Ken Spencer appointed Dodge City Fire Chief
As Dodge City Fire Chief Robert Heinz retires, city officials didn't have to look far for his replacement.
According to Dodge City Manager Cherise Tieben, Dodge City deputy fire chief Ken Spencer h…
September 2019
Foul play believed in escaped monkey investigation
Two capuchin monkeys at Wright Park Zoo are back home, while one still recovers from surgery.
Wright Park Zoo and Dodge City staff have stated that the investigation is still ongoing into how monke…
It’s time to get serious about stabilizing Ogallala Aquifer
The western Kansas economy relies heavily on crops irrigated by the Ogallala Aquifer.
These crops provide most of the grain and forage for ethanol plants and livestock operations including feedlots…
Red Demons score 38 straight, take 45-7 win over Cougars
Dodge City scored 21 points in the final four and a half minutes of the second quarter this past Friday night — including a passing touchdown in the last seven seconds before intermission — to gain a…
DCHS girls golf finishes 6th
The Dodge City girls golf team finished sixth in the 12-team tournament at Mariah Hills golf course on Thursday, Sept. 12.
According to DCHS girls and boys golf coach Jim Mapel, they were led by fr…
Sittin’ pretty
Jim Kammeyer remembers a dove hunt with his dad years ago, when he was about 14. A small group on a father and son dove hunt had stopped along a pond to determine how to capture a dove someone had sh…
Key Office Products location to hold open house
Key Office Products invites the public to celebrate its grand reopening with an open house at its new location at 108 W. Plaza from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26.
Customers can look forward to sna…
United Way Of Dodge City kicks off 2020 campaign
Coming into its 14th year, the 2020 fundraising campaign for the United Way of Dodge City is underway and set to run through February 2020.
"This year’s campaign will run through February of 2020 o…
United Wireless Plaza marks 2 grand openings
The public is invited to celebrate the grand opening of the new United Wireless Plaza, 2120 N. 14th Ave, with a free hot dog lunch Thursday, Sept. 19.
Scooter’s Coffee and United Wireless Communica…
Boot Hill’s first advertiser
One might argue Dodge City Boot Hill Museum got its impetus on Sept. 14, 1935 when Morris Cannon erected his billboard.
Three years before, dentist O.H. Simpson had placed boots and faces at Boot H…