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OTR for April 13-14, 2015
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Great Bend Fire/EMS
Firefighters made four ambulance runs Friday, six Saturday and nine Sunday.
At 10:57 a.m. Saturday, units extinguished a grass fire on U.S., in the ditch just south of 40 Road.
At 1:32 p.m. Sunday, an unauthorized burn was extinguished at SE 1 Ave. and SE 20 Road.

Great Bend Police
At 1:37 p.m. Friday, a pig at large was reported in the 1400 block of 18th St. Animal control responded.
A broken window was reported Saturday at 620 Morton St.
The K-9 was called out for a traffic stop at 10:18 p.m. Saturday on 19th Street, and at 12:08 a.m. Sunday in the 2900 block of Main. After the second stop, a 28-year-old male was arrested for an outstanding Rice County warrant.
A hit-and-run vehicle struck a parked vehicle at 2608 16th St., it was reported Sunday.

Barton County Sheriff
Kansas license tag 817GWS was found Friday in a ditch on East Barton County Road and East U.S. 56.
A burglary was reported Saturday at 1244 NW 50 Ave.
Theft of two calves from SW 50 Road and SW 40 Ave. was reported Saturday. A bull calf had been missing for 10 days and a black and white heifer calf was missing that afternoon.
Theft of a license plate was reported Sunday at 5841 Anchor Way B, Great Bend.
A Chevy Tahoe hit a deer at 3:46 p.m. Sunday in 130 South U.S. 281. The motorist did not need a tow truck but reported the dead deer was in the roadway.
At 8:17 p.m. Sunday, a motorist reported five or six kittens were on North Washington and NE 30 Road. Golden Belt Humane Society responded.
A 10:15 p.m., a rural Great Bend resident reported finding his gun that was previously reported stolen in his yard after a relative got an anonymous call that someone had dropped it off in the yard.