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Wednesday Jul 1 | Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas

Harvest hump day shows average crop

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

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Pawnee County, KS, Great Bend, KS, Seward, KS, Albert, KS

Mon Jun 29, 2009

The University of Kansas

KU Alumni Association welcomes new students with picnic in Great Bend

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.

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Related Topix: Great Bend, KS, Kansas, University of Kansas, Ellinwood, KS, Burdett, KS

Fri Jun 26, 2009

The Fence Post

June is National Dairy Month

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.

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Related Topix: Drink, Milk, Agriculture, Science

Wed Jun 24, 2009

KRVN-AM Lexington

Kansas Wheat Harvest Report

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.

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Related Topix: Kansas, Agriculture, Science, Cloud County, KS, Weather, Hoisington, KS

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas

A bullet dodged 1 comment

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

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Great Bend, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Weather

Sun Jun 21, 2009

The Topeka Capital-Journal

Storms factor in Colo. man's death

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.

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Related Topix: Weather, McPherson, KS, Great Bend, KS

Sat Jun 20, 2009

KAKE-TV Wichita

Storms Cause Damage, Injuries In Kansas

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

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Related Topix: Weather, Great Bend, KS

Tue Jun 16, 2009

The Wichita Eagle

Reno County authorities issue flood warning

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

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Related Topix: Reno County, KS, Weather, Rice County, KS

Mon Jun 15, 2009

The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas

Enjoyable weekend spent reading stories of two Kansas men

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.

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Related Topix: Kansas, Great Bend, KS, Chase, KS, US Military, Hastings, US Army, Lindsborg, KS

Fri Jun 12, 2009

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas

Hospital to close 1 comment

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

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Related Topix: Long Term Care, Health, Larned, KS, Pawnee County, KS

Wed Jun 10, 2009

The Wichita Eagle

Tornado reported south of Fort Scott

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

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Fort Scott, KS, Weather, Crawford County, KS, Bourbon County, KS

Wed Jun 03, 2009

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas

CPI negotiating to sell 1 comment

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.

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Mon Jun 01, 2009

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas

BCSO, highway patrol, called to injury accidents

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.

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Related Topix: Wichita, KS, Great Bend, KS, Hoisington, KS

Sat May 30, 2009

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas

Widow wants to set record straight

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

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Related Topix: Ellinwood, KS, Great Bend, KS, Stafford County, KS

Thu May 28, 2009

The Capital-Journal

Shooting was self defense

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

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Related Topix: Life, Self Defense, Ellinwood, KS

Wed May 27, 2009

KSNT-TV Topeka

Deadly Kan. shooting took place in self defense

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

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Related Topix: Life, Self Defense

Tue May 26, 2009

KAKE-TV Wichita

One Dead In Barton County Shooting

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

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Sun May 24, 2009

Behind The Blue WAll

[KS] When Sheriff Elbert L."Buck" Causey was accused of hitting his...

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.

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Related Topix: Wichita, KS, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Tribune, KS, Great Bend, KS

Sat May 23, 2009

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas

Community gardens sprouting in central Kansas

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.

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Related Topix: Larned, KS, Home Gardening, Home, Great Bend, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Agriculture, Science

Thu May 21, 2009

Kansas.com

Kansas soldier killed in Korea to be laid to rest

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.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Fort Riley, Canada, Hoisington, KS, Fort Riley, KS

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