ROBERT PIERCE    • Leader & Times   The National Day of Prayer tradition predates the founding of the United States, evidenced by the Continental Congress’ proclamation in 1775 setting aside a day of prayer. ...

ROBERT PIERCE    • Leader & Times   Named after the Kiowa chief known as the “Orator of the Plains” and one of the signers of the Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867 agreeing to settlement on reservation lands for ...

Special to the Leader & Times   The Liberal High School girls swim team delivered a strong performance Tuesday at the Hays Invitational, finishing fifth overall out of seven with 104 points while showcasing bo...

EARL WATT    • Leader & Times   After dropping the opening game to Great Bend 4-2, the Liberal Redskins ended the day with an 11-6 win Tuesday in a double header split. Liberal had two golden opportunities l...

EARL WATT    • Leader & Times   Lily Guy scored a hat trick to lead the Lady Redskins to a 9-0 mercy rule win over Alva, Oka., Tuesday at Redskin Field. Ashley Batista scored twice including the final goal w...

Special to the Leader & Times   The Liberal tennis team went to Topeka Monday to seek out some quality competition from the eastern side of the state and found it. “We fought hard all around and gave some go...

ELLY GRIMM    • Leader & Times   November could see a shakeup in the U.S. Senate, and Noah Taylor is one of the candidates looking to possibly make that happen. As Taylor tells it, Kansas has always been hi...

ELLY GRIMM    • Leader & Times   Discussion of plans for the revitalization of Downtown Liberal took a couple steps forward thanks to the Liberal City Commission at its most recent meeting Tuesday evening. ...

EARL WATT     • Leader & Times   Seward County is a “house on fire” with a “toxic” environment according to Seward County Administrator April Warden. Those were comments she made in an email sent to Seward ...

ELLY GRIMM    • Leader & Times   Child care has always been a major hot topic and recently, some action taken at the state level is meant to help with that. Monday, Gov. Laura Kelly announced the signing of...