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Man accused in two cases makes court appearance [ By FRED GOUGH ]HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 49-year-old man with a substantial criminal history is jailed in Reno County in two new cases.One case against...
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Increasing chances of wet weather are expected across the region for Thursday and Friday. Widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms are possible, with rainfall amounts of a 1/2 to 1 inch common....
View ArticleKansas board OKs 92-year-old’s voter registration
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas board has approved the voter registration of a 92-year-old woman after she and her daughter presented copies of census records and a page from a battered family Bible to...
View ArticleSmall plane goes down near Kansas airport
EL DORADO, Kan- First responders were called to report of a small plane crash just after 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday in Butler County The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1966 Cessna 310K piloted by Kent...
View ArticleBaby born after Kansas crash dies
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A baby born prematurely after her mother was fatally injured in a Wichita traffic accident has died. Twenty-one-year-old Trevadawn Pauley was seven months’ pregnant when she was...
View ArticlePanel sides with gas firm in Kansas condemnation
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A court-appointed panel of petroleum engineering experts has sided with Omaha-based Northern Natural Gas over what it should pay for condemning nearly 9,200 acres in southern...
View ArticleKansas primary election saw 20 percent turnout
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials say about 20 percent of the state’s 1.74 million registered voters took part in this month’s primary elections. Secretary of State Kris Kobach chairs the...
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Hutch man formally charged in assault of law enforcement case [ By FRED GOUGH ]HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The 53-year-old Hutchinson man arrested for two counts of aggravated assault of a law enforcement...
View ArticleAntique Store seized over back taxes
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Kansas Department of Revenue, with the help of the Reno County Sheriff’s Office, seized the property of a local antique store Wednesday morning for not paying state required...
View ArticleTuron Farm and Pumpkin Patch closed for 2014 season
TURON, Kan. — You may be familiar with Harvest Farm & Pumpkin Patch down in Turon. They have announced on their website and Facebook that they will be closed for the 2014 season. They say a number...
View ArticleTwo hospitalized after driver fails to yield
PRINCETON, Kan- Two Kansas drivers were injured in an accident just before 1:30 p.m. on Thursday in Franklin County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2000 Ford Crown Victoria driven by Mary E....
View ArticleSenate confirms three new Kansas Regents
Chairman Bruce meetings with the new appointees, Feuerborn, Newton, and Bain (L-R) prior to the Hearing. Photo courtesy Kansas Board of Regents. TOPEKA — On Thursday, the Senate Oversight Committee...
View ArticleFrom the Land of Kansas teaming up with Chef Alli’s at state fair
MANHATTAN, Kan. — From the Land of Kansas™, the state agricultural trademark program, will be at the Kansas State Fair featuring Chef Alli’s Farm Fresh Kitchen and Kansas products and ingredients....
View ArticleAccident results in minor injuries
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Sheriff and other emergency crews worked a two-vehicle accident in the county Wednesday afternoon at the intersection of Trail West and South Whiteside Rd. Upon arrival. they found...
View ArticleKansas jeweler accused of buying stolen goods
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man is accused of knowingly buying stolen jewelry at his Topeka store, then reselling it as scrap gold. The U.S. Attorney’s office says 53-year-old John Dasher, of Silver...
View ArticleHighway Patrol seeks witness to pedestrian death
OVERBROOK, Kan. (AP) — Authorities are asking the public for help in finding witnesses to the hit-and-run death of a northeast Kansas pedestrian. Twenty-year-old Timothy Kemble, of Carbondale, was...
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Two arrested on drug charges make court appearance [ By FRED GOUGH ]HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Two people arrested back on Aug. 21 on drug related charges made court appearances this morning in front of...
View ArticleKansas man hospitalized after car rear-ends semi on I-70
TOPEKA- A Kansas man was injured in an accident just before 4 p.m. on Thursday in Shawnee County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2013 Toyota Corolla driven by Tyson J. Houpt, 33, Topeka, was...
View ArticleSchool principal helps save stricken man with CPR
Hoit KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas cardiologist says a school principal who performed CPR on one of his patients helped save the man’s life. WDAF-TV reports that 70-year-old John Williams was...
View ArticleKan. teen dies, another injured in 2-vehicle crash
OTTAWA, Kan.- A Kansas teenager died and another was injured in a collision just after 12 noon on Thursday in Franklin County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 1997 Saturn Sedan driven by Casey...
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