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Kids' creations: 'Watching Young Artists Grow' exhibition opens
Complex sculptures and impressionistic paintings have been moved from the spotlight at the Barton County Arts Center this month, replaced with the media of youth. Now, crayons and construction paper take their rightful place for the annual "Watching Young Artists Grow" exhibition. The Barton County Arts Center, located at 1401 Main in Great Bend, is open weekday afternoons. For the month of April, BCAC is showing the work of ...
Catholic Social Service to hold 10th-annual Charity Wine Tasting Event
Visit LocalWineEvents.com and you'll find thousands of elegant wine tasting events from New York to Los Angeles, and from Atlanta to Seattle. Narrow your search to Kansas, however, and you'll find fewer than 10. One of those is the 10th-annual Catholic Social Service Charity Wine Tasting Event in Great Bend , the only one of its kind in this part of the state for wine connoisseurs to those just learning about the art of wine.
County election results listed
The total number of voters in the April 5 election was 3,311 with a turn-out of 19.88 percent of eligible voters in Barton County. The results will be finalized on Friday.
Barbara Stecklein at Deines Cultural Center
In 1985, after completing a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree from the University of Texas in San Antonio, Texas, Barbara Stecklein began her art career concentrating on still life compositions using watercolor and graphite. Eventually she added charcoal and pastel.
Gas prices jump twice here Tuesday
Low price in the state on Tuesday morning was not too far below Great Bend, though it was still below where this community was before this week's dime-a-gallon hike. Then, by the middle of the day, the community had seen a second dime-per-gallon increase at some local sites. Tuesday morning saw prices around town at $3.50 per gallon, and by noon that had increased at some stations to $3.60. Low price recorded in Kansas Tuesday ...
ARRA project funds new handicap curb cuts
Thanks to good bids for a federally-funded street improvement program, part of Great Bend will also get sidewalk improvements, the Great Bend City Council decided this week.
Hazard plan is approved by feds, county
Emergency Risk Manager Amy Miller reported to county officials this week that a long-term county project is now in the hands of federal officials, and the Barton County Commission approved a resolution that adopted its version of the Barton County Hazard Mitigation Plan. It has been a long time in the making, but the county has received tentative approval from the Federal Emergency Management Agency, after the county plan was approved by state officials. Miller ...
By nearly 2 to 1, Allison retains mayor’s post
By a nearly two-to-one margin over challenger and city council member Randy Myers, Great Bend Mayor Mike Allison retained his job in Tuesday's general election.
STEPPING IT UP
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Polling places to today’s election announced
Voting locations for today's local and school elections have been released by the Barton County Clerk's Office.
Spring projects bloom in Great Bend
The days are getting longer. Trees are greening up and flowers blooming. The "Broadway buzzards" have returned to Great Bend, along with many song birds. Signs of spring are all around the community, and outdoor recreation projects are moving ahead in Great Bend, but not without some continued challenges, the Great Bend City Council was told Monday night. City Administrator Howard Partington said there has been progress at the Sports Complex, located west of south ...
April to raise awareness on sex assaults
Barton County Commissioners have joined with other officials in choosing April as a time to help raise awareness about the plight of sexual abuse.
Stolen vehicle recovered; two sought for questioning
A GMC pickup reported stolen on Friday was found Saturday morning in the area behind Diane's Diner, 807 10th St. in Great Bend. It was discovered by a Great Bend police officer around 4 a.m. The GMC had plenty of gas and there was also a rifle inside it when it was taken while the owner of the vehicle was farming. The Barton County Sheriff's Office reports the gun was also recovered. ...
A SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT
Barton County District Judge Hannelore Kitts will be a part of history. Kitts and Dickinson County Judge Benjamin Sexton will be sitting with the state Supreme Court in its ground-breaking session April 13 in Salina as it hears appeals of four matters on the Court's docket. The hearing marks the first session in which the Supreme Court is presiding at a location other than Topeka. The sessions, which will be conducted beginning at 1:30 p.m. ...
February/March Marriage and Divorce Filings
February Marriage Licenses Omar Pulido Orona, Great Bend and Jasmine Marie Adame, Great Bend Dalton Robert Wirth, Ellinwood and Kari Ann Beck, Claflin Tyler Whitney Swank, Great Bend and Shonita Lynn Fox, Great Bend Corbin Eujean Kern, Great Bend and Ana Karen Dominguez, Great Bend Bruce Bentley Mellor, Great Bend and Amy Joan Mellor, Great Bend Dustin Lee Hawkins, Great Bend and Chelsea Zenitha Bieberle, Great Bend Nyle Justin Reinert, Great Bend and Glenna LaChelle ...
