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Newman University and Seward County Community College announced a partnership to bring bachelor’s degree programs to students locally in Liberal earlier this year.
Courses are now under way as students begin their path to graduating with bachelor’s degrees in nursing, teaching, agribusiness or business.
Bob’s Diner has been a fixture of Liberal for multiple decades, first residing on Kansas Avenue and then moving to the Mid-America Air Museum in 2020.
Soon, however, the diner could be moving to a new home on the grounds of the Coronado Museum. Coronado Museum Director Nathan Dowell and MAAM Director Bob Immell said discussions started a while ago regarding the project.
“It was earlier this year when MAAM and the City of Liberal reached out to us at the Coronado Museum. They’d been discussing the idea for a little while of making some more room at MAAM, and ultimately, they thought there might be a better spot for Bob’s Diner somewhere else in town,” Dowell said. “So they reached out to us, and we were definitely interested in the opportunity, so we were really happy to receive that call.”
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A project is under way in Liberal to move the historic Bob’s Diner to the grounds of the Coronado Museum, and one of the people particularly excited about the project is former owner Dianna Caldwell.
According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, traffic changes are under way along Kansas Highway 96 from the Wichita/Scott county line east to Ora Street in Scott City.
K-96 traffic will be reduced to one lane in sections as crews work to resurface this 11.37-mile-long project area.
Steve and Jerri Lynn Lyddon were married Oct. 5, 1974.
“Our family thinks this is an incredible achievement, especially when you look at marriage and divorce rates these days,” daughter Marie Lyddon said.
Marie said Steve and Jerri Lynn are a very loving couple who do their best to take care of each other.
“They talk on the phone every day if my dad has a trip, and they have lunch together nearly every day if he doesn’t,” she said. “Watching them together is truly an inspiration and something to which other wedded couples should aspire. We are very proud of them and humbled by their dedication to each other.”
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