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Kansas GOP leader defends plan on teacher tenure
Rep. Ray Merrick TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas House Speaker Ray Merrick is trying to blunt criticism of a proposal passed by legislators to end tenure for public school teachers. The Stilwell Republican...
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Hutch Man Busted For Burglary After He Calls In The Crime
What Assistant District Attorney Andrew Davidson described as bizarre, a 27-year-old Hutchinson man called police Wednesday to report a burglary at a neighbors home. Turns out, David Wiggs is alleged...
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Circles of Hope Joins United Way Agency Partnership
The United Way of Reno County announced Thursday a new admission to its agency partnerships, Circles of Hope- Reno County. They says admission to the United Way can be a very competitive field and...
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Hutch Man Convicted In Child Sex Case Scheduled For Sentencing Friday
The 25-year-old Hutchinson man convicted on child sex charges is scheduled to be sentenced on Friday. Michael Wayne Stahl entered pleas to 4-counts of aggravated indecent liberties with a child, two...
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Sentencing For Man Convicted In Attempted Murder Case Set For Friday
After a jury found a Hutchinson man guilty of two counts of aggravated battery, aggravated burglary and aggravated assault back on March 7, Troy Bell is scheduled to be sentenced on those charges on...
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Governments pledge $260K to draw GOP convention to KC
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Four governments in the bistate Kansas City metro area have pledged $260,000 for a campaign to bring the 2016 Republican National Convention to Kansas City, Mo. Donations of...
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New Kansas revenue projections on horizon
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A group of Kansas officials and economists will gather next week to study revenue projections for the coming year, determining if the state economy is growing and if tax receipts...
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Officer fatally shoots man after Wichita chase
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man is dead after being shot by a Wichita police officer following a high-speed chase that started when the driver fled from a traffic stop. The Wichita Eagle reports the...
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Kathleen Sebelius resigning from top HHS post
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius JULIE PACE, AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House official says Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is resigning from the Obama...
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Hutchinson Ranked As Number 11 In A Study Of Most Dangerous Suburbs In The U-S?
Hutchinson is one of the country’s most dangerous suburbs, according to a study posted on the website of a national real estate research blog. Movoto.com, released a study of “America’s 10 Most...
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Rep. Huelskamp Meets with K-State Leaders
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday Congressman Tim Huelskamp met with Kirk Schultz – President of Kansas State University, Fred Cholick, April Mason and Sue Peterson to discuss a variety of issues related to...
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Obamas pay $98,169 in taxes
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama paid just over $98,000 in taxes on income of nearly half a million dollars last year. The couple’s 2013 income tax...
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Police link 12 Kansas City-area highway shootings
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Police have connected 12 shootings targeting vehicles on Kansas City-area roads and highways since early March. Three drivers have been wounded by gunfire, though none of the...
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Defining Priorities and Ideas for the State’s Water Vision
Kansas Water Office Release Manhattan, KS – Today the Governor’s Water Vision Team shared input received so far with the Kansas Water Authority. This was the first time the KWA and attendees heard...
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Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System Employees Donate To Salvation Army
Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System employees recently donated 1-thousand, 51-dollars to the Salvation Army as a part of the Healthcare System’s “Blue Jeans Friday” promotion. Blue Jeans Friday was...
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Governor Sam Brownback Announces Re-appointments To Kansas State Fair Board
Governor Sam Brownback Announced Friday re-appointments To Kansas State Fair Board The board aims to ensure that the annual state fair is presented in a comprehensive format and satisfies the needs...
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Attorney Greg Meredith Named Vice President At Hutchinson Regional Health...
Greg Meredith has joined the Hutchinson Regional Healthcare System as Vice President of Compliance and Ethics. Meredith, a Hutchinson attorney, is a graduate of the Washburn University School of Law...
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Murder charge filed in girl’s death during chase
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas City, Kan., man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of an 8-year-old girl who was in a minivan the man crashed into while fleeing...
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3rd Brown brother sentenced in Wichita slayings
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 20-year-old Wichita man has been sentenced to two life terms plus 228 months in prison for his role in the drug-related shooting deaths of two people early last year. Jerone...
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Police Say Woman Panhandling In The Hutchinson Area
Take Our Poll Hutchinson Police report that over the past nine months, they have received a large volume of calls from businesses and citizens in the city reporting a female asking for money for a...
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