Archive By Author - Dale Hogg
Thursday is Thanksgiving and sadly, it sometimes gets lost in the shuffle. This is that uniquely American holiday that falls between Memorial Day and Christmas. It is a celebration of the arrival of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in 1642 and, with the help of the Native Americans, survived a perilous and deadly winter.
November 21, 2016
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As we see all too frequently when it gets cold, people using space heaters to stay warm inside ignite fires that sometimes claim their lives. These heaters can be dangerous.
November 19, 2016
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WICHITA – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation after receiving a report that a male employee of Fuller Industries LLC was killed on the job Thursday afternoon, according to a news release from the agency.
November 18, 2016
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A Great Bend man died Thursday afternoon in what authorities are calling an industrial accident at the Fuller Industries plant west of Great Bend.
November 17, 2016
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The Great Bend Tribune incorrectly stated in Thursday's edition that the city's artificial ice skating rink that is normally set up in Jack Kilby Square at Christmas will be in use this year. However, it will not be available and this is due to the pending renovations to the square. The Tribune regrets the error.
November 17, 2016
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They are among the first signs of the coming Christmas season and the Salvation Army's signature red kettles will soon be appearing in local businesses.
November 17, 2016
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It is not even Thanksgiving and Christmas is over a month away, but for three weeks, the holidays have been very much on the minds of Great Bend city officials.
November 16, 2016
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Going over the hills and through the woods to grandmother's house or elsewhere will be a common theme this Thanksgiving.
November 15, 2016
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Leavenworth holds an important place in Kansas history. It played a key role in the early settlement of the West, a major part in the Bloody Kansas era prior to the Civil War and prisons there have housed many of our nation's most notorious criminals.
November 14, 2016
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Barton County commissioners didn't meet Monday morning except to canvass the votes from last Tuesday's general election. But, that didn't mean county business wasn't on their minds.
November 14, 2016
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Kansas tourism professionals presented several awards in October at the 2016 Kansas Tourism Conference in Olathe. The Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism handed out the honors.
November 12, 2016
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It was a brisk fall morning Friday as the late morning sun filtered through the golden autumn leaves at Veterans Memorial Park. The rows of star-spangled banners lining the Avenue of Flags danced in the stiff breeze.
November 11, 2016
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The Barton County Memorial Parks Advisory Committee along with the Road and Bridge Department have been busy preparing the Golden Belt Veterans Memorial Friday's activities.
November 10, 2016
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On Oct. 21, the Great Bend Police Department Building Assessment took place as part of the on-going project to remodel the aging structure, City Administrator Howard Partington told the City Council Monday night.
November 10, 2016
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There will be on fewer eyesore dotting Great Bend streets after the City Council deemed a dilapidated house at 2545 Seventh St. as "unsafe and dangerous" and authorized it to be razed.
November 09, 2016
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