Kingman County News

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...

The Kingman County commissioners passed a resolution at Monday’s meeting that called for all county departments to be under the same IT provider. County Commission Chairman Jerry Henning requested the policy following lengthy discussion during the...

Kingman County Financial Officer LaDawn Stegman told the county commissioners Monday that it was time to start updating computers in some county departments. After discussion, the county commissioners approved starting the process of replacing computers, to...

Kingman City Manager Greg Graffman told the Kingman city commissioners Thursday that, if the city wants more specifics on costs to fix the current swimming pool, the city would need to have a specific proposal for...

Jon Wollen was elected to serve as the Kingman mayor for the upcoming year. This will be Wollen’s second term as mayor. He previously served as mayor in 2021. Tracy Winsor was elected vice mayor. It...

Kingman City Inspector Tom Archer is retiring after 39 years of working with the city. His retirement will be effective Jan. 1. Archer started working for the city in September of 1985, a few months after...