USD 308 Elementary Transfer Process for 2013-14 Announced
Families who would like to attend a different USD 308 elementary school from the attendance area in which they live or who would like to attend USD 308 schools and live outside the district have a...
View ArticleWheat Harvest Now Covering Most Of Kansas
With the Kansas Wheat harvest about 60% complete, a clearer picture of the crop quality and production throughout the state is starting to develop. Ken Jameson, vice president of the grain division of...
View ArticleThyssenKrupp Agrees to new Contract With Cessna
The parent company of a Hutchinson metals fabrication facility has sign a new contract with airplane maker Cessna, that will keep work here in Hutchinson. ThyssenKrupp Aerospace North America announce...
View ArticleSiemens Wind Power Under New Leadership
Siemens Wind Power has announced its CEO Felix Ferlemann is to leave the company “by mutual consent” after less than two years in the role. Ferlemann will be replaced by Markus Tacke, CEO of Siemens...
View ArticleHutchinson City Council Ready to Work on 2014 Budget
The first budget meeting for the Hutchinson City Council is set for next week. The Council will have their first budget meeting on Monday July 8th. The proposed budget shows no mill levy increase for...
View ArticleGovernor Announces New Member To Kansas State Fair Board
Governor Sam Brownback announced Tuesday the appointment of another member to the Kansas State Fair Board. Cindy O’Neal, Lawrence, is being appointed to a three year term. O’Neal earned a bachelor...
View ArticleCounty Commission Talks About Cruelty To Animal Cases
The issue of horses that have been seized in the recent past came up for discussion at Tuesday’s Reno County Commission meeting. Commission Chair Dan Deming asked where things stand considering the...
View ArticleHere Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
Seasonal temperatures and more humid conditions will return to the region for the weekend. High temperatures will range from the middle 90s in Central Kansas to the lower 90s in South Central Kansas....
View ArticleInman Man Killed In Motorcycle-Deer Accident In Harvey County
A 56-year-old Inman man was killed in a motorcycle-deer accident in Harvey County early Tuesday. The Harvey County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to the 10-thousand block of Hesston Road, just before...
View ArticleJury Finds Hutch Man “Guilty” Of Aggravated Battery And Criminal Threat
A Reno County jury has found a 37-year-old Hutchinson man charged with aggravated battery “guilty” of the charge. They also found Joshua Seck guilty of a second charge of making a criminal threat....
View ArticleUSD 308 in Hutchinson To Offer Virtual Program
USD 308 is joining a groundbreaking initiative to offer a new virtual school program starting in the 2013-14 school year. Through the virtual partnership program, the district will be able to enroll...
View ArticleHutch Man With Numerous Cases Scheduled For Bond Hearing Friday
A 33-year-old Hutchinson allowed to leave jail so he could attend drug treatment and who apparently absconded, then captured in Oklahoma is expected in court Friday for a bond hearing. Maurice Miles...
View ArticleHutch Man Formally Charged With Aggravated Battery For Jailhouse Fight
A 25-year-old Hutchinson man jailed for two cases has now been formally charged in a third. Jacob Henson has been charged by the state with aggravated battery after he and another inmate got into...
View ArticleWheat Harvest Continues In Kansas
Darin Marti, general manager of the Farmers Co-op Association in Manhattan, says that three days into the 2013 harvest he expects the elevator to take in its largest wheat crop in 10 years. Around...
View ArticlePTSD Self-Assessments Available to the Public From Horizon’s
Screenings and Educational Information provided at www.hmhc.com As part of National Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, Horizons Mental Health Center is encouraging the general...
View ArticleHere Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
Seasonal temperatures and more humid conditions will return to the region over the weekend. High temperatures will range from the mid and upper 90s over Central Kansas to the lower 90s over...
View ArticlePratt County Accident Sends One To The Hospital
A 71-year-old Pratt man was sent to the local hospital after a one vehicle crash on Wednesday. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, Karl Rudzitis Jr., was traveling south of 30 th Avenue in Pratt...
View ArticleHere Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
High pressure aloft will build across the central Plains again allowing temperatures to soar to near 100 degrees across parts of central Kansas by Sunday. Gusty south winds will also return during the...
View ArticleMan Injured by Fireworks in Wichita Hospital
One person was seriously injured in Hutchinson Thursday night while using fireworks. Hutchinson Police confirm the injury occurred around 10:00 p.m. in the area of Random Road, near the Kansas State...
View ArticleATV-Pickup Accident Injures Two
Two people were taken to the hospital Thursday after a an ATV-pickup accident in Pratt County. 51-year-old Michael Vanranken, and a 4-year-old passenger on the ATV were both transported to Pratt...
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