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Rose Hill Wildcats shock Bat Cats, 7-5

Great Bend, Kansas · Great Bend

Rose Hill Wildcats shock Bat Cats, 7-5

ROSE HILL WILDCATS 7, BAT CATS 5 — Bat Cats pitcher Carson Umphres cruised through five innings while Great Bend built a 5-1 lead. The Rose Hill Wildcats scored six runs in the final two innings to rally for a victory. Landon Haines hammered the game-winning 3-run homer to shock the Bat Cats 7-5. Reed Haneberg doubled and Austin Selenke homered to chase Umphrey after 61/3 innings and 102 pitches. Jackson Ellison and Josh Donna tagged reliever Da…Read Article

Keith M. Lust 1954

Hoisington · Hoisington

Keith M. Lust 1954

A Celebration of Life Service for Keith M. Lust will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 9th, 2025, at Concordia Lutheran Church, Hoisington, with Pastor Gary Wolf presiding. Inurnment will follow in Hoisington Cemetery. Notices may be viewed and condolences sent at www.nicholsonrickefh.net.Read Article

Local Youth Leaders in Kansas members attend Upstream Kansas training

Great Bend, Kansas · Great Bend

Local Youth Leaders in Kansas members attend Upstream Kansas training

The entire training session for local members of Youth Leaders in Kansas (YLinK) was worth the trip but the breakout sessions were especially enlightening, said Tyler Morton, Juvenile Services prevention advocate.Read Article

Panthers' volleyball earns KVA honor

By MIKE COURSON Back-to-back record-breaking seasons and the first trip to state in five years. Great Bend High School's volleyball team has excelled on the court over the past two seasons, winning a school-record 31 matches in 2023, then upping that number to 35 wins last fall. The Kansas Volleyball Association has rewarded those efforts by naming the Lady Panthers the KVA Class 5A Program of the Year. Head coach Shelly Duvall was named KVA 5A…Volleyball · Great Bend Read Article

Great Bend Quicksilver (Martinez) finish fifth

Quicksilver 10s finish fifth at USSSA Quicksilver 10u (Martinez) wrapped up their season June 20-22 at the Western Kansas USSSA State Softball tournament. The girls battled their hearts out, losing the semifinal game 5-3 to Hitstreak Uno, Colo. in extra innings, bringing home a fifth place finish. Quicksilver defeated Hays Thunder 13-1, Hays Ladysox 7-1 and lost 2-1 to eventual champion Great Bend Quicksilver (Meyer) 2-1. Quicksilver (Martinez) …Great Bend, Kansas · Great Bend Read Article

Let’s go for gelato

Wasn’t that spring incredible? The days got longer without the temperature skyrocketing; the mornings were calm and beautiful, the evenings were warm but pleasant — even the afternoons were still quite tolerable into June. It was a little mind-boggling to have such a distinct season between winter cold and summer heat, with cherry-on-the-top frequent days of low wind speeds.Great Bend, Kansas · Great Bend Read Article

Fun at the indoor ocean

Swim Fishies Swim! We had over 50 kids and adults swimming in Larabee Ocean this week! They were AMAZED at all the work Sandy put into making a fun ocean adventure for them.Great Bend, Kansas · Great Bend Read Article

Sr. Geraldine Eakes 1930

Sr. Geraldine Eakes, 94, passed away June 28, 2025, at the Dominican Sisters of Peace Motherhouse in Great Bend, Kan. She was born on Dec. 17, 1930, in Plains, Kan., the daughter of George and Barbara (Roth) Eakes. She entered the Dominican Sisters community in 1946 and pronounced vows in 1948. This year marks her 77th year of religious profession.Great Bend, Kansas · Great Bend Read Article

Burglary in progress stopped

On Wednesday, June 25, at approximately 12:35 p.m., detectives and officers from the Great Bend Police Department responded to a burglary in progress at a residence in the 1200 block of Truman St. Upon officers’ arrival, the owners of the property reported being unable to open their garage door, and that a vehicle unknown to them was parked inside. As officers made entry into the residence, Calvin Jackson Hinz, 41, attempted to flee on foot, but…Great Bend, Kansas · Great Bend Read Article

Nokes retiring after 24 years of service to Heart of Kansas

While it isn’t technically correct to say that Jyl Nokes started in on the ground floor at Heart of Kansas Family Health Care, she has played major roles in the agency’s “exponential” growth during the past 24 years.Great Bend, Kansas · Great Bend Read Article

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