SunPorch elders eager for Senior Olympics
Training is underway for several elders at SunPorch of Dodge City for the upcoming Senior Olympics.
The Senior Olympics will be held on Sept. 20 at the Cimarron 4-H Building with opening ceremonies…
August 2019
USD 443 honored for nutrition, wellness program
Dodge City USD 443 was among seven schools and organizations honored Tuesday for outstanding practices in child nutrition and wellness programs.
According to the Kansas State Department of Educatio…
A new, symphonic sound for old, sacred ground
There is something very new in the oldest active church in Dodge City.
It is 17 feet tall and 10 feet deep, and made of ash and oak and 399 pipes composed of tin and lead. And with all the componen…
You never know what you might be missing
I saw an old friend in town the other day and he asked how I had done trapping last year. I told him I hadn’t set as many traps as I’d wanted and thus hadn’t caught as many coyotes as I had planned. …
KDOC honors local employees
The Kansas Department of Corrections has named two employees of Santa Fe Trail Community Corrections in Dodge City as 2019 community corrections employees of the year.
Clover Kinney, supervisor of …
Amy Wilkerson fundraiser set for Saturday
The 17th annual Amy Wilkerson Memorial Spaghetti Dinner will be held at Knights of Columbus, 800 W. Frontview Street, from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday.
According to information provided by the Kiwanis Clu…
Trade war makes it hard to project growth, Fed Reserve executive says
The regional economic forecast, from the standpoint of an executive with the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Missouri, is going to be hard to project because of unpredictability in the trade pic…
A Powercat with precision
KISMET – Folks across the country find all kinds of ways to celebrate their favorite universities and sports teams.
This summer, Rocky Ormiston may have just out-done them all.
The co-owner of Or…
“Big Matt” the Muffler Man
His time at Boot Hill Museum was short-lived, but at 20 feet tall he made a big impression.
Like Dennis Hopper's "Salsa Man," which stands on 3rd Avenue north of Dodge City Brewing, "Big Matt" was …
Advance voting starts Oct. 17
The 2019 local election is three months away, and the Ford County Clerk's Office has set dates for advance voting and advance voting ballots.
According to Ford County Clerk Debbie Cox, applications…