Ford County, KS

DODGE CITY, Kan. (KWCH) - One person died and three other people suffered serious injuries Monday evening in a crash in Ford County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol’s online crash log, a 2014 Dodge Ram 1500 was southbound on 210 Road while a 2013 Ford Explore was heading northbound on the same road. The Dodge Ram went left of center for an unknown reason. Both the truck and the SUV tried to avoid one another, but in the same direction and, collided head on.

DODGE CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - A woman and three teens suffered serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash Sunday morning just west of Dodge City, authorities said. The crash was reported at 10:37 a.m. Sunday about three miles west of the US-50 and US-400 highway junction in Ford County. According to...

Dodge City Community College (DC3) hosted its 2022 nursing pinning and commencement exercises on Saturday, May 14, in the DC3 Student Activity Center, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., respectively. Amongst the commencement speakers were 2022 graduate, Kaden Stapleton, of Jetmore, and 2022 Distinguished Alumnus, Dr. Larry Rodriguez, of San Diego, Calif. [PHOTOS BY Lance Ziesch/Dodge City Community College]

Dodge City, Kan (WesternKansasNews.Com) – The Kansas Highway Patrol says one person is dead and three others in the hospital following an accident late Monday evening. The crash occurred just after 6:45 P.M. on 210 Road, or 6 miles north of Garnett Road in Ford County. According to the...

FORD COUNTY—A Kansas woman died in an accident just before 7p.m. Monday in Ford County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Dodge Ram driven by Dalton Kuhlman, 24, Dodge City, was southbound on 210 Road one half mile north of A Road. The pickup traveled left of center...

DODGE CITY -- A Dodge City woman died, and two people, including a 2-year-old, were seriously injured in a crash in rural Ford County Monday evening. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2014 Dodge Ram 1500 truck driven by Dalton Kuhlman, 24, of Dodge City, was southbound on 210 Road when for unknown...

Dodge City Fire Department Chief Ken Spencer said the April 21 structure fire at Santa Fe Townhomes was accidental and may have been electrical in nature. Six units located on Brier Street and Avenue K were destroyed by the fire that raged for about four hours before emergency responders from the Dodge City Fire Department and Ford County Fire and EMS extinguished it.

The public is invited to attend a public meeting for the U.S. 56/U.S. 283/U.S. 400/2nd Avenue intersection improvement project just south of Dodge City on Tuesday, May 17, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at the Dodge City Public Schools USD 443 Civic Center VIP Room, 2112 1st Avenue, in Dodge City. The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is hosting the event.

After years of planning and false starts, the much-anticipated four-lane expansion of Highway U.S./400 from Cimarron to Dodge City is officially underway. According to the Kansas Department of Transportation, the project will be done in three phases with the first phase starting in Gray near Cimarron and near Dodge City in Ford County.

DODGE CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - No injuries were reported when a tire came off a semitrailer and struck a school bus Wednesday afternoon in Ford County in southwest Kansas, authorities said. The incident was reported at 2:15 p.m. Wednesday on US-283 highway, about three miles northeast of Dodge City. According...

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has executed a strategic and operational shift in its response to COVID-19, now calling it an “endemic” instead of a “pandemic.” “This is a good sign,” Ford County Health Department Administrator Angela Sowers told the Ford County Commission at its April 18 meeting. On March 31, the KDHE sent a document to local health departments and emergency managers titled “Shift to New Normal,” which states: “As COVID-19 shifts from a pandemic to an endemic disease, much like the common cold and annual flu, response efforts must shift accordingly.

DODGE CITY, Kan. (KSNW) — A fire in Dodge City early Thursday was so intense that fire crews had to back out because of the danger of the building collapsing. One firefighter fell through a floor but only had minor injuries. By the time the fire was out, six families had lost their homes. The […]

There is still room for one more on the showroom floor even with the latest set to join the timeline of Dodge City racing history inside the Ford County Legacy Center. The new guy on the block is a completely original and unrestored #26 modified race car on loan from the Carroll Satterwhite family.

DODGE CITY, Ks (WesternKansasNews.Com) – Join the City of Dodge City to keep Dodge City beautiful by recycling on Saturday, April 23. Dodge City’s Recycling Advisory Board and Community Recycling Environmental Waste (CREW) will be at the Jane Longmeyer Recycling Center to accept your recycled products during their Great American Cleanup event.

TOPEKA – Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt today recognized the Ford County Attorney Victim Services Unit (VSU) for outstanding service to crime victims. In a video presentation as part of this year’s virtual Crime Victims’ Rights Conference, Schmidt announced that the VSU was the recipient of the Outstanding Victim Service Organization Award.