Fort Leavenworth

Custer's Last Stand. We all know that story. But did you know Custer once accidentally shot his own horse? That he faced court martial for shirking his patrol duty? Commentator Rex Buchanan reviews a new book about George Armstrong Custer's time in Kansas. It's called Custer's Trials: A Life on the Frontier of a New America.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR news staff.

The measure is seen as largely symbolic intended to give granting Jenkins and other opponents an opportunity to state their claims that President Obama’s plans for transferring Guantanamo prisoners to the U.S. are illegal and unconstitutional.

Attorneys general from Kansas, Colorado and South Carolina have written President Barack Obama, telling him not to transfer Guantanamo Bay detainees to their states because doing so would make terrorist targets out of their states.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press as compiled by the KPR news staff.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press.

President Obama has pushed to close the detention center in Cuba. If that happens, Fort Leavenworth could house the alleged terrorists.

Brownback strongly opposes move of Guantanamo Bay detainees to Fort Leavenworth.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press.

Here's a summary of the day's Kansas news headlines from the Associated Press.