Dodge City News

The Kansas Lottery announced this week that someone won $100,000 at the Boot Hill Casino & Resort in Dodge City, the biggest payout to date for a state-owned casino.

RJ McGhee of Dodge City battles Barton's Carl Wallace for the basketball on Wednesday night at Kirkman Activity Center.

Championship Bull Riding's nationally televised CINCH Tour returns to Dodge City, Kansas in March and proudly announces a new partnership with Dodge City's own ROTO-MIX. The "ROTO-MIX Dodge City CBR Shootout" invades United Wireless Arena on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 8PM.

Revenues from Dodge City's Boot Hill Casino & Resort are going toward an effort to attract more tourists to southwest Kansas.

It was bad enough that the Legislature exempted state-owned casinos from the Kansas Indoor Clean Air Act in the first place, worse when it let another session go by without righting the wrong.

The opening of a new casino near the Kansas speedway could bring big money to northeast Kansas, but the new business could have other consequences for the area as well, officials say.

A blizzard warning is in effect for northwest Kansas. Some school districts have already cancelled school for Friday.

Bill Bunyan and Susan Bunyan of Dodge City, Kansas, enjoy ice cream sodas at the Kiowa County Historical Society soda fountain in Greensburg, Kansas January 24, 2012.

Bill Bunyan and Susan Bunyan of Dodge City, Kansas, enjoy ice cream sodas at the Kiowa County Historical Society soda fountain in Greensburg, Kansas, January 24, 2012.

TAHAH TRIAL DELAYED Dodge City Daily Globe Jan 17, 2012 DODGE CITY - The second trial for a former Dodge City policeman charged with killing his girlfriend has been postponed until this summer.

On Monday, commissioners will present a special meeting at 7 p.m. at the Fairgrounds Exhibition Building to hear citizens' ideas and opinions regarding possible upgrades to the Exhibition Building.

The 25-year-old company has offices in a dozen greater Midwest cities, including a recently opened Dodge City office.

An increase in oil and gas exploration in southwestern Kansas has led to such a surge in people seeking information on oil and gas leases and land titles that Ford County has had to institute crowd control measures at the building where the searches are conducted.