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Schwager wins Chiefs tickets from Eagle Radio’s giveaway
Eagle Radio in Great Bend, along with participating sponsors, announced the winner of the tickets to the AFC Championship this Sunday in Kansas City. Amanda Schwager was the winner chosen to receive...
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Listen to Wednesday’s Sports Day show (1/16)
Gary Wagner joins the show as the “Voice of the Larned Indians” shares his thoughts on Larned’s game against St. John earlier this week and what pies are selling best at the basketball tournament in...
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Barton County 911 calls nearly reached 13K in 2018
The Barton County Communications and 911 Department handled 97,891 phone calls from both incoming and outgoing lines in 2018. Of those, 12,953 were 911 calls and 84,938 were administrative calls...
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BOOR: Consider the unborn calf when feeding supplements
Alicia Boor Can you feed your pregnant cows so their steer calves gain more weight and more heifer calves get pregnant? Recent research suggests that proper supplementation pays off. As winter forage...
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Boxes of Love for senior citizens in Barton & Pawnee counties
Boxes of Love will once again be delivered to homebound seniors in Barton & Pawnee Counties. This is the third year for this project, and is a collaboration of United Way of Central Kansas,...
View ArticleSen. Moran cosponsors bipartisan TRICARE Reserve Improvement Act
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs – this week cosponsored the TRICARE Reserve Improvement Act, which extends TRICARE eligibility to all National...
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New downtown recycling trailer already deemed a success
Gaila Demel, United Way of Central Kansas executive director, and her husband, Maurice, recycle cardboard at the new drop-off site downtown. The community’s reaction to the new downtown recycling...
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Listen to Friday’s Sports Day show (1/18)
NJCAA Top 25 Poll talk, and it’s a “Friday with Fletch” as Barton men’s basketball coach Craig Fletchall is our guest. https://www.greatbendpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/FRIDAY-2.mp3
View ArticleBarton Community College offers woodworking classes in Ellsworth
Barton Community College is offering woodworking courses from 6-10 p.m. on Mondays from February 4 to through April 22 at Ellsworth High School, 211 W. 11th St. in Ellsworth. The instructor will be...
View ArticleBarton Community College to close for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Barton Community College will be closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 21. Barton’s Center for Adult Education and the Shafer Art Gallery also will be closed. Offices will reopen and...
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Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball announces new principal
Turner Polzin BUSINESS NEWS The certified public accounting firm of Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball, Chartered (ABBB) is pleased to announce that Turner Polzin, CPA has been promoted to principal. After...
View ArticleHere’s what the Chiefs are saying
KANSAS CITY — Kansas City Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid and several players met with the media Friday. Following are their remarks. Chiefs Head Coach Andy Reid OPENING STATEMENT: “As far as injuries go,...
View ArticleWest Virginia nips Kansas by one Saturday
West Virginia made a late-game comeback to beat No. 7 Kansas 65-64 thanks to a go-ahead bucket from Jermaine Haley.
View ArticleCincinnati pulls away late to beat Wichita State 66-55
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Jarron Cumberland and Justin Jenifer combined to score 35 points and Cincinnati used two technical foul calls to pull away down the stretch and beat Wichita State 66-55 on...
View ArticleSneed, Wade lead Wildcats past Horned Frogs 65-55
By AVERY OSEN Associated Press MANHATTAN, Kan. — Bruce Weber was very confident about his team before the season started, but after a few injuries the season looked shaky. After a 65-55 win for Kansas...
View ArticleChiefs vs. Patriots: Game preview
By MATT McMULLEN Chiefs Reporter GAME TIME: 5:40 p.m. CT on Sunday LOCATION: Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. HOW TO WATCH: CBS, the NFL App and the Yahoo! Sports mobile app HOW TO LISTEN: KVGB...
View ArticleTrying to spread poverty-fighting program to Hoisington
In Great Bend, the Circles program was started in September of 2017 with 10 graduates from the 20-week program. In April of 2018, 13 graduated from the program. Those graduates have benefited greatly...
View ArticleNational Weather Service announces radar outage during major upgrade
Beginning February 4, 2019 the WSR-88D operated by NOAA’s National Weather Service in Wichita, KS will be down for approximately three weeks for an important upgrade. Technicians will refurbish and...
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Changes and additions coming to Bicentennial Park in Hoisington
The City of Hoisington and the community are looking to make some major changes to Bicentennial Park in the near future. An overhaul of the baseball and softball fields along with the addition of a dog...
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Man arrested after high-speed chase starts in Great Bend
Karie McBride On Friday, January 18 at about 7:45 p.m. Barton County Sheriff’s Office detectives were conducting surveillance on Eisenhower Court on the west side of Great Bend. Detectives were looking...
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