Barton County News

The 2009 wheat harvest is more than 50 percent complete for most of Barton and Pawnee counties, according to reports from area grain elevators.

Incoming University of Kansas students and their parents from Barton, Edwards, Pawnee, Rush and Stafford counties will be welcomed into the KU family at the Jayhawk Generations Welcome Picnic at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 14, in Great Bend.

June is dairy month and I would like to take time to salute those who get up before the crack of dawn and have to be there 7 days a week to milk those cows.

This is day four of the Kansas Wheat Harvest Reports, brought to you by the Kansas City Board of Trade, DeBruce Grain, the Kansas Grain & Feed Association and Kansas Wheat.

Residents examine scattered damage, including downed fences, after Saturday evening's tornado that blew through Great Bend.

Residents in central and southeast Kansas were cleaning up after storms packing high winds and possibly a tornado hit the region late Saturday, causing power outages and damaging homes.

Storms have generated high winds across a swath of central and eastern Kansas and injured two in Great Bend.

Torrential rains Monday night caused flooding issues this morning in south-central Kansas.

For readers who enjoy Kansas authors, two books have come to my desk. Avid reader that I am, I spent an enjoyable two days the weekend before last wrapped in a soft blanket, sitting in my comfy lounge chair with my feet up and a cup of coffee nearby.

The Central Kansas Medical Center and St. Joseph Memorial Hospital Board of Directors announced Wednesday that St.

Storm spotters have reported a rain-wrapped tornado five miles south of Fort Scott, moving southeast at 25 miles an hour.

Although the deal won't be finalized until next week after the boards of CPI Qualified Plan Consultants and a prospective buyer approve it, CPIQPC will likely have a new owner.

A one-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon that sent four people to the hospital was the latest of several injury accidents this week in Barton County.

The wife of Harold Eugene Hughes, who died Tuesday at a rural Ellinwood home, said some information printed about her was not correct.

ELLINWOOD a ' An initial investigation shows that a deadly shooting Tuesday in rural Barton County took place in self defense.

An initial investigation shows that a deadly shooting Tuesday in rural Barton County took place in self defense.

Law enforcement officers are investigating an early morning shooting that has left one dead in rural Barton County.

Police Officer Involved Domestic Violence. Lighting a candle of remembrance for those who've lost their lives to domestic violence behind the blue wall, for strength and wisdom to those still there, and a non-ending prayer for those who thought they had escaped but can't stop being afraid.

Larned residents recently planted a community garden, and a similar project is in the works for Barton County, said Christy Tustin at the Golden Belt Community Foundation.

In the last letter Lt. Edward Schwartz's family received, he wrote that the U.S. Army was moving his unit up to the front lines in North Korea.