ROBERT PIERCE

   • Leader & Times

Some Seward County 4-H youth live in either Liberal or Kismet and would like to be able to show livestock at the Five State Fair and other events, but they do not have the space available at their homes to raise them as children in rural parts of the county do.

Thanks to a recent memorandum of understanding unanimously approved between the Seward County Commission and the K-State Extension Wild West District, steps have been taken to remedy that problem.

K-State agents Summer Stafford and Jade Greene first brought the idea to the commission at a work session in early April. Stafford said officials with the Extension office were tasked with finding a place for kids to house the animal projects.

Kansas Department of Transportation

The Kansas Department of Transportation has started a mill and overlay project along U.S. Highway 54 from the Clark/Meade county line east to the Clark/Ford county line.

U.S. 54 traffic will be reduced to one lane through the 10.12-mile-long project area. Motorists should expect delays of up to 15 minutes as flaggers and a pilot car direct one-lane traffic through the work zone.

ELLY GRIMM

   • Leader & Times

During a work session Thursday, the Liberal City Commission officially picked a replacement for the seat left vacant by Matt Landry with former Seward County Commissioner Nathan McCaffrey.

McCaffrey said it was a somewhat easy decision for him to put his name forth for the spot.

ROBERT PIERCE

   • Leader & Times

An EMT is dead as the result of a fire in Goodwell, Okla, and arrests were made in connection with a fire last week in Guymon, Okla.

Guymon Fire Chief Grant Wadley said around 5:15 a.m. Friday, Goodwell, Guymon and Texhoma, Okla., firefighters responded to a 911 report of a house fire at 323 Aggie Ave. in Goodwell.

“First arriving units reported heavy fire and smoke conditions coming from the front door and windows,” he said. “Goodwell firefighters were able to enter through a bedroom window and rescue the single occupant of the home.”