Where are you from? I’ve lived in Liberal for about ten years now, but I’m originally from northern Idaho. What are you majoring in? I...

Reagan Watt is a freshman at SCCC. She received a scholarship to play softball. She also chose to come here because it was closer to home, as her family...

What does a weekday look like to you? I usually wake up around 8 a.m. and get ready. I then speed to class or to Liberal High School because I tutor...

The image that many may associate with the concept of small town Kansas probably doesn’t involve a heavy focus on Hispanic customs and culture, but...

Liberal itself has been known to be a Hispanic majority city, but still manages to be extremely diverse and welcoming to all cultures. Seward County Community...

Cinco de Mayo festivities took place all weekend surrounding the Mexican-American celebration of culture on May 5. Dancers greeted those emptying out of...

As Cinco De Mayo approaches, the community of Liberal prepares to celebrate one of the largest cultural events in Southwest Kansas, also known as the day...

Sandy Alfaro Crusader staff Lidia Hook-Gray is a realtor, a local historian, and now an author. Hook-Gray recently published a pictorial book titled “Liberal...

          During the last two weeks of summer, most college students are doing last minute traveling, partying,...