UPDATE: Employees return to work after carbon monoxide leak
RENO COUNTY – Fifteen of sixteen employees briefly hospitalized following a carbon monoxide leak at a Reno County manufacturing business on Monday returned to work Tuesday. Fire crews evacuated...
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Jacob Dale “J.D.” Wallerius, 75, died Feb. 9, 2017, at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center. He was born Feb. 11, 1941, in Salina, to William D. and Dorothy F. (Olsen) Wallerius. J.D. graduated from...
View ArticleUSD 308 School Board talks improvements for high school daycare
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The USD 308 School Board Monday approved changes in day care operations at Hutchinson High School. The district will receive a $10,000 grant from Hutchinson Community Foundation,...
View ArticleHutch man enters a plea in drug distribution case
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A local man charged in a drug distribution case was back in court Tuesday where he entered a plea to the charges against him John Zapata-Beltran is now guilty of possession of...
View ArticleUSD 312 tables action on elementary schools
HAVEN, Kan. — The Haven USD 312 School Board had further discussion but in the end took no action on how to deal with declining enrollment at the elementary schools in Partridge and Yoder. The board...
View ArticleChamber President search continues
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The first steps are being taken by a special search committee working to find the next President and CEO of the Hutchinson/ Reno County Chamber of Commerce. According to committee...
View ArticleReno Co. teen injured after rollover accident
RENO COUNTY – A Reno County teen was injured in an accident just before 10a.m. on Tuesday. A Reno Count Sheriff’s Department reported a 2006 Ford Escape driven by Madeline Elise Jameson, 16, Buhler,...
View ArticleYounger Millennials top list of Worst Behaved Drivers
TOPEKA, Kan. – A new report from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety finds that young millennials are the riskiest drivers – but none of us are really setting a good example. According to the study,...
View ArticleHutch man arrested in aggravated battery case
NICKERSON, Kan. – A 33-year-old man is jailed after he was arrested Tuesday on a charge of aggravated battery. Dylan Carey was arrested at a residence in Nickerson. Sheriff deputies arrived to find a...
View ArticleOne of three suspects in beating case bound over for trial
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — One of three people charged in a criminal case involving the attack on a woman back in May of last year has been bound over for trial Joshua Bradury faces a possible trial for...
View ArticleBeer named new Hutchinson Fire Chief
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson has a new Fire Chief. City Manager John Deardoff announced today that, after an extensive search process, Steven Beer has been selected to become the next Hutchinson Fire...
View ArticleReport: Central Kansas sees water levels rise, Ogallala declines
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — Central Kansas farmers are shutting down their wells more often as two aquifers saw water levels rise from last year’s timely rains. The Kansas Geological Survey released data...
View Article43rd Avenue bridge no longer open to school buses or emergency vehicles
SOUTH HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Some major changes to the often talked about bridge on 43rd at the old K-61 highway that spans the Union Pacific Railroad. Reno County Public Works announced this morning that...
View ArticleMovie showing at the Fox this weekend is about Former First Lady Jackie Kennedy
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – If your looking for some entertainment, there is a movie about a former first lady showing this weekend at the Fox. Natalie Portman portrays iconic First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in...
View ArticleHutchinson man scheduled for sentencing in aggravated assault case
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 53-year-old man who entered pleas to case where he got into an altercation with law enforcement after a traffic stop is scheduled for sentencing on Friday. William Robertson Jr....
View ArticleTwo arrested on drug charges formally charged
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Two people arrested earlier this month on drug related charges have now been formally charged. Thirty Four-year-old Heather Payne of rural Hutchinson is charged with possession of...
View ArticleHCC student busted for selling marijuana
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – Police made an arrest at one of the dorms at Hutchinson Community College for a 20-year-old man on drug distribution charges. Andre Harris faces possible charges of possession of...
View ArticleSchool bus involved in accident
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A school bus has been involved in a two vehicle accident at 11th and Main in Hutchinson. According to Police a car and the bus came together at the intersection of 11th and Main just...
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D.L. Skinner, 69, died Feb. 10, 2017, at his home in Hutchinson. He was born March 26, 1947, in Battle Creek, Mich., to Ross L. and Candelaria S. (Ybarra) Skinner. D.L. graduated from Battle...
View ArticleTwo accidents and drugs resulted in the arrest of a Hutchinson man
HUTCHINSON, Kan. – A 40-year-old man after striking a car in the unit block of Rambler and then driving through fences on the Kansas State Fairgrounds was apparently found later in Carey Park Gregory...
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