First Christian Church Welcomes New Minister
Before Pastor Delbert Beard left Eads for Oklahoma, he said he felt completely comfortable with the man who was taking his place. “He’s going to do just fine,” Pastor Beard said. It appears he wa...
By Priscilla Waggoner
The Killing of Coral Hickman
Just before noon on March 14, 1930, three men walked into the Manter Bank in Manter, Kansas. Several minutes later, after brandishing “rifles, shotguns and six-shooters”, John Walker, Andrew H...
Eads Knowledge Bowl
Both the Eads High School and Eads Middle School knowledge bowlteams have had successful seasons so far during the 2015-16 school year.The high school team started the year with six fall compe...
Rhett Gets Real - The Feeling of Being Champs
In a week, the Denver Broncos will be playing in Super honor for the team, but their hunger will not be satisfied until they have acquired the Lombardi trophy. Although it play in the Super Bo...
Three Fat Cows
This photo won 1st Place in the People category of the 2015 Colorado Department of Agricul-ture Photo Contest. It was submitted by Henry Miles, brother of Katie Miles Philpy, and was taken on the r...
Learning From Those Who Passed By
“What we call the beginning is often the endAnd to make an end is to make a beginning.The end is where we start from.” -T.S.Eliot For a baby still inside its mother, the end of pregnancy is the...
Mrs. Bean's Bookshelf
The Kiowa County Independent is thrilled to have Judy Bean write a book column called Mrs. Bean’s Bookshelf. Judy was kind enough to give us her biography so we could introduce her in the best way...
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14U RIVALS SOFTBALL WIN RED, WHITE AND BOOM TOU...
In the bottom of the final inning of the championship game at the Red White & Boom softball tournament in Lamar over the 4th of July holiday, t...
Regular Meeting of the Town of Eads Boards of T...
The Regular Meeting of the Town of Eads Board of Trustees was called to order by Mayor Shields, Tuesday May 11, 2021 at 5:00 p.m. in the Town Hall....
KCBOCC June 24, 2021 Meeting Minutes
The regular meeting of the Kiowa County Commissioners was called to order on June 24, 2021; at 9:00 a.m. by Chairman, Donald Oswald. Oswald ope...
EADS GOLF COURSE HOLDS ANNUAL 2-MAN-1-WOMAN SCR...
Although there was a lot of things going on last Saturday that kept many die-hard golfers away, the annual 2-Man-1-Woman Golf Tournament enjoyed a ...
Karen Wilde’s Long, Long Journey Home
After more than a decade, Karen Wilde is leaving her position as tribal liaison with the National Park Service Sand Creek Massacre National Histori...