Those interested in forming a new Neighborhood Watch group in Great Bend are invited to attend a second preparatory/discussion meeting, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Rosewood Meeting Room, at 16th and Main. The first meeting of the group was held Nov. 17. Attendees were particularly concerned about a perceived large increase in incidence of burglaries in a northwest/midtown area of Great Bend. Scott Harper, with the Great Bend Police Department, ...
Two youths were taken to Russell Regional Hospital after two vehicles collided on Interstate 70 in Russell County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol online crash logs, Jeremy Lee Karnopp, 27, from Hill City, was driving a Chrysler Sebring convertible and Tina Charon Goldsmith, 34, from Glen St. Mary, Fla., was driving a Chevy van at 9 p.m. Sunday; both were westbound when Karnopp's car, which was in the left lane, ...
Barton County Sheriff A vehicle hit a deer in the 900 block of NE 100 Ave., three miles west and 1.5 miles south of Claflin, shortly before 6 p.m. on Friday. A vehicle hit a deer on U.S. 281 at mile marker 105 (by Schremmer Auction) at 6:18 p.m. Friday. A burglary at 625 U.S. 56 was reported Saturday. Someone broke into an abandoned house and stole items out of it ...
CLAFLIN - Martina M. Luebbers, 92, died Dec. 5 at Kansas Heart Hospital, Wichita. Born March 17, 1918, at Marienthal, she was the daughter of Martin and Anna (Lauber)Younger. She married Joseph Luebbers on May 3, 1949, at Hoisington. He died March 15, 1977. A longtime Claflin resident, coming from Hoisington, she was a homemaker and the Claflin librarian from 1971 to 1988.
PRATT - Basil L. "Bud" McManaman, 88, died Dec. 6 at South Wind Hospice in Pratt. He was born June 10, 1922, in Pratt, to Basil and Iva (Greenstreet) McManaman. He married Margaret Lou Patton in 1945, and a daughter, Candy was born to this union. She preceded him in death in 1948. He married Pauline Lawrenz on May 26, 1954, at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Pratt. She survives.
The first meeting of a new group, the Barton County Progressives, will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Burnside Room of the Great Bend Recreation Center, 1214 Stone St. Organized by Christina Stein and Marty Keenan, this meeting's speaker will be the Rev. Seth Svaty, a pastor from Sterling and brother of Kansas Secretary of Agriculture Josh Svaty. Afterward there will be a 20-minute talk and discussion.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - One of the greatest efforts of his career left Champ Bailey with only an empty feeling.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Sometimes the first-place Kansas City Chiefs almost seem in denial.
RAYMOND – Gladys G. Boy Starr, 82, died Dec. 5 at her Raymond residence. She was born Dec. 18, 1927, at Raymond, the daughter of Adolph and Nora Marie Gordon Boy. She married H. Allison Starr Dec. 20, 1946, at Colby. He died July 3, 1981. She was a lifetime Raymond resident and a homemaker. She graduated from Raymond High School and attended Kansas State University.
HUTCHINSON - Valerie Ann "Corky" Miller, 51, died Dec. 3 at Promise Regional Medical Center, Hutchinson. She was born Feb. 14, 1959, at Larned, the daughter of Glenn A. and Patricia Ann (Ratliff) Miller. Ms. Miller, a Hutchinson resident, was a member of the Christian faith. Survivors include her father, Glenn, of Great Bend; a son, Christopher Hagler and wife Tracy of Kansas City, Mo.; a daughter, Vanessa Miller and husband ...
NATOMA - Dean E. Wineland, 93, of Natoma, died Dec. 4 at the Rooks County Health Center in Plainville. Dean was born on Aug. 25, 1917, in Natoma, the son of Eugene and Louise (Miller) Wineland. He grew up, attended school and spent most of his life in the Natoma area. He met, fell in love and was united in marriage to Marjorie Rinearson on Sept. 9, 1942 in Russell. From this ...
A memorial service for Donald W. "Don" Shorock, 66, of Great Bend, who died Dec. 2 at Great Bend Regional Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Trinity United Methodist Church, Great Bend. Memorial donations are suggested to the Barton County Arts Council in care of Bryant Funeral Home. Condolences may be sent and notice viewed at www.bryantfh.net.
MISSION VIEJO, CALIF. - Eleanor Kaiser, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away Nov. 21 in Mission Viejo, Calif. She was 88 years old. Eleanor was born March 11, 1922, on a farm near Kenmare, N.D., the daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Rud) Engeberg. Her elementary years were spent in a rural, one-room school outside Kenmare, N.D. She received her secondary education at Sheyenne River Academy, Harvey, N.D., and later ...
DORRANCE - Leonard H. Major, 84, of Dorrance, died Dec. 4 at Hays Medical Center. Born April 12, 1926, on the family farm in Dorrance, he was the son of Henry J. and Marie (Schultz) Major. He grew up and spent all of his life in the Dorrance area. He attended local schools and graduated from Dorrance High School in 1943. He met, fell in love and married Fern L. Steward on ...
November Marriage Licenses Greg Alan Axman, Olmitz and Virginia Adele Lambert, Olmitz Justin Ray Langlois, Great Bend and Kassandra Sue Marie Mead, Great Bend Steven KennethGrooms, Cary, Ill. and Ashley Elizabeth Drescher, Great Bend Dexter James Doll, Great Bend and Chelsey Rebecca Clawson, Great Bend Levi James Hapes, Great Bend and Rachelle Dawn Hazlett, Great Bend Kenneth Lynn Ward, Ellinwood and Kary Marie Newkirk, Ellinwood James Edgar Rowe Jr., Great Bend and Wendy Elizabeth Emerick, ...
Best Western Angus Inn has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence. This award signifies the Best Western in the top-performing 10 percent of all businesses worldwide on TripAdvisor.
Q. What do you get when you add 6,800 bierocks and 3,500 cinnamon rolls?
To say Barry and Monica Bowers have a history with Barton Community College might be a bit of an understatement. Not only did both graduate from Barton in the early '80s, both were students there when they went on their first date.
Joel Alcala-Reyes, improper stop or turn signal, $323
The Great Bend Recreation Commission's board of directors will discuss the time line for next year's budget when it meets at 4 p.m. Monday at the Carl Soden Recreation Center, 1214 Stone St. The board will also hear information on the Imagination Playground, Sunflower Community Habilitation Contract, summer program enrollment and the seasonal and part-time employee information handbook.
Great Bend Public Library, 1409 Williams St., will offer the following programs in June: • Summer Reading activities begin Monday, June 10. Registration for all ages will open that day. The children's department will have its kick-off party at 3:30 p.m. Dan Dan the Magic man will perform a magic show that fits in with the Dig Into Reading! Summer Reading Club theme. Students in grades 7-12 can register for the Beneath the Surface Teen ...
NEW YORK - Palace Malice took charge on the turn for home and won the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, holding off Preakness winner Oxbow and Kentucky Derby winner Orb.
PARIS - Two hours before her French Open final, Serena Williams practiced on center court, the stands deserted as she whacked one winner after another to the distant sounds of a brass band playing on the plaza.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Eric Hosmer wasn't sure whether he could score from first when Billy Butler roped a pitch down the third-base line, so he put his head down and sprinted as fast as he could.
EUGENE, Ore. - High jumper Erik Kynard was seeking a three-peat in the men's high jump to close his Kansas State career at the NCAA track and field championship on Friday evening. In front of more than 10,000 cheering fans, Kynard and his rival over his entire collegiate career, Derek Drouin of Indiana, went to battle one last time.
GARDEN CITY - Lela May Urban, 77, died June 7, 2013 at Homestead Health & Rehabilitation Center in Garden City. No services are planned at this time.
MIDWEST CITY, Okla. - Michael Wayne Kirkman, 62, died June 7, 2013 at Midwest City, Okla. Services are pending with Bryant Funeral Home, 1425 Patton Road, Great Bend.