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March 19th, 2024
ELLY GRIMM • Leader & Times   The USD 480 school board will be making quick work of its agenda at its next meeting Monday evening starting at 6:30. Monday’s meeting will be in Room C107 of the Liberal High School East Campus.  Up first under new business will be discussion of a...

ROBERT PIERCE • Leader & Times   A coordinated approach and centralized access to resources is essential to supporting to families, and the Liberal Area Coalition for Families continues to work with local community partners to find gaps in services and cover those gaps. LACF Special...

ELLY GRIMM • Leader & Times   Medicaid expansion has been a hot topic for multiple years now, with many sharing their thoughts both for and against it.  Southwest Medical Center CEO Amber Williams has been adding her voice to that discussion in support of the expansion, and said...

ELLY GRIMM • Leader & Times   The annual Kansas State Fair will be coming up later this year and to help create some extra excitement, the Kansas Fairgrounds Association will be doing something new for this year – a t-shirt design contest.  Kansas Fairgrounds Association Executive...

L&T staff report   K-State researchers would like to invite the public to a focus group session to help understand issues related to recruitment and retention, professional development and the career pathway for Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) professionals in the...

Special to the Leader & Times   Gov. Laura Kelly issued a proclamation to kick off National Poison Prevention Week, which takes place March 17-23. The Poison Center at the University of Kansas Health System and Safe Kids Kansas want to remind Kansans that when the unexpected happens,...

Special to the Leader & Times   U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) – members of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee – have introduced the Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act to direct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to...

Special to the Leader & Times   The Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has scheduled a public hearing to give Southern Pioneer Electric customers the opportunity to ask questions and comment on the company’s application to change its rate design. For residential and small general...

Seward County commissioners Presephoni Fuller, left, and C.J. Wettstein review some of the information for one of the agenda items at the commission’s March 4 meeting. L&T photo/Robert PierceROBERT PIERCE • Leader & Times   Recently, Seward County commissioners voted to renew the...

Mosaic Community Relations Manager Vickie Harshbarger and Mosaic patients receive a proclamation from Liberal Mayor Jose Lara Tuesday evening for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. L&T photo/Elly GrimmELLY GRIMM • Leader & Times   The Liberal City...