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June Jaunt promises entertainment for all ages & interests
Press release from the City of Great Bend… Mark your calendars for June 1-3, 2018, to take part in the 7th Annual K-96 June Jaunt. This 166 mile-long event, held the first weekend of June, stretches...
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Listen to Monday’s Sports Day show (4/30)
NFL Draft recap for the Chiefs and local baseball and softball talk with Jim Misunas from the Great Bend Tribune. https://www.greatbendpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/MONDAY-3.mp3
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Taking it slow in identifying future school needs
SJCF Architecture and USD 428 in Great Bend are taking things slowly as they determine what the school district’s needs are and what the community is willing to support. SJCF was hired by USD 428 to...
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GBRC – Stop ‘N Learn: Walk Kansas Celebration
BUSINESS NEWS The Great Bend Recreation Commission and the Barton County Extension Office will be hosting a free “Walk Kansas Celebration / Wise Bucks Luncheon” on Wednesday, May 9th, from Noon to 1:00...
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Listen to Tuesday’s Sports Day show (5/1)
Fort Hays State University football coach Chris Brown is our guest to talk about NFL draft pick Nathan Shepherd and the Tiger program....
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Great Bend High School senior selected for a 4-year full-ride scholarship
The college plans for Great Bend High School senior Aaron Clark were already mapped out by committing to play football at Emporia State University next fall. Clark now does not have to worry about...
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Larned man enters no contest plea to involuntary manslaugter
James Roe On Tuesday afternoon in the Pawnee County District Court, James Allen Roe, 58 of Larned, waived his preliminary hearing and entered a no contest plea to involuntary manslaughter, a severity...
View ArticleQuivira to offer Migratory Bird Day activities, May 12
Quivira National Wildlife Refuge will be hosting a special event in honor of International Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 12. The event will feature a series of scheduled bird walks and guided...
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Looking for the strongest and fittest in Great Bend for a competition
Plenty of new additions are coming for this year’s June Jaunt celebration in Great Bend. The 7th annual event will have entertainment the first weekend in June, and 2018 will include a strongman and...
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Celebrate National Bike Month
Donna Krug is the Family & Consumer Science Agent and District Director for the Cottonwood ExtensionDistrict – Great Bend Office. You may reach her at: (620)793-1910 or dkrug@ksu.edu written by:...
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KCAC Baseball and Softball Tournaments in Great Bend postponed
Due to the weather, the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) baseball and softball tournaments in Great Bend have been postponed to Thursday, May 3. Games will start at 10 a.m. at the Great...
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Childhood cancer awareness walk reaches out to Great Bend family
Facebook photo Nova Martensen was just two years old when she died from cancer on January 21, 2018. The Great Bend toddler was a member of Kans for Kids Fighting Cancer and the daughter of Josh and...
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Maintenance issue solved for Great Bend Bat Cats
Roger Ward went before the Great Bend City Council on April 2 asking for a vehicle to drag the field at Al Burns Field this summer. Ward is the manager of the Great Bend Bat Cats, the summer collegiate...
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Short closure for 17th Street Terrace in Great Bend
Signs were posted this week with alternative routes designed for motorists trying to access Veterans Memorial Park along 17th Street Terrace. In March, the City of Great Bend approved an agreement with...
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Great Bend City Council test driving a new start time for meetings
The Great Bend City Council will test drive a new start time for Monday’s meeting at City Hall. Instead of the 7:30 p.m. start time, the May 7th meeting will be moved up an hour earlier to 6:30 p.m....
View ArticleRoyals beat Detroit 4-2 Friday
If there was any momentum to be built after Thursday’s barrage of 10 runs on 13 hits, it did not seem the Royals would take advantage of it Friday. They had tallied three hits through seven innings...
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Budget discussion starts for the City of Great Bend
Budget talk is starting to rev up for the City of Great Bend, as the Great Bend City Council will discuss the 2019 budget calendar at the Monday, May 7th meeting. Last year’s budget approved a three...
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Trolley service in Hoisington fueled by United Way funding
The Commission on Aging and the City of Hoisington offer a trolley service for rides to anywhere within the City limits of Hoisington. The service has been around for a long time helping citizens get...
View ArticleRoyals’ ninth-inning rally falls short in 3-2 loss to Tigers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jordan Zimmermann allowed two hits over five scoreless innings, Nicholas Castellanos had three extra-base hits and the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Saturday....
View ArticleBarton Baseball earns second consecutive trip to Wichita with sweep of Allen
Barton Community College baseball team held off a ninth inning Allen County Community College rally Saturday for a 9-7 win to sweep the Red Devils at Lawson-Biggs Field in the opening round of the...
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