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It's been one year since Great Bend resident Charles Everett McHenry III, 27, disappeared.
May 03, 2017
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Russ
Edem
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Local News
TOPEKA– A federal grand jury Wednesday indicted an Arizona woman for allegedly trying to distribute heroin in Ellsworth County, U.S. Attorney Tom Beall said.
May 03, 2017
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Dale
Hogg
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Local News
A Great Bend man is in custody following an alleged kidnapping that came to light Tuesday afternoon when the alleged female victim jumped through a window of a home on McKinley and called for help, Great Bend Police Chief Cliff Couch said.
May 03, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
The Great Bend City Council Monday night directed city personnel to look into a request by local resident Dennis Call to have the city take back two lots on Prairie Rose Drive. The tracts sit in the Amber Meadows rural housing incentive district.
May 03, 2017
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Dale
Hogg
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Local News
Noting the two dilapidated trailer houses went beyond being eyesores, the Great Bend City Council Monday night declared the structures at 417 and 422 Walnut Street as "unsafe and dangerous."
May 02, 2017
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Dale
Hogg
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Local News
As a part of the Clayton L. Moses Memorial Band Shell improvement project, the stage was considerably expanded. The Thelma Faye Harms Charitable Trust put in the majority of the money for the improvements.
May 01, 2017
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Dale
Hogg
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Local News
With a tremble in his voice, Great Bend Mayor Mike Allison Monday night announced to the City Council and the public he would not seek reelection come November. He has been mayor since 1999.
May 01, 2017
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Dale
Hogg
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Local News
Golden Plains Quilts of Valor presentations on April 28, 2017, at the American Legion Post 180 in Great Bend.
May 01, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
Barton Community College will host its 10th annual Sidewalk Art Contest this Wednesday and Thursday on the sidewalk outside the Shafer Art Gallery.
May 01, 2017
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Special to the Tribune
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Local News
Mental health is often overlooked, but it is an ever-present health concern. The Barton County Commission Monday morning called attention to this problem by proclaiming May as Mental Health Awareness Month.
May 01, 2017
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Dale
Hogg
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Local News
This week's Chamber of Commerce Coffee will be hosted by Aflac – AJ Chrest in the Spray Holt Family Board Room at the Great Bend Chamber of Commerce, 1125 Williams St. Coffee will start at 9 a.m. with the program at 9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 4. Host will be Dale MacKinney with greeters Traci Burns and Shelly Peacock. Coffee, refreshments and door prizes will be available.
May 01, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
CONWAY - A Lyons man was taken to McPherson Hospital with injuries on Saturday after a car-truck crash on U.S. 56 in McPherson County, 2.5 miles west of Conway.
May 01, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
KINSLEY - A Macksville man died Sunday night when the car he was driving collided with an oncoming truck on U.S. 50, 2 miles east of Kinsley.
May 01, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
ELLINWOOD – A Ellinwood woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash involving the utility task vehicle she was driving east of Ellinwood Friday afternoon, the Kansas Highway Patrol reported.
May 01, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
Seven Great Bend Middle School students were selected for the Kansas ASTA Middle Level State Wide Orchestra which performed April 22 in Hutchinson.
April 29, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
