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Dodge City Special Olympics receives grant

On Nov. 7, a grant from the Arthur and Cornelia Scroggins Foundation Fund at the Community Foundation of Southwest Kansas was awarded to the Dodge City Special Olympics team.
The Dodge City Special…

Fourth arrested in attempted murder case

Sirtonais Jackson, 43, has been arrested in connection to an alleged attempted capital murder incident that took place on Nov. 14 in Ford County.
Jackson is the fourth person arrested in the case a…

Conq men split Texas road trip

The Conquistador men's basketball team spend Thanksgiving Week on the road with two different games in the state of Texas. The first game was a Region XIV opponent Lee College on Tuesday. Dodge City …

Library to hold open house book sale

The Friends of the Library will be hosting a used book sale at the Dodge City Public Library located at 1001 N. 2nd Avenue, on Dec. 1 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
This will be their first sale since reno…

Montezuma resident honored

Amos Yost, Cooperative Weather Observer for Montezuma, was presented with a 25-year length of service award on Nov. 20, by Larry Ruthi, Meteorologist-in-Charge for the National Weather Service in Dod…

Time to Stuff the Ambulance

On Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Ford County Fire and EMS will be holding a food drive in Dodge City.
On Saturday the food drive will take place in the parking lot of Dillons, 1700 N. …

The town of Ensign

At the beginning this town was "Lone Lake," but in 1888 it took on a name reminiscent of a junior Naval officer.
Ensign, Kansas, which was laid out in 1886, was actually named in honor of its found…