Police investigate check fraud in Garden City
Garden City police detectives investigate 22 bad checks totaling 22512 dollars passed on two closed bank accounts. Checks cashed at Quick Cash on Kansas Avenue between June 30 and Friday, with some reported stolen from Security Savings Bank and Boeing Wichita Credit Union. Four suspects aged 35 to 43 identified but unnamed. no arrests yet. Call 276-1300 or Crime Stoppers at 275-7807.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Kansas Ave
Security Savings Bank
Boeing Wichita Credit Union
Mike Utz
Garden City Police Department
Garden City police citizen academy sign up
Garden City Police Department invites applications for the Police Citizens Academy through August 12. Free 10 week program starts August 26 with 10 sessions from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays at the Law Enforcement Center, including demonstrations tours lectures and ride-alongs. Applicants must be 21 or older and live in Garden City or Finney County. Call 276-1300 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City Police Department
Police Citizens’ Academy
Law Enforcement Center
N. Ninth St
Police Department
Garden City
Finney County
Academy
Open House Set for New Finney County Public Works Office
The Finney County Public Works department invites the public to an open house Monday from 1 30 to 3 30 p m celebrating the new office building at 101 W Maple St Call 272 3564 for more information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finney County Public Works Department
W. Maple St
Attorneys seek leniency for former bank execs in Topeka
In Topeka an AP report notes attorneys for former Westar Energy CEO David Wittig and Capital City Bank president Clinton Weidner request concurrent sentences after a federal jury convicted Wittig on conspiracy and money laundering counts and four false entries and Weidner on conspiracy money laundering and two false entries. Sentencing is set for Oct. 20 in US District Court. Eye and Eisenbrandt say no monetary loss occurred and defendants have no prior criminal history, likely yielding under ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka (Ap
David C. Wittig
Clinton Odell Weidner II
Jim Eisenbrandt
Wittig
Robert Eye
Weidner
Westar Energy
Capital City Bank
Topeka
Eye
Garden City police use warning brochures to educate drivers
Garden City officers began distributing red white and blue parking violation warnings in brochure form at start of July. Two warnings issued so far while 277 parking citations were written January through June. The brochure notes penalties and offers tips on burglary prevention and neighborhood watch programs, part of community policing efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden City
Mike Utz
Utz
Citizens’ Police Academy
Rodney Bachman
Bachman
Names released in burglary arrests
The Kearny County Sheriff releases the names of three Garden City teenagers aged 17 charged with multiple auto burglaries theft and property damage. Derek Maddox Jason Rose and Levi Lyons were arrested at 4 17 a m in Deerfield after a citizen spotted them breaking into vehicles near North Buffalo Street in Lakin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kearny County
James Jarboe
North Buffalo Street
Jarboe
Sixth Street
County Road W
Deerfield
Labin
Finney County seeks man tied to two sex crimes
Finney County authorities seek Tobias Humberto Raymundo for two sex crimes. He faces charges from a May 3 arrest for aggravated indecent liberties with a child and related offenses after a hospital rape report from April 30 near Antelope Hills. Authorities link him to a March pool assault at Garden City YMCA. He is described as Hispanic, 5'7", 125 pounds, last known in a red 1995 Eagle Talon. Call tips to local police or Crime Stoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finney County
Tobias Humberto Raymundo
St. Catherine Hospital
Antelope Hills
Mary Street
Kevin Bascue
Raymundo
Garden City
Tives
Mike Utz
Garden City Family
Utz
el Salvador
Kansas
County fairs bring weekend fun to southwest Kansas
Southwest Kansas counties plan fairs with Stanton and Lane ending Sunday and Monday while Grant Gray Kearny and Scott begin next week. Stanton County 4-H Fair features clothing tag-a-long for kids under seven with blue ribbons awarded. Weekend events include pedal tractor pull, shopping cart race, parade, barbecue lunch, water melon feed, pool swim, street dance, Gospel concert, and 4-H family picnic. Lane County hosts beef show and free barbecue, with Round Robin start Sunday and a demolition derby at 7 p.m. Garden City offers a Midnight Bike Ride for family fitness, a municipal band concert, open artists reception, and college art exhibits. Scott City hosts Old Time Fiddlers performance and Moonshiners concert at Stevens Park. Contact Lea Henderson at 276-7740 for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Lane
Stanton
Grant
Gray
Kearny
Scott
Stephanie Dickson
Stanton County
Dickson
Johnson
Stanton County Farm Bureau
Main Street
Battin Park
Courthouse
City Recreation Commission
Tangeman Complex
Spruce Street
Donna Gerstner
Commission
Garden City
Stevens Park
Shawn Martin
Lakin
Linda Adams
Arts Center
Main
N. Main St
Garden City Community College
Dodge City Community College
Seward County Community College
White Woman Basin
Old Time Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers
Scott City
Church St
Lea Henderson
longtime family doctor plans retirement in October
Dr James Bruno a 37 year veteran at Plaza Medical Center will retire Oct 1 due to health and a high patient load. He will keep his coroner duties for the 25th Judicial District and plans fishing reading and riding his Harley while traveling with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bruno
Plaza Medical Center
Bruno
25Th Judicial District
Finney, Scott
Kearny
Wichita
Hamilton
Greeley
Cornener
Garden City
Janet Kruleski
Kruleski
Badlands
South Dakota
Italy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Police Citizen's Academy
Gwen Tietgen
Gtietgen
Gctelegram
Coleman Enterprises
Gerardo Hernandez
Campus View
College Drive
Law Enforcement
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!