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Preliminary hearing in local murder case continues
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The preliminary hearing for Brennan Trass, who is charged with first-degree murder, continues in Reno County District Court. Trass is accused in the shooting death of 24-year-old...
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Reno County issues local disaster declaration
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Reno County has issued a local disaster declaration because of the ice storm. What this declaration does is activate the response and recovery aspects of emergency plans and is also...
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Obituaries
Larry Hendershot April 19, 1948 – Nov. 14, 2015 Agriculture Industry Age: 67 Mary Elizabeth Biddick Wolfenberger Sept. 27, 1933 – Nov. 12, 2015 Homemaker Age: 82 Dolores “Dee” Cothrell July 5,...
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Hutchinson program receives batterer intervention certification
TOPEKA, Kan. – A Hutchinson batterer intervention program has been certified as fully compliant with state standards, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced Monday. Christian Therapy...
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Standoff in Newton ends peacefully
NEWTON, Kan. – Police in Newton worked a standoff near 2nd and Oak streets Monday afternoon. A Newton officer attempted to stop a car traveling on Main Street, which fled onto East 2nd. The car...
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Human remains found near Wichita
WICHITA, Kan. – The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the origin of human skeletal remains located in a wooded area near 61st Street North and Hillside, northeast of Wichita. The...
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Local man currently in prison now faces new charge
McCroy HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 27-year-old man already serving time in prison on a number of felony charges was before a judge for the reading of a new charge of felony theft. Patrick McCroy is now...
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Hutch man arrested in domestic battery case
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 36-year-old man made a first appearance in court Wednesday for suspicion of battery and criminal damage to property. Jamie Black faces the charges for allegedly throwing the...
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Defense may seek mental disease or defect defense for Hutch man
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 35-year-old man who faces two counts of aggravated assault and criminal threat was before Judge Trish Rose Wednesday morning for a status hearing. The defense attorney for Alonzo...
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Kan. man, 4-year old hospitalized after small plane crash in Barber Co. UPDATE
BARBER COUNTY – Two people were injured in a small plane crash just before 5p.m. on Wednesday in Barber County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported the Stinson 1946 single-engine fixed wing aircraft...
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UPDATE: Preliminary hearing in local murder case in recess until Dec. 29
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The preliminary hearing for Brennan Trass, who is charged with first-degree murder, was scheduled to resume this afternoon in Reno County District Court, however, we received an...
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Down power line blamed for starting grass fire
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Local fire crews responded to the 900 block of Devena Drive for a grass fire just before noon Wednesday. When they arrived, they found 3 to 4 acres of medium grass involved in fire....
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VOAD to help with tree and limb pickup for those who qualify
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Reno County “Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster” (VOAD) is activating a disaster relief protocol in wake of the ice storm that caused extensive tree and limb damage in...
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Suspects in mushroom growing operation take different paths in court
Moore HUTCHINSON, Kan. — One of two men arrested for allegedly cultivating mushrooms, distributing mushrooms and conspiracy was bound over for trial this morning by Judge Joe McCarville....
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Judge grants motion to suppress in unlawful sexual relations case
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — District Judge Trish Rose issued a ruling Thursday on a defense motion to suppress statements a woman charged with unlawful sexual relations made to investigators at the Hutchinson...
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Cosmosphere gets new sign
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Workers from Luminous Neon spent a warm Thursday afternoon putting some of the finishing touches on the new Cosmosphere exterior sign on the west side of the building. It was this...
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Newton Police locate convicted burglar UPDATE
Hart- photo Newton Police NEWTON, Kan. — Law enforcement authorities in Harvey County reported just before 8 a.m. on Friday they had located Brian Hart. Additional details on his arrest have not been...
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UPDATE: Hutch Man shot at east side Hutchinson residence
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A local teenager had been upgraded to stable condition after was shot Thursday night in what appears to have been an accident. According to Hutchinson Police, 18-year-old Eric...
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Drug Task Force receives award for grant money
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson Mayor Jade Piros de Carvalho has announced that the Drug Impact Task Force has been awarded the Leadership Transformation Grant from the Kansas Leadership Center. This...
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Defense in aggravated assault case declines to use mental defense at trial
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Thirty-five-year-old Alonzo Moore, who is charged with two counts of aggravated assault and criminal threat, was again before Judge Trish Rose Friday morning for a status hearing....
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