Davis Teachers To Be Honored At Hutch High Game In September
Academics will be in the spotlight of the first home football game of 2013. The district’s Davis Teachers of the Year will be honored during halftime of the Hutchinson High School vs. Salina Central...
View ArticleCurrent hot, dry spell brings back drought worries
(AP) — A growing season that began unusually wet and cold in the Midwest is finishing hot and dry, renewing worries of drought and its impact on crops. Experts say corn and soybeans may not have enough...
View ArticleSenator Jerry Moran and Rep. Kevin Yoder mark Startup Day
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Representative Kevin Yoder marked Startup Day Across America on Thursday, Aug. 29, by visiting with entrepreneurs and innovators in Kansas City’s growing Startup...
View ArticleHutch Woman Again Scheduled For Sentencing In “Perjury” Case
After Judge Tim Chambers granted a defense request for a one week continuance for a Hutchinson woman convicted of “perjury,” the question is will she show up in court Friday morning for sentencing?...
View ArticleHutchinson Man Busted For Aggravated Assault From Incident Earlier This Month
A 29-year-old Hutchinson man was taken into custody Thursday morning for incident that actually occurred back on August 14. One potential charge against Jason Peterson is aggravated assault with a...
View ArticleConvicted Sex Offender Bound Over On Drug Charges
A 26-year-old Hutchinson man who had been under supervision for violating the Kansas Offender Act in 2012, was bound over for trial in a new case involving drugs. Kenneth Alan Socha is charged with...
View ArticleEmergency Preparedness Month In Kansas And Event Planned At The State Fair
Gov. Sam Brownback Thursday signed a proclamation designating September as “Kansas Preparedness Month.” The signing took place in the governor’s ceremonial office in the Kansas Capitol. This may have...
View ArticleHere Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
Hot and dry conditions are expected to persist through the beginning of the weekend. High temperatures in the upper 90s to around 100 will combine with relative humidities around 40% resulting in heat...
View ArticleMore Kansas job losses announced
(AP) — Aircraft parts maker Spirit Aerosystems plans to cut more jobs at its plant in Wichita, starting in September. Thursday’s announcement came roughly a month after Spirit said it was laying off...
View ArticleSouth Hutchinson Man’s Conviction And Sentence Upheld By Kansas Court Of Appeals
The conviction and sentence for a 20-year-old South Hutchinson man found guilty of aggravated battery, and other charges and sentenced to a total of 162-months or around 13-and-a-half years in prison...
View ArticleHutch Woman Gets Probation In “Perjury” Case Involving Murder
A Hutchinson woman convicted of “perjury,” did show up in court Friday morning for sentencing and was given 12-months probation on a 6-month prison sentence Dana Craig failed to show in court last...
View ArticleHutch Teen Pleads “Guilty” To Additional Church Burglaries
A 17-year-old Hutchinson man already convicted and sentenced for being involved with numerous church burglaries and ordered to prison after being caught doing similar crimes, entered pleas Friday in...
View Article1 Electrocuted, 1 Injured In Barber County
(AP) – A 20-year-old lineman has died after being electrocuted in an accident in south-central Kansas. The Barber County Sheriff’s Office says in a release they received a 911 call reporting someone...
View ArticleAnother Continuance Granted For Hutch Man Accused In Two Drug Cases
It will be one more week before we learn where the cases against a 35-year-old Hutchinson man arrested twice for alleged drug sales as well as a third arrest for indirect contempt is headed. Jason...
View ArticleMan Convicted In Child Rape Case Gets “Life” Under Jessica’s Law
As expected, a 25-year-old Hutchinson man convicted in a child sexual abuse case was sentenced Friday to life in prison. Salvador Araujo-Gutierrez was found guilty of one count of rape and one count...
View ArticleCoach wants job back after plea in Kansas prostitution case
AP) — A Kansas high school coach who pleaded guilty to patronizing a prostitute wants to teach again. Todd Puetz pleaded guilty in June to a misdemeanor count of patronizing a prostitute and was given...
View ArticleHutch Man Convicted In Clothes Dryer Case Sentenced Fourth Time
A 33-year-old Hutchinson man has now been sentenced multiple times and was again Friday afternoon because of a technicality. The sentence stayed the same for Aron Pritchard in a child abuse case from...
View ArticleHutchinson School Board Member Named Head Start “Parent Of The Year”
A member of the Hutchinson School Board has been named Kansas Head Start’s Parent of the Year. Stephanie King, who joined the Hutchinson School Board in July, was named Kansas Head Start “Parent of...
View ArticleHere Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
One more day of scorching temperatures are expected across the entire area on Saturday. A cold front will finally bring some relief from the heat for Sunday and Monday. ———- Here Is Your 7-Day...
View ArticleTeen dies in Friday motorcycle accident
A teenager was killed in a Friday evening motorcycle accident. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol eighteen year old Ethan RobertCarroll of Council Grove was riding a Triumph motorcycle east on US...
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