March 9. Emergency Medical Services made 10 ambulance runs and responded to one accidental pendant activation. Firefighters responded to one CO check and one ...

On Monday, Great Bend Fire Department crews mixed some training with the real thing while battling a residential fire in the ...

Five members of Barton Community College’s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter earned top honors at the Kansas FBLA State Leadership Conference and Competition held at Emporia State ...

On March 6 at approximately 8:16 a.m., officers with the Great Bend Police Department were alerted to a burglary in progress in the 1100 block of Hubbard Street. The reporting party advised that a ...

Mayor Alan Moeder has proclaimed the week of March 16-22 as Brain Awareness Week (BAW) in the City of Great Bend.

Ellinwood's girls are living the dream headed for the 2A state basketball championship. The Eagles held off Eureka's rally 50-47 with five fourth-quarter free throws. Julia Schlessiger converted two ...

Kansas Legal Services Executive Director Matthew Keenan discusses the day’s itinerary with Barton County office attorney Shea O’Sullivan in their new digs on the first floor of the Courthouse. The ...

Rural and local museums continually face the challenge of remaining historically accurate while staying relevant in today’s society.

Western Athletic Conference Most Valuable bowlers Daegan Miller and 4-time state qualifier Zoey Mayberry headline Great Bend's four state bowling entries. Panthers Brooklynn Mayberry and 2-time state ...

History isn’t something Shelly Hoyt takes lightly.   As head coach of Hoxie, she relished watching her team accomplish just that. In winning four straight Class 1A Division I state titles and in the ...

I and everyone agree immigrants who have committed serious crimes must be arrested & detained but this unbelievable brutality and murder of our citizens and immigrants (they are human too) by ICE ...

A Barton County woman charged in the March 2023 death of a 4-month-old child pleaded not guilty Thursday to four counts, including felony first-degree murder.