TOPEKA – Two individuals have been found guilty on Medicaid fraud charges and ordered to repay a total of more than $25,000 in restitution for illegally used taxpayer funds, Attorney General Derek Schmidt said on April 1.
MacKenzie Swan, a Hodgeman County High School senior, has been selected as a recipient of the Bucklin Tractor & Implement Agriculture Scholarship. This scholarship program prioritizes students who are affiliates of their local Future Farmers of America chapter and are actively involved in school and community activities.
Dodge City Community College has expanded its student outreach with the newly established Conq Care Cabinets. The cabinets are designed to hold various nonperishable foods, hygiene items, and school supplies for DCCC students in need.
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The Ford County Sheriff’s Office issued a couple statements over the weekend, one of which dealt with an investigation into a shooting that allegedly occurred on March 27. According to Ford County Sheriff Bill Carr, asked for the public’s assistance on information from an incident involving gunfire that occurred during the early morning hours of March 27 in rural Ford County south of Dodge City.
It is a birthday party 174 years in the making as the Dodge City Cowboy Band will celebrate its founder Chalkley Beeson with a concert on Sunday, April 24 at 2 p.m. at Maple Grove Cemetery where Beeson’s grave resides.
AUTISM AWARE: The first three men and women to pass the finish line of the annual 5k fun run for Autism awareness, sponsored by the Perfect Fit Foundation of Southwest Kansas, pose in front of a carnival that VFW post 1714 played host to Saturday, April 2. Children and families joined members of the Southwest Kansas Storm football team for a day of face painting, carnival games and puzzle-piece shapes cookies all in the name of raising awareness of Autism.
THE REASON FOR THE SEASON: The Earl family, of Spearville, volunteer their time at the free and family-friendly hemp planting day April 2 at the Education Growers Development Company, located east of the Western State Bank Expo Center on Highway 283.
High Plains Journal’s Cattle U & Trade Show will return for its fourth year and will be held Aug. 4 to 5 at the United Wireless Arena in Dodge City.