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1. Students Celebrate Walk and Roll to School Day - Ad Astra Radio (adastraradio.com) — Families in Leavenworth should know that several USD 453 schools, including Henry Leavenworth Elementary, David Brewer, Anthony Elementary, Richard Warren Middle, and Leavenworth High, will join Walk and Roll to School Day on Oct. 7. The statewide event promotes safe walking, biking, and rolling, with KDOT offering free safety materials and reminders for both drivers and students to watch out for each other.
2. Parents still waiting for answers 2 days after gun found at Leavenworth High School (kshb.com) — Parents in Leavenworth are demanding clearer communication after a student was found with a gun in a book bag at Leavenworth High School, without a lockdown being called. Several families say the district downplayed both the initial threat and later rumors, leaving them worried about safety, frustrated by delayed alerts, and unsure how to reach their children under Kansas' new school cellphone ban.
3. Flood warning issued for Leavenworth and Atchison counties from Thursday to Saturday (kansascity.com) — A National Weather Service flood warning is in effect for Leavenworth County from Thursday at 10 a.m. through Saturday at 9 a.m., with moderate flooding forecast along Stranger Creek near Easton. Residents are urged to avoid flooded roads, move to higher ground if necessary, and follow key safety tips for driving and staying out of potentially electrified or fast-moving water.
4. Leavenworth man, 83, convicted of sexual battery after pleading no contest (kansascity.com) — An 83-year-old Leavenworth man has been convicted of sexual battery after pleading no contest to inappropriately touching a girl under 18 who was helping with chores at his home. The Leavenworth County Attorney's office says the plea was accepted Wednesday, and sentencing is scheduled for November 6, underscoring a serious local case moving toward resolution.
5. Competing for allies in the Indo-Pacific: CASO panel discusses ally building in alignment with curriculum, current national security environment (army.mil) — Military leaders and scholars gathered at Fort Leavenworth to brief Command and General Staff College students on how U.S. alliances in the Indo‑Pacific are evolving amid rising competition with China and BRICS nations. Speakers dug into India's growing role, Japan's security shift, and ASEAN's careful balancing, offering Leavenworth-based officers deeper context for future operational decisions.
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