More than two years after the bodies of Emporia women Linda Estrada and Amy Ford were discovered in a remote Kiowa County field, the man who admitted to killing them has been sentenced to decades in ...

Captain Yowell explained that the operation grew out of deputies’ firsthand concerns about longstanding problem spots within Hugo, areas that multiple members of the Sheriff’s Office, many of whom ...

Welcome to High Plains Living by the Independent, a curated Amazon storefront paired with a growing in person book nook right here at 1316 Maine Street in Eads. It is built with the same spirit that ...

Brock Yates-Jesus, Jett Deines-Davy Crockett, Piper Uhland-Derick Jeter, Gracie Lynch- Simone Biles, Cassidy Brown- Jane Goodall, Paitin Jones- Queen Elizabeth 1, Kynlee Dunlap- J.K. Rowling, Isaiah ...

The Kiowa County Museum has been gifted with a unique collection of historic photographs that adds even more depth and human emotion to the local tragedy that occurred on March 26, 1931 known locally ...