Special to the Leader & Times   The City of Liberal will be hosting a free screening of “Zootopia 2” Saturday as part of a community movie night series at the Pavilion in Light Park. This family-friendly movie...

ROBERT PIERCE    • Leader & Times   Mid-August is here, and area schools are back in session for the new academic year. This means Labor Day weekend soon will be here as well, and for more than 100 years, t...

ELLY GRIMM    • Leader & Times   The announcement from Jason Maxwell earlier this year that he planned to step away from the Liberal Municipal Court for a new position in Kansas City left a vacancy on the ben...

Kansas Department of Transportation   With highway construction continuing and the beginning of the school year fast approaching, the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Kansas State Department of Educatio...

Special to the Leader & Times   Last Wednesday, Gov. Laura Kelly announced $34,587,786 in state grants to strengthen and maintain services for adult and child victims and survivors of crime. The funding suppor...

L&T staff report   A recall petition filed against Seward County Commissioner Todd Stanton was allowed to move forward according to Seward County Attorney Russell Hasenbank. “I determine the petition to be su...

ELLY GRIMM    • Leader & Times   The Five State Fair has officially wrapped up for another year, and overall attendance proved not even the week’s hot weather could keep people away from the festivities. “O...

ELLY GRIMM    • Leader & Times   The 2026-27 school year may have just started for USD 480 students, but district leadership is still thinking about goals from the 2025-26 school year. Assistant Superintend...

Special to the Leader & Times   Southern Pioneer Electric Company (Southern Pioneer) announced the expansion of its Board of Directors to include four additional at-large seats. The addition of new board seats...

ROBERT PIERCE    • Leader & Times   Liberal’s Grace Place Pregnancy Care Center has grown significantly in recent years, and along with that growth, its annual fundraising banquet is growing substantially as ...