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Cheyenne Bottoms blooming with beauty and activities
Great Bend Post This season the Cheyenne Bottoms is blooming with beauty after an extraordinarily dry 2013. But this year, said Curtis Wolf, manager at the Kansas Wetlands Education Center, “there’s...
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Northeast Kansas Accident Injures Hutchinson Woman
A 43-year-old Hutchinson woman was injured after the vehicle she was in crashed in Wabaunsee County. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Stella Emery was a passenger in a vehicle driven by...
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Turon Man Arrested After Domestic Altercation Expected In Court Again Wednesday
A 25-year-old Turon man jailed back on April 2, after an domestic altercation with a woman in that city is expected back in court Wednesday for the formal reading of charges. Tyler Truhlar is facing...
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Creative Arts Industries Commission Announces Grants Including One In Pratt
The Kansas Creative Arts Industries Commission announced Tuesday that it has awarded grants to 11 organizations including one in Pratt. The grant awards, which total $57,500, were awarded through the...
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Reno County Commission Approves E-Cigarette Ban
Saying it would be easier to eliminate all doubt instead of trying to police them, Reno County Commissioners gave approval to ban all e-cigarettes from all county buildings and vehicles during their...
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Roberts to IRS Commissioner: Stop Proposed 501c4 Regulations (VIDEO)
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) today called on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner John Koskinen to stop all action on proposed 501(c)(4) regulations that will allow...
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Hutch Man Formally Charged With Racketeering
A 28-year-old Hutchinson man who was charged with selling drugs twice to confidential informants back in July of last year is now charged with racketeering which carries a maximum sentence of...
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Former city councilman admits child sex crimes
Pickering COLUMBUS, Kan. (AP) — A former city councilman and school crossing guard from southeast Kansas has pleaded guilty to six counts of child sex crimes. Seventy-nine-year-old Stanley Pickering,...
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Former school board president sentenced
WAKEENEY — John A. Reeder, former president of the Trego County USD 208 Board of Education, was sentenced Tuesday on drug-related charges in Trego County District Court. Reeder According to the Kansas...
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Governor signs Kansas jobless tax bill
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill that he says will save Kansas employers about $42 million by adjusting their payments to the fund that pays benefits to unemployed workers....
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Construction firms worried about worker shortage
DENVER (AP) — The construction industry says it’s in danger of not having enough people to keep up with demand for building projects, as workers age and more teens are pushed to go to college. That...
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Here Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
Slightly cooler weather will return to the region Thursday behind a weak cold front. A few showers and thunderstorms will be possible late in the day over northwest Kansas, spreading across northern...
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Turon Man Arrested For Domestic Altercation Charged With Attempted Murder
A 25-year-old Turon man jailed back on April 2, after an domestic altercation with a woman in that city was back in court Wednesday morning for the reading of charges that now includes a more serious...
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Kansas Regents pleased with budget bill
Regents Chairman Fred Logan TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Leaders of the Kansas Board of Regents are pleased with legislative approval of a higher education budget that partly restores salary cuts imposed last...
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Two Teens injured in I-70 crash with Semi-truck
Wednesday I-70 crash Photo courtesy Dorene Creech VICTORIA — Two Missouri teenagers were injured in an Interstate 70 accident at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2007 Mazda 3...
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Kansas education chief taking job in Middle East
Dr. Diane DeBackerKansas Commissioner of Education TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Education Commissioner Diane DeBacker is resigning to become an adviser to the chief education official in a major Middle...
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New State Record Rainbow Trout Tips Scale At 15.72 Pounds
(Courtesy Photo) PRATT – In Kansas trout waters, it’s not uncommon to drop a lure and get a bite after a few minutes, but to drop a lure, get a bite, and reel in a 15.72-pound rainbow trout is almost...
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National Alcohol Screening Day Thursday
Thursday, Horizons Mental Health Center will participate in National Alcohol Screening Day which is an educational program provided through the national nonprofit, Screening for Mental Health. The...
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Sand Plum Bicycle Classic Registration About To End
The end of early bird registration for the 5th Annual Sand Plum Bicycle Classic scheduled for Sunday, May 4, is coming soon. That end date is April 24. The Sand Plum is a 13-mile, 28-mile, 53-mile,...
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Two Arrested In Drug Distribution Case Formally Charged
Two Hutchinson residents well known to law enforcement were jailed back on April 2, after a drug related search was done on the home have been formally charged. 24-year-old Holly Caudillo and...
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