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The Kansas Highway Patrol worked two accidents in the past week in Meade County, one of which claimed the life of a New Mexico man.
The fatality occurred around 10:30 p.m. last Wednesday on U.S. Highway 54 at N Road or about one mile east of Meade.
KHP said at that time, a 2016 Kia Forte was westbound on Hwy. 54 when it crossed the center line and the eastbound lanes, traveling through the median.
This summer, the Western Kansas Community Foundation conducted its survey initiative, “Our Community, Our Future,” conducted in Liberal, Hugoton, Lakin and Cimarron.
This month, the foundation is launching forums for the survey, which was closed in July, and WKCF Community Development Coordinator Bailey Sater said the survey was initiated to assist the foundation in gaining a deeper understanding of local priorities, goals and challenges. She added the initiative signals a new strategy for WKCF in its efforts to serve Southwest Kansas.
The USD 480 school board had a full yet easy agenda at its most recent meeting Monday evening.
After a public hearing for exceeding the Revenue Neutral Rate (during which no one from the community spoke), the board then moved on to its regular meeting.
After administrator reports from Superintendent Stephen Linkous, Director of Operations Chad Mease and Director of Business Services Nila Newton, the board then moved on to the agenda’s new business, beginning with discussion of an audiology contract with Southwest Kansas Area Cooperative (SKACD).
Bee Symons has filed his intent to run as a write-in candidate for the office of Seward County Commissioner, District 5.
The deadline to file the affidavit of write-in candidacy for county offices is noon Monday, Oct. 14.
The motto of the Lions Club is ‘We Serve,’ and in Liberal, the Noon Lions Club finds many ways to serve the community it calls home.
One of those ways is by providing various screenings through the annual Community Health Fair, which is scheduled this year for Oct. 5.
In years past, the Kansas Lions Club has brought its mobile screening unit to the Seward County Activity Center, and the unit provided testing for hearing, vision and blood pressure. Liberal Noon Lions Past President Steve Hecox said, however, once the COVID-19 pandemic hit, bringing the unit to Liberal became too expensive.
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