Two critically wounded in Thursday shooting
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Police say two men were critically wounded in a double shooting at a clothing resale store in eastern Wichita. Thursday afternoon’s shootings at the Flying Pig Boutique apparently...
View ArticleHealthy Growth Likely In Rural Parts Of 10 States Including Kansas
(AP) – A new survey of bankers suggests that the economy will grow at a healthy pace in rural parts of 10 Midwest and Western states in the months ahead. The monthly survey’s overall index rose to...
View ArticleEarly Christmas gift for Ks Army National Guard member
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Christmas came early for a Kansas Army National Guard member whose vehicle full of holiday gifts was stolen earlier this week. A Wichita dealership, Eddy’s Toyota, on Thursday gave...
View ArticleWEB TV VIDEO: Hutch High vs Derby Panthers Tonight @ Derby
Dec 20, 2013 6:00 PM CST Girls’ Basketball: Hutchinson High vs Derby High Dec 20, 2013 7:30 PM CST Boys’ Basketball: Hutchinson High vs Derby High Join the Eagle Radio Broadcast Team @ 5:50 &...
View ArticleLegislature drug testing includes no penalties
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man chosen to administer a new drug testing program for state lawmakers say those who fail the tests won’t be penalized, and their names might not be made public. The law allowing...
View ArticleNovember Unemployment Rates In the Area Drop
While the state unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in nearly 5-years, we now have the numbers from the Kansas Department of Labor for Hutchinson and Reno County. The rate for the month of...
View ArticleEagle Communications acquires cable systems in Neb., Colo.
NEW YORK – December 20, 2013 – USA Communications announced today that it has sold cable television systems in Nebraska and Colorado to Eagle Communications headquartered in Hays, Kansas. The cable...
View ArticleKansas Highway Patrol Receives Fuel Donation From PMCA
For the 23rd consecutive year, the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association of Kansas (PMCA) donated gas to the Kansas Highway Patrol to fill up patrol cars during the holidays. Through...
View ArticleJudge Takes Sticks By Earlier Decision In Child Sex Case
Judge Trish Rose stood by her earlier decision in a case against a 19-year-old Hutchinson man facing life in prison if convicted on a number of child sex offenses. Brandon Cousins is charged with five...
View ArticleHutch Man Facing Trial In Kidnapping And Beating Case
A 50-year-old Hutchinson man arrested in October for aggravated kidnapping, aggravated robbery and aggravated battery was arraigned on the charges Friday morning in front of Judge Trish Rose. William...
View ArticleHutch Man Arrested On Drug Charges After Non-Injury Accident
A non-injury accident didn’t turn out so good for a Hutchinson man during the noon hour on Friday. Police were called to work the accident in the 300 block of North Adams. They discovered that...
View ArticleWinter Weather Advisory In Effect From Midnight Tonight To 6 a-m Sunday
Hazardous winter weather is expected to affect the area late tonight through early Sunday morning. It will start as a mix of freezing rain and sleet late tonight over southeast and parts of south...
View ArticleMcPherson County Accident Injures Denton, Texas Man
A Denton, Texas man was taken to the hospital in McPherson after loosing control of his vehicle on I-135 early Saturday morning. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Noe Martinez was southbound on...
View ArticleAccident Sends Two To An Area Hospital
Two people were taken to an area hospital after a vehicle collided with a cow in the roadway on K-96 and Obee Road. Injured was the driver 49-year-old Freda F. Rankin and her passenger, 50-year-old...
View ArticleKansas panel finds lawyer’s tweets violated rules
(AP) – A disciplinary panel says a former Kansas courts research attorney violated the rules of lawyer conduct when she used foul language in tweets about former Attorney General Phill Kline. The...
View ArticleReward offered in Kan. boy’s ’99 disappearance
Herrman EL DORADO, Kan.(AP) — An anonymous donor has put up a $50,000 cash reward toward solving the 1999 disappearance of a southeast Kansas boy. Adam Joseph Herrman was 11 when he vanished from his...
View ArticleAuthorities warn of dangerous roads as storm hits
I 70 west of Topeka at 4:30 on Saturday afternoon TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas authorities are reporting numerous slide-offs and one fatal wreck as a winter storm brings a mixture of freezing rain and...
View ArticleStorm Related Accident Injures Two From Topeka
Two people from Topeka were taken to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center after a one vehicle accident at Haven & Red Rock Roads. It was a rollover accident where the driver, 35-year-old Shannon...
View ArticleUniversity must accommodate deaf student
(AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Creighton University’s medical school must provide a deaf student with special equipment and interpreters to allow him to finish his last two years of medical...
View ArticleHere Is Your Christmas Week Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
Arctic air will remain entrenched across the Region through Monday. A clipper-type disturbance will track across the Northern/Central Plains late Sunday Night into Monday which could bring some light...
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