NEWS
Lady Jackrabbits receive post-season NWKL All-League honors
Mangan and Stewart are named to All-League teams At the end of each high school basketball season, league coaches meet to name all-league players for honors. Each coach voted on individual players from all league teams, noting standouts and honoring extraordinary success. ... [More]
Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge awards $2,400 to local students
Monday, March 20, Greeley County Schools’ eighth, ninth, and eleventh grade students participated in Greeley County’s Fifth Annual Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge. Nearly 50 students presented projects showcasing their creative ideas, interesting concepts,... [More]
Year of the Jackrabbit: Greeley County Jackrabbits are Back to Back State Champions
The Greeley County Jackrabbits swept the state tournament again this year, claiming a 49-43 win over the Lebo Wolves to earn the 2023 1A-Division II Championship game for the second year in a row. The team entered the tournament as the number one seed, with a record of 22-1.
Carnival for a Cause set for Wednesday, March 22
Greeley County Schools will host a Carnival for a Cause next Wednesday, March 22. The event will feature a free meal and carnival games for the kids. FFA members and school staff will supervise students while parents attend a BeAlert Program by Russ Tuttle. Dinner begins at... [More]
Jackrabbits are Substate Champions, now state-bound
Coming back to the second round of sub-state after an almost two week hiatus, the Greeley County Jackrabbits hit the floor in Grainfield on Friday, March 3, against the Sharon Springs Wildcats. Sharon Springs won the tip-off and scored the first two points of the game.... [More]
Lady Jackrabbits fall to Hornets in sub-state play
The Lady Jackrabbits hosted the Dighton Hornets for the first round of sub-state on Thursday, February 23. After a National Anthem sung by seniors Titus Sherer and Trinity Albers and junior Reagan Crotinger, the game tipped off at 6 p.m. in front of a loud and excited Jackrabbit... [More]
Congressman Tracey Mann hosts Greeley County Town Hall Meeting
Congressman Tracey Mann visited Greeley County on Thursday, February 16, for a Town Hall Meeting. Mann greeted constituents in the Community Room at First Farm Bank before attending the first-round sub-state match-up between the Greeley County Jackrabbits and the Dighton Hornets.... [More]
More News
- GCCD’s Coffee and Chat highlights Department of Agriculture’s From the Land of Kansas program
- Health Department to be closed, beginning move
- Carnival for a Cause Tonight
- Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge awards $2,400 to local students
- Year of the Jackrabbit: Greeley County Jackrabbits are Back to Back State Champions
- Varied temperatures, overcast conditions for second week of March
- Free Cancer Screening scheduled in Leoti
- Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge Monday
OPINIONS
Representative Jim Minnix’s take on HB Sub for SB 83
It seems the session has hit cruise control. Everyone is settled into their committees, the routine seems to be flowing, etc. Committees have been back at work for a couple of weeks, reviewing the work of the Senate. Unfortunately, for the Water Committee, the Senate... [More]
From the editor’s courtside perch...
The window on one of the team’s van read “One town. One team. One dream.” This weekend at the KHSHAA 1A-Division II Championship at Barton County Community College in Great Bend, those words held exceptional meaning as a sea of red cheered on the Jackrabbits... [More]
These federal bills are improving the lives of Kansas veterans. Here’s how.
By: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) Originally printed in the Topeka Capital-Journal This Congress, I will continue serving veterans as the ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Traveling across our state, I have had the opportunity to hear... [More]
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SPORTS
Jackrabbits head into sub-state ranked #1
The Greeley County Jackrabbit boys high school basketball team will travel to Grainfield this Friday, March 3, to take on Sharon Springs in the second round of the sub-state tournament bracket. The Jackrabbits are the number one seeded team going into the tournament and... [More]
Junior High wrestlers complete season
Members of the Greeley County Junior High Wrestling team competed at the NWKL Tournament on Tuesday, February 21, in St. Francis. Mallory Walk competed in the Girls 138 pound weight bracket. She wrestled against girls from Oberlin and Leoti in her weight bracket. She... [More]
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OBITUARIES
Randy Harris
Randy Harris, age 67, passed away on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at the University of Colorado Hospital in Aurora, Colorado. He was born on August 20, 1955, in Tribune to Gail and Pearl Koestal Harris. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Tribune. He served his... [More]
William “Pug” Eugene Mitchell
William “Pug” Eugene Mitchell passed away at Logan County Senior Center in Oakley on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at the age of 83. He was born April 10, 1939 in Beloit. He was the son of William Arthur Mitchell and Edna Sophronia (Colby) Mitchell. Pug began... [More]
Denis James Weber
Denis James Weber was born at the family farm in Sheridan Lake, Colorado on September 15, 1933 to Frank and Agatha Weber. He was the eighth of eight children. After struggling with complications of COPD, he passed away at his home on Monday, March 7, 2023. Denis loved... [More]
Joyce L. Nemechek
Joyce L. Nemechek, 92, passed away at the Greeley County Long Term Care on Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Tribune. She was born on February 5, 1931, in Horace, Kansas, to parents Herman and Iva Rhea Smith, who preceded her in death. She married Bernard (Bernie) Nemechek... [More]
Patrick L. “Pat” Grubb
Patrick L. “Pat” Grubb, age 81, passed away on Jan. 26, 2023, after a brief illness at CHRISTUS Spohn Shoreline Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. A “winter Texan,” Pat was a lifelong resident of Tribune, Kansas. Pat was born on March 16, 1941, in Garden... [More]
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