Healthy Habits grants offered
The Healthy Habits for Life grant, a program aimed at improving the overall health of young Kansans by funding school-based programs, is accepting applications for 2017.
School personnel - includin…
July 2016
Ford County Fair week begins
The Ford County Fair returned Thursday with old favorites like the watermelon feed and barnyard olympics as well as some new activities.
"The model car racing is new this year," Extension agent Lex…
Hastings to close
One of the last video, book and entertainment stores in Dodge City will be closed by October.
Hastings Entertainment, Inc., a retail store for movies, books, music and collectibles filed Chapter 11…
A’s drop series finale in Wellington
In the final game of the three-game series in Wellington the Dodge City A’s were forced to play catch-up for the entire game.
The A’s overcame a two-run deficit and a three-run deficit through the …
Coming off a pair of idle weekends, the 3/8-mile Dodge City Raceway Park clay oval in southwest Kansas fires back to life this Saturday night with a full card of championship chase action.
The Prec…
Obama honors Royals at White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Kansas City Royals are going to have to work on their nicknames as far as President Barack Obama is concerned. Everything else was looking pretty good though as he honored the 2…
New gun law takes effect
Several new laws will begin taking effect on Friday.
Among those passed, the Kansas House Bill 2502 allows state and municipal employees to carry concealed firearms while at work and outside of the…
Community celebrates summer reading
More than 50 children and their families attended the end of summer reading party at the library Wednesday.
"We registered 500 children for the summer reading program and had more than 150 attend e…
Minneola begins housing project
The city of Minneola and Minneola Housing Authority broke ground Wednesday for the construction of a duplex housing unit, the first of three moderate-income housing projects in the community.
Funde…
New salon opens
A new hair salon has opened for business in downtown Dodge City.
Color Bar by Leslie opened on July 19 at their 607 N. 2nd Ave. location.
"This has been a dream of mine since I could remember," C…