49ers ready to move forward without LB Smith

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The San Francisco 49ers are prepared to go forward without star linebacker Aldon Smith for as long as it takes for him to get clean, healthy and improve his life.

Giambi hits walk-off HR for Tribe

CLEVELAND - In a stunning season of walk-off wins, late-inning comebacks and magical moments, Jason Giambi provided the most stirring one yet.

Central Plains sweeps Kinsley triangular

KINSLEY - The Central Plains High School volleyball team swept a triangular on Tuesday evening.

Careers on Wheels

Duane Eldon Abel

Duane Eldon Abel, 67, of Ellinwood, died Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013 at the Western Plains Medical Complex, Dodge City. Services will be 11 a.m. Friday at the Barnett Family Funeral Home, Oskaloosa. Burial will follow at Buster Cemetery. Visitation will be 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Kansas Soldiers' Home and sent in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be made at www.barnettfamilyfh.com.

Pawnee County Sheriff's Report

Monday, Sept. 23

Larned Police Report

Tuesday, Sept. 24

Larned Briefs

Benefit Tuesday evening

New gym scoreboard on BCC agenda

The purchase of a four-sided scoreboard for the Barton Community College Gymnasium is on the agenda for the next BCC Board of Trustees meeting, set for 4 p.m. Thursday in room F-30, the Seminar Room of the Fine Arts Building. Cost with installation will be over $62,000, but private funds have been raised to cover $45,000 of the cost. The last scoreboard was installed in 1986.

Blood drive saves lifes

Dear Editor,

OTR for Sept. 25, 2013

Great Bend Fire/EMS

Larned Juvenile Correctional helps Pawnee County Humane Society

Photo by Paul Zamarripa LJCF activity specialist

Work Incentive

Congress Rolls Out Red Carpet for Greedy Zuckerberg

Billionaires for Cheap Labor-that's how Facebook's Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's Washington D.C. trip should have been labeled. Zuckerberg met with Congress' most influential leaders to push for comprehensive immigration reform, suddenly his favorite cause.

This will show ‘em

HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody?

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