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March 24th, 2023
Old Farmer’s Almanac   When Is the First Day of Spring 2023? In 2023, the March equinox happens on March 20, at 4:24 p.m. CDT. This falls on a Monday and is the astronomical beginning of the spring season in the Northern Hemisphere and the autumn season in the Southern Hemisphere. If you...

ELLY GRIMM • Leader & Times   Statistics show the rate of new cases of cancer is 442.4 per 100,000 men and women per year (based on 2013 through 2017 cases), and the cancer death rate (cancer mortality) is 158.3 per 100,000 men and women per year (based on 2013 through 2017 deaths)....

ROBERT PIERCE • Leader & Times   The Easter season is nearing, and the sight of children, and maybe even some adults, collecting eggs will soon be seen at churches and other organizations across the country. In Liberal, many hunts will take place throughout the community, including one...

Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks   DODGE CITY – The Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks’ Public Lands Division is partnering with the Kansas Forest Service and Hutchinson Community College Fire Science Program to conduct a wildland fire training and hazardous fuels mitigation...

Liberal Mayor Jose Lara, far right, presents Mosaic representatives Gail Phelps (center) and Brady Low with a proclamation making March Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. L&T photo/Elly GrimmELLY GRIMM • Leader & Times   The Liberal City Commission took on...

ROBERT PIERCE • Leader & Times   The Hugoton Police Department has had a few reports from citizens who have received calls from people claiming to be police officers. A post on the HPD Facebook page reminded residents during the course of their official duties, officers and other...

Jones Monument, located on North Kansas Avenue in Liberal. Gene and Sharon Jones recently decided to retire and have sold the business to a new owner under a new name, but monuments will continue to be made at the location. Courtesy photoROBERT PIERCE • Leader & Times   Jones Monument...

Tri-County Electric Cooperative   March is Women’s History Month.  It’s also National Reading Month.  So, what better time to check in with a woman who is making history as a literary advocate, Dolly Parton. “I beg your ‘Parton?’” you might be thinking, “Dolly Parton, the...

Special to the Leader & Times   The U.S. Attorney’s Office – District of Kansas is warning the public about phone scams in which callers spoof or fraudulently display themselves as having numbers belonging to government agencies in attempt to defraud victims of money.  Anyone who...

L&T staff report   Kansas Department of Transportation Southwest Kansas Public Affairs Manager Yazmin Moreno Tuesday provided the latest update to the four-lane expansion project on U.S. Highway 54 in Seward County. Starting today, Moreno said access to County Road M onto U.S. Hwy. 54...