LARNED - Anna Belle Owens, 73, died Dec. 23 at Hays Medical Center in Hays. She was born May 17, 1937, in Shattuck, Okla. A resident of Larned since 1970, formerly of Woodward, Okla., she was a retired Food Service Supervisor 1 at the Larned State Hospital.
WEEK 16 AFC CLINCHED: New England (playoff spot) and Pittsburgh (playoff spot) ELIMINATED: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Cleveland, Houston, Miami. NEW ENGLAND - Clinches AFC East and homefield advantage with: 1) Win or tie OR 2) N.Y. Jets loss or tie PITTSBURGH - Clinches AFC North and a first-round bye with: 1) Win and Baltimore loss KANSAS CITY - Clinches AFC West with: 1) Win and San Diego loss or tie OR 2) Tie ...
DENVER (AP) - The Denver Broncos' Elvis Dumervil has been cited with assault and disturbing the peace for an alleged run-in with a security guard at Invesco Field.
SOUTH MIAMI, Fla. (AP) - Dwyane Wade had some trying moments in 2010. The fight for custody of his kids continues, his divorce became final and he nearly left the Miami Heat.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Kansas City Chiefs fans will be able to watch today's game on TV locally after all.
Club 1 Fitness' Winter Co-Ed Tennis Camp is set for next week. The camp will include direct instruction, drills and conditioning for all elementary, middle, and high school students interested in playing tennis.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - Dont'a Hightower didn't expect to be Rolando McClain on the field.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Matt Cassel did no favors for anyone who has an emergency appendectomy, then asks the boss for a few weeks off.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Welcome to Tattoo U. What started out as a trip to a Columbus tattoo parlor by a couple of football players has created all sorts of mayhem for star quarterback Terrelle Pryor and Ohio State. Pryor and four teammates were suspended Thursday by the NCAA for the first five games of next season for selling championship rings, jerseys and awards. They also received improper benefits - from up to two years ...
The First Presbyterian Church, 24th and Washington, will be celebrating Christmas Eve with the Festival of Lessons and Carols at 7 p.m. tonight. The public is welcome.
Employees from Great Bend Regional Hospital Steve Schenkel, Elle Slater, Kristie Thill and Sonya Rein deliver Christmas presents to Laura Patzner, Executive Director for the Family Crisis Center for area families for the holidays
You've got to be kidding me, a new year already! 2011 will be here in just a few days and there will be a lot going on. Read on for some great educational opportunities.
I still wish I hadn't peeked in the attic that year. It was Christmas 1972 and I was 10. It was the first year when I no longer believed in Santa Claus. Until that point, Christmas had been a magical time for me. A few weeks after Thanksgiving, I would join with my father to pick out our tree. He'd wear his rattiest coat and work his mastery on the helpless Christmas-tree guy to knock ...
In Afghanistan, as in many less-developed countries, boy babies are much preferred to girls for economic reasons and social status.
I heard the bells on Christmas day Their old familiar carols play, And wild and sweet the words repeat Of peace on earth, good will to men. You're probably familiar with these words from the Christmas carol "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day." The words for this popular carol actually come from a poem penned by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow during a time of hopelessness for Longfellow and for the United States of America. In ...
The Great Bend High School Forensics Team competed at the District National Qualifying NFL Tournament on Friday and Saturday April 19th and 20th. Twelve students competed which consisted of: Nathaniel Cheney, Kenna Dirks, Michael Gieck, Clara Kachanes, Sarah Keller, Mallorie McNett, Jordan Otten, Chase Pumford, Jesus Sandoval, Kane Schumacher, Kameko Schultz and Paige VanSteenburgh. Five students qualified to semi-finals in their events. Cheney and Schumacher placed 12th and Gieck and Schultz placed 10th in Duo ...
You can't change the facts of an explosion. A large fertilizer factory operated next to homes, a middle school and a nursing home. The factory blew, and 14 people died. We can't change those facts, but it's up to us to decide what they mean.
As Mother's Day approaches, the political scene makes me think of an old spiritual: "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child."
Charles A. "Jack" Wesley, 63, died April 30 at Great Bend Regional Hospital.
LARNED - The Larned Correctional Mental Health Facility has named Employees of the Quarter for the second quarter of the year 2013 - Tanner Lang, Uniformed, CSI; Miranda Schmidt, Non-Uniformed, Administrative Assistant; RuthAnn Snodgrass, Contract, LMSW-MHP.
LARNED - A Volunteer Appreciation Dinner was held April 25 at the Welcome Inn with about 40 in attendance.