Burglary at Garden City Convenience Store, Losses Revealed
Finney County Sheriff Kevin Bascue reports a 12:22 a.m. burglary at Presto Convenience Store No. 15 on West U.S. Highway 50. Thieves stole cigarettes, cigars, a Zippo lighter display with 16 lighters, four 12-packs of beer and a cash box with undisclosed cash, totaling 1986 dollars. Suspects fled on foot. cash box and some items recovered west of the business. Call Crime Stoppers at 275-7807 or the sheriff at 272-3700 with tips.
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Garden City
Presto
U.S. Highway 50
Finney County
Kevin Bascue
Bascue
Police investigate three year Dollar General theft case
Garden City police say four current or former Dollar General employees at 2308 E. Kansas Ave. are suspected of giving or stealing merchandise totaling more than 21100 from April 2000 to April 2003. No arrests yet. the probe continues and tips can be called into 276-1300.
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Dollar General
Garden City
Mike Utz
Kansas Ave
Two teens die in street race crash near Fulton Street
Two patients released from St Catherine Hospital after a fatal Wednesday crash in Garden City. Arnold Dominguez 14 and Roberto Francisco 14 survived. Maria Tornero 33 was released after driving the school bus and Victor Landeros-Jimenez 17 was killed. Zack Garcia 13 died Thursday morning. Police withheld one driver’s name. Road condition hotline provided.
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Wichita
Arnold Dominguez
N. 11Th St
Maria Tornero
Inge Ave
St. Catherine Hospital
Roberto D. Francisco
Lincoln Road
Christie St. Francis Medical Center
Dominguez
Francisco
Fulton Street
Tornero
Mercury
Victor Landeros-Jimenez
Benton St
Landeros- Jimenez
Landeros-Jimenez
Garden City High School
Zack Garcia
Julie St
Abe Hubert Middle School
St. Catherine
Unemployment Edges Down in Southwest Kansas Counties
Unemployment in southwest Kansas eased from March to April led by Garden City at 3 percent and seven area counties posting declines. Finney Grant Greeley Hamilton Haskell Lane Stanton dropped while Gray and Kearny held steady. Scott Stevens Wichita counties rose marginally. Riedel cited typical annual pattern and local economic recovery despite weather and plant closures.
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Kansas
Kansas Department of Human Resources
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Garden City
Gray
Kearny
Finney County
Grant County
Greeley County
Hamilton County
Haskell County
Stanton County
Lane County
Alan Riedel
Scott County
Stevens County
Gray County
Kearny County
Wichita County
Unemployment Figures Plateau Across Area Counties
Unemployment in area counties holds steady around June or July before rising in fall. Kansas statewide jobless rate eased to 4.8 percent in April from 4.9 percent in March, versus a 6 percent national rate and a 5 percent rate a year ago. Associated Press contributed.
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Kansas
Kansans Pause for Memorial Day Observances Across State
Memorial Day ceremonies across Kansas honored veterans from World War II to Iraq. Tim Young from Newton brought his kids to Resthaven Cemetery in Wichita while Doris Mackie marked the day by visiting graves in six Wichita cemeteries. U S Senator Sam Brownback spoke at the Wichita event, noting the high cost of freedom paid in blood.
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Tracy May
Aaron
Resthaven Mortuary
Wichita
Tim Young
Newton
Resthaven Cemetery
Young
Korea
Doris Mackie
Mackie
Jayhawk
Commemorative Air Force
U.S
Sam Brownback
Brownback
R-Kan
Army
Jacob Butler
Wellsville
Iraq
Butler
Purple Heart
Overland Park
Bill Beckham
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 112
Maple Grove Cemetery
Beckham
Anthony Hensley
D-Topeka
Memorial Park Cemetery
Topeka
Hensley
Fewer custom harvesters face drought even as Kansas expects strong wheat
In Wichita AP report, U S Custom Harvesters notes a 15 percent drop in its 400 member base due to drought and warns another drought year could wipe out the rest. Yet farmers may see adequate supply for 2003 as larger equipment allows fewer acres to be harvested and foreign cutters arrive from Mexico and Canada. Kansas futures forecasters lift harvest projections with May rains, Kansas Grain and Feed Association sees optimism, Kansas Agricultural Statistics estimates 378 to 388 million bushels from about 9.7 million acres.
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Wichita
U.S
Custom Harvesters
Custom Cutters
Tim Baker
Mexico
Canada
Kansas Grain and Feed Association
Doug Wareham
Kansas Grain Inspection Service
Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service
William Tierney Jr
Kansas State University
Kansas
Police Beat Juvenile and adult arrests and incidents
Police logs list multiple arrests for curfew violations, underage drinking, theft, assault, battery, DUI, and public urination. Also noted are citations for disorderly conduct, driving while suspended, criminal damage, and gun- or warrant-related detentions, with several juveniles released to programs or to detention.
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Sheriffs Office
Riedel
Gibson’s Discount Center
McDonald’s
Scott City
ConAgra
The
Associated Press
James Brown
Apt. H
North 11Th Street
Desire Garcia-Warren
Anderson Street
Jerri Rodriguez
10Th St
Hudson Street
Cruz Garcia
Holcomb
West Fulton Street
Eric Coral
Maple St
South Main Street
PATH
Pedro Lira
Mesquite
Texas
North 12Th Street
Chris Copeland
E. Maple St
Bancroft Street
Jessica Ann Levene
N. Third St
Samantha Nicole Beverly
Loraine Place
East Kansas Avenue
Velynda Dawn Michael
Jennie Barker Road
Itaan
Raul Gomez-Torres
W. Santa Fe St
North 10Th Street
Adrian Cortez
E. U.S. Highway 50
Paulo Garcia
Deerfield
Eddie Ramirez
N. Main St
West Olive Street
Valerie Dressing
Lamonte Place
Law Enforcement Center
N. Ninth St
Leticia McIntyre
S. Seventh St
South Seventh Street
Brandon Miller
Starlight Drive
Campus Drive
David M. Martinez
West Santa Fe Street
Victor Sanchez
Ninth St
Ninth Street
Battery
Ruben Morales
East Santa Fe Street
Seward County
David Hernandez
West Buffalo Jones Avenue
Garden City Fire Department
Skyline Drive
Fourth St
Third St
River Road
Eighth St
Pine St
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