WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas community college agreed under mounting pressure to an independent investigation into the heatstroke death last year of a football player who collapsed after the first day of conditioning practice. Trustees for Garden City Community College voted Tuesday evening to authorize the outside probe into the death of 19-year-old...

(Courtesy of DCCC) DODGE CITY, Kan. — Twelve people graduated from Dodge City Community College’s Adult Learning Center GED Program on the evening of Friday, May 10, 2019. Director Brandie Ferguson says that while many people who complete the GED program do so for job opportunities or advancement, many others are preparing for further...

(Courtesy of DCCC) DODGE CITY, Kan. — When Robert Cervantes began the welding program at Dodge City Community College he didn’t plan for the highlight of his training to be an art project. Despite taking an art class almost as an afterthought, Cervantes’ creation from that course took first place at the Kansas State...

(Courtesy of the KDOT) TOPEKA, Kan. — Law enforcement agencies across Kansas will be taking a no-excuses approach to saving lives around this Memorial Day weekend. Tickets will be issued to unbuckled occupants as a harsh reminder of the importance of seat belt use at all times. More than 50 percent of traffic fatalities...

(Courtesy of USD 457) GARDEN CITY, Kan. — There were a number of students that received awards during the Garden City Alternate Education Center and Virtual Academy graduation ceremony on May 11th.  Students received the Dale M. Dennis Excellence in Education award and one student received an Academic Excellence award. The students that received...

(Courtesy of GCCC) GARDEN CITY, Kan. — During a regularly scheduled meeting on May 14, the Board of Trustees for Garden City Community College voted to authorize an external investigation into the August 1, 2018 death of Braeden Bradforth.  The Board voted to delay further discussion on policy governance changes regarding language for a...

GARDEN CITY, Kan. — Another school threat towards Horace Good Middle School has led to an arrest in Garden City. The Garden City Police Department made this post on their Facebook page Monday night This is the fourth threat made against Horace Good Middle School in the past month. HGMS Principal Brad Springston issued...

DODGE CITY, Kan. — The city of Dodge City announced that it will begin filling potholes across the city after recent weather has shifted the earth and created more holes. This coming after the city of Garden City announced last week that it would be doing the same thing. Both Dodge City and Garden...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court says victims injured by drunken drivers can’t sue the bars that served them. KCUR-FM reports that the high court’s ruling on Friday comes in the case of Jeff Kudlacik, who was placed in a medically induced coma and faced months of rehabilitation following a car accident...

(Courtesy of USD 457) GARDEN CITY, Kan. — The Garden City High School Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be held on Friday, May 17, 2019, at 7:30 p.m., in the Garden City High School Commons Area, 2720 Buffalo Way Blvd.  This year’s local inductee is Beth Tedrow, and the out of town inductee is...