Kansas Department for Children and Families TOPEKA – The USDA’s Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) program has announced the awarding of a Process and Technology Improvement grant of $706,550 to the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF). The grant will enhance the...
A vegetation fire burns southeast of Kismet in 2022. Seward County’s ISO rating recently rose, and fire officials are looking for ways to raise it even more in an effort to lower homeowners insurance rates. Courtesy photoROBERT PIERCE • Leader & Times Over the last seven years, the...
USD 480 school board member Nick Hatcher, left, listens as Superintedent Dr. Todd Carter talks about one of the action items on the board’s agenda Monday evening. The board made quick work of the meeting. L&T photo/Elly GrimmELLY GRIMM • Leader & Times The USD 480 school board...
Stepping Stone Shelter at 300 N. Lincoln Ave. in Liberal. The shelter has recently come into a financial crunch after not receiving the Emergency Solutions Grant for a second year in a row. Courtesy photoROBERT PIERCE • Leader & Times For the last two years, Liberal’s Stepping Stone...
City of Liberal The City of Liberal has completed a rebuild and migration to a new online payment portal. Individuals may once again submit utility bill payments for water, sewer, and standard trash collection services online using a credit card, debit card, or ACH payment. To make...
ROBERT PIERCE • Leader & Times An arrest was made in connection to an active shooter report Thursday at Garden City Community College. A release from the Garden City Police Department said 39-year-old Alejandro Salazar was arrested and faces multiple charges from the alleged...
Pilots John Ockenfels and Peter Teahen stop for a past photo. The pair is flying around the world to raise awareness about polio, and will be visiting Liberal’s Seward County Community College Friday, Dec. 8. Courtesy photoELLY GRIMM • Leader & Times Poliomyelitis (polio) is a highly...
Kansas Highway Patrol The Kansas Highway Patrol and local law enforcement agencies will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint in the 200 and 300 Blocks of West Pancake Boulevard (U.S. Highway 54) in Liberal from 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, to 2 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29. The purpose and...
ELLY GRIMM • Leader & Times The 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline was launched in 2022 and has seen tremendous success since then, and some new funding will help that even more. Thursday, Gov. Laura Kelly announced the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services (KDADS)...
Kansas Department of Transportation Applications are being accepted for the Kansas Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School (SRTS) program for its first year of Planning and Programming (P&P) grants. Safe Routes to School is a national program that promotes walking and...
English
العربية
Filipino
Français
Deutsch
Italiano
日本語
한국어
Português
Español
Tiếng Việt
