USD 308 Superintendent Dr. Shelley Kiblinger doesn’t get position with...
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — We’ve gotten word this morning from Hutchinson USD 308 Superintendent Dr. Shelly Kiblinger that she was not offered the job with the Lawrence School District. She was one of three...
View ArticleChase in Harvey and Sedgwick Counties leads 2 officers being injured
NEWTON, Kan. – At around 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, Harvey County Sheriff Deputies responded to multiple vehicle burglaries in the 2300 block of N. Oliver Rd. While speaking with the victims of the...
View ArticleLocal man busted after domestic violence incident formally charged
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 23-year-old man arrested in a domestic case has been formally charged. Jamie Gonzalez is now charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and criminal threat for the case...
View ArticleTECH Hires Executive Secretary
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Kathy Meyer has been hired for the position of Executive Secretary at the Training and Evaluation Center of Hutchinson. Meyer began in her position on Monday and will provide...
View ArticlePreliminary hearing in drug case scheduled for Thursday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 35-year-old man who was arrested on drug-related charges back on Dec. 22, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing Thursday. Christopher Villela is charged with possession of...
View ArticleTop Kansas GOP lawmakers pursue rival school funding plans
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The chairmen of the budget committees in the House and Senate are working on their own education funding plans aimed at helping poor school districts. Senate Ways and Means...
View ArticleHesston factory reopens after employee shooting
courtesy photo HESSTON, Kan. (AP) — The Excel lawn equipment factory is open for business for the first time since a gunman fatally shot three employees at the Hesston facility in February. The first...
View ArticleNewton woman pleads not guilty to giving Hesston shooter guns
Hopkins-photo Sedgwick County HESSTON, Kan. (AP) — A woman has pleaded not guilty to giving her former boyfriend the guns used in last month’s mass shooting at a Kansas lawn equipment factory. The...
View ArticleMore chatter over threats at Hutch High
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – USD 308 spokesman Ray Hemmen says there has been more chatter on social media over possible threats at Hutchinson High School. He sent us a copy of the message they sent to parents...
View ArticleElementary school placed in lock down as a precaution
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A local elementary school was placed in lock down around 2 yesterday as a precaution after allegedly a person threatened and person with a firearm. This occurring in the area of...
View ArticleMotion to suppress hearing in drug case again scheduled for Friday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Hutchinson man and women who are both charged in a drug case are scheduled for court tomorrow in an attempt to get some of the evidence against them suppressed. John...
View ArticleOne of three men arrested on drug charges scheduled for court
SOUTH HUTCHINSON, Kan. — One of three men after a search warrant was served at a home in South Hutchinson is scheduled for court Friday for a status hearing. 27-year-old Brandell Chalmers facing trial...
View ArticleExcel shootings 911 tapes released
NEWTON, Kan. — It’s been two weeks since the shootings at the Excel plant in Hesston. The Harvey County Sheriff’s Office released some of the 911 calls Thursday. The two calls coming from callers at...
View ArticleRural fire crews busy Thursday
ARLINGTON, Kan. — Rural fire crews kept busy on Thursday with several fires including a large brush fire southwest of Hutchinson. The fire broke out in the early afternoon around the area of Irish...
View ArticleMcPherson police remind residents of Kansas’ hunting laws after animal injured
Photo McPherson police MCPHERSON – Law enforcement authorities in McPherson County are reminding residents of state hunting laws. This week a resident in McPherson observed a fox caught and injured by...
View ArticleHutch man jailed on marijuana distribution charge
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 27-year-old Hutchinson man was taken to jail on Wednesday after police responded to the Dillon’s on 5th on the report of a person shoplifting. When police made contact with...
View ArticleUPDATED: Main street Dillon’s robbed
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson Police are on the scene of an armed robbery that occurred at the Dillon Store at 14th & Main. According to police, a store employee ran into the street to flag down a...
View ArticleHutch woman charged with stealing a thousand dollars or more in lottery tickets
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 27-year-old woman appeared in Reno County District Court Friday where she was read the complaint charging her with felony theft. Martina Brison is is accused of stealing lottery...
View ArticleMan busted for cocaine with intent after acting suspicious
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 42-year-old man is jailed with a bond of $21,500 after his arrest by Hutchinson Police for allegedly having a distribution amount of cocaine. Eric Rychlec was arrested by police...
View Article2 bills would cause different outcomes for Kansas school districts
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A school funding bill in the Kansas Senate would reduce funding for most of the state’s school districts, while a bill introduced in the Kansas House would increase funding for a...
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