Rain slows Kansas wheat harvest
(AP) — Overnight rains have slowed the start of the Kansas winter wheat harvest in south-central Kansas. Steve Inslee, the manager of the OK Co-op grain elevator in Kiowa, said Monday a few local...
View ArticleHere Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
A few severe thunderstorms will be possible over the yellow shaded region for late Tuesday night. ———- Here Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas Today: Mostly sunny. Highs 85...
View ArticleHutch Man Scheduled For Plea Hearing In Solicitation Case
The 20-year-old Hutchinson man jailed after he showed up at a local apartment thinking he was going to meet a 15-year-old girl for a sexual relationship only to be greeted by police may enter a plea...
View ArticleHutch Man Injured In Robbery Over The Weekend
A 23-year-old Hutchinson was taken to the hospital after he reported being stabbed in a robbery over the weekend. Chase Loudenback reported that a white male approached him and robbed him of his...
View ArticleHutch Man Ordered To Prison After He Was Bound Over For Trial In Two Cases
After a 26-year-old Hutchinson man was bound over for trial in one of four cases last week, the preliminary hearing for two others and probation violation were all held in front of Judge Joe...
View ArticleJudge Sides With State Over Motion to Suppress In Drug Case
One of the three men allegedly involved in the beating of a Nickerson man saw Judge Tim Chambers rule against him over a motion to suppress. The ruling coming in the case against Zachary Lawson which...
View ArticleWestern Kansan Has New Astronaut (Watch Video)
Watch NASA Administrator Charles Bolden Announce the new Astronaut Class including Tyler N. Hague (Nick) of Hoxie, Tyler N. Hague, (Nick) 37, Lt. Colonel US Air Force was named a member of the 2013...
View ArticleKansas Wheat Update
(AP) — A new report estimates that just 11 percent of the Kansas winter wheat is now ripe, with harvest in much of southern Kansas just days away. The Kansas Agricultural Statistics Service reported...
View ArticleHere Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
Strong to severe storms are possible this afternoon roughly north of I-70 in central Kansas. Another round of strong to severe storms is possible late Tuesday night, roughly west of a line from Salina...
View ArticleSen. Moran presses Feds to Help Community Banks VIDEO
Today, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) released the following statement about his efforts as a member of the Senate Banking Committee to mitigate harms of the Dodd-Frank Act on American community...
View ArticleIs Kansas K-12 spending short of requirements?
(AP) — A state Department of Education report shows that Kansas legislators have authorized school spending for the next two years that is more than $650 million below what is required by law. The...
View ArticleKansas Man Sentenced to 4 Years for Murder
(AP) — A Kansas man who was a fugitive for nearly two years was sentenced to more than four years in prison for a Wichita homicide. Thirty-two-year-old Donald L. Jackson was sentenced Monday to four...
View ArticleFederal Grant For Sheriff’s Department Approved
The Reno County Commission Tuesday approved a Edward Byrne Grant for the Reno County Sheriff’s Office totaling just over 82-hundred dollars. This is actually part of a larger grant, with most going to...
View ArticleHutch Man Enters Plea To Amended Charge Of Attempted Indecent Liberties
The 20-year-old Hutchinson man jailed after he showed up at a local apartment thinking he was going to meet a 15-year-old girl for a sexual relationship only to be greeted by police entered a plea in...
View ArticleHarvest Quickly Approaching
Harvest is still a few days away in Kansas with just some spotty test cutting in Kiowa County. Harvest in Reno County could begin in some areas by the end of the week. KSU Extension Cody Barilla says...
View ArticleSiemens Reaches Safety Milestone
The employees at the Siemens nacelle plant in Hutchinson are spending the day celebrating a milestone. The plant, which has been in Hutchinson since 2011 has gone more than 1 million working hours...
View ArticleCounty Commission Talks Over Sheriff FOP Lodge Being Recognized As Bargaining...
Reno County Commissioners seem to be keeping an open mind over the Reno County Sheriff’s FOP lodge wanting to be recognized as a bargaining unit for negotiating pay and other benefits. The main issue...
View ArticleNew Sculptures Going In Downtown
The second annual Sculpture Walk in Downtown Hutchinson will begin with a reception at the Hutchinson Art Center on June 25, from 5-7 p-m. Those attending will have an opportunity to meet some of the...
View ArticleArmed employees could cost Kansas schools insurance
(AP) — The company that insures most of Kansas’ school districts says it won’t provide coverage for districts that allow armed employees. EMC Insurance Companies has told its agents around the state...
View ArticleHere Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
A return to summer-like temperatures is expected over the next seven days. The average high over the area on Wednesday will be 66, but will climb to around 97 by next Tuesday. Lows Thursday morning...
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