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For March 23, 2011

Kansas Highway Patrol A Ford truck driven by Alicia J. Glenn-Law, 39, of Grants Pass, Ore., was northbound on Rush County Road 230 and failed to yield at the Ave. G intersection at 7:15 p.m. Monday (4.5 miles north and 1.5 miles west of LaCrosse). The truck struck another Ford truck driven by Ryan James Zelwanger, 21, of Hays, that was eastbound on Ave. G. Zelwanger's truck rolled one time, coming to rest ...

March 22, 2011 | | On the Record

Prostitute barred from speaking at LT's trial

NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) - A New York judge has refused to allow a teenage prostitute to speak at Lawrence Taylor's sentencing.

March 22, 2011 | | AP Sports

Potts to speak at Pawnee Rock Christian Church

Eldon Potts of Christ to the Nations will speak at the Pawnee Rock Christian Church at 7 p.m. on March 22. He will speak about his work in the Philippines and is a gospel singer. The public may be interested to know how the disasters in Japan will affect his work in the Philippines.

March 22, 2011 | | Area Briefs

Chamber Coffee

This weeks Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be hosted by Murray Chiropractic, 2100 Kansas, at 9:30 a.m., Thursday. Ambassador in charge will be Nancy Sundahl with greeters Lana Dietz and Barry Bowers. Coffee, doughnuts and door prizes will be available.

March 22, 2011 | | Local News

Increase hours at the zoo

Dear Editor, On this beautiful Sunday afternoon my husband and I went to the zoo at 4:32. I was very upset to find that it was closed. The employee inside stated, "Our hours are until 4:30. We are city ran and they will not pay us after those hours. Everyone must be out by 5:00." As a tax paying citizen of Barton County I feel that our city zoo should have longer hours. The sun ...

March 22, 2011 | | Letters to the Editor

Check this out, patrons

The Toronto Public Library began its "Human Library" project with about 200 users registering to "check out" interesting persons from the community who would sit and converse with patrons who might not otherwise have the opportunity to mingle with people like them.

March 22, 2011 | | News of the Weird

Bridge are a stone, cold gas

Dear Editor, I read the article in The Great Bend Tribune "The Bridges of Barton County." I have always enjoyed seeing old, native or natural limestone houses, barns, and even bridges in Barton County. My great-grandfather, Rudolf Riedl, was said to have built a house of limestone after a tornado completely demolished his old wooden house. Plus, my mother's first cousin, the late Ben Bahr of Olmitz, lived in a similar limestone house which was ...

March 22, 2011 | | Letters to the Editor

Hope Hillary can get a word in --- Hamilton

HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? Hillary Clinton returned Friday after a long week in Egypt and Tunisia, shoring up North Africa's new democracies. Next she briefs President Obama. She hopes she can be penciled into his schedule sometime between the Final Four and Masters Week at Augusta. Obama addressed the nation on Japan's nuclear disaster from the Rose Garden Thursday. He assured Japan we stand by them. He ordered a comprehensive review ...

March 22, 2011 | | Columnists

Bell wrestles at senior tournament

Dalton Bell, out of Hoisington High School represented the South at the first North vs. South District Four Senior Classic Wrestling Tournament.

March 21, 2011 | | Prep Sports

Jimmer, BYU hope to continue NCAA run vs. Florida

PROVO, Utah (AP) - A week ago, BYU players were still tired and sore when Monday's practice rolled around. Now, after making their deepest NCAA tournament run in 30 years, a little bit of the swagger is back. Of course it helps that one potential nemesis, Southeast regional No. 1 seed Pitt, has been knocked out. "I think we thought we could do it regardless," star ...

March 21, 2011 | | NCAA Tournament