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Liberal City Commission Selects Jose Lara as Mayor, Jeff Parsons Vice Mayor - January 10, 2023
The Liberal City Commission met Monday evening at 5:30 pm with Reorganization before them. The Commission chose Jose Lara as Mayor and Jeff Parsons as Vice Mayor. After a brief recess, the commission ...
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Guymon Police Involved In Officer-Involved-Shooting - January 10, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** The following update is based on an active and ongoing investigation. The OSBI's initial understanding of the facts and circumstances may evolve over the course of the inv...
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School Board Selects Vargas as President and Fitzgerald as Vice President - January 09, 2023
The USD 480 Board of Education met Monday evening at the east Campus and after opening items, selected Naomi Vargas as President and Kathy Fitzgerald as Vice President. In action items, the Board appr...
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Congressman Tracey Mann to Hold Town Hall in Liberal - January 09, 2023
Newly sworn-in and 2nd term Congressman Tracey Mann will hold a Town Hall in Liberal on Tuesday, January 17th at 4:15 pm. The public is invited to attend this informational session which will take pla...
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Haskell County Sheriff’s Office Investigates Threat - January 09, 2023
On January 5th, 2023 at 12:04 pm, the Haskell County Sheriff’s Office learned of a potential threat made on the USD 374 School District. An ongoing investigation in cooperation with the district wa...
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Copeland Woman Dies in Early Morning Accident in Gray County - January 06, 2023
A fatality accident occurred at approximately 8:48am Friday morning, January 6th, 3.5 miles northeast of Copeland on US 56. A 2019 Ford F150 being driven by Roxie Jean Tucker, 70, of Copeland was stop...
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Liberal Residents Arrested in Haskell County - January 06, 2023
On January 1st, 2023, at 12:14 am, Cecilia M. Mendez and Leslie G. Magallanes both of Liberal, KS, were arrested during a traffic stop on US Highway 144 near mile marker 1 in Haskell County. Mendez w...
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December Total Tax Collections Surpass Estimate by $140.1 Million - January 05, 2023
TOPEKA – Governor Laura Kelly announced that total tax collections for December were $1.1 billion -- $140.1 million, or 14.8%, more than the monthly estimate. That is also 21.9%, or $194.6 million...
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Glitch Double Taxes Some Walmart Customers - January 04, 2023
by Maeve Ashbrook KAKE News The state sales tax on groceries in Kansas dropped from 6.5% to 4% on New Year's Day, but a glitch had unsuspecting Walmart customers paying both tax rates on their who...
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KDOT Gives Update on U.S. 54 Expansion Project in Seward County - January 04, 2023
On Wednesday, January 4th, KDOT will be switching traffic U.S. 54 traffic. Traffic will be shifted to the new eastbound lanes for head-to-head traffic, and the existing U.S. 54 lanes will be closed fo...