Kingman County News
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USD 331 Holds Reality U for Students
Jan 16, 2025Kingman 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... -
City Discusses Manager Evaluation Procedure
Jan 13, 2025Kingman 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.... -
Chamber Wants to Continue Armory Contract
Jan 13, 2025Kingman 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... -
City Commission Discusses 2025 Priorities
Jan 13, 2025Kingman 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, County Do What They Can to Clear Roads
Jan 9, 2025City 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... -
Brooks Named New Kingman Fire Chief
Jan 6, 2025Shae 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... -
Kingman Resident Dies in One-Vehicle Crash
Jan 3, 2025A 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... -
Howard to Retire as Norwich Principal
Jan 2, 2025Norwich 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,... -
City OKs Addition to CCLIP Agreement
Dec 30, 2024The 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... -
City Updated on B Avenue Culvert Work
Dec 30, 2024Jeff 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...