Archive By Author - Susan Thacker
Great Bend schools will have new policies to reflect the "1-to-1 Chromebook Initiative" being implemented this fall at USD 428.
March 09, 2016
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Local News
The Great Bend USD 428 school board approved the following contributions and grant applications on Tuesday:
March 08, 2016
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Susan
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Local News
The Great Bend USD 428 school board had its first reading Tuesday of next year's handbooks for students, teachers, athletics and activities. The Athletic Handbook and the Activity Handbook include some new guidelines for school bus sponsor duties.
March 08, 2016
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Local News
Erin Beck was hired Tuesday as Great Bend High School's head football coach and to teach physical education.
March 08, 2016
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Local News
The attorney for Darrin Hirsh has requested either a judgment of acquittal or a new trial for the former Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper who was found guilty of aggravated assault, criminal threat and domestic battery last year by a Barton County jury.
March 07, 2016
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Local News
All photos were taken Saturday, March 5, 2016, at the Kansas caucuses.
March 07, 2016
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Local News
The Great Bend USD 428 Board of Education will meet at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 8, at the District Education Center, 201 S. Patton Road. The board's usual meeting date was changed because of a conflict.
March 07, 2016
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Local News
The Crest Theater's main floor seating was filling up Saturday and volunteers were considering opening the balcony as the Barton County Republican Caucus got underway. Several registered voters were ready to drop their ballots in the box and leave by 10 a.m., but County Chairman Richard Friedeman asked them wait until the end of a short party meeting.
March 05, 2016
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Local News
Democrats came from as far away as Scott City to vote Saturday in the party caucus at the Hoisington Activity Center. In the final tally, there were 130 votes for Bernie Sanders and 67 for Hillary Clinton. Southwest Kansas will now send three delegates to vote for Sanders and one to vote for Clinton at the National Convention.
March 05, 2016
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Local News
Each year, more than 150 farmers and ranchers from across Kansas participate in Kansas Farm Bureau's County Presidents Trip to Washington, D.C.
March 04, 2016
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Progress: Agriculture, Oil & Industry
HOISINGTON - Earlier this month, Barton County Farm Bureau presented a free Ag Education Seminar at the Hoisington Activity Center.
March 04, 2016
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Susan
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Progress: Agriculture, Oil & Industry
Kevin Holt and his wife Kista (Haas) Holt grew up in Larned, but moved away.
March 04, 2016
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Progress: Pawnee County
Several historic buildings can be found on Broadway Street in Larned. The Masonic Temple was built in 1887. An old postcard shows how the building used to look.
March 04, 2016
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Progress: Pawnee County
Celeste Dixon, park ranger at the Fort Larned National Historical Site, is vice president of the Pawnee County Humane Society board of directors.
March 04, 2016
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Progress: Pawnee County
From the outside, the Pawnee County Humane Society – 2 miles west of Larned on Eighth Street – could pass for a modern country home. Inside, the facility is clearly a shelter where animal lovers strive to find good homes for dogs and cats.
March 04, 2016
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Progress: Pawnee County
