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Area post offices face possible closure
LORRAINE - The United States Post Office is considering possibly closing 3,653 offices, branches and stations including central Kansas locations such as Alden, Belpre, Burdett, Garfield, Lorraine, Olmitz, Paradise, Pawnee Rock and Sylvia .
Holyrood 125th Jubilee contest winners
HOLYROOD-The winners from this past weekend's events at the Holyrood 125th Jubilee events have been announced.
After more than one vote
The Barton County Commission will consider its 2012 county operating budget on Aug. 15, however the decision just to officially publish that budget took two votes to be adopted this week.
A sacred trek
Legion Riders and members of the Patriot Guard from Great Bend and surrounding area will join fellow bikers from across the state at a once-in-a-lifetime celebration – the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the official Kansas 9/11 Memorial in Anthony.
GBCT announces ‘family friendly’ season
Great Bend Community Theatre is talking Christmas in July as it announces the sale of season tickets for 2011-12. Artistic Director/Manager Sally O'Connor said the family friendly season will include the holiday show "It's a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play." All plays are presented at the Crest Theater, 1905 Lakin Ave. in Great Bend. The famous Christmas movie will be ...
Heat dome is still building
It's not just here. All around the nation, the "heat dome" continues to put stress on people, animals, and the infrastructure. Locally, the reaction again this week was to continue the county-wide ban on open burning, in the hopes that range fires could be controlled. Emergency Risk Manager Amy Miller told the Barton County Commission Monday that local fire departments had another busy week last week in response to grass and range fires. Beaver responded ...
Support growing in state for ‘Caylee’s Law’
If the number of e-mails he's received are any indication, there is swelling support in Kansas for a new law that would set guidelines on how long a parent can wait until they report a child missing, said state Rep. Bill Wolf.
HOLYROOD JUBILEE
HOLYROOD – As Old Glory came into view people rose from their seats and with hands over their hearts watched silently as members of American Legion Post 200 lead Saturday's grand parade celebrating Holyrood's 125th Jubilee.
Habitat home owners wanted
Barton County Area Habitat for Humanity is looking for the right family to help get into their own home, according to Barry Bowers, one of the directors of the local organization.
Heat can kill
Even before the most recent instance of a child being left in a closed car hit the state news, Kansas officials were active, warning adults to be aware of the danger that is posed by such actions.
Longoria loses phone privileges after call to TV station
Telephone and personal visitation privileges for capital murder suspect Adam Joseph Longoria have been severed, except for arranged visits from immediate family. A court order severing his phone privileges was ordered Friday by Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts, who also said any mail Longoria sends or receives must first be screened by his attorneys to make sure the communications also comply with her order. Deputy Attorney General ...
College releases second Prairie Ink
Barton Community College has released the second annual edition of Prairie Ink, the college's literary annual, Vice President Penny Quinn said. The magazine accepts fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, drama, literary criticism and those graphic narratives that can be successfully reproduced into black and white photography. The second edition, like the inaugural edition, was published in-house and edited by Jaime Oss and Teresa Johnson from the college's English department. Entries were ...
County paves, drills and recycles
Barton County highway crews will work in Claflin again this summer as they continue the sealing operations around the county.
College ready to cut mil levy, raise wages
Barton Community College plans to spend 5 percent more on salaries and cut the local tax rate by half a mil, with a proposed budget approved Thursday. The board of trustees approved a budget for publication and will hold a public budget hearing at 4 p.m. on Aug. 4, in room F-30 of the Fine Arts Building. Based on an assessed valuation of $260,961,445, the estimated tax rate will ...
New preliminary hearing granted for Longoria
Prosecutors are ready to drop the charge that Adam Joseph Longoria had oral sex with Great Bend teenager Alicia DeBolt before she was murdered last August, in light of evidence that the male DNA found in her mouth was not the defendant's. Assistant Attorney General Victor Braden said the State is still seeking the death penalty, but wants to amend the reason for its capital murder charge from first-degree ...
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‘OVER THE RIVER ...’
Next week Kansas roads will be busy with Thanksgiving holiday travelers going to and from grandmother's house or other destinations. It is also time to take extra care when hitting the road, local and state safety officials said.
Apartment developer seeking rezoning
Before the Great Bend Planning Commission Monday night is a request from a Kansas City, Mo., developer to rezone land at 29th and Adams for multi-family homes.
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