Great Bend News

The Great Bend Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 3111 is organizing the Great Bend Memorial Day service this year.

Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made five ambulance runs Monday, six Tuesday and nine Wednesday.

In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields the poppies blow, Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below.

Franklin Leonard Feist, 67, died May 23 at his home in Great Bend, following a battle with renal cell carcinoma.

Check out the state qualifiers link on the Kansas State High School Activities Association website for the upcoming Class 6-1A state track and field championships, which is set for Friday and Saturday at Cessna Stadium on the Wichita State University campus.

The Barton County Historical Society Museum and Village will be open from 1-5 p.m. on Monday for Memorial Day.

GREAT BEND Paul Joseph Linenberger, 90, died May 21, 2013 at Great Bend Regional Hospital.

Orange cones and construction crews are already in place on the U.S. 281 bridge just north of the Great Bend city limits as the Kansas Department of Transportation begins to replace the span, a project that could take until next spring.

A minor child was left in a truck with a loaded gun Monday night as two suspects fled from Barton County deputies.

Barton County Jail A mailbox at 59 SW 20 Road was damaged by fireworks, it was reported Monday.

To say that Great Bend High School junior Kaylie Doll came out of left field when she qualified for the Class 5A portion of the 6-1A state track and field championships might be an understatement.

Graduation days are celebrations of hard work expended and the future opportunities that have been earned.

When Dale Phillips first started working for Barton County, the oil used to seal the county's 380-plus miles of paved roads cost 15 cents per gallon.

June Jaunt is just over a week away. This event, which showcases communities from Tribune to Great Bend along K-96, is a chance for these towns to shine.

Great Bend Fire/EMS Firefighters made eight ambulance runs Thursday, five Friday, seven Saturday and four Sunday.

Anyone Great Bend resident wishing to apply to be a part of the City Council committee to discuss vicious dogs can do so by sending a letter to the City of Great Bend, P.O. Box 1168, Great Bend, KS, 67530, attention Mayor Mike Allison.

Gasoline prices have risen dramatically in the past two weeks throughout much of the Midwest.

Martin "Marty" C. Smith, 58, passed away Sunday May 19, at KU Medical Center in Kansas City.

County business offices will be closed on Monday, May 27, for Memorial Day. The Health Department, the Records Division of the Sheriff's Office and the County Landfill will also be closed that day.

Commencement ceremonies for NCK Tech were held in Beloit on May 10th. Students achieving a 3.5 4.0 GPA earned Dean's Honor Roll academic honors during the ceremony.