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Wednesday
September 27th, 2023
ELLY GRIMM• Leader & Times   Many agreements and ordinances will be up for approval by the Liberal City Commission during its next meeting this evening beginning at 5:30.  Up first for the commission will be an ordinance granting Sunday liquor sales.  “This chapter... of...

Liberal High School Principal Ashley Kappelmann and USD 480 Technology Director Rusty Tuman listen to a question from the USD 480 school board regarding the implementation of the Canvas cloud-based Learning Management System during the board’s most recent meeting Monday evening. The motion to...

ELLY GRIMM• Leader & Times   A storm system that made its way through Liberal late Sunday night also began a fire at a local residence.  “At approximately 11:15 p.m. Sunday a Liberal resident called directly, to the fire department to report that his home had been struck by...

ROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times   For many years, Mark and Laura Strange have played several big roles in the development of Liberal.  At one time, Laura was the director of the Baker Arts Center, and she and Mark have served in several other capacities around the community. The...

ELLY GRIMM• Leader & Times   The summer work will be continuing for the USD 480 school board during its next meeting Monday beginning at 6:30.  After discussion of the new wording for the district’s mission and vision statements, the board will be talking about parent engagement...

• L&T staff report with JFK excerpt   On Sept. 12, 1962, President John F. Kennedy spoke at Rice University and challenged the nation to send a man to the moon by 1970.  While the technology didn’t even exist to accomplish the goal, Kennedy’s challenge was to create the technology...

Liberal High School’s redesign leadership team gets the final go ahead for its plan recently from the Kansas State Board of Education after plans for both LHS and Meadowlark Elementary were presented to the state board. Courtesy photoROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times   Within the last three...

• Southern Pioneer Electric   Two students from Southern Pioneer Electric’s service territory attended the 58th Annual Electric Cooperative Youth Tour with 1,800 peers from across the nation. Youth Tour took place June 7 through 14.  Each participant was chosen through a written...

​Tuesday evening, the Rotary Club of Liberal met for their annual picnic at the home of Pat Patrick. Twenty-five members and spouses enjoyed a catered meal of fried chicken and all the fixings prepared by Chef Todd at the Liberal Country Club. Entertainment was provided by local musician Steve...

SkyWest Station Manager Kathleen Pepera and United Senior Regional Manager Tom Zachary cut the ribbon to officially welcome SkyWest to Liberal during a ceremony Thursday afternoon with Liberal Chamber of Commerce members and City of Liberal officials looking on. SkyWest was chosen as the city’s...