A Liberal man is dead following a fatality accident Monday morning in eastern Seward County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported shortly after 6 a.m. Monday, a 2017 Chevy Silverado was eastbound on U.S. Highway 54 just east of Road 9.
KHP said the pickup crossed over the fog line onto the eastbound shoulder and collided with an unknown stopped vehicle.
“The stopped vehicle left the collision scene prior to notification of the collision to law enforcement and has not yet been identified,” the agency’s report said.
The driver of the Silverado, 26-year-old Aaron Bradley Patton of Liberal, suffered a fatal injury and was taken to Hornung Family Funeral Home in Liberal. KHP said he was not wearing his seat belt at the time.
Pancake Day 2026 will be here shortly, which means it is time for people to get signed up for the annual races.
Race Coordinator Isabelle Sullenger said there is a lot of excitement for the 2026 festivities.
“Those interested in participating in the 2026 Pancake Day races need to go to pancakeday.net to sign up, and sign-ups will be taking place from Jan. 2 through 16, 2026,” Sullenger said. “For women entering the International Race, they must also get their picture taken at the Heritage Realty office at 2 S. Kansas Ave. We are taking sign-ups for all races and all age groups, and just like every other year, the number of contestants in each race is limited to 15. Also just like every other year, there is no entry fee. The Youth Races are open to children 3 to 18 years old, the Men's Pacer Race is open to all men 18 years old and older, the Last Chance Race is open to women 50 years old and older, and the International Race is open to women 18 years old and older. We also decided the Mother/Daughter Race will now alternate every year with the Last Chance race. We will also have our Mascot Race again this year, and that's been a big hit every year and always makes everyone laugh. The Pancake Chase will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026 in front of the International Pancake Hall of Fame at 318 N. Lincoln Ave. And as many people know, there will be a change to the 2026 International Race – eligibility has been expanded to include individuals who have worked in Liberal for at least three months, and that's consistent with the rules in Olney, England.”
Everyone will be ringing in 2026 next week, and for those planning on attending special celebrations to mark the new year, the Liberal Police Department will be working to help everyone to remain safe.
“We'll be doing the usual DUI enforcement as always – hopefully, with New Year's Eve being on a Wednesday, we won't have too many of those this year, but we will definitely have a couple extra officers out concentrating on just traffic enforcement to keep anything bad from happening,” LPD Capt. Jeff Wade said. “And with it being New Year's Eve, we'll probably have the normal loud music calls and loud party calls and stuff like that, but hopefully no fights anything like that. But once you mix alcohol, and people usually have those, so we'll also be on the lookout and ready to respond to those situations. The most frequent calls we get on New Year’s Eve are for loud music, loud parties and fights. We also usually see some reckless driving, because people are partying, that often mixes with alcohol – we do see the accidents ranging from hit-and-runs, people hitting telephone poles or cars parked in the streets. Those are the things that we see quite a few of on those nights.”
Breastfeeding is a natural, biological process, but that does not mean it is easy or comes naturally.
Ashley Smith can support mothers on every step of their breastfeeding journey from before the baby is born to its last latch.
Smith started her health care career at the age of 19 as a certified nurse’s aide at a local critical access hospital, and after going to nursing school, getting married and having her first child, she became enamored by all things labor, birth and breastfeeding.
“I pursued my passion and in 2016 began working on the labor, delivery, postpartum unit in Dodge City – a 50-mile drive from my home,” she said.
The Seward County Commission will be seeing some new leadership in the coming weeks, and one of the candidates looking to fill Presephoni Fuller’s former seat is Don Barr Jr.
Barr is certainly no stranger to Liberal or Seward County, and his devotion to the area is what prompted him to run.
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