The Ford County Commissioners are soliciting volunteers to represent the county’s older population on the South West Kansas Area Agency on Aging’s (SWKAAA) Sub-Region Council. The purpose of the council is to assist SWKAAA in determining the needs of senior citizens in Ford County and southwest Kansas, and to help them develop a coordinated and comprehensive plan to address those needs with the funding that has been provided.
After months of meetings, compiling data and listening to research, lawmakers say they’re ready to take another shot at legalizing medical marijuana. Sen.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Federal regulators have ordered operators to temporarily shut down part of the Keystone Pipeline in northern Kansas after it spilled 14,000 barrels of crude oil.
COVID-19, RSV and the flu cases are filling up emergency rooms in the metropolitan area. Many area hospitals are at capacity, with some even putting beds in the hallways. All of this is overwhelming nurses already stretched thin.
Your Better Business Bureau (BBB) continues down the holiday trail this week with three more warnings regarding Christmas scams. The “12 Scams of Christmas” is our annual way of alerting consumers to the seasonal blizzard of scamming activity. This week the focus is on three more slick scammer schemes, all involving slippery lookalikes – scam numbers 7 through 9.
High School First place Damaris Ramos 12th grade DCHS Second place Karemi Lara 9th grade DCHS Third place Thais Villalobos 12th grade DCHS Honorable mention Cinthya Arguelles 12th grade DCHS Middle School First place Mackenzie Simpson 8th grade Sacred Heart School Second place Third place Easton Steiner 8th grade Sacred Heart School Tate Presley 6th grade Sacred Heart School Honorable mention CoCo Zheng 6th grade Sacred Heart School Honorable mention Saile Villalobos 6th grade Sacred Heart School Honorable mention Mya Peralta 6th Grade Sacred Heart School Honorable mention Ximena Calderon 8th Grade Sacred Heart School Elementary First place Margaret Cornitius, 8 years old Spearville Elementary School Second place Jacob Paul Contreras 4th grade Sacred Heart School .
The Streetscape groundbreaking ceremony took place in front of Dodge City’s iconic “El Capitan” statute the morning of Dec. 8.
Dustin J. Woods, 34, failure to appear. Caden N. Amyx, 21, theft. Bob N. Covington, 37, criminal sodomy. Kevin R. Alpers, 59, failure to appear. Roger L. Hartung, 54, criminal damage to property; transporting an open container; DUI; operate a motor vehicle without a valid license; possession of marijuana; maximum speed limits; failure to yield at stop or yield sign; improper driving on laned roadway; flee or attempt to elude LEO by engaging in reckless driving.
The Dodge City Convention and Visitors Bureau Holiday Light Tours begin on Friday, Dec. 9, at 6:30 p.m.