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Kansas Department of Transportation

Traffic reductions are scheduled to start Wednesday for a resurfacing project along Kansas Highway 156 and Kansas Avenue from just east of Third Street to Belmont Place in Garden City, according to the Kansas Department of Transportation.

This project consists of resurfacing the concrete pavement and widening the roadway. K-156/Kansas Ave. will be reduced to one lane in each direction with a width restriction of 10 feet and a speed limit reduction of 20 mph. Motorists should be aware of delays of 5-10 minutes in the project. Signs and cones will mark the lane reduction.

ELLY GRIMM

  • Leader & Times

Geovannie Gone has worked with many entities and community groups and coalitions throughout her career, and now, she will be able to add another one to her résumé.

Recently, Gone was named to the Governor's Council on Wellness and as she tells it, the opportunity to work with the council is another great one after all the other work she has been able to accomplish.

ROBERT PIERCE

  • Leader & Times

A Liberal woman is in an Amarillo, Texas, hospital following a rollover accident Sunday morning in Beaver County, Okla.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported around 6:20 a.m. Sunday, a 2016 Nissan Altima was northbound on U.S. Highway 83 just south of County Road Hollow E0340 in Beaver County or about eight and a half miles north of Perryton, Texas.

ELLY GRIMM

  • Leader & Times

On any given day, Michelle Bremenkamp can be found in her classroom teaching her students the concepts of algebra, trigonometry, calculus and beyond.

Recently, however, one of those regular days was interrupted by a very special surprise as Bremenkamp was named the first recipient of the Veteran Teacher Award from the Kansas Association of Veteran Teachers. As Bremenkamp tells it, there was a lot of shock and surprise that day.