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Police Searching for Fleeing Subject
Hutchinson Police still looking for a man who was involved in an accident after he fled from a potential traffic. Law enforcement reports that police discovered a stolen license tag on a car in the...
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Hearings on Gas Storage Continue Next Month.
It’s been a decades long legal battle over natural gas rights in Reno, Kingman and Pratt Counties, and the latest could be written later next month. A commission appointed to decide how much a...
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McPherson Police Investigating a Suspicious Death.
McPherson Police are investigating a possible homicide in that city. Shortly before 7:30 a-m, Thursday morning, police responded to a citizen report of a suspicious item in the 400 Block of West...
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Hutchinson Woman Formally Charged In Meth Distribution Case
A 52-year-old Hutchinson woman with a substantial criminal past is in more trouble here in Reno County after she was stopped by a Reno County Sheriff’s Deputy on Monday. Sheila Davison is charged with...
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Two Arrested In Drug Distribution Case Take Different Paths In Court Thursday
Two men arrested in association with a cocaine distribution were in court Thursday for what was supposed to be a preliminary hearing in the case. However, the case against 29-year-old Jamaal Norris...
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Here Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
A dry-line and cold front will sweep across the area today. Strong and gusty south winds will shift to the west and northwest behind these features by this afternoon. A few strong to severe storms...
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Accident On 56th, Results In Minor Injuries
It was just after 4 p-m, Wednesday when Reno County Sheriff Deputies, Fire units from District 3, and Hutchinson as well as Reno County and Nickerson EMS responded to a two vehicle crash scene a 1/2...
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Drought-stricken Kan. counties named ‘primary natural disaster areas’
TOPEKA – The USDA announced in a news release this week 10 Kansas counties have been designated as Primary Natural Disaster Areas. The designation comes as a result of the ongoing drought in the...
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Hutch Man Decides Against Entering A Plea In Additional Case
A 26-year-old Hutchinson man sentenced to prison for 2-years in other cases was in court Thursday afternoon for a possible plea, but then decided against accepting the plea offer from the state. Jacob...
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Here Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
A few sprinkles will be possible across the area on Friday with partly sunny skies. Saturday will be sunny and mild with highs of 65 to 70. On Sunday, very gusty southerly winds will develop area-wide...
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McPherson Police Release Name Of Victim In Suspicious Death
We now have the name of the man found in McPherson early Thursday morning. He has been identified as 26-year-old Ernest Charles Miller of McPherson. McPherson Police officials say that an autopsy was...
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Buhler High School Teacher To Be Inducted into The National Teachers Hall of...
Cindy Couchman was pleasantly surprised at a special assembly held at 8 a-m, Friday at Buhler High School. Couchman learned that she has been selected as one of the top five teachers in America and...
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Hutch Man Rejects Notion Of Any Plea Offers In Murder Case
A Hutchinson man bound over on a charge of first degree murder was in court Friday for a pre-trial hearing where Judge Tim Chambers asked his attorney if there are any plea negotiations occurring with...
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City & County Unemployment Rates Released
The unemployment rate in Hutchinson remained unchanged in February from the January number according to figures released by the Kansas Department of Labor. The unemployment number stayed at 5.4%....
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Captain Wayne Baughman Retiring From Sheriff’s Office After 23-Years
Baughman (left) caught in a picture with Sheriff Sergeant Levi Blumanhourst (right) as others hug in the foreground. Its pretty much the end of an era for Reno County Sheriff Captain Wayne Baughman....
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Hutch Man Gets 13-Years In Meth Manufacturing Case
A 30-year-old Hutchinson man convicted of meth related charges was sentenced tp 156-months, or 13-years in prison Friday after Judge Trish Rose denied a reconsideration for a new trial or judgment of...
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Pratt County Sheriff’s Office Arrest One During Investigation of Numerous...
One person is in custody after deputies with the Pratt County Sheriff’s Department investigate numerous burglaries in that county. They been busy investigating burglaries and a stolen car since the...
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Here Is Your 7-Day Forecast For Hutchinson And South Central Kansas
Strong southerly winds of 25 to 35 mph gusting to 40 to 45 mph will combine with warm high temperatures in the middle 70s to around 80, resulting in extreme grassland fire danger potential Sunday...
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Eagle Communications acquires Nebraska, Colorado cable systems
Eagle Communications, the parent company of KWBW, KHUT, KHMY and Hutchpost announced Monday the purchase and acquisition of broadband operations in 28 communities in Nebraska and one in eastern...
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UPDATE: Hutchinson City Council Makes Decision On Sick Leave Policy Dispute
The Hutchinson City Council Tuesday gave approval to make major changes to the sick leave policy for the service employees union and dispatchers in an effort to make employees use their sick leave...
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