Kansas teacher shares horrific experience after Missouri Amtrak train derailment
Eight of the passengers involved in Monday’s deadly Amtrak train derailment in central Missouri are from Easton, Kansas.
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Leavenworth County students on Amtrak train are ‘okay’ following crash
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (KCTV) - The Easton, Kansas, School District said early Monday evening that six students and two chaperones who were riding on a train that derailed are ‘okay.’. They were riding the train to Chicago to represent Pleasant Ridge High School at the FBLA National Convention, according to...
Students from Kan. high school survive Amtrak crash that killed 3
MENDON, Mo. (AP) — An Amtrak passenger train traveling from Los Angeles to Chicago struck a dump truck Monday in a remote area of Missouri, killing three people and injuring dozens more as rail cars tumbled off the tracks and landed on their sides, officials said. Two of those...
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Train carrying Isobutene derails in Bonner Springs, no injuries reported
An investigation is underway following a train derailment in Bonner Springs, Kansas between Wyandotte and Leavenworth counties.
Motorcyclist killed in Leavenworth County crash Sunday
A two-vehicle crash in Leavenworth County late Sunday night left a 40-year-old motorcyclist dead.
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Years after nixing a deal with Tyson, this small Kansas town is still growing
TONGANOXIE, Kansas — The evening of Aug. 2, 2021, was a big one for this northeast Kansas town. The major item on the city council’s agenda? A measure to give a 10-year, 100% tax abatement to Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a Topeka-based company with plans to bring a $250 million pet-food plant — along with 80 new jobs — to the community.