Great Bend News

Attendees of the 2009 All-Church Bazaar Saturday purchase raffle tickets at the Prince of Peace booth.

Martha I. Allison, 78, of Great Bend, died Nov. 5 at Great Bend Health & Rehabilitation Center, Great Bend.

Published online 11/5/2009 10:59 PM Man gets nearly 10 years in murder Great Bend resident shot man last year who he claimed was an intruder By Darcy Gray - The Hutchinson News - dgray@hutchnews.com GREAT BEND - A Great Bend man was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison Thursday for the shooting death of another man last year.

A Lyons man charged in the death of his girlfriend has a brother who has been convicted in a separate murder in Barton County.

Great idea for a story, CP . Emily K. is perfect for this also being that she's kind of a "girl next door" from her segments on Mischke's show.

Pictured is the former Great Bend Packing facility south of Great Bend. City and county leaders approved Monday an incentive package to lure Redbarn Pet Products to take over the plant.

Great Bend resident Mckenzie N. Usoro, 19, was arrested early Sunday morning in connection with a stabbing on Main Street Hoisington during a party.

Sgt. Mark Robinson was joined in Washington, D.C., by his parents, Bob and Barbara Robinson, of Great Bend, when he was singled out from the entire Marine Corps as the USO Service Member of the Year.

The 45-day stay in the lawsuit over the closure of St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Larned expired Friday and, as far as Larned residents know, not much has happened.

A Hutchinson man who reportedly walked out of the Great Bend Wal-Mart Supercenter with three stolen TVs on Thursday was arrested after a vehicular pursuit through Barton County.

Kansas Gas Service employees wear protective gear as they shut down a gas line on 10th Street Tuesday morning as a Great Bend firefighter remains on standby.

Lois D. Hart, 86, died Oct. 24 at Parkview Hospital in Pueblo, Colo. Born March 14, 1923, in Pine Bluff, Ark., she was the daughter of Ezra and Effie Collier Strickler.

Horses are therapeutic--therapeutic to look at, to ride and to work with. Winston Churchill is often quoted as to have once said, "There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man." Scott Stinemetz of Healing Hearts Ranch Inc., has discovered how therapeutic horses really can be and has put it to good use.

Co-founder of Redbarn Pet Products Jeff Baikie visits with Great Bend City Council members Allene Owen and Dale Westoff following a special council meeting Friday afternoon.

The Great Bend City Council and the Barton County Commission will each hold special meetings this afternoon to discuss financing options with a prospective buyer for the former Great Bend Packing facility.

The Fifth Annual Fall Gospel Sings Concert will be held Friday and Saturday at the Fine Arts Auditorium on the Barton Community College campus, 245 NE 30 Road, rural Great Bend.

As city officials actively hunt for a replacement for former Great Bend Zoo Director Mike Cargill, they uncovered some deficiencies in the facility while scrambling to fill in until someone is hired.

One of our Guardians from last weeks flights put this six minute video together and posted it to U-tube. I shared this with Earl yesterday, and he in turn forwarded the below message to the entire National Honor Flight network.

One of the recent efforts to get more people involved in next year's Great Bend Renaissance Fair involved escorting members of the Great Bend High School drama organization to the Kansas City Renaissance Fair.

IT WAS AKIN to being told I was adopted. I learned one little bit of information and was forced to rethink my entire childhood.