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The children and teens of Great Bend will see a new DARE vehicle cruising the streets.
March 18, 2017
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Russ
Edem
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Local News
The Great Bend City Council will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the City Office, 1209 Williams St. The agenda includes a Neighborhood Revitalization Plan, request for funding Cinco de Mayo and a cereal malt beverage permit. This city has been asked to support the Cinco de Mayo festival with $1,000 sponsorship. The class of 1967 has requested a cereal malt beverage permit for a reunion on Sept. 9 in Jack Kilby Square.
March 18, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
HOISINGTON - Hoisington residents are encouraging children to pick up books at an early age - even before they are able to read. The Dolly Parton Imagination Library is coming to town as a United Way of Central Kansas program, and USD 431 will hold a read-a-thon to raise money for the initiative, Superintendent Bill Lowry said.
March 18, 2017
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Veronica
Coons
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Local News
Great Bend will soon lose its JCPenney department store at 1500 Kansas Ave.
March 18, 2017
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
LARNED - Sometime Thursday, March 16, Kansas Department of Revenue civil tax enforcement and Pawnee County Sheriff's officers seized the business assets of Tabler Furniture Inc., which owed $49,409.21 in state sales and withholding taxes.
March 18, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
The Barton County Commission will meet Monday morning and the Great Bend City Council will meet Monday evening.
March 18, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
An infant's death in Ellsworth County is under investigation but no foul play is suspected at this time, Ellsworth County Sheriff Murray A. Marston said Friday.
March 17, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
The J.C. Penney store at 1500 Kansas Ave. in Great Bend is on the list of 138 stores that J.C. Penney Company Inc. will close in the coming months.
March 17, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
There will be a Kans for Kids Fighting Cancer Foundation fundraiser Saturday evening at the Great Bend American Legion Post 180, located at 1011 Kansas Ave.
March 16, 2017
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Russ
Edem
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Local News
The Barton County Landfill staff has been busy with routine operations, including recycling activities and litter control. These two items caused Solid Waste Manager Phil Hathcock to offer some words of advise to landfill users.
March 16, 2017
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Dale
Hogg
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Local News
Sadly, it's an all too common sight – the illegal dumping of trash along county and township roads, said Barton County Road and Bridge Director Dale Phillips.
March 16, 2017
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Dale
Hogg
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Local News
HUDSON - Tabra Ward acknowledged that she and her fellow Hudson citizens were "overwhelmed" when they realized a new playground would cost more than $20,000 – quite a bit more.
March 16, 2017
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Special to the Tribune
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Local News
ELLINWOOD - Richard Kimple represents the City of Ellinwood on the board for the Wetlands and Wildlife National Scenic Byway. In addition to being one of 12 Kansas scenic byways, this local byway is one of only two federal scenic byways in Kansas, running from Cheyenne Bottoms to Quivira National Wildlife Refuge. Tuesday night, Kimple reported to the Ellinwood City Council on recent changes to the byway committee and its funding, some of which have resulted in new opportunities for Ellinwood.
March 16, 2017
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Veronica
Coons
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Local News
Helping Hands Preschool in Great Bend has openings for children in the Peer Mentor program for the 2017 school year.
March 15, 2017
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Tribune Staff
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Local News
"We don't want your name, just your information."
March 15, 2017
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Susan
Thacker
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Local News
