HCC Board of Trustees talk of student ambassadors and weight training center
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Board of Trustees of Hutchinson Community College met the faces of HCC recruitment to start the October board meeting Thursday evening. The board was introduced to the HCC...
View ArticleHCF inmate waives right to attorney in battery of correctional officer case
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 30-year-old inmate of the Hutchinson Correctional Facility serving time for some very serious convictions was in court Friday morning on a charge of battery of a law enforcement...
View ArticleKansas woman hospitalized after SUV hydroplanes
WICHITA- A Kansas woman was injured in an accident just before 2 p.m. on Friday in Sedgwick County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2005 Chevy Trailblazer driven by Britney N. Almire, 24, Wichita,...
View ArticleACLU files lawsuit against Kansas gay marriage ban
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a federal lawsuit against Kansas’ ban on same-sex marriage on behalf of two couples who were denied marriage licenses this week. The...
View ArticleKmart becomes latest victim of data breach
ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sears Holdings Corp. is announcing a data breach at its Kmart stores that started in early September. The parent company, which also operates Sears...
View ArticleKansas Supreme Court blocks gay marriage licenses
JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Supreme Court has blocked the state’s most populous county from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples, hours after the first one was...
View ArticleDavis camp upset by ad in Kansas governor’s race
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Allies of Democrat Paul Davis are criticizing a new television ad in the Kansas governor’s race highlighting Davis’ presence at a strip club near Coffeyville during a 1998 meth...
View ArticleKansas drivers may soon use K-Tags in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority says Oklahoma motorists heading into Kansas will soon be able to use their Pikepass on Kansas toll roads, and Kansas drivers will be able to use...
View ArticleRoyals use long ball to win game one of ALCS in 10 innings at Baltimore
BALTIMORE (AP) — These Kansas City Royals, and Alex Gordon in particular, are way more than just speed and singles. Especially in extra innings. Gordon hit a tiebreaking homer in the 10th inning, Mike...
View ArticleKansas judge doesn’t regret action on gay marriage
Johnson County District Court Judge Kevin Moriarty JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas judge who cleared the way for a gay marriage in the state’s most populous county says he...
View ArticleSuspect hospitalized after high-speed chase
LYNDON,Kan.- One person was injured in an accident just after 12-midnight on Saturday in Osage County The Kansas Highway Patrol reported Osage County Sheriff Deputies were in pursuit of a Volvo station...
View ArticleLIVE WEB TV: Hutch Blue Dragons vs Garden City Broncbusters tonight at 7:00 pm!
BROADCAST INFORMATION RADIO: KHUT-FM (102.9), KWBW-AM (1450), KWBW-FM (98.5), 6:30 p.m. airtime VIDEOSTREAM: Hutchpost.com and The Blue Dragon Sports Network (BlueDragonSports.com), 6:50 p.m. INTERNET...
View Article2 arrested in death of Pittsburg State student
PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — Two suspects are jailed in the death of a Pittsburg State University student. The 21- and 24-year-old suspects were arrested Friday on suspicion of first-degree murder in the...
View ArticleKansas driver was drunk in deadly March crash
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An autopsy report says a driver was drunk in a crash that killed him and a 13-month-old girl. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that Shawnee County District Court Clerk Angela...
View ArticleCourt orders reinstatement of Kansas councilman
Morrison TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An appeals court has ruled that a suburban Kansas City councilman was improperly kicked out of office for allowing a homeless friend to spend four nights in City Hall....
View ArticleVictims’ families oppose 2 judge’s retention
Carr Brothers WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Relatives of four people slain 14 years ago in a Wichita field have formed an organization opposing the retention of two of the Kansas Supreme Court justices who...
View ArticleWWII aircraft will leave Topeka for restoration
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Michigan man has bought a World War II plane that has been housed at a Topeka museum for the past 20 years. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the buyer plans to make the...
View ArticleGood news for pork lovers, prices may drop
DAVID PITT, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Pork prices hit record highs this summer as farmers weren’t able to feed the demand — mostly because a virus had killed millions of their baby pigs....
View ArticleGay marriage in Kansas throws political twist
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — The first marriage of a gay couple in Kansas has thrown a new twist to a pair of intensely fought races for U.S. Senate and governor. A suburban Kansas City county issued a...
View ArticleAnalysis: Gay marriage clouds Kansas governor race
Brownback and Davis JOHN HANNA, AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The re-emergence of gay marriage as a hot legal issue nationally has complicated Democrat Paul Davis’ bid in Kansas to unseat...
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