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September 27th, 2023
ROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times   Two Liberal High School graduates got a little financial help with their higher education Monday night thanks to the Seward County Employee Committee. The committee presented two scholarships of $400 each to Mariyvette Aguilar and Jade Rice, who are both...

EARL WATT• Leader & Times   New revelations on how the now infamous city manager contract came into existence have been exposed since former City Manager Mark Hall filed a civil lawsuit against the City of Liberal. Following the passage of the new contract, the Mayor Denoyer stated in...

ROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times   People of all ages, sexes and races can and do have arthritis, and it is the leading cause of disability in America. More than 50 million adults and 300,000 children have some type of arthritis. It is more common among women and occurs more frequently as...

EARL WATT• Leader & Times   In a court filing by ousted Liberal City Manager Mark Hall in District Court Friday, four city commissioners may have broke the Kansas Open Meetings Act when discussing Hall’s contract in late 2017. Hall has filed suit against the city to enforce the...

ELLY GRIMM• Leader & Times   Liberal’s former city manager is claiming breach of contract and other charges in a lawsuit filed Friday against the City of Liberal.  “Mark D. Hall, by and through his attorneys Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard P.C., states the following for his...

ELLY GRIMM• Leader & Times   The health of people in the U.S. has become a point of discussion in many circles and recently, the America’s Health Rankings report from UnitedHealthcare showed some rather interesting findings. “We have a very general American health rankings but the one...

ROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times   In August 2017, the staff of the City of Liberal’s Building Department and Seward County’s Planning and Zoning department proposed forming a joint building safety board of appeals to serve the needs of both entities. County commissioners are scheduled to...

Liberal Vice Mayor Taylor Harden looks through the list of agenda items during the recent joint meeting between several local boards. L&T photo/Robert PierceROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times   EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last in a series of stories concerning a joint meeting between USD...

Katie Kline participates in an MS walk in memory of her mother who was a former elementary teacher in Liberal. Friday was the anniversary date of Katie losing her mother. Courtesy photo• Seward County Community College   Katie Kline isn’t running for her life, even though it might look like...

ROBERT PIERCE• Leader & Times   A third candidate has joined the race for the District 5 seat on the Seward County Commission, and the list of candidates is now finalized. Erin Atchley filed Friday to fill the unexpired term of former commissioner Jack Jacob. Incumbent Jim Rice...