The Seward County Community College Foundation has announced its keynote speakers for the first-ever Presidential Gala slated for March 22.
Two Kansas City Chiefs players who claimed Super Bowl rings, Blake Bell and Gehrig Dieter, will headline the black-tie evening.
Foundation Executive Director Teresa Randle said the event is designed to provide a one-of-a-kind experience for individual Saints donors and supporting businesses and organizations.
Seward County commissioners recently approved a benefits package for county employees for Fiscal Year 2025.
The unanimous vote came after reviewing options at the commission’s March 3 meeting, and the final negotiated renewal saw an 11.5 percent increase, an estimated total increase of $507,913.
The package commissioners passed included increased employee and family contributions of $55 and $335 respectively, with the grandfathered policy remaining in place and continuance of the IMA Rx prescription program.
At the time of their death, many first responders and military are honored with special services as a tribute to their work in their respective fields.
Through the Nurses Honor Guard, those who work in the nursing field are now honored with a similar tribute.
As part of the service, the Nightingale Tribute is performed, and Honor Guard members dress in the traditional white uniform complete with cap and cape.
The ceremony is brief, taking about five minutes and consisting of the Nightingale Tribute and laying of a white rose on the casket or next to the urn, symbolizing the nurse’s dedication to the profession.
An arrest has been made in relation to a death that occurred in February, according to the Liberal Police Department.
“On Feb. 16, the Liberal Police Department was notified of a suspicious death in Liberal. A call was made to the Liberal Police Department about an adult male who was flown to St. Francis Hospital in Wichita for severe burns he suffered from an incident that took place Feb. 15,” a release from the LPD noted. “The burns suffered by the victim happened at his residence of 213 1/2 S. Clay in Liberal. On Feb. 16, the victim died due to the burns suffered from the fire. The victim was sent to the Medical Examiner's office to determine a cause and manner of death. During the investigation, the Liberal Police Department identified a person of interest as 60-year-old Mary Gaytan-Soto. Based on the information gathered, Gaytan-Soto was arrested and booked into the Seward County Jail. Official charges are pending through the Seward County Attorney's Office, as this investigation is ongoing.”
The Liberal Police Department would like to thank the Liberal Fire Department, State Fire Marshal's Office, and the Medical Examiner for their assistance with this investigation.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Investigations Division at (620) 626-0141.
An Elkhart woman suffered a suspected serious injury in an accident Monday morning Haskell County.
The Kansas Highway Patrol reported shortly after 5 a.m. Monday, a 2024 Jeep Wrangler was eastbound on U.S. Highway 56 about a half mile west of Haskell County Road CC.
KHP said the vehicle struck a bridge guardrail, crossed the westbound lane of travel and impacted the bridge railing. The Jeep then went off the bridge, landing at the bottom and rolling an unknown number of times before coming to rest upright and facing northwest.
The driver, 33-year-old Robin Michelle Foust of Elkhart, was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Wichita with a suspected serious injury. KHP said she was not wearing her seat belt at the time of the accident.
