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Barton County staying prepared before and after the storm
Small chances of storms are forecast for the weekend and next several days, but Great Bend and the surrounding area avoided the severe weather that was expected Tuesday. Barton County Emergency Risk...
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Barton County Sheriff’s Booking Activity (4/28)
BOOKED: Abraham Ramirez of Great Bend on Reno County District Court warrant for two counts of forgery and one count of theft of a firearm, bond is $5,000.00 C/S. BOOKED: Cory Mallory of Great Bend on...
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Cop Shop (4/28)
Barton County Sheriff’s Office Service Log (4/28) Non Injury Accident At 7:36 a.m. an accident was reported at MM 178 on K-96. Case handled by the Kansas Highway Patrol. Shots Fired At 9:09 a.m. a...
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Listen to Thursday’s Sports Day show (4/28)
Steve talks about what is troubling the Royals and Cole interviews Barton Community College Athletic Director Trevor Rolfs about his decision to step down as women’s basketball coach....
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Listen to Friday’s Sports Day show (4/29)
Barton Community College softball coach Marc Benjamin is our guest this Friday as the Lady Cougars prepare for the postseason....
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Shafer Art Gallery to host “Toad Abode” workshop for kids
This illustrative representation of a “toad abode” was done by Shafer Gallery Assistant Scott Beahm. Barton Community College’s Shafer Art Gallery will host a “Toad Abode” ceramic workshop for kids...
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Rare bird spotted at Cheyenne Bottoms
photo by Dr. Dan Witt This past Saturday, Curtis Wolf was fortunate to spot a rare migrating bird at Cheyenne Bottoms. Wolf serves as the Kansas Wetlands Education Center Manager and was able to catch...
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Great Bend uses public stage to reprimand library director
Harry Willems was placed as the final item on an agenda that lasted nearly two hours at the Great Bend City Council meeting Monday night. Willems serves as the Great Bend Public Library Director and...
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Weekend rain welcomed at adaptive Cheyenne Bottoms
Falconer Nate Matthews talking about his Golden Eagle. (photo from wetlandscenter.fhsu.edu) In previous weeks, staff at Cheyenne Bottoms and Kansas Wetlands Education Center were concerned about the...
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Listen to the Room 428 show discussing “One District, One Book”
Listen to the May 3, 2016 edition of Room 428 with Riley Elementary School Principal JoAnn Blevins, Riley 6th grade teacher Peggy Haag, and Great Bend Public Library’s Dayna Ball talking about the “One...
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Listen to Monday’s Sports Day show (5/2)
Discussion on the Chiefs draft picks highlight the Monday show. http://tindeck.com/download/pro/uhhrc/%5Btindeck.com%5D+-+eagleradio%2B-%2BSPORTS%2BDAY%2BSHOW%2B12%253A30PM.mp3
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Listen to Tuesday’s Sports Day show (5/3)
Cole talks with Barton Community College baseball coach Brent Biggs as the Cougars get ready for the Region VI Tournament this weekend....
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Great Bend keeping public informed on transload facility progress
Great Bend City Administrator Howard Partington referred to the group from Watco Companies and Sherwood Construction as the “A Team.” The two businesses, in a partnership with Great Bend to build and...
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$150,000 spent for engineering service on Great Bend waterline project
The City of Great Bend signed the engineering service agreement with Professional Engineering Consultants (PEC) for the water improvements project Monday night. Great Bend hired PEC to become their...
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Great Bend designing improvements for the Bandshell Area
At the April 18 Great Bend City Council meeting the proposed improvements to the Bandshell Area of Jack Kilby Square were discussed. Council members were requested to forward any comments or...
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KCAC Tournament in Great Bend kicks off with community night
Great Bend will be hosting the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) softball and baseball tournament for the third year from May 4 through May 7 2016! The City of Great Bend and the Great Bend...
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Area high school students exhibit art in “Vortex Exhibit” in Shafer Art Gallery
“Panda” is a pastel piece by Megan Haynie of Hoisington High School. Students from Great Bend, Ellinwood, Larned and Hoisington high schools have their art on display as part of the Shafer Gallery’s...
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Great Bend to redo Amber Meadows plat to fix drainage issues
As more housing development is created at the Amber Meadows Plat in Great Bend, the more city staff has recognized a problem with the way the plat was designed. A plat is a map, drawn to scale, showing...
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GBRH Imaging Department continues to diversify and cross-train
Nicole Staudinger, a radiologic technologist at Great Bend Regional Hospital, helps a patient prepare for her Dexa scan. The Dexa equipment at the physician-owned hospital is less than a year old and...
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Listen to Wednesday’s Sports Day show (5/4)
KVGB Baseball Insider Mike Warren is back for another Wednesday show as Webby wants to ask the skipper about baseball’s “blame game.”...
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