Kingman County News

Questions arose about how the Kingman Elementary School spelling bee was run this year, but after school officials talked to Kansas Press Association officials, all spellers who placed in the top five at the school bee...

Kingman Post Office clerk Angie Mertens received the Postmaster General Hero award for her efforts in saving the life of a person who was involved in a vehicle crash. The incident happened in November, when Mertens...

The Kingman County commissioners took no action on a proposal from Hometown Grants to offer grant-writing and assistance services to the county and cities. But after the presentation by Christine Crews — who had previously visited...

Oleg Alba with NextEra Energy updated the Kingman County commissioners Monday about the status of the reconstruction work at the Kingman wind farms. During discussion, Alba suggested a different approach to maintaining and repairing roads, in...

Kingman and Norwich middle and high school students got a chance to learn about financial literacy during the Reality U program held last Wednesday. It was the first time that Reality U had been held at...

Kingman Vice Mayor Tracy Winsor, at Thursday’s city commission meeting, suggested possibly having a third party do a “compliance review” when it’s time for the city commission to determine whether to renew the city manager’s contract....

Kingman Chamber of Commerce board member Ashley Keimig told the Kingman city commission Thursday that the chamber believes it has found a way to make things work with the executive director position. Thus, Keimig asked that...

Kingman Mayor Jon Wollen had the city commissioners and City Manager Greg Graffman discuss the priorities for the city in the coming year at Thursday’s meeting. At the Dec. 23 meeting, Wollen asked the commissioners and...

City and county work crews do make the effort to keep roads cleared during or after winter storms, but limited staff and resources mean they can only do so much. The winter storm this past week...

Shae Brooks has been named the new fire chief for the Kingman Fire Department. She started duties last week. Brooks is originally from Hutchinson but said she and her family wanted to move out of the...