County Commissioners Meet in Regular Session

COMMISSIONERS MEETINGDate: July 20, 2026 Time: 8:30am Meeting called to order by: Commissioner Carpenter Commissioners In attendance: Cole Carpenter, Jason Wells, and John Gould.Also in attendance: Junior Garcia, Lanna Kreutzer, Korina Wedel, and Kris Casper.

City Council Winds Down BCBS Pathways Project

City of Leoti Governing Body met in regular session Monday, July 20, 2026 at 6:30 p.m., at the City Hall Meeting Room. Mayor Chris Kreutzer called the meeting to order at 6:32 p.m.

...Yesteryears

70 YearsAug. 02, 1956 • Vol. 71, No. 42Bryant Holmes, Publisher • Bess Holmes, Asst Pub/EdLeoti Boy Scouts Return From Week In Colorado― Eighteen Boy Scouts and their leaders returned Saturday, July 28, from camping in the Colorado mountains for a week.

Hill City educator concludes KACTE Presidency, passes gavel

Laurali Masterson, a Family and Consumer Sciences teacher and Career and Technical Education (CTE) Director at Hill City Junior-Senior High School and resident of Leoti, Kansas, has officially concluded her term as the 2025–2026 President of the Kansas Association of Career and Technical Education...

Unofficial Wichita County Primary Election Results

Below are the unofficial Primary Election results for Wichita County. Statewide, it appears the proposed Constitutional Amendment failed by a wide margin.

More Scenes from the WC Fair

Lydia Jayhawkers July August Minutes

The July and August monthly meetings of the Lydia Jayhawkers 4-H club were a little bit different than our normal monthly meetings.Fair set up was July 27, the club first helped clean and s e t up the f a irground s for the upcoming fair week, followed by the float committee decorating the float.

Further Scenes from the Wichita County Fair

Scenes from the Wichita Co. Fair

So concludes another Wichita County Fair, Carnival, and Parade. We have a lot of pictures we will be sharing over the coming weeks. And we’ll start printing the Open Class and 4-H results in our next issue.From all reports and indications, the 2026 Fair was a smashing, if sweltering, success.