Barton County News

WIN WIN SITUATION : 11/3/2009 This is a Win Win Situation for the Pet Food Maker and Great Bend.

A call to a domestic disturbance on Halloween night turned into a felony case when a teenager reportedly rammed into an Ellinwood Police Department patrol truck and then stole that truck.

Published online 11/3/2009 10:28 PM Brothers accused in separate killings One awaits sentencing in Barton Co.

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

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.

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.

A local agency that provides service for disabled children took its expected funding cut, just as other agencies had to do this year, but it was successful in getting an obligation from the Barton County Commission for 2010 funding.

City, county pondering incentive package for Redbarn Pet Products Company would move from California into the GB Packing facility DALE HOGG October 23, 2009 @ 5:32pm The co-founders of a small specialty pet treat company from California view moving to Great Bend in a good light, but are still negotiating with the owners of the former Great Bend ...

Kevin Henderson with the Barton County Sheriff's Office Reserve Unit is shown in the haunted house, which opens Monday and runs nightly through Halloween.

History suggests that most of us have an opinion about elections. 'Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.

The first shipment of the much-anticipated H1N1 vaccine to arrive in Barton County is only a drop in the bucket, but at least local health officials can begin what could be a long battle with the infamous new flu virus.

Historians suggest that it was the Rev. Jonathan Mayhew who, in a sermon at Boston in 1750, coined the phrase 'no taxation without representation.' Before the American Revolution, that phrase was well-used in Boston and famous political speaker James Otis took it up during the Revolution.

Melissa Hagerman, holding plaque, was named County Employee of the Quarter Monday.

Dick Schremmer has worked in the oil business for nearly 40 years. And he's only 55.

With the first doses of the much-anticipated H1N1 flu vaccine scheduled to arrive in Barton County next week, Great Bend school officials are seeing swelling numbers of kids home sick and hearing from worried parents concerned about school closures.

Several burglaries and cases of criminal damage to property were reported over the weekend in Great Bend, including one burglary that reportedly occurred while a residence was occupied.

Police are looking for Juan Antonio Flores, 19, who is suspected of shooting a Great Bend man with a shotgun on Sept.

Published online 9/23/2009 10:18 PM Woman suspected in counterfeiting scheme By Darcy Gray - The Hutchinson News - dgray@hutchnews.com An Otis woman arrested last week has been charged in Reno County District Court with 22 counts in an alleged scheme to make counterfeit money, phony checks and fake driver's licenses.

Antonio Mosqueda Jr. entered a plea to an amended charge of second-degree murder Thursday morning in Barton County District Court, County Attorney Douglas Matthews said.

Employees of Twin Traffic Marking, Kansas City, Kan., apply a handicapped parking emblem to a parking place just off main street Tuesday afternoon.