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GBRC Youth and Adult Party On The Court Tennis Tournaments
The Great Bend Recreation Commission will be hosting a Youth Party On The Court Tennis Tournament on Saturday, June 18, starting at 8:00 am. We will be offering both boys and girls divisions for...
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United Way of Central Kansas raises $500 to fund Dolly Parton’s Imagination...
The United Way of Central Kansas hosted a Community Hot Dog Feed in conjunction with the June Jaunt this past Sunday. In addition to the picnic lunch that UWCK Board Members and Staff cooked and...
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Cop Shop (6/8)
Barton County Sheriff’s Office Service Log (6/8) Warrant Arrest At 11:56 a.m. Gavin Taylor was arrested at 1105 Morton Street on Great Bend Municipal warrant. Allergies At 7:25 p.m. Ambulance...
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Drop-in horseshoes games in Great Bend
Are your 16 years old or older and enjoy playing horseshoes? If so, we have a night set up for people interested in playing horseshoes so individuals can get together and enjoy a fun evening playing...
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Hoisington United Way merges with United Way of Central Kansas
The Hoisington United Way announced today at the Great Bend, Ellinwood and Hoisington Chamber Community Coffee in Hoisington that they will be merging with the United Way of Central Kansas to better...
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Listen to Wednesday’s Sports Day show (6/8)
KVGB Baseball Insider Mike Warren is on the show trying to explain what is wrong with the Royals....
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Listen to Thursday’s Sports Day show (6/9)
Baseball historian and the founder of the Negro League Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri Phil Dixon was a guest on Sports Day Thursday. Dixon will present a program titled “The Monarchs, a...
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24th Annual Santa Fe Trail Days festival starts Friday in Larned
Hitch your wagon and head on over to Larned for the 24th Annual Santa Fe Trail Days. The three-day adventure begins Friday, June 10 – Sunday, June 12 with a carnival fairway, live music, beer garden,...
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Barton County Relay For Life looking for support heading into Friday’s event
For the past 21 years, Barton County Relay For Life has taken place in Great Bend. The event for Friday, June 10 shifts over to Hoisington for the first year. Chairwoman Mariann Shook is hoping to...
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Great Bend track coach announces resignation amid allegations
Todd Kaiser After Todd Kaiser was arrested Monday, June 6 for one count of sexual exploitation of a child, USD 428 announced the Eisenhower Elementary School Physical Education teacher was suspended...
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Barton faculty and staff raise money for Camp Hope
Barton Director of Admissions Tana Cooper (right) presents a check for $1,060 to Gail Moeder with Camp Hope in the Barton Library on Monday. The money was raised by having “Going Casual for Camp Hope”...
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Golden Belt Community Foundation accepting grant applications for July 1
Golden Belt Community Foundation invites proposals for its current competitive grant cycle. Applications now are being accepted from qualified 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations and public...
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4 arrested with Barton County search warrant involving a theft case
Barton County Sheriff’s deputies are currently in the 100 block of South US 281 highway executing a search warrant. The search warrant is result of a traffic stop this morning while investigating a...
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Pennington brings karaoke to Cherry Village residents, staff
Marvella Becker and Walt Pennington cut a rug at Cherry Village during a recent karaoke session at the long-term- care facility. When Walt Pennington was a long-haul truck driver he sang with the radio...
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Biking, craft beer, and barbecue combined for one Great Bend event; tickets...
Ryan Fairchild of Great Bend wanted a way to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation to fund research for treatments of cystic fibrosis and hopefully, a cure. Ryan’s wife, brother-in-law, and...
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Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program sign-up
The Kansas Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program is a federal program that will provide $30 in checks for income-qualifying seniors age 60 and older to purchase locally grown fresh vegetables and...
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Alden shop owner donates crafts merchandise to Rosewood Services in memory of...
Standing in front of a large assortment of wicker baskets are Rosewood’s Anna Hammond-Bodine and Tammy Hammond, along with Paula Royer and Lorene Bethell. Royer and Bethell delivered a small trailer...
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GBCF announces 2016 scholarship awards
Golden Belt Community Foundation is pleased to announce the 2016 scholarship award winners. Out of 106 applicants, a total of $52,990 in scholarships were awarded to 49 deserving students for the...
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Multi-Sport Combine for area athletes hosted in Great Bend Monday
Area athletes will have a chance to compete in a multi-sport combine Monday, June 13 at Great Bend High School Memorial Stadium. All male and female athletes in 7th through 12th grade can get timed and...
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Lowry to handle superintendent roles at both Hoisington and Otis-Bison
Bill Lowry Unstable economic times within school budgets in the state of Kansas is causing many school districts to rethink their spending strategies. USD 403 Otis-Bison approached USD 431 Hoisington...
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