Kansas to allow concealed guns in Statehouse
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Visitors will be allowed to bring concealed guns into the Kansas Statehouse beginning in July. Top legislative leaders refused at a meeting Thursday to use authority granted to them...
View ArticleMain street meeting Friday at HCC
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A free breakfast and meeting is set for Friday morning to talk about how the downtown area and small communities can offer a more active lifestyle in the business area. Ned Barrett...
View ArticleKraft Foods recalls Velveeta
NEW YORK (AP) — Kraft is recalling Velveeta cheese from Walmart stores in as many as 12 states, mostly in the Midwest, because the cheese lacks the proper amount of preservatives. Insufficient levels...
View ArticleChamber Friday lunch program set
HUTCHINSON, Kan. —The Hutchinson/ Reno County Chamber of Commerce says every supervisor needs to learn when and how to write effective employee documentation. Not only is it an important communication...
View ArticleK-Dot announcement next week
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Kansas Transportation Secretary Mike King will be in Hutchinson nest Tuesday to announce a new infrastructure program. The announcement will be a program that will address...
View ArticleWichita man going to prison for meth sale
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita man is going to prison for the $20,000 sale of a pound of methamphetamine to an undercover officer. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 39-year-old Patrick C. Hains was...
View ArticleState Fair packages on sale
HUTCHINSON, Kan.—The Kansas State Fair is offering its money-saving ticket packages which went on sale today. You can pick up the Kids Club, Family Pack and Couples Pack and save money. Kids Club...
View ArticlePark officially dedicated
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — For Lucinda Piligian, it was a chance to give back to her community. The new Rivers Banks Orchard Park was officially opened today with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The major portion...
View Article20K Kansas refunds won’t go out until July
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — More than 20,000 tax refunds to be distributed by the state of Kansas won’t go out until July. Department of Revenue spokeswoman Jeannine Koranda told The Wichita Eagle...
View ArticleHCF inmate bound over for trial
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A man serving more than 20 years in prison for crimes in Shawnee County has been bound over for trial in Reno County District Court. Mark Lucas faces charges of aggravated escape...
View ArticleInterstate Hit-and-run accident leads to Friday drug arrests
RUSSELL, Kan — Three individuals were arrested on drug-related allegations in Russell County early Friday morning as a result of a hit and run accident on Interstate 70. At 3:25 a.m. Friday, a Russell...
View ArticleMissing Osage County woman found safe UPDATE
Photo- Facebook QUENEMO, Kan. (AP) — Osage County authorities say a woman who had been missing since Thursday evening has been found safe. The Osage County Sheriff’s office says 45-year-old Judy...
View ArticleSiemens, MHI up ante for Alstom
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Their interest in Alstom’s wind division has gone by the wayside, but Siemens along Mitsubishi Heavy industries upped the ante for the rest of the French company’s energy platform....
View ArticleCause of fire revealed
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A child playing with lighter fluid and a lighter is said to be the cause of the fire that swept through a Hutchinson home Wednesday afternoon critically injuring one of its...
View ArticleFort Riley soldier arrested for sexual exploitation of a child
Salina Post SALINA, Kan — A Fort Riley soldier was arrested Thursday night on a charge of sexual exploitation of a child, after being found in a car on a Saline County road with a 16-year-old Salina...
View ArticleCourt of appeals sides with murder suspect
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Kansas Court of appeals has sided with the defendant in a Hutchinson murder case who sought to have his confession suppressed in his upcoming trial. After Judge Tim Chamber...
View ArticleRecord attempt more than just a day at the pool
HUTCHINSON, Kan. —You would think that getting a group of people together to break a world record for the largest swim lesson would be easy. Ted Nelson, Director for the Salt City Splash in Carey Park,...
View ArticleSemi-truck driver hospitalized after Friday accident
PAOLA, Kan- A semi-truck driver was injured in a Friday afternoon accident in Miami County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1983 Peterbilt semi-truck driven by Brian Miller, 33, Excelsior Springs,...
View ArticleUnexploded Ordnance Found on Fort Riley
FORT RILEY, Kan- An unexploded ordnance was unearthed near the intersection of Capt. David L. Robinson ( center ), 162nd EOD Co., 84th EOD Bn., 1st Sust. Bde., 1st Inf. Div., discusses the recovery and...
View Article2 Kan. teens dead, 3 hospitalized after Friday accident
HARPER, Kan Two Kansas teenagers died and three were injured in a Friday accident in Harper County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2004 Chevy Avalanche driven by Ayron David Maurer, 17, Harper,...
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