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Oil Production Problematic For Local, State Governments - January 04, 2015
State and local governments that receive taxes from the production of oil and natural gas could faces challenges as prices plunge. The falling gasoline prices have no effect on two key taxes that st...
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Ex-CEO Of Kansas Power Utility Guilty - January 02, 2015
The former CEO of a western Kansas electric utility will be sentenced in February after pleading no contest in a theft case involving nearly $188,000. Earl Norman Steffens entered the plea last week...
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Winter Weather Advisory Until 1 a.m. Sunday - January 02, 2015
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS 247 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...WIDESPREAD SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED SATURDAY... ...ARCTIC AIR WILL INVADE WESTERN KANSAS SATURDAY ...
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Large Oil Battery Fire Near Guymon - December 30, 2014
Guymon Firefighters remained busy Tuesday afternoon responding to a reported large oil battery fire southeast of Guymon. At 1:10pm, Guymon Fire Department responded to the report...
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SWMC ER Physician Sentenced For Tax Evasion - December 30, 2014
A federal court sentenced the co-author of an Atkins diet book to federal prison and restitution for tax evasion on Thursday. Mary C. Vernon, 62, of Lawrence was convicted on five counts of tax eva...
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Two Vehicle Accident On Hwy 54 Claims The Life of A Liberal Man - December 30, 2014
A two vehicle accident on Hwy 54 has claimed the life of a Liberal man. The accident occurred approximately 7 miles east of Liberal on Hwy 54 around 3:54pm Tuesday evening. A 1993 Subaru being driven ...
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Early Morning Motel Room Fire in Guymon - December 30, 2014
Fast recognition of an emergency by a motel guest may have saved many others at a local motel here in Guymon. Early Tuesday morning at 8:00am, a motel guest at the American’s...
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City Clerk Announces City Commission Filing Deadline - December 30, 2014
City Clerk Debbie Giskie announces that the deadline for candidates to file for the three (3) vacant City Commission positions is noon on Tuesday, January 27, 2015. The positions currently held by D...
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Plains Quest For A Grocery Store - December 30, 2014
PLAINS, Kan. — Here in southwest Kansas, where small communities have struggled since the Dust Bowl to retain businesses and residents, a town’s viability is measured by what has not yet c...
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Liberal High School Offers “Second Chance” - December 30, 2014
Millions of youth do not eat breakfast or exercise enough on any given day.1 When school leaders at Liberal High School realized that their students were still hungry after lunch, they knew they neede...