2 hospitalized after school bus, semi crash near Pratt
PRATT – Two people were injured in an accident just before 2 p.m. on Saturday in Pratt County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2012 Ford van carrying students from USD 255 in Fowler and driven by...
View ArticleFire destroys home in the Rice County town of Chase
CHASE, Kan. — Fire crews with three different departments responded to a structure fire early Sunday in the small town of Chase in Rice County. When they arrived, fire crews quickly took battle to the...
View ArticleSeveral motion hearings for five Hutchinson teens continued (UPDATE)
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Two of five teenagers accused of conspiring to carry out a shooting at Hutchinson High School were back in court Tuesday morning where one entered a “not guilty” plea to the...
View ArticleKansas marijuana bill hits roadblock in state Senate
Sen. Terry Bruce TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A bill that would ease many of Kansas’ marijuana laws has stalled in the Senate and likely won’t be considered again this year. Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce...
View ArticleTwo missing girls found in Hutchinson
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Two Illinois girls missing since last Wednesday have been taken into custody after they were found in Hutchinson. Sterling, Ill., police reported that 14-year-old Gabriell Cox and...
View ArticleDerailment closes W. 6th Avenue
SOUTH HUTCHINSON, Kan. — It wasn’t a major accident, but it has forced Reno County Public Works to close off West 6th Avenue, west of South Hutchinson. One car from a Union Pacific train left the...
View ArticleFlooding closes roads
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Flooding is becoming a problem in northern parts of Reno County and it’s forecast to get worse over the next several days. The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for...
View ArticleFlood Warning – Northern Reno, Eastern Rice County
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WICHITA HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS IN… NORTH CENTRAL RENO COUNTY AND EASTERN RICE COUNTY IN CENTRAL KANSAS… UNTIL 930 AM CDT THURSDAY AT 927 AM...
View ArticleConvicted sex offender seeking relief from life sentences
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 37-year-old man serving time for raping a 13 year old is back before the court for a scheduled two-day hearing over his civil filing seeking relief from the sentence he’s serving....
View ArticleDaily Bookings
Two teens arrested for suspicion of car burglaries HUTCHINSON, Kan. — If you saw police around 8th & Plum Street early Wednesday morning, they were investigating some auto burglaries and made two...
View ArticleFour finalists named for HCC AD job
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Hutchinson Community College has its four finalists that they will invite back for interviews for the vacant Athletic Director position. The school is looking to replace Randy...
View ArticleBarton County man indicted by the feds for crimes in Lyons
WICHITA, Kan. — A 28-year-old Claflin man was been indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in Wichita on gun and drug charges. Shawn D. McCollum, Jr., is charged with one count of unlawful possession of a...
View ArticleWild weather Wednesday evening
Tornado at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday photo taken at Road 120 and HH, courtesy of Rodney Kelling and Haskell County Emergency Management GARDEN CITY, Kan. – Another round of severe weather rolled across...
View ArticleHappy Birthday KWBW! 80 Years Young!
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Join the Morning Show gang this morning for its 80th Birthday, May 28th. It all started May 28, 1935. Click here for the live stream: LIVE STREAM Visit us at the Eagle Media Center...
View ArticleWind proponents meet at Siemens
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – As Siemens begins the long journey into the introduction of its latest wind turbine to the Hutchinson nacelle facility, officials associated with wind farms gathered Wednesday in...
View ArticleGovernor open to budget cuts; 1 Kan. lawmaker skeptical
Senate Majority Leader Terry Bruce TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican Gov. Sam Brownback says he’s willing to consider new proposals to trim state spending to help balance the budget, but a GOP legislative...
View ArticleGovernor Sam Brownback to appoint new Magistrate Judge
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A judicial vacancy in the 27th Judicial District (Reno County) will occur upon the retirement of District Magistrate Judge Randy McEwen on July 11. The governor will fill the...
View ArticleLatest on Road Closings because of high water.
Here are the latest on road closings in northeran Reno County because of high water Sallee 82nd to 108th 95th Dean to Sallee Wilson 69th to 82nd 43rd Pennington to Hendricks Pennington Nickerson Blvd...
View ArticleTeens arrested for car burglaries make court appearances
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The two teens arrested in the 8th & Plum area early Wednesday morning appeared via video from the Reno County Jail. 18-year-old Jacob Rodriquez (top Left) faces possible charges...
View ArticleFake twenty dollar bills being passed around
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Police are investigating some phoney money being passed around, with a local bank notifying them that some fake money was presented to them. An employee of First Bank of Kansas at...
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