Reno County Horse Owner Granted Corrections In Horse Cruelty Case
A 61-year-old Hutchinson area woman charged in three cases for animal cruelty entered no contest pleas Tuesday in two of the cases and the state dropped the third. Linda Sue Adams was then sentenced...
View ArticleCar Drives into Day Care; Children Injured
Children were injured this afternoon when at least one vehicle went into a day care center in Kansas City, Missouri, police said. The crash happened at the Christian Academy Child Care, Kansas City...
View ArticleHudson Man Enters “Guilty” Pleas In Meth Distribution Case
A 48-year-old Hudson man scheduled for trial Tuesday entered “Guilty” pleas as charged instead insuring he serves even more time in prison. George Krankenberg was arrested on July 7, 2011 on charges...
View ArticleCounty Seeks Compromise Over Railroad Crossing Closures
Reno County Commissioners were in agreement Tuesday to try and reach a compromise with farmers and the Union Pacific Railroad over the closing of five crossings in the county located between...
View ArticleMcPherson County Man Ordered To Pay Child Porn Victim, Mother
(AP) – A federal judge has ordered a convicted child sex predator to pay restitution to the 9-year-old Kansas girl he used to produce pornography. A court filing on Tuesday modified the...
View ArticleAnother Pre-Trial Hearing Scheduled For Suspect In Attempted Murder Case
More pretrial hearings this week for suspects facing trial for attempted murder. Desmund Cantu is scheduled for a pretrial hearing on Wednesday for two cases, one for the attempted murder case and...
View ArticleNo Injuries Reported At Biodiesel Plant Fire In Sedgwick
(AP) – Firefighters have contained a fire at a biodiesel plant in the town of Sedgwick. No injuries have been reported. Several explosions were reported at the Green Energy Products facility after 8...
View ArticleFlooding Potential Still Exist In Reno County
Currently, in Reno County there are only three roads that are closed to high water. However, Cow Creek in Rice County has yet to peak. Emergency Management officials expect to have more widespread...
View ArticleTwo Sedgwick County Sheriff Deputies Face Criminal Charges
On July 11, 2013, the Sedgwick County Sheriff Office started a criminal investigation into the possible crimes of making false information, official misconduct, theft and misuse of public funds....
View ArticleFog Advisory From 1 AM To 10 AM, CDT. Wednesday Morning.
Due to excessive runoff from recent very heavy rainfall, numerous flood warnings remain in effect. Also, dense fog will develop across the area overnight, with visibilities near zero. Fog Advisory...
View ArticleNew Info From Reno County Emergency Management
(Includes Road Closing Info) Due to the rain that has been received in the area since Sunday night and Monday morning, Cow Creek, The Little Arkansas River, the Arkansas River and the Ninnescah River...
View ArticleJoan Jerkovich “Your” Life Coach~Triggering Old Wounds?
In my last relationship, I was involved with an abusive man who did drugs and was generally crazy. Recently I had a co-worker, for no reason, talk to me in such an angry, vicious way that it triggered...
View ArticleState board considers ‘Freedom Week’ guidelines
(AP) — The Kansas State Board of Education is poised to approve amended guidelines for public schools to observe the new “Celebrate Freedom Week.” Lawmakers approved legislation establishing the week...
View ArticleMore Kansas storm damage overnight
One hundred mile per hour winds from Thunderstorms that swept across the state did considerable damage in several Kansas counties on Monday night. In Pratt, the regional airport reports significant...
View ArticleEscaped Inmate Surrenders to Authorities In Topeka
The inmate reported missing over the weekend from the south unit of the Hutchinson Correctional Facility was apprehended Tuesday morning. Mark Edward Lucas was apprehended in Topeka at around 8:15...
View ArticleRains Helping Kansas Crops
The government’s weekly snapshot of Kansas agriculture says the recent, widespread rain is helping pastures as well as crops. But the Agricultural Statistics Service also said Monday that subsoil...
View ArticleGOP dominates Kansas panel on ‘Hard 50′ law rewrite
(AP) — Republicans will dominate the Kansas Legislature’s new joint committee examining the state’s “Hard 50″ criminal sentencing law, in keeping with GOP majorities in both chambers. The panel’s...
View ArticleFlood Watch Continues Through Thursday Morning
The weather pattern will remain unsettled for the region with episodes of thunderstorms expected from Tuesday night until Thursday morning. Ground soils are saturated from recent heavy rains therefore...
View ArticleSemi Accident In McPherson County Injures Georgia Man
A 44-year-old Georgia man was taken to the hospital in McPherson after he rolled his semi along I-135 at the K-61 exit. Duane Stephenson of Woodstock, Georgia was eastbound on K-61 and was going to...
View ArticleUPDATE: Incident At Party Over The Weekend Results In Stabbing And A Man...
The Reno County Sheriff’s Office have made an arrest in a case where a man was taken to an area hospital after he was stabbed, beaten and possibly run over during a party early Sunday east of...
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