Category Archives: Top News
USD 480 Board Contracts to Develop Master Plan
The Board of Education for USD 480 met Monday evening and in new business approved the purchase of Gale databases in the amount of $46,000 for the high school. The Database would allow students and te...
Mar 7, 2023 USD 480
Seward County Commission Declares Local Disaster
The Seward County Commission met Monday evening at 5:30 pm and approved signatory approval for the submission of the budget document to the Kansas Department of Corrections. Commissioners heard from N...
Mar 7, 2023
First LEGO League Robotics Competition Held Saturday
The Liberal Recreation Department hosted the Annual Kansas Southwest Region First Lego League Championship. The event took place Saturday, March 4th at the Seward County Activity Center. Teams from Ok...
Mar 5, 2023
Seward County Sheriff's Office, KBI Conducting a Death Investigation
The Seward County Sheriff's Office (SWSO), and the Kansas Bureau of Investigations (KBI) are investigating a death after human remains were found in northern Seward County. On Tuesday, February 28th, ...
Mar 2, 2023
Juvenile Arrested for Possession of a Firearm and Narcotics
On Wednesday morning at approximately 10:03 am the Liberal/Seward County Communication Center received a call regarding a juvenile male throwing a gun over a fence across the street from Liberal High ...
Mar 2, 2023
Liberal High School goes on Lockdown
At approximately 9:10 a.m. this morning local law enforcement received a call of a possible threat at LHS. Members of law enforcement were in the building immediately following the call and swept the ...
Mar 1, 2023
Liberal City Commission Meets Accepts Housing Grant
The Liberal City Commission met Tuesday evening and during the Awards, and Proclamations portion of the meeting accepted the K-9 Transfer and Indemnification Agreement from Seward County and accepted ...
Mar 1, 2023
Early Sunday Morning Building Fire in Guymon
At 4:55am Sunday morning, Guymon Police Officers on routine patrol found smoke coming from a downtown building window in-which they immediately requested Guymon Fire Department response. On Firefighte...
Feb 27, 2023
Tornado Causes Damage in South Liberal
A rope tornado descended from the sky Sunday afternoon in Liberal causing damage in the south part of town. The storm hit Liberal late Sunday afternoon with tornado sirens sounding throughout Liberal ...
Feb 27, 2023
SWMC Announces New CEO
LIBERAL, KS - Southwest Medical Center's Board of Trustees is pleased to announce that Amber Williams, MBA, has been named as the new Chief Executive Officer. "For the board, it is paramount that we f...
Feb 24, 2023
