News and Events from the Greater Garden City Area
The Tumbleweed Festival GARDEN CITY — The annual Tumbleweed Festival gets underway this weekend featuring food, music and children’s activities. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the great atmosphere of the West Green at Lee Richardson Zoo for the three day event August 23, 24 and 25. Whether your musical […]
Noel White, Tyson Foods President and CEO, addresses the media and community members during a press conference Wednesday in Garden City to provide an update about recovery efforts following the weekend fire at the Holcomb Tyson plant. By SCOTT AUST Director of Communications FINNEY COUNTY — Tyson Foods officials had […]
By SCOTT AUST Director of Communications On Thursday, Garden City Community College celebrated the opening of the Broncbuster Coffee Shop on campus with a ribbon cutting by the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce. Located between the bookstore and cafeteria at the Beth Tedrow Student Center, the Broncbuster Coffee Shop […]
The Tumbleweed Festival GARDEN CITY — The annual Tumbleweed Festival gets underway this weekend featuring food, music and children’s activities. Bring your lawn chairs and enjoy the great atmosphere of the West Green at Lee Richardson Zoo for the three day event August 23, 24 and 25. Whether your musical […]
By SCOTT AUST Director of Communications On Thursday, Garden City Community College celebrated the opening of the Broncbuster Coffee Shop on campus with a ribbon cutting by the Garden City Area Chamber of Commerce. Located between the bookstore and cafeteria at the Beth Tedrow Student Center, the Broncbuster Coffee Shop […]
The Finney County Historical Museum will host a book signing from 2 to 5 p.m. Aug. 25 for retired Garden City Telegram Sports Editor Brett Marshall, who has just produced an extensive volume on a half-century of Kansas high school football playoffs. Marshall’s book, “Under the Lights: 50 Years of […]
Friday, Aug. 23 6 p.m. – Fischer & Case 7 p.m. – A.B. & CO 8 p.m. – The Ziggowatts Saturday, Aug. 24 East Stage Noon – Haven Alexandra 1:15 p.m. – Martin Gilmore 2:30 p.m. – Marshal Allen Bailey 3:45 p.m. Fine & Dandy 5 p.m. Edgar Cruz South […]
On August 9, 2019, and the days following, Finney County and the communities of Holcomb and Garden City once again proved why this community is so special. Numerous posts flooded social media outlets with an outpouring of support for Tyson and their employees and families. Local businesses organized supply […]
GARDEN CITY — This Friday, Aug. 2, Downtown Garden City will be awash with artwork in the form of the 12th Annual Banner Art Walk and the First Friday Art Walk. In addition, the monthly installment of Food Truck Friday will be going on downtown all day. The annual Banner […]
GARDEN CITY — Neighborhoods in Garden City will join with thousands of communities nationwide on Tuesday, Aug. 6, as part of the National Night Out crime and drug prevention event. According to the City of Garden City, the 36th Annual National Night Out, sponsored by the National Association of Town […]
GARDEN CITY — Casey Hands, Garden City Community College Director of Bands, has been named the 2019 Outstanding Young Bandmaster by the Kansas Bandmaster’s Association (KBA). The award will be presented to Hands on July 19 at the KBA Convention in Wichita. The Outstanding Young Bandmaster award is presented annually by […]
GARDEN CITY — Scooter’s drive-thru coffee is now open in Garden City, located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Campus and Mary streets. Scooter’s offers a variety of hot and iced espresso and coffee and tea drinks, as well as smoothies and breakfast all day items such as […]
Polly Witt, RN, who served as the Health Services Coordinator for Garden City Public Schools and recently retired from the district, received the 2019 School Nurse of the Year Award from the Kansas School Nurse Organization during the state conference July 16-19 in Wichita. Witt has been with Garden City […]
By GREATER GARDEN CITY Saturday’s Finney County Fair is chock full of fun, food and entertainment. Saturday’s events will feature food trucks all day long, as well as the Meat Your BBQ Pellet Grill competition. Nine teams have entered the competition which features cooking their various meats using pellet grills. […]
By GREATER GARDEN CITY A trio of boys poked their faces close to the fence and chattered in excitement on Thursday while waiting for a chance to pet a zebra at Hedrick’s Around the World in One Display petting zoo at the Finney County Fair. The petting zoo came to […]
By GREATER GARDEN CITY Friday night’s free concert at the Finney County Fair features two sets of brothers. State Line Drive will perform at 8 p.m. tonight in the Exhibition Building. Carole Fry, Fair Board Treasurer, said the group has been to the Finney County Fair in the past. “We […]
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