Dighton, KS

Shielda Joy Jeffery, 88, died at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City, on June 11, 2022, after a brief illness. She was born in Abilene on October 29, 1933, and remained a Kansas native, calling Scott City home for the last 64 years. She was a caring, considerate, and generous...

This is day 9 of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas Wheat Commission, Kansas Association of Wheat Growers and the Kansas Grain and Feed Association. Harvest is in full swing across the state for those with fields dry enough to get the combine in. The...

Scott County, Kan (WesternKansasNews.Com) – The Kansas Highway Patrol says one women is in the hospital after a serious crash in Scott County that closed highway traffic for a several hours. The crash happened around 7:50 PM on K-4 and Taos Road or 8 miles east of Scott City....

LEOTI, KS – Ken died on May 11, 2022, at the age of 81½ years. Born October 22, 1940, in Scott City, KS, to Clifford Leslie Schwindt and Lillie May Smith, he loved flying, telling jokes (and he remembered EVERY joke he ever heard!), hosting Rocky Mountain oyster fries, raising hogs, figuring out puzzles and brain stumpers, and Dr. Pepper. Not necessarily in that order. He hated hypocrites, snakes, and a job poorly done. Not necessarily in that order.

Dighton, Kan (WesternKansasNews.Com) – A Dighton women is in the hospital after an accidnet in Dighton Wednesday monring. The crash happened around 11:15 AM in the intersection K4 and Elm street. According to the KHP, a 2016 Ford SUV operated by Ausitn Handy, 18, Dighton, was Southbound on North...

James Dwayne Radnor, 64, died, June 14, 2022, at his home in Scott City. He was born on July 25, 1957, the son of James Raymond and Alberta Bell (Matheny) Radnor. A lifetime resident of Scott City, he was a farmer and a commercial truck driver. He was a member...

Martin A. “Sandy” Binns, 81, died, June 9, 2022, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City. He was born on March 24, 1941, in Scott City, the son of Samuel Lee and Ines Evelyn (Needles) Binns. A lifetime resident of Scott City, he work for the U.S. Postal...

Gladys Lorene Young, 93, died, June 14, 2022, at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City. She was born on Nov. 22, 1928, to Pete and Retta (McClelland) Eitel. She married Estel Van-Pelt on Dec. 21, 1946, at Scott City. He died on Dec. 4, 1988. She then married Okie Burgess...

Late last week, the sheriff’s office says several beer bottles were broken during an after-hours party.

Leo Melvin Schoonover, 85, died, May 26, 2022, at the Scott County Hospital, Scott City. H e was born on Sept. 20, 1936, in Scott City, the son of Melvin and Gen evieve (Rictor) Schoonover. Leo was a lifetime resident of Scott City. Leo was a shoeshine boy at Chick’s...

The Lane County Sheriff's Office is investigating an incident of vandalism at the Dighton Swimming Pool.

Scott City, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–The Great West Activities Conference late last week announced their selections for all-league softball. Holcomb had the most selections with eight, including seven on the first team. Cimarron had seven selections overall and Scott City had six, with five on the first team. Hugoton had five selections, Colby and Goodland had four each, and Ulysses had three selections.

The change to class 1A placed senior Tristen Porter against defending state champion Max Neeley of Dighton in the pole vault competition. Porter entered the competition at 12’ 6,” easily clearing his first two heights. He struggled with 13’ 6” before easily clearing the height on his third attempt. Each attempt at a personal record of 14’ 0” improved on the previous, but ultimately the height won…