City Council gets full report on Sports Arena
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson City Council got its first full look at the Sports Arena project during today’s agenda session. And, for the most part, they came away impressed. The Council was...
View ArticleHutch man busted in drug distribution case
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A local man is jailed on a bond of $55,000 after two search warrants were served at his residence in the unit block of South Poplar. Kristopher Lee Richards faces potential charges...
View ArticleMOD Squad meeting scheduled for next Monday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — An informational meeting sponsored by the Citizens for the Moderation of our Democracy, also known as the MOD Squad, is scheduled for next Monday, Oct. 26, in the Blue Dragon Room...
View ArticleThe Hutchinson Correctional Facility will host inmate programs graduation
Hutchinson Correctional Facility HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The Hutchinson Correctional Facility will host an Inmate Programs graduation ceremony at the East Unit at 400 S. Halstead on Oct. 22. Approximately...
View ArticleRainy period forecast for next few days
Today…A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. South southwest wind 6 to 13 mph. Tonight…A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms....
View ArticleNewton man hospitalized after head-on crash
WHITEWATER, Kan. – Two people were injured in a head-on crash just before 12:30p.m. on Wednesday in Harvey County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2010 Mazda Six driven by Marilyn B. Hein, 69,...
View ArticleObituaries
Viola Pauline (Day) Smith Blank Jan. 7, 1921 – Oct. 14, 2015 Homemaker Age: 94 Burl “Bud” Dean Stagner April 25, 1935 – Oct. 15, 2015 Machinist Age: 80 Dorothy Lee Edwards Sept. 18, 1929 – Oct....
View ArticleMotion hearing in Vonachen murder case scheduled for Thursday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Another motion hearing is scheduled in the case of a 16 year old charged with two counts of first-degree murder for setting fire to the family home which killed his mother and...
View Article‘If I Were Mayor’ essays sought by League of Municipalities
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Mayor Jade Piros de Carvalho is inviting all area 7th graders to join the League of Kansas Municipalities essay contest, “If I were mayor,” to describe what they would do as mayor...
View ArticleSuspect in drug distribution case no-show in court
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — One of two people arrested for the alleged distribution of methamphetamine was scheduled for a preliminary hearing Wednesday, but was a no-show in court. Jeremiah Collins is charged...
View ArticleMan’s attempt to get low appeal bond in abuse case fails
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 29-year-old Hutchinson man’s desire to get a low appeal bond to avoid having to serve 60 days as part of his community corrections didn’t work out so well. Brent Burton was before...
View ArticleHutch man busted for drug distribution charges
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 56-year-old Hutchinson man was arrested by police around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday on drug charges. Antonio Vigil Sr. faces potential charges of possession of methamphetamine with...
View ArticleEx-con makes court appearance for burglary and sexual battery
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 26-year-old man arrested back on Oct. 14 for allegedly breaking into a residence and then committing sexual battery was back in court Thursday morning for the formal reading of...
View ArticleReno County Drug Unit busts Hutch couple on drug charges
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Two residents were in court Thursday morning on drug related charges after they were arrested following a search warrant being served on their residence on Wednesday. Fifty-year-old...
View ArticleTwo ex-cons arrested on drug related charges
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Reno County Drug Unit served a search warrant Wednesday afternoon at a home in the 700 block of Brookside Drive, leading to two arrests. Sixty-year-old Willard Lagrange (top...
View ArticleJudge denies defense motions in Vonachen case
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – At a motion hearing Thursday for the case of a 16 year old charged with two counts of first-degree murder, Judge Trish Rose denied a defense request to ban showing a video of the...
View ArticleOral arguments heard in civil case involving former HPD officers
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The written and oral arguments have gone before an arbitrator, the Hutchinson City Council and now the Reno County District Court. Oral arguments were heard today in the civil case...
View ArticleUP earnings slip again
HUTCHINSON, Kan — As expected Union Pacific’s third-quarter profit declined 5 percent because the railroad hauled 6 percent less freight and coal demand remained weak. The Omaha, Nebraska-based...
View ArticleHutch man granted community corrections in aggravated assault case
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A man convicted of two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of criminal threat and criminal damage sentenced Friday morning. Judge Trish Rose sentenced Deandre Pannell to a...
View ArticleHutch man arrested in drug distribution case waives preliminary hearing
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 44-year-old Hutchinson man with a case already pending against him was back before a judge Friday morning where he waived his right to a preliminary hearing in a second case....
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