Great Bend News

Dianne Morse, associate broker with Coldwell Banker Sell Real Estate in Great Bend, has earned membership in the company's International Diamond Society, a level achieved by only the top 15 percent of the approximately 96,600 sales associates/representatives worldwide in the Coldwell Banker system.

Singer-songwriter Scott Ibex will bring an eclectic variety of music, from what he dubs psychedelic bluegrass to acoustic tapping/fingerstyle guitar to his unique blend of reggae-infused acoustic rock, to Great Bend on Saturday, Feb.

Glenn Opie accepts the 2011 Citizen of the Year Award from Great Bend Chamber Director Jan Peters.

The arrest warrant has been dropped against the Great Bend man originally sought by Great Bend authorities for allegedly beating and cutting of his ex-fiance a week ago and who turned himself to the Gardner police Thursday, Great Bend Police Chief Dean Akings said Friday.

Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts will rule Monday on a request to move the trial of Adam Longoria, charged with capital murder in the death of 14-year-old Alicia DeBolt, from Great Bend.

A mute swan that died recently at Veterans Memorial Lake apparently died of health problems related to old age, according to Great Bend-Brit Spaugh Zoo Director Scott Gregory.

The Great Bend Police Department has released the name of a Great Bend man suspected of beating his ex-girlfriend and cutting her with a knife multiple times on Sunday.

Eagle Communications, the state's premier employee owned media and Broadband Company, has appointed Rick Nulton, General Manager of Eagle Radio of Great Bend and Gary Exline, General Manager of Eagle Radio of St.

A man charged with killing a 14-year-old Great Bend girl is due in court as a judge considers his request to move the trial out of Barton County.

Guests at the Great Bend City Council meeting this week were the DARE students recently honored.

Back in 1960, Great Bend and Barton County authorities agreed to work together on improving Railroad Avenue from Washington to Main Street.

With the Class 5A regional wrestling tournament just around the corner, the Great Bend High School Panthers appear to be hitting their stride at just the right time.

Great Bend police are searching for a man who allegedly attacked a 22-year-old woman Sunday night at her residence.

The first of three groups of soldiers from the Kansas National Guard's 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery, which has a subordinate unit in Great Bend, will be welcomed home from their year-long deployment to the Horn of Africa on Thursday Topeka.

Nex-Tech and Satellite Pros are excited to announce they have entered into a partnership in Great Bend.

A total of 40 seniors from high schools in Barton and Rush counties will be recognized for their academic achievements and named Kansas Honor Scholars at a 6:30 p.m. dinner and program Thursday at The Club at Stoneridge, 1438 24th St., Great Bend.

Great Bend's Morgan Harwood struggles to control a loose ball with Manhattan's Onyeka Ehie during Saturday night's game at Panther Fieldhouse.

Matt Hoisington, left, presents a donation to Duane Reif of Kans for Kids from money raised during the annual Great Bend knights of Columbus Men's Stag.

A Great Bend man has pleaded no contest to involuntary manslaughter in the death last July of a 15-year-old Garden City girl who was reported as a runaway.

The Barton County Historical Society and Museum has been awarded a Kansas Humanities Council mini-grant for a project entitled "South Hoisington: Stories From the Other Side of the Tracks." Beverly Komarek, executive director of the museum, said the project will include oral histories with past residents of the community, which has mostly ... (more)