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Listen to Tuesday’s Sports Day show (8/30)
We hear interviews from Hoisington football coach Zach Baird and Larned football A.B. Stokes on the show Tuesday....
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Barton County’s “Walk to End Alzheimer’s” looking for walkers and donators
There are over 51,000 Kansans that are currently living with Alzheimer ’s disease. Denise Vann, Outreach Coordinator for the Alzheimer’s Association of Central and Western Kansas says it is predicted...
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Hoisington celebrates 120 years of Labor Day fun this weekend
Arguably the biggest event in Hoisington each year takes a long time to prepare. Hoisington Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President Kristi Lovett says the Labor Day Celebration has become a...
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Barton County trying to help with road improvements at Cheyenne Bottoms
Residents in the Great Bend area were able to witness a refresher on how dangerous the streets can be with flooding rainfall Monday afternoon. Can you imagine what condition the roads were around...
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Cherry Village hosts back-to- school fashion show for residents
Ten youngsters participate in a back-to- school fashion show at Cherry Village. In the front row from left to right are: Adrian Montelongo, Eagon Salcido, Nevaeh Estes, Cara Murphy and Haile Estes. In...
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Listen to Wednesday’s Sports Day show (8/31)
Central Plains High School football coach Chris Steiner joins the show and tells us if the expectations have changed any for the Oilers....
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Listen to Thursday’s Sports Day show (9/1)
More high school football previews on the Thursday show as Kansas Pregame Magazine Publisher John Baetz joins the program....
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Barton County 911 workers train in Yoder at back-up center
To Barton County, Yoder, Kansas is more than just a community known for its Amish population. Yoder hosts Barton County’s 911 Communications back-up center. If anything happens to the 911 building,...
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Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball acquires local accounting firm
Hutchinson, KS – Adams, Brown, Beran & Ball, Chartered (ABBB) is pleased to announce their upcoming merger with the local accounting firm of Grossardt and Gilbert LLC, effective September 1, 2016....
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30-year veteran technician now serves OPI customers
Jeff Thummel services a copier for an OPI customer. Thummel is the new service technician at the company. When Jeff Thummel was working for a company in Salina, he heard a lot of talk about a place...
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Train derailment in Ellinwood (UPDATE)
A train derailment was reported in Ellinwood Friday, September 2 just after 12 p.m. that closed Main Street for a period of time. Traffic has since been reopened to the public. According to the...
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Barton County Health Department flu shots begin
Barton County Health Department will begin administering vaccines to prevent influenza for area residents on Monday, September 19, during regular business hours on a walk-in basis. Flu vaccine...
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Senator Bob Dole endorses Great Bend’s Dr. Roger Marshall
Dr. Roger Marshall (Great Bend, Kan.) – Senator Bob Dole announced his endorsement of Dr. Roger Marshall in the First Congressional District general election. His statement: “I am proud to endorse my...
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Despite unreliable product, air service carriers meant money for Great Bend
The City of Great Bend was denied the right to receive Essential Air Service at the Great Bend Municipal Airport in late May. While the Great Bend Airport still sees roughly 1,100 departures and...
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Women & Children’s Center at Great Bend Regional Hospital becomes a secured unit
Great Bend Regional Hospital, a full-service 33-bed hospital in Great Bend, Kansas, recently improved the security of its Women & Children’s Center by investing in a new magnetic door lock system....
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Cop Shop (9/2 – 9/5)
Barton County Sheriff’s Office Service Log (9/2) Train Derailment At 11:52 a.m. a train derailment was reported at Main Street & Sante Fe in Ellinwood. Non Injury Accident At 12:10 p.m. a two...
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Hoisington moving on after successful Labor Day Celebration
One of the biggest challenges from this past weekend’s Labor Day Celebration in Hoisington was how successful it has become. Hoisington Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President Kristi Lovett says...
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Law enforcement looking for Great Bend shooting suspect
Ever Olivas On Monday, September 5 at approximately 9 p.m., officers from the Great Bend Police Department responded to the area of the 300 block of Fruit Street in reference to a disturbance. Upon...
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Great Bend still undecided on which baseball team to have in 2017
At the beginning of Tuesday night’s Great Bend City Council meeting it seemed as if there was going to be one or the other, but after a lengthy discussion the council seems in favor of hosting two...
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Restocking and maintenance ongoing at Great Bend’s Vet’s Lake
A year has passed, and Veterans Memorial Lake in Great Bend remains off the blue-green algae warning list. The lake was left unusable for years because of the algae problem from large amounts of...
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