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Kansas Department of Transportation

According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, traffic changes for a passing lane project were anticipated to start Monday along U.S. Highway 54 from the Meade/Seward County line east for 1.5 miles west of Plains.

The traffic changes are needed to allow for passing lanes to be constructed.

Kansas Department of Transportation

According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, traffic changes for a resurfacing project along Kansas Highway 96 from the Lane/Ness County line east to the east city limits of Ness City are anticipated to start today.

K-96 traffic will be reduced to one lane in sections as they work on the 18.32-mile-long project area. Motorists should expect delays of up to 15 minutes as flaggers and a pilot car direct one-lane traffic through the work zone. The lane reduction will be marked by signs and cones. K-96 will be open to normal traffic when construction is not taking place.

ROBERT PIERCE

    • Leader & Times

August in Seward County is known for many things, including the Five State Free Fair, which officially starts Wednesday, and the start of school, just a few more days away.

For the past decade, the month likewise has become rodeo time with the Seward County PRCA Rodeo taking place in mid-August. Though the rodeo itself is actually 11 years old, because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of the event in 2020, this year’s rodeo officially marks the 10th edition.

Garden City Police Department

GARDEN CITY – One person is dead, and two others were critically injured following a stabbing early Saturday in Garden City.

Fernando Sandoval, 20, and Ximena Sanchez-Espinoza, 21, were arrested in connection to the incident.

At 2:45 a.m. Saturday, officers of the Garden City Police Department were dispatched to the 2600 block of Chainey Street for a stabbing that just occurred.