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With only one item of new business, the Liberal City Commission will look to have a relatively easy meeting this evening starting at 5:30. This evening’s meeting will be in the commission chambers at the Liberal Recreation Center at 950 S. Grant Ave.
This evening’s meeting will focus on discussion of a request for qualifications (RFQ) for a Downtown Redevelopment Master Plan.
Saturday began and ended clear and bright in Liberal, which extended to the evening’s annual Downtown Christmas Parade.
The night saw many bright floats and many from the community who turned out to see the town become merry and bright, which pleased parade coordinators.
GARDEN CITY – Garden City Community College (GCCC) is proud to announce the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with three fellow Western Kansas institutions: Colby Community College (CCC), Dodge City Community College (DCCC) and Seward County Community College (SCCC).
The agreement was officially signed on Friday on GCCC’s campus, marking a historic moment for regional collaboration in higher education.
The Western Kansas Consortium MOA strengthens partnerships among the four colleges and creates new opportunities to expand educational access, support workforce development, and maximize resources for students and communities across Western Kansas and the state.
For more than a century, the community colleges of Western Kansas have each played a vital role in serving students and supporting local communities.
The holidays are here, bringing joy and cheer to communities around the world.
That joy and cheer is a little less in some homes, though, as many families cannot afford to buy their children Christmas presents.
Many agencies, schools, churches and organizations are helping out with those needs with project such as Angel Trees, and locally, among those is Liberal’s Southwest Medical Center.
SWMC Marketing and Development Director Janeth Vazquez said the hospital’s Angel Tree project started in 2024 through a partnership with the foster care organization TFI Family Services.
The Seward County Sheriff’s office has uncovered another phone scam, this time involving the department itself.
Sheriff Gene Ward said in a press release, someone unknown to his office is calling people in the area stating he is Sgt. Davenport from the sheriff’s office and telling people they have a warrant for whomever answers the phone, and they can take care of the warrant by paying a percentage out of their bank account.
“One of the people answering the call stated they would just go to the sheriff’s office and pay the fine,” Ward said. “The caller advised no, they will just arrest you.”
Ward said he would like the public to know, the sheriff’s office will never call a person to tell them there is a warrant out for them and to send money, get Dillon’s cards or prepaid cards.
“Merry Christmas, and if anyone ever receives a call like that, please just hang up the phone,” he said.
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