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September 27th, 2023
•Special to the Leader & Times   WICHITA — Kaden Classen, a senior from Liberal High School, was awarded $1,000 at the inaugural Youth Entrepreneurs Summit Big Idea National Competition on Thursday. Classen was named a national champion. A national contest for high school...

ROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times   Statistics show every two seconds in the U.S., someone needs blood, but with fewer and fewer people donating, the supply to meet that demand is growing smaller and smaller. As few as 3 percent of the country’s population donate blood, and that number...

• Special to the Leader & Times   State Representative Shannon Francis, Liberal, has been appointed to the Joint Legislative Transportation Vision Task Force by Kansas Speaker of the House, Ron Ryckman. Representative Francis is vice chairman of the House Transportation Committee and...

Western Kansas Child Advocacy Center Director Kelly Robbins talks about her agency and its newest office in Liberal Thursday evening at the most recent Police And Community meeting. L&T photo/Robert PierceROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times   EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a short...

earthsky.org   The June solstice – your signal to celebrate summer in the Northern Hemisphere and winter in the Southern Hemisphere – began at 5:07 a.m. today in North America on June 21.  For us in the Northern Hemisphere, this solstice marks the longest day of the year. Early dawns....

ELLY GRIMM• Leader & Times   For those already thinking about their young child’s education, the Liberal office of the Kansas Children’s Service League (KCSL) has an upcoming program to help make sure those children are ready to go come the next school year.  The KCSL will be...

ROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times   Since America’s earliest days, quilting has been part of the nation’s heritage with the earliest U.S. flags being sewn by Betsy Ross in the latter 18th century. Locally, quilters have continued that heritage with the Needles and Friends Quilt Guild, and...

Visitors to the Jurassic Tour event will experience the sights and sounds of moving, breathing, walking dinosaurs. Courtesy photoROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times   Dinosaurs have been extinct for millions, maybe even billions of years. Despite this, the fascination of the animal continues...

• Seward County Community College   Just when summer days grow long and parents may be hearing complaints of boredom, Seward County Community College Kids College comes to the rescue.  The ever-popular Kids College is now open for registration. With a roster of more than 30 classes,...

ELLY GRIMM• Leader & Times   Contracts for a handful of top City of Liberal employees have recently come under scrutiny, with the most recent one coming with the recent swearing in of Dennis Mulanax as Liberal’s police chief after Al Sill’s termination in January.  Mulanax’s...