Olivia Jackson.
- Public safety: Suspect's mother allegedly threatens witness
A shooting suspect’s mother allegedly threatened a witness against her son last week.
Lansing Classifieds
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City DescriptionLansing is a city situated along the Missouri River in the eastern part of Leavenworth County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. The population was 9,199 at the 2000 census, and it was estimated to be 10,705 in the year 2006. It is the second most populous city of Leavenworth County and is a part of the Kansas City metropolitan area.
The Lansing Correctional Facility (formerly the Kansas State Penitentiary), which includes the state's main maximum-security prison, is located in Lansing. Perry Edward Smith and Richard Eugene Hickock, the subjects of In Cold Blood, were hanged at the prison on April 14, 1965.
Most recently, Lansing was ranked 88 in the top 100 of Money Magazine's 2007 list of best places to live.
Lansing is named for James William Lansing, a business man born in New York. Formerly William Lansing Taylor, James changed his name upon his enlistment in 1862 as a hospital steward in the 7th Regiment of the Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. Following the Civil War, he earned a position at the new state penitentiary in Kansas as a hospital steward. He later resigned and opened a general mercantile store, which held the post office and an apothecary ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:Size:
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