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ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

The USD 480 school board took care of some much needed business in its final meeting of the 2024-25 school year Monday evening.

Starting off the meeting was the recognition of April’s Educator of the Month, Kathy Croy, who is set to retire from USD 480 after 39 years.

ROBERT PIERCE

   • Leader & Times

The Meade County Community Foundation was founded in 2019 to help communities by granting funds, and while the foundation was initially started with funds collected from the Meade County Sheriff’s Department, keeping funding in place to help those communities is a constant need.

This month, MCCF is getting some help from Hat Creek Butchery, a beef and pork processor based in Plains, with a retail store in Liberal. The butchery recently announced an initiative to commit 10 percent of its sales from the Liberal store in May will be donated directly to the foundation.

Special to the Leader & Times

On April 26, officers with the Liberal Police Department conducted a proactive enforcement operation focused on preventing the sale of alcohol and tobacco to minors within the City of Liberal. The purpose of this effort was to ensure local businesses are following laws that prohibit selling age-restricted products to anyone under the legal age.

ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

Representatives from the United Kansas party had the chance to share information and their platforms in Liberal Saturday morning, and part of the meeting featured a Q&A session.

The first question asked by moderator Brent Lewis concerned why now was a good time for United Kansas to form.