Kingman County News

Kingman Healthcare Center hosted its fourth Kingman County Strong Color Run to bring awareness to suicide prevention. This year’s event brought over 700 people running and walking for the cause. The Kingman County Strong Color Run...

Kingman middle and high school students had the opportunity to hear from suicide survivor, “Big John” Murray. Murray spoke on the subject of suicide awareness and prevention last Thursday and Friday, Sept. 18 and 19, at...

Kingman Historic Theatre brought together artists from across Kansas in the first ever Concert for a Cause Saturday evening in Kingman. The artist line up included Jerrod Niemann, Jaelen Johnson, Katie Ziegler, The Fairchilds and Big...

Ninnescah Valley Bank in Cunningham is celebrating 100 years and they would like to invite the community to join them in celebration as they are hosting a live outdoor concert on Saturday, Oct. 4 featuring Paramount...

Mayor, Mitch Hewitt, called the meeting to order at 7:01 p.m.  Council members present were Nathan Adams, June Hardaway, Eldon Headrick, Lanny Hower, and Ty Turner.  Employees present were Chrissy Bartel, Chris Bartel, Muriel Boyce, Carol...

Special Hearing to discuss the 2026 Budget Mayor, Mitch Hewitt, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  Council members present were Nathan Adams, June Hardaway, Eldon Headrick, Lanny Hower, and Ty Turner.  Employees present were...

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is scheduled to begin two sidewalk improvement projects in Kingman and Kiowa counties in October. Sidewalks will be reconstructed with ADA compliant ramps at two intersections: K-42 (W. Burns Avenue)/Main...

Danny McDorman has announced he will be withdrawing from the race for Kingman city commission. McDorman shared a Facebook post with the Leader-Courier in which he had a statement about his decision. “After careful consideration and...

There will be a vacancy to fill on the Kingman County Commission after District One Commissioner Pat Elpers passed away last Thursday. Meanwhile, the other Kingman County commissioners voted 2-0 to put $500 into a fund...

Major Willis Leo “Iron Jaw” Brown and Thornton L. “Doc” Waylan are the two newest inductees into the Kingman Heritage Hall of Honor and will have informational plaques added at the Kingman Expo Center. There will...