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Dog hit with blow-gun darts
A cruelty to animals case was taken after a brown and white Shih Tzu dog was found on 10th St. with two blow gun darts stuck in its fur, around 2:20 p.m. Thursday. Seth Orebaugh with the Golden Belt Humane Society picked up the dog. Orebaugh said the dog is an adult male and it was in good physical condition. Only one dart was in the dog when he arrived; it was ...
Dead animals removed from house
The Golden Belt Humane Society removed several dead animals from the house at 2001 Holland St. in Great Bend, Saturday afternoon. Witnesses said Glenn R. Bonham - who is also listed as co-owner of the house in last year's community appraisal guide - had not been there for some time, and a neighbor has been feeding a cat that came from the house. Seth Orebaugh, animal control officer with the humane society, ...
Barton reports record enrollment
By Tribune staff Barton Community College's enrollment figures show an overall 8 percent increase for summer and fall 2010, college officials announced Friday. Barton President Dr. Carl Heilman said the growth proves Barton's continued success, especially coming on the heels of a 10 percent enrollment growth in the preceding year. The credit hours generated by in-state students increased by 7 percent for the fall 2010 semester and 6 percent ...
Kansas State’s Snyder names his son as full-time assistant
MANHATTAN - Kansas State head football coach Bill Snyder announced Friday that his oldest son – former All-American punter and long-time staff member Sean Snyder – will take on a full-time coaching role and coordinate the Wildcats' special teams units as associate head coach and director of football operations.
Packers, Steelers each have history with Dallas
DALLAS (AP) - Jethro Pugh has some advice for folks who consider it a cruel twist of fate that the first Super Bowl hosted by the Dallas Cowboys features the Green Bay Packers and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Players appreciate ‘reward’ of having the Pro Bowl in Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) - When Ray Lewis stepped off the plane from his cross-country flight and was greeted with a lei and an aloha, it finally hit him that he was voted back on the island.
Chiefs’ Holmes to be inducted into Missouri Sports Hall of Fame
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Former Kansas City Chiefs running back Priest Holmes will be inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame's Class of 2011 on today in Springfield, Missouri.
Jan. 30, 2011
Great Bend Police A coat and Bible were stolen from a vehicle at 3404 17th St., it was reported Thursday. Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made four ambulance runs on Thursday. There were no fires. They responded to a wheat stubble fire a half mile west of Hart's Corner around 10 a.m. Friday. Battalion Chief John Stettinger said the cause was unknown, but the ...
Dorothy M. (Wilson) Hannah 1917 - 2011
WICHITA - Dorothy M. (Wilson) Hannah, died Wednesday, Jan. 26, at Reflection Living Center in Wichita, at the age of 94. Dorothy was born Oct. 26, 1917 in Jetmore, the daughter of Roscoe H. and Dollie (Raser) Wilson. She was Valedictorian of her high school class and received her bachelor's degree from Southwestern College in 1941. She married John T. Hannah on Oct. 30, 1953. Dorothy was a paralegal for many years and was ...
Dorothy Hamilton 1936 - 2011
NEVEDA, Mo. - Dorothy Hamilton, 75, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Jan. 27 at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, Mo., after a short battle with cancer. She was born Jan. 14, 1936, in Claflin, to Anthony and Mary Kimpler Straub. She married Harry Hamilton on Sept. 20, 1954, in Decatur, Ind.
Josephine M. Kimball 1928 - 2011
MEDICINE LODGE - Josephine M. Kimball, 83, died Jan. 28 at her home in Medicine Lodge. She was born Jan. 15, 1928, in St. Leo, Kingman County, the daughter of Phillip and Elizabeth (Bayer) Becker. On April 8, 1947, she married Everett Kimball in St. Leo. He survives.
Johnna Stewart Hughes 1922 - 2011
WINNSBORO, Texas - Mrs. Johnna Stewart Hughes was born on Jan. 28, 1922, on the family farm in Brumley, near Gilmer, Texas, to John M. and Ida Mauck Stewart. She departed this life on Jan. 26, two days short of her 89th birthday. She and her husband of 52 years, Mr. George W. "Cotton" Hughes, were married on June 13, 1945, near Pittsburg, Texas. They moved to Winnsboro in 1946, where they raised their ...
Boy dies in farm accident
A 7-year-old boy died after being run over by a tractor, Saturday afternoon northwest of Olmitz. Emergency vehicles were dispatched around 3:45 p.m. The Barton County Sheriff's Office reports the boy, whose name was not being released, died as a result of injuries from the farm accident. Emergency responders started cardiopulmonary resuscitation but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Carl Edward James 1936 - 2011
CARSON, Calif. -- Carl Edward James was born on Nov. 30, 1936, in Great Bend. He was youngest of nine children born to Louis and Alma James. He accepted Christ and followed the path that God laid out for his life. Carl graduated from Great Bend High School in 1954. He attended Kansas State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in 1958. He also attended UCLA, where ...
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