Garden City, Ks. (westernkansasnews) Garden City Arts is pleased to present its annual women’s exhibit. This year’s show, “Mothers & Other Fabulous Women,” features four local artists, a Hugoton painter and two emerging artists. A reception for the show will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tomorrow at the Gallery, 318 N. Main St....

Garden City, Ks. (westernkansasnews) Late tomorrow night and early Sunday morning the Garden City Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in a high traffic area within the city limits of Garden City. The sobriety checkpoint is designed to identify intoxicated drivers and remove them from the streets of Garden City. Vehicles traveling through...

Garden City, Ks. (westernkansasnews) The Garden City Airport Raceway Management is taking donations throughout the rest of today to be delivered to the Moore Tornado Victims over the weekend.  Raceway President Shawn Neeland told Western Kansas News the most pressing needs are WORK GLOVES,  FLAHSLIGHTS AND BATTERIES, WORK BOOTS OF ANY SORT, BABY FOOD,...

Garden City, Ks. (westernkansasnews) During an eventful severe weather weekend as other parts of the state were getting hammered with torrential rains, golf ball sized hail and even a few Tornados,  what began as severe thunderstorm warnings for various Southwest Kansas counties quickly faded into little more than an occasional downpour.  Southwest Kansas was...

Garden City, Ks. (westernkansasnews) Kansas Secretary of Transportation Mike King along with Garden City Vice Mayor Roy Cessna teamed up to cut the ribbon this morning officially opening the bypass project.  Even though westbound Schulman is still closed, city engineer Steve Cottrell said everything should be wrapped up in few weeks: Bypass Kottrel1 Vice...

Garden City, Ks. (westernkansasnews) By: Dylan Hunter A ceremony honoring law enforcement officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty was attended by a small but intimate crowd this morning as law enforcement personnel from the GCPD, Finney County Sheriff’s Department and Kansas Highway Patrol all gathered to honor and remember...

Garden City, Ks. (westernkansasnews) By: Dylan Hunter In its 2nd year of existence, the HILLSIDE SESSIONS, a 2 day musical event created by Ad Astra Out West co-founders Sean Collins and Colin Williams, once again rocked Garden City as over 20 bands took to the stage for the 2 day event.   The event,...

Garden City, Ks. (westernkansasnews) By: Dylan Hunter Cinco De Mayho is a Mexican remembrance celebration of the 1862 Battle Of Puebla, a battle won handily by the Mexican Militia over the French forces. For the past 20 years, El Remedio Market owner Juan Andrade has been hosting a Cinco De Mayo party in his...

Liberal, Ks. (westernkansasnews) By: Dylan Hunter Dennis Lee Rogers is a Navajo Indian and native Kansan who tours the state teaching multi-culteral acceptance and speaking out against child bullying.  Dennis performed yesterday at the Kansas Sampler Festival and spoke with WESTERN KANSAS NEWS: Sampler3   Dennis will be in Hugoton this weekend performing for...

Liberal, Ks. (westernkansasnews) By: Dylan Hunter The annual Kansas Sampler Festival wound up its 2 year stay in Liberal over the weekend to modest but festive crowds with most of the state being represented in one form or fashion.  Captain John Antrim of the Liberal Police Department said the festival was quiet from a...