April 2025

Students celebrate heritage, future
Priscella Pena-Correa, PhD., gives a keynote address at Garden City Community College’s Hispanic Student Day in GCCC’s Perryman Athletic Complex. Pena-Correa, a 1995 graduate of… Login to continue reading Login…

School Board learns about JAG program
The USD 457 Board of Education received a presentation on the JAG program at Garden City High School at its regular meeting on Monday.

GCCC to present musical
The Garden City Community College Theatre department, in partnership with the Music department, will be performing the production “Sondheim Tribute Revue” at 7 p.m. on April 24-26 and May 1-3 in the GCCC Pauline Joyce Fine Arts’ KCB Bank auditorium.

FROM ZOO TO YOU: North American Bison Summit builds upon collaborative practices
BY JOE KNOBBE Recently, I had the opportunity to represent Lee Richardson Zoo at the North American Bison Summit in Loveland, Colo. Sponsored by the… Login to continue reading Login…

HOLY COW! HISTORY: Toxic talk and the deadly duel
The one (and perhaps only) thing Americans seem to agree on these days is political rhetoric is too toxic. They long for folks to cool down and behave like dignified statesmen from that long-ago time before Twitter inflamed passions.

GCHS girls’ soccer routs Great Bend
After four tough non-conference matches to start the 2025 girls’ soccer season, the Garden City High School Buffaloes finally found a little breathing room on Thursday at Buffalo Stadium.

GCCC softball splits road games at Pratt
PRATT -Yina Ballesta Vargas tossed her fifth shout of the season, Maria Avendano Fori smashed two home runs, and Garden City run ruled Pratt, 8-0 in five innings, during the first game of a doubleheader on Wednesday at Pratt.

Kansas House backs antisemitism bill but refuses to condemn all racism, discrimination
BY SHERMAN SMITHKansas Reflector TOPEKA — House Republicans refused to consider a plea from Democratic Rep. Valdenia Winn to send a message that there is… Login to continue reading Login…