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Wednesday
September 27th, 2023
Chamber Ambassadors watch as the ribbon is cut Wednesday afternoon at the new Best Western Plus motel on North Lincoln in Liberal. L&T photo/Robert Pierce

Crews work at laying the shredded rubber that is part of the turf system for Redskins Field. Soccer and football games are played on the surface which saves the district from ongoing mowing, watering and maintenance costs. L&T photo/Serena Rinehart

Local Army vets are honored as part of American Legion Post 80’s celebration of the U.S. Army’s 243rd birthday Thursday evening at the post. L&T photo/Robert Pierce

• L&T staff report The Focus on the Future Committee will meet at 12 noon Monday at the Rock Island depot.The 1-cent sales tax is used to make community enhancements that are not part of the city’s general operating budget on projects that are recommended by the residents. The meetings are...

Store will be located in Plains, more stores possibly to come Stepping Stone Director Bambi Fulton prepares to organize donations to have some of them ready to truck to a new thrift store opening soon in Plains. L&T photo/Robert Pierce By ROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times The word...

By ROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times Wednesday morning saw Seward County Sheriff’s deputies responding to two incidents involving vehicles and deer.Undersheriff Gene Ward said in a press release, the first accident happened shortly before 5 a.m. about 1/10th of a mile east of Road R on Road 4.“A...

Demolition crews start tearing down Lincoln Elementary Wednesday.  L&T photo/Jimmy Hampton

The only flyable A-26K left in the world sits at Lyddon Aero Center Thursday afternoon for a fuel stop and repairs to a generator. Nicknamed the “Counter Invader,” the plane was developed by the Air Force in the 1960s, originally as the B-26K, in efforts to develop an effective counter-insurance...

Donna Odneal tracks the proceedings of a case in Seward County District Court. After working 21 years in Seward County, Odneal is now the head court clerk in neighboring Haskell County. L&T photo/Robert Pierce By ROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times For many people, jury trials are simply a...

Free event at MAAM from noon to 5 Saturday • L&T staff report The B-25 Mitchell is one of the best-known bombers of World War II.A medium size bomber, it harbored a crew of six and a bomb load of 3,000 pounds. The B-25 was chosen as the most suitable plane for a bombing raid against Tokyo...