June 3, 2014
Story by Joe Vinduska
Photo by Brandon Steinert

Barton Community College debate and forensics competitor Chase Pumford of Great Bend was crowned the JV National Champion in “Persuasive Speaking,” at the National Speech and Debate Tournament in Hutchinson March 14-16.

May 19, 2014
Story and photos by Brandon Steinert

Marvin Davis and Austin Brownell have been at Larned Juvenile Correctional Facility (LJCF) for nearly five years for mistakes they made as adolescents.

They could have taken the path of least resistance. They could have simply served their time and walked out the door, but they didn’t.

Society could have neglected the existence of the two young men for their full sentences, but it didn’t.