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...

ELLY GRIMM    • Leader & Times   Audit time is coming up for local governing entities, and the Liberal City Commission had those discussions at its most recent meeting Tuesday evening. Dustin Ormiston from ...

ROBERT PIERCE    • Leader & Times   The 2026 Five State Free Fair and Seward County PRCA Rodeo soon will be here, and the crew at the Seward County Fairgrounds spend all year preparing the grounds and buildin...

EARL WATT    • Leader & Times   A wild pitch in the seventh inning may have led to the winning run for the Hutchinson Monarchs over the Liberal Bee Jays, but it was a play earlier in the game that may have th...

ROBERT PIERCE    • Leader & Times   Monday, July 20, Seward County commissioners voted to approve a notice of intention to exceed the Revenue Neutral Rate for the county for Fiscal Year 2027. That same night...