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Pawnee County Sheriff's Report

Thursday, May 23 12:02 a.m. - Deputies investigated an alarm in the 1400 block of 120th Ave. Wednesday, May 22 11:30 a.m. - A prisoner was released 12:50 p.m. - Three inmates were booked 1:30 p.m. - An offender registry was completed 5:30 p.m. - Deputies assisted EMS on 210th Ave. 8:09 p.m. - An inmate was booked 10:08 p.m. - A prisoner was released Tuesday, May 21 5:28 a.m. - Deputies assisted a truck ...

Toy Train play days in Luray

The Tomy trains will roll again at the Stone Church in Luray this week-end. Station doors open at 10 a.m. on Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday, giving railroad enthusiasts of all ages another chance to play with a large collection of battery-operated trains on loan from Bruce Libal; the last run of the day on both days is at 4 p.m. Free rail passes will be issued at the door, and concessions will be ...

Can I take a deduction for that?

HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? President Obama's job approval ratings held steady Monday in CNN's latest poll. The numbers split exactly along party lines. Fifty-three percent of Americans approve of the job Obama is doing as president while the other 47 percent are being audited. The Powerball Lottery winning numbers came up Saturday allowing someone to win six hundred million. That's amazing. The Guinness Book of Records says it's the biggest jackpot ...

Hoisington briefs

Hoisington announces trash pickup for holiday HOISINGTON - The trash pickup for the city of Hoisington will be bumped back a day for the Memorial Day holiday week to Friday and Saturday. Fund raiser for Oklahoma tornado victims HOISINGTON - There will be a pulled pork fundraiser to benefit the Oklahoma tornado victims and families from noon to 5 p.m. on May 25. Cost is $5 a plate. The fund raiser will be held on ...

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Ellinwood briefs

City of Ellinwood trash pickup schedule ELLINWOOD - There will be no trash pickup on Monday, May 27 due to the Memorial Day holiday. The trash schedule will be Tuesday and Thursday on the east side and Wednesday and Friday on the west side. Baird announces resignation ELLINWOOD - Ellinwood Chamber of Commerce Administrator Nancy Baird has announced her resignation from that position. She will be taking a full-time job at a local insurance company. ...

Learning From the Rise and Fall of Michelle Rhee

At some point, we need to stop believing in miracles, at least in education. While we're still getting over the RICO indictments handed down in the Atlanta cheating scandal comes the revelation that the success Michelle Rhee achieved as the "no excuses" superintendent of Washington, D.C.'s public schools was the product of massive cheating. Those asking why Rhee isn't under indictment just like her former colleague in Atlanta are missing the bigger question: If she's ...

Rozel tornado videos

A tornado developed six miles southwest of Rozel at 7:18 p.m. and moved one mile west of town before turning to the northwest and dissipating about three miles northwest of Rozel at 7:47 p.m. Five farms were damaged by this tornado, including one farm house that lost most of its roof and some of its exterior walls. The tornado intensity has been rated as high as EF4 based on measured winds of 165 to 185 ...

Huelskamp (R-Kansas) receives favorable review

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-Kansas) reported the poll results from the monthly telephone town hall his office conducted Tuesday for constituents.

Larned Briefs

LHS calendar Thursday - Professional development, staff; Student physicals, LMS, 6 p.m. Friday - one-half-day, staff; district barbecue, LMS, noon; LHS, state track at Wichita State Saturday - LHS, state track at Wichita State Quilting Bees meet LARNED - Colleen Wolf welcomed members and guest Darby Eakin to the May 21 meeting of the guild at the First Presbyterian Church. Announcement was made concerning the Barton County Fair contest featuring quilt blocks. The Pawnee ...

Debate centers on Santa Fe Road or Trail

By David Clapsaddle The use of Santa Fe Road in contrast to Santa Fe Trail continued in use into the 1860s when W. D. Wheeler advertised the amenities of his ranch in the March 23, 1861, Council Grove Press. LITTLE ARKANSAS RANCH "The traveling public are respectfully informed, that the undersigned is located on the Little Arkansas, where the great Santa Fe Road crosses the same. I keep always on hand, provisions, groceries and liquors, ...

Task force member proposes changes in sex treatment program at state hospital

By Dave Ranney KHI News Service TOPEKA - A task force charged with coming up with a plan for reforming the Sexual Predator Treatment Program at Larned State Hospital has agreed to spend another month developing its recommendations. "We'll push it to the end of June," said the group's chair, Wes Cole. "We'll try to meet with (Kansas Department for Aging and Developmental Services) Secretary (Shawn) Sullivan in July." Initially, the task force, which met ...

The Santa Fe Road: An anachronism of the 21st century

By David Clapsaddle During the first decades of the 19th century, there were two types of roads in our young republic, improved and unimproved. Improved roads, toll roads known as turnpikes and public roads known as highways, had drainage ditches on either side of an elevated roadbed. Unimproved roads, having neither drainage ditches or elevated roadbeds, might well be characterized as routes, that is passageways across the countryside. In this regard, the etymology of route ...

COLOR ME PURPLE

Old Frank was probably watching when Kansas State last won a conference title in baseball. It was 1933, and Franklin D. Roosevelt was only two months into his first term as President. Now, in 2013, the Wildcats finally got around to making it happen again.

St. Rose sponsors transition classes for local cancer patients

Paula Brozek, Great Bend, thought it was an "opportunity too good to pass up." And she was right.

TripAdvisor awards Best Western Angus Inn with Certificate of Excellence

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.

Sunflower Diversifed nets almost $20,000 with tasty fundraiser

Q. What do you get when you add 6,800 bierocks and 3,500 cinnamon rolls?

Barry and Monica Bowers chair Big Benefit Auction

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.

Great Bend Municipal Court: May convictions and fines

Joel Alcala-Reyes, improper stop or turn signal, $323

​Recreation Commission board looks at budget time line

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.

June events at Great Bend Public Library

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 ...

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Quicksilver capture second in Derby

Great Bend Bobcats win tourney

Palace Malice, jockey Smith take first place at Belmont Stakes

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.

Williams tops Sharapova in French Open final

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.

Royals take lead late in win

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.

Kansas State's Kynard finishes second in high jump at NCAA meet

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.

Lela May Urban 1936-2013

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.