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The Seward County Community College Saints basketball team will have a new face at its helm this coming season.
It was announced late last month Austin Downing will be leading the program, and as he tells it, athletics has been in his blood for a long time.
Southwestern Heights wishes to announce the valedictorian and salutatorian of the graduating class of 2025.
Ryan Kisner, principal, has announced Yasmin Garcia Ochoa as valedictorian and Kooper Scripsick as salutatorian for the class of 2025.
Yasmin is the daughter of Juan and San Juana Aracely Garcia of Plains and Kooper is the son of Matt and Stacy Scripsick of Kismet. These selections are based on the students’ cumulative grade point averages throughout high school.
Saturday, April 26, Artesian Valley Health System and the Meade County Health Department are giving people a chance to get a variety of tests and immunizations at a low cost, with some of them at no cost.
AVHS and MCHD are hosting the annual Meade County Health Fair, and Artesian Valley Marketing Manager Crystal Torres said there will be discounted lab and imaging tests and several free tests the day of the health fair.
“This year, Mobile Tone, a mobile audiology clinic, will be set up in our hospital parking lot consulting patients,” she said.
The 2025-26 school year will be here before everyone knows it, and the USD 480 staff is already working to make sure enrollment goes smoothly for everyone, including incoming kindergarteners.
In March, the Kansas Department of Transportation hosted a series of six listening sessions in Western Kansas, including one in Liberal, as part of the agency’s Highway Mobility and Expansion Strategy.
The study looks at various ways to improve highway mobility, safety and accessibility in 44 counties in and near Southwest Kansas.
KDOT Director of Planning and Development Mike Moriarity said the idea for the listening sessions came out of local consult meetings, which he considers KDOT’s premiere public engagement effort.
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