The Latest Breaking News from Leavenworth

10 U.S. Oktoberfests: From Cheapest to Most Taxed Beer

Before you grab a pint, find out how much your favorite German-style festival adds to the price in 2026.

Kiplinger · Sep 3

Leavenworth, Kansas, relents and will allow a private prison to reopen and house immigrants

A Kansas town known for its prisons is allowing a shuttered private prison to reopen as an immigrant detention facility after a nearly yearlong legal fight

The Independent UK · Mar 11

Influencer Keeps Leavenworth Christmas Plans As Floods Test Pacific Northwest

An influencer keeps her Leavenworth Christmas plans despite severe flooding, sparking debate over tourism, safety and local livelihoods.

International Business Times UK · Dec 16, 2025

ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds

No-bid contracts with politically connected companies have become crucial to the Republican Trump administration’s push for more space to hold immigrants for deportation

The Independent UK · Jun 16, 2025

Judge blocks private prison operator from housing ICE detainees at shuttered Kansas center

A judge has blocked a private prison operator from housing immigrants facing possible deportation in a shuttered Kansas City area detention center unless it can get a permit from frustrated city officials

The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025

Not just Alcatraz: the notorious US prisons Trump is already reopening

Amid outrage over ‘far-fetched’ plans to revive Alcatraz, Trump is pushing to expand Ice detention to other closed lockups marked by scandals

The Guardian - US · May 6, 2025

How an unlikely Bavarian village became the Christmas capital of Washington state

Freshly baked pretzels, shining tree lights and sleds in the snow lend a ruddy warmth to an unlikely collection of Bavarian-themed chalets in the mountains of Washington state

The Independent UK · Dec 24, 2024

Election results in Kansas’ Leavenworth Unified School District 453 school board

Incumbent Judi Price, incumbent Dannielle Wells, Karen G. Overbey, and Jessica Wilson won election to the Leavenworth Unified School District 453 school board in Leavenworth County, Kansas, on Nov. 7, 2023. Four of seven school board seats were up for election, and voters could choose up to four candidates.

Ballotpedia · Nov 14, 2023

Ten candidates running for Leavenworth Unified School District 453 School Board

Ten candidates are running in the general election for Leavenworth Unified School District 453 school board in Leavenworth County, Kansas, on Nov. 7, 2023. Four of seven school board seats are up for election, and voters can choose up to four candidates.

Ballotpedia · Nov 1, 2023

Beshear Outspends Cameron 4-1 As Kentucky Gubernatorial Election Nears

Leavenworth School Board Race Heats Up Ahead of November Election

Zenger · Oct 31, 2023