ELLY GRIMM Governor Kelly establishes task force to update state fire code   Updates to the state’s fire code have been needed for a long time, and earlier this week, some action was taken at the state level to h...

ROBERT PIERCE    • Leader & Times   The thermometer seemingly reaches triple digits on a daily basis during the Southwest Kansas summer, and the conditions find many outdoors enjoying the warm weather and get...

Kansas Department of Transportation   The Kansas Department of Transportation has started a resurfacing project along U.S. Highway 283 in Hodgeman and Ness counties. The project will resurface U.S. 283 from the K...

Special to the Leader & Times   WICHITA — The Morton County Republican Party met last week to select a new candidate to fill the vacant sheriff seat. Tom Thrall was selected in a vote by precinct committee me...

ELLY GRIMM    • Leader & Times   The race to represent Kansas in the U.S. Senate is officially filled, and Kevin Latz is one of the candidates looking to help possibly make a change. Latz, who currently wor...

Seward County Community College   Seward County Community College Library has been selected as one of 300 libraries to participate in the fourth and final round of Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Sm...

ELLY GRIMM    • Leader & Times   Election time is just around the corner, and one of the offices up for election is Kansas Treasurer. Juan Luengo is among the candidates for that office, and as he tells it,...

ELLY GRIMM    • Leader & Times   The Independence Day holiday is right around the corner, and many people are planning on including fireworks as part of their celebrations. With that in mind, Liberal Fire C...

EARL WATT    • Leader & Times   Seward County Treasurer Mary Rose followed the law and performed her statutory obligations under Kansas law. That was the message from treasurer legal counsel Chris McGowne. D...

EARL WATT    • Leader & Times   Liberal only managed to get four hits against the Fort Collins Foxes Thursday at Brent Gould Field, and the lack of offense coupled with a last-inning collapse led to a 9-3 los...