Great Bend News

Cameron Chambers, elite endurance mountain bike racer, will return to Great Bend for the half marathon at Human Motion on Saturday.

Great Bend's Matt Moyd, left, races next to Hays' Adam Deterding, second from left, during Saturday's finals of the 110-meter hurdles at the Class 6-1A state track and field championships at Wichita State's Cessna Stadium.

Great Bend Recreation Commission summer programs are set to begin the first of June and run through July.

The City of Great Bend had to delay the opening of the Wetlands water park for a least one day due to pump failures.

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Crime Stoppers is seeking information about two crimes that happened the same day at two locations in Great Bend.

A Kansas judge has delayed the sentencing of a Great Bend man convicted of killing a 14-year-old cheerleader whose charred body was found at the asphalt plant where he worked.

Janel Rose is passionate about fresh produce and getting it onto the plates of as many Barton County residents as possible.

Roy Key Jr., 89, a former resident of Great Bend and Bethany, Okla., passed away May 15 in Camano Island, Wash.

Cameron Chambers and Jackie Stiles pose for a photo following last year's half marathon at Human Motion, sponsored by Great Bend Regional Hospital.

Monica Gonzalez interacts with young Axel Ordonez-Marquez during a Sunflower Early Education Center home visit.

City of Great Bend Water Department part-time employee Emery Hoch paints the top, or bonnet, of a fire hydrant at Britt Spaugh Park Wednesday morning.

Great Bend firefighters are showered with foam as they battle a house fire at 2222 Monroe Thursday afternoon.

Long-time Great Bend Headstart teacher Darla Carson interacts with students Wednesday morning.

Great Bend High School cheerleader Amber Kasselman signed her letter of intent to cheer at Bethany College.

Crime Stoppers seeks information about a vehicular burglary that occurred between 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, and 6:50 p.m. on Sunday in Great Bend.

LOBNER, NAHAN LEAD WINNERS AT S.R.C.A. GREAT BEND, Kan.- J.R. Lobner and Pat Nahan lead the winner's list this weekend at S.R.C.A. Dragstrip for the Thunder on the Plains event in Great Bend, Kan.

With a backdrop of sluggish job growth statewide, the sixth-annual Central Kansas Job Fest unfolds May 17.

Great Bend firefighters were dispatched to the Robert Wiley home 2403 31st St. at 12:10 p.m. Tuesday for a house fire.

'The Spiderman' Nick Tubbs of Colby made it two wins in a row in racing action Saturday night, May 5, at RPM Speedway in Hays, KS.