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OTR for Feb. 13, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made five ambulance runs Monday. There were no fires. Great Bend Police A burglary at 3125 Stone St. was reported last Thursday. An iPad was taken. A hit-and-run vehicle struck a parked vehicle in the Walmart parking lot on Friday. A woman was arrested at 12:17 a.m. Saturday for allegedly violating a protection from stalking order. Theft of tools and gas from 517 Washington was reported Saturday. Medication and money ...
OTR for Feb. 12, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made seven ambulance runs Thursday, seven Friday, five Saturday and six Sunday. They performed a carbon monoxide check at 2618 Paseo on Saturday but found nothing. At 8:35 a.m. Sunday they performed a CO check at 3910 Cedar Park Place and found carbon monoxide. The gas was shut off until repairs could be made. At 5:53 p.m. Sunday firefighters extinguished a mattress that was on fire in the alley behind ...
OTR for Feb. 8, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made four ambulance runs Tuesday and 12 Wednesday. There we no fires. Great Bend Police A theft case was taken Tuesday at Farmers Bank and Trust, 1017 Harrison St. Theft of a large amount of fuel from parked vehicles at 625 10th St. was reported Tuesday. A vehicle driven by Saundra Phillips was eastbound in the 5300 block of 10th St. at 1:47 p.m. Tuesday and struck a vehicle driven ...
OTR for Feb. 6, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made four ambulance runs on Friday, four Saturday, four Sunday and three Monday. Firefighters were dispatched to 103 Pine St. at 103 p.m. Friday, where some people were cooking over a fire in a barrel. The fire was put out. A resident at 1119 Washington St. smelled smoke and called the fire department at 1:11 a.m. Sunday. There was no fire, but a problem was found in the water heater, ...
OTR for Feb. 5, 2013
Barton County Sheriff At 11:53 p.m. Thursday, it was reported that a vehicle was stuck in the river, at 465 SW 60 Ave. A newer model Dodge pickup was stuck – it was located between SW 5 Ave. and South Washington Ave., but the people got out. Great Bend Police A theft of services case was taken Friday after a Great Bend resident reported someone charging long distance phone calls to her phone bill. Someone ...
OTR for Feb. 3, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made five ambulance runs Thursday. Great Bend Police A hit-and-run vehicle hit a brick wall in the 1200 block of Wilson St. on Thursday. A vehicle driven by Kennith Pryor was southbound on Washington making a turn at 17th St. at 2:05 p.m. Thursday and struck a vehicle driven by Amanda Jackson. A motorist in a Jeep Cherokee drove off from 3620 10th St. at 5:11 p.m. Thursday without paying ...
OTR for Feb. 1, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made six ambulance runs on Wednesday. At 1:18 a.m. Thursday, they performed a carbon monoxide check at 214 East Barton County Road, but found nothing. Barton County Sheriff Officers were dispatched to a rural Barton County residence at 10:34 p.m. Wednesday for a reported domestic disturbance. Six children were in the house at the time. A suspect was arrested for battery against his ex-wife and a 9-year-old male. Great Bend ...
OTR for Jan. 31, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made seven ambulance runs on Tuesday. There were no fires. Kansas Highway Patrol A 46-year-old man was injured Tuesday night in a one-vehicle accident on Interstate 70 in Russell County. Timothy N. Jackson of Fayetteville, N.C., was driving a semitrailer and lost control nine miles east of Russell, around 10 p.m. The vehicle struck the west guardrail and jackknified on the bridge. He was taken to Russell Regional Hospital. Great ...
OTR for Jan. 30, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made five ambulance runs on Monday. At 5:33 p.m. they were dispatched to Gambino's Pizza, 1309 Main, where rags were found smoldering under a sink. The building was cleared of smoke. Great Bend Police A vehicle driven by Billy Farmer was northbound on Main St. at 12:56 p.m. Friday and struck a vehicle driven by Ann Sullivan, who was westbound on 19th St. A known person allegedly stole two televisions ...
OTR for Jan. 27, 2013
Broken Glass Numerous instances of broken windows were reported to the Great Bend Police Department on Wednesday and Thursday. Someone broke a window on a vehicle at 2015 Madison St. A room window was broken at the Highland Hotel. The window on a vehicle in the 1400 block of 11th St. was shot out, and the window on a van in the 2000 block of Cleveland St. was damaged. Someone also broke the window on ...
OTR for Jan. 25, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made four ambulance runs Tuesday and eight Wednesday. They were dispatched to Casey's General Store, 2716 10th St., at 1:38 p.m. Tuesday, after a subject spilled 15 gallons of gas by the fuel pumps, but the staff had it cleaned up before the GBFD arrived. At 10:48 a.m. Wednesday, a carbon monoxide check was performed at 3419 18th St. No CO was found. At 1:04 p.m., they extinguished a vehicle ...
OTR for Jan. 23, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made five ambulance runs on Monday. A car fire was reported at 4:54 p.m. at 3923 Broadway Ave. A sport utility vehicle was smoking under the hood but there was no fire. Great Bend Police An injury accident was reported at 11:43 a.m. Monday after a west-bound vehicle on 16th St. driven by Alysia Zook struck a vehicle driven by Darlene Wadsworth, who was southbound on Kansas Ave. A vehicle ...
OTR for Jan. 22, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made six ambulance runs Friday, five Saturday and six Sunday. At 4:04 a.m. Saturday they were dispatched to 161 Southeast 1 Ave. for a carbon monoxide check but found nothing. There was a small brush fire on the south side of Stone Lake, 2401 Railroad Ave., at 5 p.m. Saturday. Firefighter Brad Deschner said it was started by fireworks. A house fire near Dundee occurred Sunday afternoon, and firefighters were ...
OTR for Jan. 20, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters had two Emergency Medical Service calls on Thursday. They performed a carbon monoxide check at 9:19 a.m. at 2818 25th St., but found nothing. There was a garage fire at 1:16 a.m. Friday at 2523 11th St., where a resident was smoking some meat. There was extensive damage to the structure and fire crews remained on the scene for several hours making sure the fire was out. Great Bend Police ...
OTR for Jan. 18, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters had eight Emergency Medical Service calls on Wednesday. At 9:13 a.m. they performed a carbon monoxide check at 210 McKinley St., but found nothing. Great Bend Police A stolen cell phone was recovered on Wednesday and returned to the owner at Great Bend High School. A burglary at 1440 12th St. was reported Wednesday. Someone entered the house and took appliances and furniture. Deanna Schwank was backing a vehicle in ...
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Great Bend Municipal Court: April convictions and fines
Robert D. Allen, improper backing, $25 Rogelio Ayala, parking in alley, $25 Roberta S. Barlow, seat belts (18 and older), $10 Santana Angel June Barnett, seat belts (18 and older), child safety restraint system, $131 Tyler James Base, no proof insurance, $557 Bret D. Bauer, inattentive driving, $111 Zachary Paul Bealer, improper backing, $111 Danny R. Boone, inattentive driving, $111 Benjamin C. Bruce, battery domestic violence, $622 Sandra Calderon-Medina, violate traffic control sign, seat belts ...
Correction: Charge misprinted
The Barton County Jail log for April 30 contained an error. Derrell J. Cox was charged with criminal threat, and not criminal theft as originally reported.
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