BY PHILLIP LEE LIBERAL, Kan. — Seward County Community College invites the community to meet with three candidates for the newly-created position of Associate Vice President of Athletics next week on campus. The candidates for the position will visit the College next week, Monday July 8 through Wednesday, July 10. The interview process includes multiple meetings with campus groups as well as a tour and opportunities for candidates to get acquainted with Liberal and its residents. The schedule is as follows: Ronald Palmer interviews Monday, July 8 at 3:45 p.m. in the SCCC Library with a social at 5:30 p.m....

According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, a signing project is scheduled to start July 8 along several sections of U.S. 54, U.S. 160, K-23, and K-98 in Gray/Meade/Clark counties. This project consists of replacing the signing at various locations along U.S. 54, U.S. 160, K-23 and K-98 in Meade/Gray/Clark counties. Motorists can expect minimal impacts to traffic in the project work area. The highway will be open to regular traffic when this operation is not taking place. Signs Up LTD DBA Haren’s Trees and Critters of Webstter, Iowa, is the contractor on this $408,274.34 project, which is expected to...

According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, traffic changes along U.S. 54 in Meade County will start July 15, three miles west of the west city limits of Meade. The traffic change is needed to allow bridge repair work to take place. Motorists should expect minimal delays, and a 12-foot width restriction will be in effect. Temporary traffic signals will direct one-lane traffic through the work zone, and signs and cones will mark the lane reduction. PBX Corporation & Subsidiary of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, is the contractor on this $847,656.44 project, which, weather permitting, is expected to be completed by the...