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Back on familiar ground
Walters tries to help Conqs bounce back in home opener

Area teams kickoff season
SPEARVILLE AT HILL CITY
The defending eight-man division-I state champions will begin their title defense when they travel to Hill City for a season opener on the road.
Hill City finished the 201…


The quest begins
Living 150 miles from the nearest antelope hunting here in Kansas kinda’ makes the good fortune of drawing a tag just the tip of the iceberg, so to speak.
I have friends who have gotten tags in the…

Conqs beat Barton in five set thriller
From the very beginning of Wednesday night’s match, it was clear that this year’s Dodge City Community College volleyball team is not the same team that it was a season ago. While there are many of t…

Red Demons roll in opener
WICHITA - Before the Dodge City High School boys soccer team even began practicing this fall, head coach Saul Hernandez knew his players were focused coming into the season.
On Monday, the Red Demo…
Ertz to start at QB for K-State at No. 8 Stanford
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) Jesse Ertz is exactly where he started last season for Kansas State.
He hopes the similarities end there.
The junior quarterback won a three-way competition for the starting …
Couple develops blind for terrain vehicles
Dick Bixler doesn't hunt much anymore, and he's not disabled. He is passionate, however, about helping people get where they want to go to do what they want to do.
The U.S. Wildlife Service estimat…
Migratory birds and water fowl season approaches
The statewide season for hunting migratory birds and water fowl is fast approaching.
The species of birds in this hunting category include doves — mourning, white-winged, Eurasian collared and ring…