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The Liberal City Commission will look to have an easy meeting this evening starting at 5:30. Tonight’s meeting will be in the commission chambers at the Liberal Recreation Center at 950 S. Grant Ave.
The commission will begin its new business by revisiting discussion of the 2024 Audit Contract.
The price of prescription drugs continues to be a hot topic and last week, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) made a big announcement regarding just that.
Earlier this month, HHS, through the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), released a Request for Information (RFI) and a sample list of prescription drugs that the agency preliminarily intends to include under the proposed Medicare $2 Drug List Model, which was developed in accordance with Executive Order 14087 concerning lowering prescription drug costs for Americans, according to a release from HHS.
A Liberal teen is dead following an accident Thursday afternoon in rural Seward County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol said shortly before 4 p.m. Thursday, a 1993 Chevy 1500 was stopped at the stop sign on County Road 17 at the junction with U.S. Highway 54 when it failed to yield and turned westbound onto Hwy. 54, pulling out in front of a 2025 Kenworth.
Kansas has been making multiple strides in economic development in the past few years and recently, the Kelly Administration released some economic development highlights from last year.
Thursday, Gov. Laura Kelly announced the 2024 Kansas Economic Report shows growth in the state’s labor workforce, continued low unemployment, and record exports. The report, produced by the Labor Market Information Services division of the Kansas Department of Labor (KDOL), comprehensively analyzes the state’s economic health and labor market trends, according to a release from the State of Kansas.
Halloween is drawing nigh, and many agencies, businesses, organizations and churches provide some pre-Halloween fun for the young and young at heart.
For many years, Seward County United Way has hosted its annual Trick or Treat event, with some editions of the event taking place at Liberal’s Light Park, but with weather always an unknown factor in late October, a few years ago, the decision was made to move the event inside.
This year’s Trick or Treat for United Way will take place at Crosspoint Church at 204 N. Sherman Ave. in Liberal, a location the event has been at for a few years. Children, as well as some adults, can collect candy from the booths at the event from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26, for the price of $1 per child.
