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Join us at the Ford County Fair

Next week’s hot summertime temperatures and the mid-summer month on our calendars can only mean one thing…it’s time for the Ford County Fair!
The 2019 Ford County Fair will be July 18–22, I hope av…

Egger joins DCCC baseball staff

Dodge City Community College has hired an assistant for baseball coach Phil Stephenson.
The Conquistadors announced recently that Eli Egger takes over the lone assistant position for the program fr…

Distillery raises funds for Legion

During the Fourth of July holiday, Boot Hill Distillery held a Salute to Veterans hot dog feed with proceeds going to the American Legion Post 47 in Dodge City.
"Dodge City’s Unit 47 Auxiliary memb…

Grants will fund Medal of Honor storyboard

Cpl. Leander Herron, Co. A, 3rd U.S. Infantry, is the only soldier to be stationed at Fort Dodge and Fort Larned to have received the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Herron received the award in 1917…

Hays man arrested after meth found

Fernando Amezquita, 43, of Hays, was arrested on July 7 after authorities said they found about 6 pounds of methamphetamine in his vehicle.
According to Ford County Sheriff Bill Carr, the arrest wa…

Miss Dodge City launches Purple Pals program

The bad news is Alzheimer’s disease will affect half the American population by 2060. The good news is one of Dodge City’s native daughters is meeting the immediate need for caregiver relief with her…