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ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

The USD 480 school board kept things simple at its most recent meeting Monday evening.

Among the items of new business on the agenda was discussion of an agreement with Edustaff for the 2024-25 school year.

ROBERT PIERCE

   • Leader & Times

Two fires burned parts of farm land last week in northeastern Seward County.

Fire Chief Andrew Barkley said in a press release, the first fire happened shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 17, when firefighters were dispatched to a field fire at Road W and Road 13.

“Units arrived on scene to find approximately three to five acres of cut agriculture product involved in fire,” he said. “Firefighters worked through the afternoon and evening extinguishing the fire.”

ROBERT PIERCE

   • Leader & Times

The preliminary hearings of four of the five suspects accused in the deaths of two Hugoton women earlier this year will be consolidated.

Hearings for 54-year-old Tifany Machel Adams and 43-year-old Tad Bert Cullum, both of Keyes, Okla., along with 50-year-old Cole Earl Twombly and 44-year-old Cora Gayle Twombly, both of Texhoma, Okla., are now scheduled for 9 a.m. Dec. 17 in Texas County District Court.

ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

Election fever is catching on throughout the U.S., and the Seward County Democratic Party is not immune from that.

The party gathered for its monthly meeting Thursday evening, and one of the big items on the agenda was the election of officers. Ultimately, Kay Burtzloff was voted to remain chair, Kathleen Alonso was voted to remain vice chair, and Debra Huddleston was voted to remain secretary. All three expressed excitement about the election’s results.