Kingman County News

A Constitution Day celebration will be held Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 5 p.m. at the Kingman County courthouse. The public is invited to attend to celebrate the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The local Veterans...

A 16-year-old Kingman resident was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Kingman County Tuesday evening. Blake Reese was riding a 2025 Kawasaki motorcycle southbound on NE 70th Avenue when, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol, he...

The Kingman city commission will receive an updated proposal for the B Avenue culvert after only one bid was received and it came in above the engineer’s estimate. Jeff Holste of Wilson and Company told the...

Vice Mayor Tracy Winsor, during Thursday’s Kingman city commission meeting, asked that the city commission starting having discussion with the county about a proposal County Commissioner Jack Thimesch made about potential county courthouse work. Thimesch had...

The Kingman city commission Thursday held a hearing regarding a property violation notice sent to Danny and Stacie McDorman, per Danny’s request. During the hearing, Danny McDorman brought up several questions, including why nobody had spoken...

The Kingman County commissioners took no action on the county emergency manager position after discussion at Monday’s meeting but are expected to finalize a direction soon. During Monday’s meeting, the commissioners met in open session with...

The Kingman County commissioners plan to meet with county department heads to discuss where things are at with plans to update the heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems in the county courthouse. Those plans could...

Kingman County Humane Society has received a $5,000 grant from Miranda Lambert’s MuttNation Foundation, which annually presents one outstanding shelter or foster-based rescue in every state with a surprise grant. The foundation also presents a “Wildcard”...

Kingman firefighters responded to a house fire at 320 E. Washington Ave. Sunday, Aug. 17, in which there was a reported explosion. The call was received at 7:03 p.m. Fire Chief Shae Brooks told the Leader-Courier...

The Kingman County commissioners have yet to decide whether to have the county emergency manager remain an individual who will report directly to the county commission or to have the position under the Kingman County Sheriff’s...