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Former Liberal Man Dies In Wichita Accident - May 15, 2014
A former Liberal man is dead following a crash in southeast Wichita, and police are now trying to determine if a medical condition played a role. The accident happened around 7:30 Thursday morn...
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Kansas Unemployment Down In April - May 15, 2014
Kansas labor officials say the state’s unemployment rate dropped in April to a seasonally adjusted 4.8 percent, down from 4.9 percent in March. The rate reported by the state Department of Lab...
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Cargill In Dodge City To Lay Off Employees Due To Tight Supplies - May 15, 2014
Cargill Beef says it is trimming its workforce at its Dodge City slaughterhouse because of tight beef supplies as the nation's cattle herd begins to rebuild from drought conditions. Company spokesma...
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Liberal Police Make Narcotics Arrest - May 15, 2014
On Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at about 4:30 p.m., investigators conducted a search warrant at a residence in the 600 block of S. Pennsylvania Avenue in the furtherance of an ongoing narcotics investigati...
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Governor Signs Bill Cutting Mortgage Fees - May 14, 2014
Governor Sam Brownback has signed legislation phasing out the fees paid by Kansas lenders to counties to register home mortgages. Bankers and real estate agents have argued that home buyers are get...
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Dodge City Convenience Store Robbed - May 14, 2014
Officers are searching for a man who robbed a convenience store at gunpoint in western Kansas Wednesday morning. Around 10 a.m., police officers and sheriff's deputies responded to the report of a ro...
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Liberal City Commission Meets, Increases Housing Incentives - May 13, 2014
The Liberal City Commission met Tuesday evening at 6:30pm for their regular meeting. Starting off the meeting, Al Shank of Al Shank Insurance, on behalf of Employers Mutual Company, presented the City...
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Letter Carrier Food Drive Help Local Food Bank - May 13, 2014
3,228 lbs. of food was collected during the 2014 Post Office Food Drive held May 10. The shelves at the Homecare Food Cupboard at the First Presbyterian Church were pretty bare before the drive. ...
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Huelskamp Files For Re-election - May 13, 2014
Tim Huelskamp filed for re-election to Congress in the Big First District of Kansas. Huelskamp submitted the necessary paperwork with the Kansas Secretary of State in Topeka. "Each w...
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Texas Company Gets Federal OK For Transmission Lines In Kansas - May 13, 2014
A Texas company has received a key federal approval for its proposed high-voltage power line that will deliver Kansas-generated wind energy to users in the eastern U.S. Grain Belt Express Clean Lin...