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Thanksgiving is a little more than a week away, and soon, the holiday season will begin with all the sights and sounds of Christmas.
This Friday, Seward County Community College is bringing some of those sights and sounds to life prior to Thanksgiving with its annual holiday concert in the Clifford & Irene Pepper Showcase Theater.
A property sale dispute has resulted in a lawsuit filed against several defendants, including Liberal Mayor Jose Lara.
Ricardo Villareal has filed a suit claiming that after purchasing the property located at 25 S. Sherman from Lara and Imperial Rentals, LLC, of which Lara signed on behalf of the company, that Lara had also sold the property to Brianne Williams, even though the agreement with Williams was never signed.
According to the court filing, the dispute began when Lara executed a mortgage for Villareal on July 30, 2019 for a loan to Lara of $99,879.
In 2023, the Seward County Treasurer’s office scored 98 percent on its audit by the Kansas Department of Revenue.
This year’s KDOR audit was recently completed, and though the score was slightly lower at 94 percent, Treasurer Mary Rose sees no cause for alarm.
Rose said KDOR officials audited a total of 781 transactions done by the local treasurer’s office between April 1 and May 10. The audit officially took place in September, and Rose said there were 19 problems found in the review.
The International Division of the Kansas Department of Commerce launched the Kansas Global Business Expansion (K-GLOBE) program last week. The program merges two formerly separate programs – the Kansas International Trade Show Assistance Program (KITSAP) and the Kansas International Trade Marketing Assistance Program (KITMAP) – into one international business development-focused grant.
According to the National Fire Protection Association, on Thanksgiving day alone, an estimated 1,610 home cooking fires were reported to U.S fire departments in 2022, reflecting a 399 percent increase over the daily average.
With an expected increase of time in kitchens throughout the U.S. next week preparing the big meal, Liberal Fire Chief Kelly Kirk said there are some precautions people should take in order to stay safe.
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