Liberal News

A Cessna 210D which landed in Liberal, Kansas last week was met by local authorities who seized 125 pounds of cocaine and later arrested the two men who had flown the plane.

Thursday, October 29, 2009 Attorney General Steve Six and Director Bob Blecha of the Kansas Bureau of Investigation announced today that an aircraft transporting drugs was busted in Liberal late last week and about 50 kilograms of cocaine seized.

Posted by: Nick Dutcher Email: nicholas.dutcher@nbcactionnews.com Last Update: 10/28 11:08 pm WICHITA, Kan., -- Three California men were charged with drug trafficking after authorities seized an airplane that landed in Liberal, Kan., carrying more than 125 pounds of cocaine.

Health Departments across Kansas continue to receive shipments of H1N1 Flu Vaccine and are working on distributing those vaccines to high-risk groups.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at the University of Kansas and Seward County Community College/Area Technical School in Liberal have formed a partnership to offer classes to adults 50 and older in Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stanton and Stevens counties.

Discussion that began among city officials late last fall about possible flights from Garden City Regional Airport to Wichita is currently at a standstill, according to city and airport officials.

A Mexican citizen was never prosecuted after his car trunk popped open 11 years ago, revealing a stash of more than 800 Kansas birth certificates and other fraudulent documents.But Jorge Alvarez Rivera now faces a January sentencing in a separate identity theft case.I would like to see that this time it is taken seriously, Donna Calabrese, director ...

Tuesday night's special election on a resolution proposed by the Liberal, Kansas school board has apparently failed.

It was midafternoon at the Heritage Restaurant, and the tables were cluttered with coffee cups, iced tea glasses and Kansas Lottery tickets: $2 Bonus Crossword tickets, $5 five-spot Keno tickets, $20 Instant Jackpot tickets.

John McDonald makes a 'continuum" in his studio in Valley Center. The shop recently began offering regular retail hours for customers.

There's a new face in town when it comes to lending at a local bank. Ronda H. Bailey has joined The Bank N. A. as executive vice president/chief credit administrative officer.

One person has been seriously hurt after an accident at the Plains, KS, grain elevator.

18, and now has been returned. According to Detective Jason Bond, William Sides, a police officer in Boise City reported that his vehicle, a 1997 black Honda Civic, was allegedly being used by a Liberal, Kan.

The Kansas Corporation Commission will hold a public hearing Wednesday to address the $16.4 million retail rate increase request filed by Mid-Kansas Electric Co.

Shortly after the May 2007 tornado destroyed 95 percent of Greensburg, Kan., National Guardsmen flew over the decimated city taking photos of the destruction.

Kansas Customs finalists named By Special to the I-R Last Updated: September 10, 2009 The Kansas Sampler Foundation announced the 8 Wonders of Kansas Customs finalists Thursday.

Kansas cattleman Raymond Schneider expects DNA profiling to dramatically improve his herd in the next five years.

LIBERAL a ' Voters in Liberal USD 480 will go to the polls in a special election Oct.

Services for Patty Louise Badagliacco, 70, will be private. Mrs. Badagliacco died Sunday, July 26, 2009.

A Liberal man is dead after an accident in Seward County. The accident happened late Monday night on South Kansas Avenue about one mile south of Liberal.