The American Cancer Society is using its 100th birthday Wednesday to encourage people to join together, make noise, and take action to finish the fight against cancer. Regional Director of Communications for the High Plains Division of ACS Dana Kemp says that the Society’s goal is to recruit 100 new volunteers across the state of [...]
A request to rezone 1017 and 1019 Morphy from multi-family residential to general commercial to allow construction for the relocation of one of the Dollar General stores was discussed during Monday night’s Great Bend City Council meeting. City Attorney Bob Suelter says that no one opposed the rezoning at the Planning Commission’s meeting. The City [...]
The Great Bend Police Department took multiple calls in reference to theft cases in Great Bend on Monday. According to Lieutenant William Browne, one case was reported just before 1:00 p.m. on Monday from 401 Plum Street, where a pickup truck had items stolen. Following that case was a call from the 5900 Block of [...]
A two-year-old boy was killed and others were injured in an accident in Pratt County Monday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, at approximately 10:18 a.m., 27-year-old Ginny Coates of Turon, Kansas was driving a 1996 GMC S44 northbound on Kansas Highway 61 about one and a half miles north of Preston, and for [...]
All persons included in this post are innocent of crimes until proven guilty in a court of law. Released Leech, Travis Wayne Served Sentence on Barton District Court Case. Booked Armendariz, Angel of Great Bend, KS on Great Bend Municipal Court warrant for Failure to Appear. Bond is set in lieu of $1000 C/S. Released [...]
There was not a seat to be found in the Great Bend City Council Chambers during Monday night’s meeting, as a hot topic for discussion began midway through the meeting. Great Bend residents Zola and George Weber suggested and started the agenda item that discussed the creation of an ordinance banning pit bulls and other [...]
A family of eight were injured in an I-70 accident Sunday evening in Russell County, about a mile east of Bunker Hill. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, shortly after 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, 44-year-old Steven Johnson of Colorado Springs was driving a 2004 Ford Suburban and pulling a motor home, and as he was [...]
Reports came in over the weekend of a tornado that caused damage across portions of Pawnee County on Saturday night. As repairs and damage assessments continued on Monday, Corporate Communications Manager for Midwest Energy Mike Morley says that crews will continue to be at work throughout the week. While crews worked through the weekend to [...]
Multiple theft cases were taken by the Barton County Sheriff’s Office and Great Bend Police Department combined from this past Saturday and Sunday. According to Barton County Sheriff Brian Bellendir, on Saturday around 7:18 a.m. a call came in referencing $750 dollars worth of items were taken from a shed at East 56 Highway and [...]
Following an invitation from Barton Community College President Carl Heilman, Govenor Sam Brownback took the opportunity to be a special guest speaker at this past Friday’s Commencement Exercises in the Barton Gymnasium. Governor Sam Brownback by Neil Ochs In addition to the idea of continuing to follow dreams to benefit others, Brownback added that as [...]