Kingman County News

Child Care Aware of Kansas presented the Kingman Childcare Coalition Wednesday with a Child Care Community Champion award. The award recognizes the dedication and commitment to strengthening local child care systems. Kingman Economic Development Director Leslie...

The Kingman city commission voted 4-0, with City Commissioner Merlin McFarland absent, to approve the 2027 budget and to exceed the revenue neutral rate. The city mill levy was set at 70.073 mills, which is above...

Kingman park board president Kylee Maloney visited with the Kingman city commissioners Thursday about a name change for Main Street Park. She noted that there is some confusion about what the park’s actual name is, whether...

Kingman County Fair Board members Kristen Floyd and Drew Krehbiel visited with the Kingman city commissioners Thursday about getting a fence around the outdoor arena. A chain-link fence that had previously surrounded the arena had been...

Everyone is invited to attend the Constitution Day celebration on Thursday, Sept. 17 at 5 p.m. at the Kingman County courthouse lawn. The celebration will feature guest speakers who will talk about the Constitution and its...

The public is invited to Cunningham High School’s performance of 110 Stories, a play told using eyewitness accounts of Sept. 11 and the following days. 110 Stories by Sarah Tuft is an arrangement from Concord Theatricals...

Kingman County District 3 Commissioner Jack Thimesch was arrested for DUI Saturday night in Kingman. According to the Kingman Police Department, officers conducted a traffic stop with Thimesch on Saturday just before 11 p.m. in the...

Kingman Healthcare Center will host its fifth annual Color Run for Suicide Awareness and Prevention on Saturday, Sept. 26. The Color Run is one of the largest in south central Kansas and has attendees from all...

Mayor Tracy Winsor reviewed where things were at with the Kingman city commission’s priorities during the Aug. 28 city commission meeting. The city commissioners discussed their priorities for 2026 during a meeting in January. Winsor said...

Lyndsey Hoyt, a senior at Pretty Prairie High School, attended Girls State this past summer, being sponsored by the American Legion Post 414 and the Auxiliary. Girls State, held the first week of June in Lawrence,...