Here Is your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
Unseasonably mild temperatures will continue leading up to the Independence Day holiday. Highs will gradually warm through the 80s with relatively light winds. There will be a slight chance for...
View ArticleKansas AG named to role in national group
(AP) — The attorney general of Kansas has been named to a leadership position in the National Association of Attorneys General. The office of Attorney General Derek Schmidt says in a release Schmidt...
View ArticleHutchinson City Council Ready to Work on 2014 Budget
The first budget meeting for the Hutchinson City Council is set for Monday July 8. The proposed budget shows no mill levy increase for next year, although there is a 3.5% increase in property...
View ArticleGas Firm Gets Partial Win In Condemnation Lawsuit
(AP) – A federal judge has given another win to a Nebraska gas firm in the condemnation of more than 9,100 acres in south-central Kansas. U.S. District Judge Monti Belot on Tuesday granted partial...
View ArticleGovernor Announces New Member To Kansas State Fair Board
Governor Sam Brownback announced Tuesday the appointment of another member to the Kansas State Fair Board. Cindy O’Neal, Lawrence, is being appointed to a three year term. O’Neal earned a bachelor...
View ArticleCounty Commission Talks About Cruelty To Animal Cases
The issue of horses that have been seized in the recent past came up for discussion at Tuesday’s Reno County Commission meeting. Commission Chair Dan Deming asked where things stand considering the...
View ArticleKansas Wheat Harvest Reaching Far Northern Counties
Dale Weeks, manager of the Wheeler Co-op Mercantile Equity Union in Cheyenne County says about 65,000 bushels have been received as of Tuesday. Test weight averages 58 pounds per bushel, and protein...
View ArticleAggravated Battery Case Against Hutch Man Underway
The trial for a 37-year-old Hutchinson man charged with aggravated battery got underway Tuesday and is already proving to be a short trial. The state rested late Tuesday afternoon and the defense is...
View ArticleFeds charge 9 Kansas students with visa fraud
(AP) — Nine Kansas State University students from Nepal have been charged with scheming to commit visa fraud. A federal indictment unsealed Tuesday alleges the students conspired to maintain their...
View ArticleKansas launches jobs, education site for veterans
(AP) — A new website has been launched by the state of Kansas to help link military veterans with educational and employment opportunities. The new KanVet site was announced this week by Gov. Sam...
View ArticleHere Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
Seasonal temperatures and more humid conditions will return to the region for the weekend. High temperatures will range from the middle 90s in Central Kansas to the lower 90s in South Central Kansas....
View ArticleExciting New Lecture Series Coming to western Kansas
Fort Hays State University is bringing an exciting new lecture series to Western Kansas. The Keith Sebelius Lecture Series, named for the FHSU Rick Santorum and Howard Dean graduate and Kansas First...
View ArticleChild Transported to Wichita Following Pit Bull Attack in Barton County
*From the Great Bend Post Authorities in Hoisington say that a boy was severely injured after being attacked by a neighbor’s pit bull early this week. Hoisington City Manager Jonathan Mitchell...
View ArticleSedgwick County Jail Making Changes To Save Money
Sedgwick County Sheriff Jeff Easter announced Wednesday that plans are in place to consolidate all out of that county inmates in facilities closer to Wichita over the next few months. He says...
View ArticleHutch Man With Numerous Cases Scheduled For Bond Hearing Friday
A 33-year-old Hutchinson allowed to leave jail so he could attend drug treatment and who apparently absconded, then captured in Oklahoma is expected in court Friday for a bond hearing. Maurice Miles...
View ArticleHutch Man Formally Charged With Aggravated Battery For Jailhouse Fight
A 25-year-old Hutchinson man jailed for two cases has now been formally charged in a third. Jacob Henson has been charged by the state with aggravated battery after he and another inmate got into...
View ArticleWheat Harvest Continues In Kansas
Darin Marti, general manager of the Farmers Co-op Association in Manhattan, says that three days into the 2013 harvest he expects the elevator to take in its largest wheat crop in 10 years. Around...
View ArticlePTSD Self-Assessments Available to the Public From Horizon’s
Screenings and Educational Information provided at www.hmhc.com As part of National Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, Horizons Mental Health Center is encouraging the general...
View ArticleWhite House: Westboro Protests ‘Reprehensible’
(AP) – The White House says it can’t fulfill a request to deem a group that protests at soldiers’ funerals a hate group. But it says President Barack Obama believes such actions are reprehensible. The...
View ArticleHere Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
Seasonal temperatures and more humid conditions will return to the region over the weekend. High temperatures will range from the mid and upper 90s over Central Kansas to the lower 90s over...
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