ROBERT PIERCE    • Leader & Times   An area electric cooperative is among the first 188 utilities in America to sign a pledge as part of an initiative focused on protecting consumers from rising electricity c...

Guymon Fire Department   In July, the Guymon Fire Department’s specialized Swiftwater Search & Rescue team returned home safely.  The seven-day (178 hours) South Texas mission took them to locations in San An...

ELLY GRIMM    • Leader & Times   Many schoolchildren in the community lack a reliable mode of transportation to school in the mornings, and a new program will look to help with just that starting this school ...

ELLY GRIMM    • Leader & Times   The Five State Fair Queen crown has officially been placed on the head of Summer Garrison for the next year. Garrison was crowned Monday evening to help kick off this year’s...

Special to the Leader & Times   At an official signing ceremony, Gov. Laura Kelly officially proclaimed August as Immunization Awareness Month across the state, recognizing the importance of immunization in pr...

ROBERT PIERCE    • Leader & Times   August has arrived, and for a little more than a decade in Seward County, that means it is rodeo time. The Seward County PRCA Rodeo is back for its 12th edition Aug. 14 an...

Special to the Leader & Times   The Liberal Fire Department recently received a $2,375 grant award from Black Hills Energy and the Black Hills Corporation Foundation.  The funds will be used to outfit our fire...

ELLY GRIMM    • Leader & Times   Churches in Liberal are always looking for ways to increase their community outreach and later this month, they will have just that. Members of all churches in Liberal are i...

EARL WATT    • Leader & Times   When Marc Svaty was an assistant for the Liberal Redskins, he worked with some coaches that have become some of the most successful names in Redskin history — Cornelsen, Werner...

ROBERT PIERCE    • Leader & Times   Many local constituents have called to stop funding Seward County Assistant Administrator Brock Theiner’s salary out of the county’s landfill fund. Some, including Liberal...