TECH begins work on art studio and gallery
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Training and Evaluation Center of Hutchinson has started construction on a permanent art studio and gallery to better serve their clients. This has been a part of the long-range...
View ArticleState Representative Becker the target of mass mailings
BUHLER, Kan. – State Representative Steve Becker posted on Facebook that he’s been the target of a mass mailing from Americans for Prosperity criticizing his support for expanding health care...
View ArticlePolice release new details of Newton couple charged with abusing adopted...
Jim Nachtigel-Photo Harvey County NORTH NEWTON, Kan. (AP) — The head of a south-central Kansas home for the aging and his wife have been charged with abusing three children they adopted from Peru. Jim...
View ArticleLawmakers discuss measure allowing Kan. towns to deny refugees
Rep. Jan Pauls TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A House bill under discussion would deny resettlement of refugees in Kansas communities that lack a sufficient amount of services or local law enforcement. Under the...
View ArticleMan ordered to stand trial in fatal McPherson Co. stabbing case
Farrah MCPHERSON, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man accused in connection with the fatal stabbing of a former Oregon resident has been ordered to stand trial. The Salina Journal reports that 46-year-old Samuel...
View ArticleHutchinson man flown to Wichita hospital after moped accident
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A local man was airlifted to a Wichita hospital with head injuries after he lost control of his moped around 6:30 p.m. last night. Police tell us that 41-year-old Christopher Lyle...
View ArticleMan convicted in manslaughter case scheduled for sentencing Friday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Hutchinson man convicted for the killing an Illinois man is scheduled for sentencing Friday. Thirty-seven-year-old Michael Brisco was originally charged with first-degree murder...
View ArticleReno County man arrested on domestic violence charges
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 43-year-old man was granted a $7,500 signature bond after he made a first appearance on three counts of battery – domestic violence. Chris Gingerich apparently got into an...
View ArticleHutch man scheduled for sentencing in 3 cases
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 35-year-old Hutchinson who entered pleas in three cases against him is scheduled for sentencing Friday. Sonny Bray entered “guilty” pleas to felony flee and elude, criminal...
View ArticleMan convicted in manslaughter case sentenced to 15 years
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Hutchinson man convicted for killing an Illinois man was sentenced to 182 months, or roughly 15 years, in prison. Thirty-seven-year-old Michael Brisco was originally charged with...
View ArticleUSD 308 wants parents to be aware of “Choking Game”
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Parents in Hutchinson USD 308 are being asked to have a conversation with their children about a decades-old practice that goes by various names, including the “choking game.” The...
View ArticleHutch man bound over in two domestic cases one involving standoff
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The preliminary hearing for a 34-year-old man arrested after two domestic incidents, one where he held police at bay for nearly six hours was bound over as charged Friday. Charles...
View ArticleMcPherson Co. teen hospitalized after rollover crash
MCPHERSON COUNTY- A Kansas teen was injured in an accident just before 6:30 p.m. on Friday in McPherson County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta driven by Forsberg, Garrett...
View ArticleFive Kansans ill from Salmonella linked to sprouts from farm near Inman
TOPEKA, Kan.—The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has been working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and others to investigate an outbreak of Salmonella linked to sprouts....
View ArticlePratt City Manager arrested in domestic case
PRATT, Kan. – The City Manager in Pratt has been arrested according to a news release from Pratt County Sheriff Vernon Chinn. City Manager David E. Howard, was arrested Friday night around 8 p.m.,...
View ArticleRollover accident sends two to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Two people received minor injuries after a one vehicle accident in the county Friday night. According to the Reno County Sheriff’s Office, 52-year-old Charles Bell of Hutchinson was...
View ArticleMcPherson Co. teen hospitalized in Harvey Co. rollover accident
HARVEY COUNTY – A McPherson County teen was injured in an accident just before 8 a.m. on Saturday in Harvey County. The Kansas Highway Patrol reported a 2009 Mitsubishi Galant driven by Tanisha M....
View ArticleSuspect in Kwik Shop robbery denied bond reduction
Kurt Koenig HUTCHINSON, Kan. — One of the four suspects in the Kwik Shop robbery and a local burglary case was back before a judge Monday where, through his attorney, he requested a bond reduction....
View ArticleObituaries
Millie Ann Miller March 21, 1931 – Feb. 7, 2016 Age: 84 Merla L. Cunday Aug. 12, 1929 – Feb. 6, 2016 Homemaker Age: 86 Melvin Lyle Herrell Dec. 19, 1933 – Feb. 8, 2016 Bus Driver Age: 82 Mildred...
View ArticlePratt man sentenced for murder of infant daughter, child abuse
Sponaugle -photo Pratt Co. PRATT, Kan. — A Pratt man was sentenced Monday to more than 18 years in prison for murder in the second degree and abuse of a child, according to Kansas Attorney General...
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