Hoisington Hotel deal popular with commission

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas - Tue Nov 24

Next week it's expected that the Barton County Commission will take action on a request to use more than $1 million in stimulus funding bonds to help bring a hotel to northern Barton County, replacing the Hoisington facility that was destroyed in the 2001 tornado.

LaVern E. "PeeWee" Karst 1927 - 2009

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas - Tue Nov 24

LaVern E. 'PeeWee' Karst, 82, died Nov. 21 at Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Bend.

Commission rejects action on consolidation

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas - Mon Nov 23

The majority of Barton County Commission members did not support adopting a resolution to end study of consolidation of county offices, but the commission did unanimously approve a motion to that effect Monday.

Standoff forces school evacuation

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas - Sat Nov 21

A man who barricaded himself in his home in northwest Hoisington Friday afternoon forced the evacuation of Hoisington Middle School and the Barton County Annex building before being taken into custody by a Barton County Sheriff's Office entry team.

News from around Kansas

The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas - Fri Nov 13

Published online 11/13/2009 7:54 AM Morning blend: News from around Kansas Compiled by Edie Ross - The Hutchinson News - eross@hutchnews.com County delays action again on consolidating elected positions The Great Bend Tribune Barton County Commission members again this declined to take action for or against the suggestion that three elected ...

County still doesn't act on concept

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas - Wed Nov 11

Though they were given the chance to do so a second time, Barton County Commission members continued this week to not take action for or against the suggestion that three elected positions in Barton County be consolidated into a single position that they would then appoint.

Jury finds Crawford guilty on all counts

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas - Wed Nov 11

Kenneth D. Crawford was found guilty on all three counts which include aggravated kidnapping, aggravated indecent liberties with a child under 14 years of age, and criminal threat.

Hoisington man surrenders after standoff

Great Bend Tribune - Great Bend, Kansas - Tue Nov 10

After a tense, two-hour standoff in which authorities resorted to launching tear gas, a 56-year-old Hoisington man emerged from a smoke-filled trailer and surrendered to law enforcement Monday evening.

Great Bend man sentenced in shooting death

Kansas.com - Fri Nov 06

Thirty-one-year-old Antonio Mosqueda was sentenced Thursday in Barton County Court in the August 2008 death of 30-year-old Jose L. Villanueva Jr.

Man gets nearly 10 years in murder

The Hutchinson News, Hutchinson Kansas - Fri Nov 06

Published online 11/5/2009 10:59 PM Man gets nearly 10 years in murder Great Bend resident shot man last year who he claimed was an intruder By Darcy Gray - The Hutchinson News - dgray@hutchnews.com GREAT BEND - A Great Bend man was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison Thursday for the shooting death of another man last year.