Leavenworth County issues stay at home order, joining other counties in KC metro

Another county in the Kansas City area is taking similar precautions following the metro area’s stay at home order announced Saturday.

Leavenworth County issued a stay-at-home order Sunday that goes into effect Tuesday, March 24. Like the order for Kansas City and its surrounding counties, which takes effect the same day, Leavenworth County residents are being told to stay home unless they’re performing an “essential activity.”

Essential activities include trips to the grocery store, the doctor, work in an essential business and outdoor activities, as long as persons maintain social distancing.

The order for residents of Kansas City and Johnson, Jackson and Wyandotte counties is to remain at home except for activities “essential to the health and safety” of themselves, family members or friends. After 30 days, those four jurisdictions will consider whether to extend the order.

This story was originally published March 22, 2020 at 11:22 AM.