Kingman County News

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...

A 35-year-old Kingman resident was killed in a one-vehicle crash in Kingman County early Tuesday morning, Dec. 31. Jared Zachary Adcock was driving a 2010 Kia Sedona westbound on Kansas Highway 42 when his vehicle left...

Norwich School Principal Heidi Howard will retire from her position, effective with the end of the 2024-25 school year. Howard told the Leader-Courier said her decision to retire is to spend more time with her family,...

The Kingman city commission, which met Dec. 23 because of the holiday season, approved a supplemental agreement for the City Connecting Link Improvement Program (CCLIP) project for reconstruction of a portion of U.S. Highway 54/400. The...

Jeff Holste, project manager for Wilson and Company, met with the Kingman city commissioners Monday, Dec. 23 to update where things stood with the replacement of the B Avenue culvert. The city commission rescheduled the second...

Christy Crews of Hometown Grants visited with the Kingman County commissioners Monday, along with representatives from Kingman, Norwich, Cunningham and Zenda, about grant-writing services she offers to rural counties. Crews attended the meeting at the request...