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Honesty is such a lonely word
A sculpture on display at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Minn., was stolen.
Money get tighter all over --- Hamilton
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody?
Virginia Commonwealth tops USC
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - It might not have looked pretty to others. It was a masterpiece for Virginia Commonwealth.
Shaky free-throw shooting terrifies teams in tourney
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Some of the nation's top teams face a dilemma late in close games: Keep a top player on the floor or bench him because he's a poor free-throw shooter.
MARCH MAYHEM
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - With most of its team coming back from last year's NCAA regional finals run, Kansas State built up big expectations in the Little Apple.
Texas-San Antonio wins play-in game over Alabama State
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - Shot by shot, Melvin Johnson III played up to his penmanship.
MARCH MAYHEM
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - With most of its team coming back from last year's NCAA regional finals run, Kansas State built up big expectations in the Little Apple.
Extra reward offered on window shootings
Crime Stoppers is seeking information about recent vandalism at LD Drilling in rural Great Bend.
Shafer showcases talents of Barton County high school artists
For the second year in a row, Great Bend High School art student Catherine Nelson won Best of Show in the three-dimensional division of the Shafer Gallery's Barton County High School Juried Art Exhibition. This year she received the award for a stoneware piece titled "Would You Like to Hear a Story?"
Come out for GBHS Band’s “Hearin’ o’ the Green”
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Thursday in a little different manner this year as the Great Bend High School Band will present "Hearin' o' the Green."
Grant gets Clemson off to good start in NCAAs
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - As pleased as he was that his Clemson team had won an NCAA tournament game for the first time in 14 years, coach Brad Brownell was already concerned about what comes next.
It feels (YAWN) just great
Two hundred boredom "activists" gathered in London at James Ward's annual banal-palooza conference, "Boring 2010," to listen to ennui-stricken speakers glorify all things dreary, including a demonstration of milk-tasting (in wine glasses, describing flavor and smoothness), charts breaking down the characteristics of a man's sneezes for three years, and a PowerPoint presentation on the color distribution and materials of a man's necktie collection from one year to the next.
Daylight Savings inconvenient nuisance -- Hamilton
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody?
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Rangers’ Darvish, Texas shuts down Royals 11-7
SURPRISE, Ariz. - Yu Darvish struck out four in two innings of the spring opener for Texas, and Prince Fielder hit a towering solo homer as the Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 11-7 on Thursday.
Self supports No. 2 Shockers as No. 1 seed in tournament
LAWRENCE - Kansas coach Bill Self believes that unbeaten Wichita State deserves a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament - if it beats Missouri State on Saturday and then wins the Missouri Valley tournament.
Just dribblin’
LARNED - It's not as important as what's happening in the Ukraine, but that was quite a flap in the Atlantic Coast Conference when new-member Syracuse's Jim Boeheim went ballistic and ran onto the court protesting a key charging call during the Orange's 66-60 loss at Duke over the weekend.
GBHS to send five bowlers to state tourney
SALINA - Things did not work out as planned for the Great Bend High School bowling teams.
ADOLESCENT ISSUES
It's not the usual comedic fair selected for a high school theater performance, but Dan Heath thinks "Reviving Ophelia" is an important story that needs to be heard.
Seventh-day Adventist School taking fruit orders
The Great Bend Seventh-day Adventist School is taking orders for the spring shipment of Bithell Berries from Boring, Ore. The 14 pound boxes of fresh fruit are flash frozen so to better divide them upon arrival. Available now are Marion blackberries, red raspberries, boysenberries, blueberries, strawberries sliced with sugar, strawberries whole, loganberries, pie cherries, sweet cherries, peaches, apricots, apples and rhubarb. Also available are frozen jams of various flavors and puree. Orders must be in by Friday and will arrive late March/early April. For additional information call 620-791-7314.
2016 Crystal Ball
It says here that Jeb Bush has the best shot at the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, while Hillary Clinton might not be the Democrats' candidate - and if she is, she's no sure thing.
“The Glass Menagerie” opens tonight at Sterling College
"The Glass Menagerie" opens tonight at Sterling College
Party down with the Father of our Country
God bless America, and how's everybody?
Kevin Thompson
WICHITA - Kevin Thompson, 56, died Feb. 22, 2014. He was employed by Hawker/Beechcraft as a Tool and Dye Maker for over 25 years.
Orval E. Weeks
Orval E. Weeks, 86, died Feb. 26, 2014 at Sterling House in Great Bend. Services are pending with Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home in Hoisington.
Term ‘mid-major’ in hoops finally dies of old age
RIP, "mid-major." It was a good run.
