Russell Edem/530News – The Great Bend Tree Board visited local elementary schools last week, giving presentations to fourth graders about National Arbor Day Celebration and handing out tree seedlings to the children. “We do this every year and I look forward to it,” Tree Board member Michael Fletcher said. “The ...
Men taking part in the sixth-annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event sponsored by the Family Crisis Center line up for the start of the event Thursday evening on Lakin Avenue south of the Barton County Courthouse. The walk, in which men wear red stilettos, is part of the ...
Great Bend firefighters were busy last Friday with thermal imaging training at Station 2, with a live burn exercise in the burn building. “This training is very important to the firefighters. This equipment can help save lives and keep the men safe while inside a burning structure,” Fire Chief Mike ...
Dale Hogg/530News – Showing the community still remembers those lost during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Great Bend City Council Monday night approved requests paving the way for the 2017 9-11 Parade. The event will start at 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 9. It will involved the closure ...
Russell Edem/530News – The season is here for getting gardens ready, and one Great Bend church is making it easier for people to get their own gardens started. The Trinity United Methodist Church is offering community garden plots that people in the area can use throughout the season to grow ...
Special to 530News – Area high school students from Ellinwood, Great Bend, Solomon, Stafford, Larned and Hoisington came to Barton Community College to get hands-on experience from art professionals and participate in a juried art exhibit Thursday, April 6. Top awards went to Eline Widding Hansen, Ellinwood High School, Best ...
Special to 530News – Great Bend Middle School students and staff took part in “Hoops for Heart,” a learning project to benefit the American Heart Association, during the month of March. American Heart Association representative Kim Sell organized the event and talked to the middle school students. Students spent time ...
Loving recognized as top educator for USD 428 Special to 530News – Amanda Loving, Riley School second-grade teacher, has been selected as the USD 428 Teacher of the Year for the upcoming school year. She will now advance to the Kansas Teacher of the Year competition. “Mrs. Loving will be ...
By Susan Thacker/530News – Members of the Great Bend Zoological Society were able to view Zito, the newest resident at the Brit Spaugh Zoo last Saturday. Zito is a 22-year-old lar gibbon who moved here last November from the Lincoln (Neb.) Children’s Zoo. Like all new animals acquired by the ...
Special to 530News – It was a stunt. But it was an impressive stunt. Jaren “The Monster” Grob somehow talked Great Bend Middle School Principal David Reiser Courtesy photo – Another team member flies over students. into taking one for the team. The inline skater flew upside down over Reiser ...
