Hutchinson, KS

Hutchinson police jailed a woman from New Mexico Friday night for allegedly threatening another woman with a gun and pistol-whipping her. The suspect, Somchit Vongrasamy, 38, of Clovis, N.M., however, denied the allegations, claiming she was the one being attacked. According to the police blotter, officers responded to 309 W...

HUTCHINSON, Kan.— Sentencing is set for a 31-year-old Hutchinson woman who recently entered guilty pleas stemming from an accident that killed one person and injured several others. Viola Rhodes pleaded guilty in May to involuntary manslaughter while driving under the influence and six counts of aggravated battery. In exchange, prosecutors...

Reno County recorded 24 new confirmed COVID-19 cases over the weekend with three additional hospitalizations and one death. The Reno County Health Department’s COVID-19 dashboard showed 67 active cases in the county on Monday, up from nine just 2 ½ weeks ago. That’s a 644% increase in active cases in...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Hutchinson High School’s business students want to start one of their own inside Hutchinson High School. During Monday’s meeting the school board will go over the proposal for the Salthawk Store. The store will be a student run store at the high school that will contain booster club items plus other items.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The man arrested in connection with the abduction and shooting in Reno and Sedgwick counties will be back in court Tuesday for the formal reading of charges. Kamden Campos is facing several alternative counts of attempted first-degree murder and several alternative counts of aggravated kidnapping. All are...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Nickerson is back to having Klear Nearly for 2021. The events are this weekend. "It's usually a three day thing, but, since everything that's happened, we're down to two days," said Candace Ahrens-Galindo with the Nickerson Chamber. "We're trying to make kind of a comeback for the city so that we can have some family events."

BUHLER, Kan. — The Buhler USD 313 School Board will meet in a special session Tuesday, at which time it could approve a new contract with teachers. The agenda calls for the board to go into executive session and then come back and take action on a contract for 2021-22.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — State Sen. Caryn Tyson made her official announcement that she is running for State Treasurer over the weekend. "I'm a fiscal watchdog," Tyson said Monday. "I want transparency with state government. We need to bring back an auditing feature that used to be separate from the governor's administration. We need a second set of eyes looking on how we're spending the money and how we're investing the money."

Thunderstorms bubbled up quickly this afternoon near and along the I-135 corridor. We had a few reports of strong wind gusts at McConnell Air Force Base (69 and 79 MPH wind gusts!), but the main story was torrential rainfall. Since the storms were moving slowly, areal flooding can be found across Sedgwick, Harvey and McPherson counties. The Areal Flood Warning stays in effect until 9:30 PM for Sedgwick and 10:00 for Harvey and McPherson counties.

McPherson’s 16U baseball team has drawn Doniphan County in the first round of the Class A State American Legion Tournament that opens on Wednesday at Salina’s Dean Evans Stadium. All 8 teams are guaranteed 3 games. There will be 3 pool-play games, with the Top 2 teams advancing to bracket...

Some interesting ecological news was released late this week about an aquatic nuisance species being found for the first time in Kansas. During a recent university project to sample for invasive crayfish in Kansas, researchers discovered multiple Rusty Crayfish at McPherson State Fishing Lake – a species that had not previously been documented in the wild in Kansas.

HUTCHINSON – With the blowout and run-ruled wins on Saturday and Sunday over the Newton Rebels, the Hutchinson Monarchs have clinched the Sunflower Collegiate League regular season title in back-to-back seasons. Along with the Sunflower trophy, the Monarchs also earn a berth in the NBC World Series, which starts August...

The McPherson Recreation Commission’s annual Free Swim, open to the public, has been scheduled from 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesday at the McPherson Water Park. Sno-cones, popcorn and contests will highlight the night and it should be fun for everybody. This is sponsored by the McPherson Recreation Commission.