Category Archives: Top News
SWMC Launches 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment
by Janeth Vazquez Liberal, KS - Southwest Medical Center (SWMC) is launching its 2025 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to gather valuable insights from community members regarding healthcare n...
Jan 16, 2025
Liberal City Commission Meets, Selects Mayor and Vice Mayor
The Liberal City Commission met Monday evening at 5:30 pm and began the meeting with the Selection of the Mayor and Vice- Mayor. Selected were Jose Lara for Mayor and Matt Landry for Vice-Mayor. The C...
Jan 15, 2025
Job Fair Coming January 28th
The Liberal Chamber of Commerce is hosting the Southwest Kansas Regional Job Fair Tuesday, January 28th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Seward County Activity Center. Several businesses will be represen...
Jan 13, 2025
City of Liberal Awarded Federal Railroad Administration's Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant
The City of Liberal is pleased to announce we have been awarded the Federal Railroad Administration's Railroad Crossing Elimination grant to fund project development and preliminary engineering of a g...
Jan 10, 2025
Murder Suspect Makes 1st Appearance
Payton LaPoint, 25, of Liberal made his 1st appearance in Seward County District Court. Lapoint is being charged with Murder in the 2nd Degree and a Felon in Possession of a firearm. Payton D. LaPoint...
Jan 9, 2025
Luetters Steps Down as Football Coach
USD 480 Release Darin Clark Liberal High School announces that Head Football Coach and Teacher Bryan Luetters will be stepping down at the end of the 2024-2025 school year. During his three years at L...
Jan 8, 2025
USD 480 Board Meets for 1st Meeting of 2025
The USD 480 Board of Education met Monday evening at East Campus at 6:30 pm. After approving the Consent Agenda and hearing Staff reports, the Board approved the bill from Southwest Roofing in the amo...
Jan 7, 2025 USD 480
Seward County Commission Approves GO Bond Sales for Road Work
The Seward County Commission met on Monday evening at 5:30 pm and approved the Bond Sale Resolution approving the sale of General Obligation Bonds, Series 2025 on February 3, 2025. The amount being of...
Jan 7, 2025
Homicide Investigation in Seward County
On Sunday, January 5, 2025, approx. 3:00pm, the Seward County Sheriff's Office, along with Seward County Rural Fire, Seward County EMS and the Liberal Police Department, responded to a property in rur...
Jan 6, 2025
Satanta Couple injured in Finney County Fatality Crash
A three-vehicle crash in Finney County on Friday afternoon left one woman dead and three others injured. The Kansas Highway Patrol says just after 2 p.m. Friday, two vehicles were southbound on US Hig...
Jan 5, 2025
