Archive By Section - On the Record
OTR for March 3, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made three ambulance runs on Thursday. At 10:52 p.m. they were summoned to 9047 Sixth St., in the Airport Addition, for a report of smoke. There was no fire, just steam from off-loading rail cars. Great Bend Police A black bag containing $50 was stolen from an apartment at the High Rise, 1101 Kansas Ave., it was reported Thursday. An individual reported theft of a checkbook from an unknown location, ...
OTR for March 1, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made four ambulance runs Wednesday. There were no fires. Kansas Highway Patrol A Garden City man was injured Wednesday morning in a one-vehicle accident on K-96, one mile northwest of Great Bend. Daniel Lerma, 48, was passing another vehicle at 6:57 a.m. when he lost control of the car. The 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix went into the ditch and overturned one time. The driver was taken to Great Bend Regional ...
OTR for Feb. 28, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made eight ambulance runs Tuesday. There were no fires. Great Bend Police Theft of a computer from 5210 10th St. Apt. 6 was reported Tuesday. A vehicle driven by Mitchell Fredrick was eastbound on 17th St. at 2:05 p.m. Tuesday and struck a vehicle driven by Cindy Blake, who was northbound on K-96, pushing the Blake vehicle into another vehicle driven by Kenneth Elsen. A caller who refused to give ...
OTR for Feb. 27, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters performed a carbon monoxide check Monday afternoon at 2536 17th St., but did not find CO. They made four ambulance runs Monday. There were no fires. Great Bend Police A 2003 Chevrolet pickup was stolen from 1216 Morton St., it was reported Monday morning. The owner later reported someone had seen it being driven in town, and at 2:17 a.m. Tuesday it was located at the Traveler's Budget Inn, 4200 ...
Support groups
Alcoholics Anonymous (cl) closed (o) open (bs) book study (ns) non-smoking (ls) literature study A.A.: Ellinwood Group, United Church of Christ, 701 North Fritz. 620-792-4123, Thursday (o) 8 p.m. A.A.: Grapevine Group Great Bend 1910 17th 620-786-0440, Sunday (cl) 10 a.m.; Tuesday (o, bs) 5:30 p.m.; Thursday (o) 10 a.m.; Thursday (cl) 5:30 p.m. A.A.: Great Bend Group 1620 Hubbard (wheelchair accessible) Sunday (cl) 10:30 a.m.; Monday (cl) 10 a.m.; Monday (o) 8 p.m.; Tuesday ...
Barton County Jail log for Feb. 13-21
Booked Feb. 13 Cella Harris - Russell Co. warrant for failure to appear James Powell, Great Bend - Serve sentence Nicholas THomas, Great Bend - Criminal threat and battery domestic violence Released Feb. 13 Cella Harris, Great Bend - $200 cash bond Nicholas THomas - $5,000 surety bond Booked Feb. 14 Dustin Hawkins, Hoisington - Battery domestic violence Trevor Thompson, Lyons - Possession of methamphetamine April Zendejas, Great Bend - Unlawful cultivation or distribution of ...
OTR for Feb. 26, 2013
Great Bend Police A vehicle driven by Donald Piland slid on ice and struck a fire hydrant on Broadway Ave. at 9:18 a.m. Wednesday. A burglary was reported at 2508 Paseo Drive. A ring was stolen; loss was $5,500. A vehicle driven by Kimberly Vink collided with a vehicle driven by Clay Poepple at 11:50 a.m. Wednesday at Lakin and Odell. A hit-and-run vehicle struck a parked vehicle in the Walmart parking lot. An individual ...
OTR for Feb. 21, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters made six ambulance runs on Tuesday. There were no fires. Great Bend Police A window on a vehicle at 1234 McKinley St. was broken, it was reported Monday. Criminal damage to property at 1523 12th St. was reported. A wallet was reportedly stolen from 705 10th St. Someone damaged a vehicle at 1421 12th St. A Wii gaming system was stolen from 320 Plum St. An accident with possible injuries ...
OTR for Feb. 20, 2013
Barton County Sheriff Criminal damage to a stop sign at SE 20 Road and SE 105 Ave. was discovered Monday afternoon. It appeared that a vehicle ran over the sign, breaking the post. The K-9 unit was dispatched to 23rd and Kansas Ave. at 3:41 p.m. Monday. Kansas Department of Transportation was notified Monday morning of a problem with traffic lights in the construction area for the bridge at North U.S. 281 and NW 20 ...
Hogs die in fire
Editor's note: This article updates and corrects Great Bend Fire Department news previously posted at "OTR for Feb. 19, 2013." Eight or nine pigs died Tuesday morning when a hog shed at 238 North Washington caught on fire. Great Bend Fire Department was dispatched at 4:37 a.m. There was a heat lamp for the piglets and firefighters determined the cause of the fire was electrical. Loss was estimated at $3,000. The shed, which was destroyed ...
OTR for Feb. 19, 2013
Kansas Highway Patrol A 22-year-old McCracken man died Sunday after a 2003 Dodge passenger car went off 220 Road in Ness County. At 7:43 a.m., as Skyler Allen Jones was driving east on 220 Road, two miles west of McCracken, he lost control of the car. It veered off to the south, then rolled multiple times landing on its top. He was wearing a seat belt. A 13-year-old girl from Ellis was injured Saturday night ...
OTR for Feb. 17, 2013
Great Bend Fire Department Firefighters had a few false alarms but no actual fires last week. A report of smoke from a building on Tuesday was actually coming from a wood-burning fireplace. On Wednesday a smoke detector was activated by a malfunction, and on Thursday construction work activity activated a smoke detector at Great Bend Middle School. Firefighters made four ambulance runs Tuesday, four Wednesday and two Thursday. Great Bend Police Theft of cell phones ...
OTR for Feb. 15, 2013
Great Bend Police An air machine at 3907 Broadway was damaged, it was reported Wednesday. A burglary at 200 McKinley St. was reported. An electric fireplace was taken. Two marine batteries were stolen from 3503 10th St. Police assisted the Kansas Bureau of Information with a narcotics case Thursday morning, transporting a woman to the KBI office. Barton County Jail Booked Feb. 13 Cella Harris - Russell Co. warrant for failure to appear James Powell, ...
Great Bend Municipal Court
Dontae Lamont Lee Adams, driving while suspended/revoked, $906 Dustin Tyler Adams, driving while suspended/revoked, defective tail lamps, $341 Saul Aguilar, no driver's license, $376 Danyelle Jo Allison, theft, $61 Jonathan Cain Amos, park/stand/stop prohibited area (Nov. 13, 2012), $25 Jonathan Cain Amos, park/stand/stop prohibited area (Dec. 1, 2012), $25 Jonathan Cain Amos, park/stand/stop prohibited area (Dec. 5, 2012), $25 Cecilia Arias, improper U-turn, $111 Ashly D. Barnett, fail to yield at stop sign, $111 Maria ...
OTR for Feb. 14, 2013
Great Bend Police Tire chains were stolen from 3200 10th St., it was reported Tuesday. Loss was $300. Criminal damage to property was reported after someone put a "zip-tie" on a vehicle's windshield at 1919 Washington Ave. A hit-and-run vehicle struck a parked vehicle at 2535 Lakin Ave. Barton County Sheriff Three Scottish Highland cow skulls displayed behind Ellinwood Packing were stolen on or around Jan. 23, it was reported Tuesday. Barton County Jail Booked ...
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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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