News Flash

Liberal Airport construction, temporary closure dates

The Liberal Airport will be closed for construction beginning January 8, 2024 with an anticipated reopening date of February 12, 2024.  

Construction involves runway lighting upgrades on the main runway which were requested by the airport&rsqu...

City Commission Meeting Update - November 28, 2023

On Tuesday, November 28th the Liberal City Commission addressed the following items during their regularly scheduled meeting: 

Consent Agenda items (Convention & Tourism meeting minutes, Planning & Zoning meeting minutes, Code Enforcement ...

Thanksgiving Holiday Hours

City Commission Meeting Update - November 14, 2023

On Tuesday, November 14th the Liberal City Commission addressed the following items during their regularly scheduled meeting:

Consent Agenda items (Planning & Zoning meeting minutes and airport leases) were approved by the Commission.

Commissioners vote...

KDOT to host listening session Nov. 14th

Modified plans for the Six-Point intersection in Liberal will be presented by the Kansas Department of Transportation from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Seward County Community College, Room 229D on Tuesday, Nov. 14 for public comment and discussion. All are welcome ...

Veterans Day Holiday Schedule

Liberal Fire Department introduces fire training system

The Black Hills Corporation Foundation recently purchased a LION digital fire training system for the Liberal Fire Department. This state-of-the-art system provides realistic, hands-on simulation which can be used to train new firefighter students.

The Lib...

City of Liberal launches new engagement platform

The City of Liberal has launched the use of Polco, an online engagement platform, in an expanding effort to gain resident feedback to support local government decision-making. 

City staff will use Polco to post surveys and poll questions for citiz...

City to host Town Hall - Nov. 15th

The City of Liberal will host a Town Hall from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 15th in the City Commission Chambers at the Liberal Recreation Department, 950 S. Grant Ave. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.

Liberal Animal Shelter achieves No-Kill status in 2022

On Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, the Liberal Animal Shelter was recognized by Best Friends Animal Society for achieving a 90% save rate in 2022. This means the shelter saved more than 90% of the dogs and cats that entered the shelter last year.

Achieving ...

City Commission Meeting Update - October 24, 2023

On Tuesday, October 24th, the Liberal City Commission addressed the following items during their regularly scheduled meeting:

Consent Agenda items (airport leases, Planning & Zoning meeting minutes, code enforcement report, Convention & Tourism Bur...

City accepting online utility payments

The City of Liberal has completed a rebuild and migration to a new online payment portal. Individuals may once again submit utility bill payments for water, sewer, and standard trash collection services online using a credit card, debit card, or ACH payme...

City Commission Meeting Update - September 26, 2023

On Tuesday, September 26th, the Liberal City Commission addressed the following items during their regularly scheduled meeting:

Pictured Above: LFD Firefighter Joseph Navarro, LFD Chief Kelly Kirk, SCFD Captain Braden Steckel, and SCFD Chief Andre...

Responders receive Award of Merit for Heroic Actions

LFD Firefighter Joseph Navarro, and SCFD Captain Braden Steckel received an Award of Merit for Heroic Actions at the Seward County Commission Meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 19. Captain Steckel and Firefighter Navarro were presented awards for their act of serv...

City Commission Meeting Update - September 11, 2023

On Monday, September 11, the Liberal City Commission addressed the following items during their regular meeting:

Mayor Lara read a proclamation in observance of Constitution Week (Sept. 17-23).

Resolution 2400, a public hearing to appeal the demolition of s...

City Budget Work Session

Public Notice

The Liberal City Commission will conduct a city budget work session on Friday, September 8 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. inside the Liberal City Commission Chambers at the Liberal Recreation Center, 950 S. Grant Avenue in Liberal. 

Read on...

City Commission Meeting Update - August 22, 2023

City to open new commission chambers

Liberal’s City Commissioners will soon move to their new commission chambers located inside the Liberal Recreation Department at 950 S. Grant. The first meeting to be held in the new location will be the regularly scheduled City Commission meeti...

City Commission Meeting Update - August 8, 2023

On Tuesday, August 8^th, the Liberal City Commission addressed the following items during their regularly scheduled meeting:

Mayor Jose Lara presented a proclamation recognizing August 11, 2023 as 811 Day. Call 811 is the national “call-before-you-dig” phon...

Napoli’s Italian Restaurant returning to Liberal

• provided by City of Liberal and Seward County Development Corporation

Through collaborative efforts between the City of Liberal, Seward County Development Corporation and NetWork Kansas, a beloved Italian eatery is making its way back to the Liberal commun...

Logo Outreach