Reno County Commission makes quick work of their agenda
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Reno County Commission Tuesday made quick work of their agenda including issues pertaining to work in the Highlands and Blue Spruce areas north of Hutchinson. They approved the...
View ArticleNAACP meeting this Thursday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The public is invited to a meeting of the local NAACP this Thursday evening. It will be held in the Alumni Room of the Parker Student Union building at Hutchinson Community College....
View ArticleHutchinson man involved in fatality accident
KINSLEY, Kan. — A Hutchinson man was involved in a fatality accident Tuesday afternoon in Edwards County. The Kansas HIghway Patrol reports that 70-year-old Sandra Kerns of Kinsley was going north on...
View ArticleArconic releases first ever quarterly earnings report
NEW YORK, — In November Alcoa Inc split into two entities, Alcoa Company and Arconic Inc.. The Hutchinson Alcoa plant was a part of that change, and on Tuesday Arconic announced its first quarterly...
View ArticleSiemens wind posts strong 1Q numbers
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — While wind power interest always hangs in the balance by what happens in Washington, there is good news from Siemens. The company’s wind and renewables business posted a first...
View ArticleThree vehicle accident in the county injures five
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Reno County Sheriff Deputies were dispatched to the intersection of 56th and Hendricks Tuesday for a three vehicle injury accident. When they arrived, they found five patients,...
View ArticleKHP: Driver charged after 100 mph interstate chase
MCPHERSON COUNTY – Law enforcement authorities continue to investigate a suspect following a high-speed chase in McPherson County. Just after 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Kansas Highway Patrol received a...
View ArticleHutchinson woman with drug distribution case pending busted again
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A local woman failed to get a bond reduction when she appeared for a first appearance on drug related charges. Apparently, a search warrant was served on a garage home in the 2600...
View ArticleDeported Mexican National found in Reno County illegally
WICHITA, Kan. – A 31-year-old Mexican national has been indicted for unlawfully re-entering the U.S. after he was deported. Juan Manuel Araujo-Gutierrez was found Jan. 5, in Reno County, according to...
View ArticleHutch man with 3 pending cases faces more charges
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 29-year-old Hutchinson man with three cases pending was before Judge Trish Rose where he was told of potential charges involving burglary theft and drugs. Kelby Becker faces the...
View ArticleConvict bound over for trial in one case, formally charged in another
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 24-year-old Wichita man paroled here in Reno County back on Oct. 16 was back before a judge Wednesday to hear the formal charges against him after he caused a disturbance inside...
View ArticleBarton County man formally charged with felony flee and elude
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 44-year-old Hoisington man who was arrested after leading Reno County Sheriff Deputies on a high-speed chase has been formally charged. Richard Franklin Newkirk has been formally...
View ArticleBid awarded for bridge project in western Reno County
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Kansas Department of Transportation has granted a contract to a Newton company for a bridge replacement along U.S. 50 near Sylvia in far western Reno County. The bridge is...
View ArticleSeat-Belt enforcement held in Hutchinson Thursday
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Police held a “Buckle Up Hutch” enforcement Thursday afternoon for couple of hours. They had an officer in the area of 30th & Adams and an officer in the area of Ave A and...
View ArticleIntoxicated man arrested after he causes issues for law enforcement
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 36-year-old man from Texas who now makes Hutchinson his home faces criminal charges after he caused a disturbance at a local bar, then at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center and...
View ArticleOne of two arrested in drug distribution case formally charged
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – After members of the Reno Co Drug Enforcement Unit served a warrant at 801 E 3rd in Hutchinson back on Jan. 26, one of the two suspects in the case has been formally charged....
View ArticleHutch man sentenced in multiple cases to 14-years in prison
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A local man who entered guilty pleas as charged in three cases last year was sentenced Friday to just over 14-years in prison. Richard Manion entered pleas to drug charges for an...
View ArticleControlled burn in McPherson County no reason for concern
* MCPHERSON COUNTY – If you saw smoke in McPherson County Friday, it wasn’t a fire that got out of control. In fact officials with the McPherson Fire Department were on scene helping to manage a...
View ArticleFormer Reno County Sheriff Jim Fountain passes away
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Retired Reno County Sheriff Jim Fountain passed away Friday according to the current sheriff, Randy Henderson. Fountain served as sheriff from 1973 to 1993 and was very well...
View ArticleMoeder, Reyna named royalty at Hutchinson High School
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Carlos Reyna was crowned king and Brailey Moeder crowned queen for Winter Homecoming 2017 at Hutchinson High School Friday evening. Other members of the king’s court were Wyatt...
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