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Three die in pickup-tractor collision
Three people died and two more were injured Tuesday evening, when a pickup struck a farm tractor on K-4 in Rush County. Kansas Highway Patrol reports the accident occurred shortly before 8 p.m., three miles east of the K-4 junction with U.S. 183. A GMC pickup driven by Raymond Eugene Redding, 55, of Hays, and a John Deere tractor driven by Don C. Hardy, 83, of Bison, were both westbound when ...
IRS lists non-profits losing tax-exempt status
The Internal Revenue Service has posted a list of organizations that have lost their tax-exempt nonprofit status, including Great Bend's Downtown Development Inc. Most of the organizations on the list had their status lapse last October, because they missed a tax filing deadline. Donors who contributed to at-risk organizations were protected until the final revocation list was published, according to information from the IRS. If an organization ...
PEP is funded by Barton County
Barton County will continue to support a regional program that has shown it can help get new business starts in this part of the state.
Vandalism reported at zoo
Criminal damage to property at the Great Bend Brit Spaugh Zoo was discovered Monday morning. Damage was estimated at $1,500. Zoo Director Scott Gregory said someone broke in, trampled a number of flower beds and scratched an exhibit, causing minor damage. No animals were injured. "The big vandalism came to our Polaris, the vehicle the keepers use to drive around the zoo," he said. It was hot wired ...
Great Bend man arrested for federal indictment
A Great Bend man has been charged in U.S. District Court with one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Michael L. Wintholz was booked into the Barton County Jail on Monday, to be held without bond for the federal indictment. Undersheriff Larry Holliday said local law enforcement received the warrant information around noon Monday. Not long after that, "a citizen reported he was at a business." He was arrested ...
Cool at the pool
Diving boards are out, slides are 10 minutes ago, and climbing walls are the next big thing at Great Bend's Wetlands Aquatic Facility. A climbing wall at the deep end of the big pool is the newest feature at the Wetlands, Aquatics Director Paige Achatz said. Kids can climb about 8 feet above the water. The wall is made ...
Relay goal reached, sort of
The 17th-annual Relay for Life of Barton County cleared its first hurdle when the weather cooperated to give organizers ideal conditions this past weekend for their over-night cancer-fighting event.
Seamstresses make blankets to keep babies safe
BARTON COUNTY - Sewing gifts of caring, area seamstresses have been making baby blankets on a volunteer basis for infants born in Great Bend.
Wheat harvest 2011
By Jim Misunas jmisunas@gbtribune.com STAFFORD COUNTY - "Better than expected." Early returns on the Stafford County wheat harvest have offered promising test weights and better than predicted harvests. "Test weights are good and yields are better than expected," said Jim Bob Lewton of Kanza Co-op. "Everyone seems pleased with what they're seeing as opposed to what they were thinking two weeks ago. We're off to a good start. Test weights were 60 plus and yields ...
Redbarn abatement approved despite allegations
RedBarn joins the list of a number of successful local businesses that have enjoyed property tax breaks over the years. The company's application for a tax abatement was approved by the Barton County Commission Monday, but not before some inflammatory allegations were made during an open hearing.
Time for a change?
In the 2010 season and, again, in the upcoming 2011 season, the Great Bend High School football team will only play eight games instead of the traditional nine.
Rec Commission upgrades its technology
BY SUSAN THACKER sthacker@gbtribune.com While summer activities get under way at the Great Bend Recreation Commission, the GBRC Board of Directors is looking ahead to next year's budget. At Monday's meeting, the board scheduled a budget work session for 4 p.m. on June 27. Executive Director Diann Henderson said she hopes to publish a budget by July 1 so the board can schedule the public budget hearing ...
Falcon Crest
By Jim Misunas jmisunas@gbtribune.com A three-ring circus would not be enough to house the activity at the Great Bend Renaissance Faire. Bright colorful costumes mix with sweet melodic sound from every corner of the Great Bend Expo Complex, three miles west of Great Bend off 10th Street. Where else can you see Topeka's Jim Moshier playing a harp next door to Krystina Ratzlaff, a flutist from Arkansas City? There's The Scallywags, The Laundry Lasses, Marko ...
Library announces summer reading programs
So many books, so little time. The Great Bend Public Library hopes to get people interested in books and reading at an early age, and keep them reading for the rest of their lives. This summer, a weekly story time session for infants has been added to the lineup of summer reading programs for all ages, which start this week. Things will kick off with a free magic show by ...
Schinstock eligible for parole hearing
Terrill L. Schinstock, 47, will be eligible for a parole hearing in July, the Kansas Parole Board announced. Schinstock was arrested in February of 1992, after hiring Gene Horyna to kill his wife Tammy Schinstock, who was 27 years old and eight months pregnant at the time. Horyna was also supposed to burn down the house to destroy evidence, so after beating the woman in multiple parts of the house, he ...
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Christkindlmarket celebrates Ellinwood’s German heritage
Ellinwood will transform into an authentic German holiday village brimming with traditional Christmas activities at the first-ever Christkindlmarket on Dec. 1. The roots of its German heritage run deep in the community that was settled by Germans in the late 1800s.
HEARING THEM OUT
Lending an ear to a person takes on a new meaning when it is part of the E.A.R.S. program. "Everyone Able to Read through Sharing," is a program that was created over 10 years ago through the Retired Senior Volunteer Program.
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