Reno County News

While setting dates to work on the budget, Marion County Commission set a goal of reducing property taxes by about three mills, or 4.4 percent.

When the Hutchinson City Council adopted the International Property Maintenance Code two years ago, it directed that enforcement be based solely on citizen complaints.

Prairie View Inc., which offers support services for mental health and addiction, is closing its doors this summer.

A deputy at a central Kansas jail is accused of having illegal sexual relations with a female inmate and bribing or intimidating two others.

The Reno County Commission approved a memorandum of understanding under which it agreed not to negotiate the sale of methane from the county landfill for 120 days while Kansas Ethanol explores the feasibility and profitability of installing equipment to clean, compress and transport the methane to its plant in Rice County via pipeline.

The Wichita Eagle reports that Brett Seacat is charged with first-degree murder in the April 2011 death of 34-year-old Vashti Seacat.

Each week, Hutchinson News reporters find pieces of news while working on producing daily news stories.

A Hutchinson bail bondsman will stand trial on charges that he sought sex from women in exchange for bonding them out of jail.

Wednesday, 1 a.m. - A 43-year-old Hutchinson man was arrested in the 600 block of North Jefferson for driving while suspended, no insurance and illegal display of tag.

The 51st annual Abbyville rodeo is scheduled for this weekend. It draws thousands of contestants and spectators to the Reno County town of 87 residents.

The two new counts of aggravated human trafficking were filed Friday in Reno County District Court against Dwight Jurgens, 66.

It's only a matter of time before someone is hit by a stray bullet while enjoying the Arkansas River bed south of Ellinwood, local resident Tom Komarek told the Barton County Commission Monday morning.

A Hutchinson man appeared Monday in Reno County court on formal charges alleging he raped and molested a 12-year-old girl in February or March at a Hutchinson residence.

In this May 1, 2013, photo Kansas farmer Ben McClure, a farmer from Hugoton, Kan., examines a wheat stalk in a Reno County wheat field.

Wednesday, 12:02 a.m. - A 26-year-old Hutchinson woman was arrested in the 200 block of West First for failure to appear.

A former volunteer Reno County firefighter charged with 14 counts of arson has hired an attorney, and therefore did not have to make his first appearance Friday in court.

A Hutchinson man convicted in a spree of burglaries last summer made a last-ditch effort Friday to delay his sentencing, maintaining his innocence and suggesting his brother was the one responsible for the crimes.

More than two feet of snow has fallen in parts of northwestern Colorado, and northwest Kansas has widespread reports of several inches of snow.

Voters in the south-central Kansas town of Nickerson have said no to starting a full-time police department.

April 30--A volunteer Reno County firefighter accused of setting more than a dozen grass fires last fall -- including three in one day -- has been arrested and charged with 14 felony counts of arson.