ELLINWOOD - June Schiewe, 80, died Feb. 6 at Ellinwood District Hospital. Born June 16, 1930, in Sylvia, she was the daughter of Harry Merwin Shultz and Electa Lee Strawn Shultz. She attended Nickerson schools. An Ellinwood resident since 1963, formerly of San Diego, Calif., and Nickerson, she was a sales clerk at Litwin's and Brown's in Great Bend and the manager of the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. On ...
w/pic LARNED - Jerry Buxton, 68, died Feb. 5 at Hospice Hospital in Hutchinson. Born Dec. 14, 1942, in Ransom, he was the son of Richard C. and Esther Johannes Buxton. He was the class Valedictorian at Ransom High School where he graduated in 1960. He attended the University of Kansas and graduated from Fort Hays State University. He worked for several Kansas and Oklahoma newspapers, most recently for the Great ...
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made nine ambulance runs on Friday, seven Saturday and five Sunday. There were no fires, but there was one false alarm on Saturday. Barton County Sheriff A vehicle hit a deer in the 300 block of SE 20 Road around 11:15 p.m. Friday. Theft of several hundred dollars worth of oilfield electrical wire and old appliance motors from 1566 East ...
Kellie and Kathie Henderson, sexual abuse victims and twins from Wichita, will appear on the Oprah Winfrey show at 4 p.m. Tuesday on KWCH-TV, channel 12. The twins traveled to Chicago last week for taping, and the entire show is dedicated to their story. Their story was also reported by Roy Wenzl of the Wichita Eagle, in a series titled "Promise Not to Tell." Kellie Henderson is a student at Barton ...
ARLINGTON, Texas - Forget Lombardi on Broadway. Green Bay has the newest Super Bowl hit: Aaron Rodgers.
The Kansas Board of Accountancy has announced that 90 candidates successfully passed the computerized examination in the October/November 2010 exam window.
CLAFLIN - The Claflin after-prom committee is sponsoring a soup supper at 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday at the Claflin Jr./Sr. High School cafeteria.
JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference Western Division At Kirkman Athletic Center WOMEN Saturday Barton Community College 59, Seward County 53 SEWARD COUNTY (15-9 5-5) Hannah Rotolo 3-6 2-2 10, Kelsey Willson 3-4 2-3 9, Autumn Miller 3-10 2-5 9, Ashlynn Knoll 3-12 0-0 7, Mariah Lee 2-5 3-4 7, Mattie Yanke 2-7 0-0 6, Morgan Skomal 2-10 0-0 5, Kayla Thomas 0-4 0-0 0, Hanna Bognar 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-58 ...
2010-Drew Brees, QB, New Orleans 2009-Santonio Holmes, WR, Pittsburgh 2008-Eli Manning, QB, N.Y. Giants 2007-Peyton Manning, QB, Indianapolis 2006-Hines Ward, WR, Pittsburgh 2005-Deion Branch, WR, New England 2004-Tom Brady, QB, New England 2003-Dexter Jackson, FS, Tampa Bay 2002-Tom Brady, QB, New England 2001-Ray Lewis, LB, Baltimore 2000-Kurt Warner, QB, St. Louis 1999-John Elway, QB, Denver 1998-Terrell Davis, RB, Denver 1997-Desmond Howard, ...
SUPER BOWL XLV Sunday Cowboys Stadium Arlington, Texas Green Bay Packers 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 25 Pittsburgh 0 10 7 8 - 25 Green Bay 14 7 0 10 - 31 First Quarter GB-Nelson 29 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 3:44. GB-Collins 37 interception return (Crosby kick), 3:20. Second Quarter Pit-FG Suisham 33, 11:08. GB-Jennings 21 pass from Rodgers (Crosby kick), 2:24. Pit-Ward 8 ...
Jeffrey Jackson and Alexandra Chavez announce the birth of their daughter, Evie Victoria Jackson, on Dec. 12 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita. She weighed 4 lbs. and was 17 in. long.
Jarrod and Jennifer Basgall of Basehor announce the birth of their daughter, Aven Elizabeth on Dec. 30 at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City. She weighed 7 lbs. 7 oz. and was 19 1/2 in. long.
The Barton Community College men's basketball team lost their second straight KJCCC Western Division game on Saturday night, falling to division-leading Seward County, 71-50.
The whole world holds its breath as we view through splayed fingers the unrest that is the Egyptian uprising.
HOISINGTON - Hoisington Cemetery employees request that all arrangements and grave decorations on the ground and not at the head of the grave be removed to allow for maintenance of the grounds by Monday, June 10.
This week's Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be hosted by Clara Barton Foundation, 250 W. 9th, Hoisington, at 9:30 a.m., Thursday. Ambassador in charge will be Jim Vopat with greeters Jan Westfall and Jill Fitzsimmons. Coffee, refreshments and door prizes will be available.
The City of Great Bend's newly formed committee to study the banning of pit bulls will hold an organizational meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 12, at the City Council chambers, 1209 Williams. The meeting is open to the public.
Since the Obama administration has confessed to spying on journalists at the Associated Press and Fox News, have you noticed there are more stories about the Obama scandals in the news?
As amateur news hounds gain power and influence through social media, the definition of "journalist" has ripened for philosophical debate. But now it's becoming a legal issue – one that could hamper efforts to protect the news profession at the very time federal lawmakers are awakening to the need to do so.
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