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Published online 1/6/2010 10:55 PM Hutch lawyer won't face charges Deputy AG: Attorney had no terror intent when he showed grenade in court By Darcy Gray - The Hutchinson News - dgray@hutchnews.com The Kansas Attorney General's Office has declined to file charges against a Hutchinson defense attorney who brought a dead grenade into a Reno County ...

Published online 1/5/2010 10:24 PM Larned leaders discuss future of shuttered armory By Kathy Hanks - The Hutchinson News - khanks@hutchnews.com LARNED - There is no shortage of opinions on what Larned's National Guard armory should become when the city takes over its ownership Feb.

Published online 1/3/2010 10:28 PM Building is destroyed by blaze By Clara Kilbourn - The Hutchinson News - ckilbourn@hutchnews.com KINGMAN - A Sunday afternoon fire in northern rural Kingman County destroyed a shed and the contents of the building.

Making it worse : 12/29/2009 Forcing insurance companies to cover those with chronic health problems will force up insurance premiums.

Published online 12/31/2009 10:18 PM Story of the decade: 9/11 attacks change our sense of security and our lives By The News staff Perhaps no story in the past 10 years hit home with more Americans than the Sept.

Published online 12/25/2009 10:45 PM Officer's uneventful holiday takes a sad turn First Christmas on patrol memorable, after man is discovered dead in home By Kristen Roderick - The Hutchinson News - kroderick@hutchnews.com Dayton Gates' first Christmas as a Hutchinson police officer started out slow.

No need to roll up the carpet and move the furniture when Brian and Jo Higgins feel the urge to scoot a boot.

Published online 12/28/2009 10:41 PM Sales tax income is down, but chins up Garden City and even Reno keep decline in perspective Annual sales tax income this year for Reno County fell 3.9 percent from 2008, and for the city of Hutchinson, there was a 4.8 percent slide.

Published online 12/21/2009 10:53 PM Officers called to scene of hospital disturbance Hutchinson police were called to help quell a disturbance involving at least 10 people in the emergency room at Promise Regional Medical Center shortly before 9:30 p.m. Monday.

A Reno County judge on Friday sentenced a Hutchinson man to nearly 43 years in prison for molesting 6-year-old twin sisters he was baby-sitting. District Judge Richard Rome sentenced Curtis McCallister to a cumulative 42 years and 8 months - the maximum allowed.

Published online 12/15/2009 10:35 PM Troy Grahm of Derby and Phillip Butler of Wichita laugh while playing the slot machines at the new Boot Hill Casino and Resort in Dodge City Tuesday.

Published online 12/20/2009 10:56 PM Hutch police arrest two after disturbance at nightclub Two Hutchinson residents were arrested early Saturday following a reported disturbance at a local nightclub and a subsequent car accident.

Published online 12/18/2009 10:51 PM Hutch man not guilty in home invasion A second suspect will be tried on kidnapping, burglary charges in Feb.

Published online 12/15/2009 10:30 PM Downtown now held to higher standard Hutchinson City Council adopts maintenance rules, to go into effect Friday.

Published online 12/15/2009 10:35 PM Reno Co. received faulty flu vaccine Officials say some doses of the H1N1 vaccine were weak but not dangerous By Mary Clarkin - The Hutchinson News - mclarkin@hutchnews.com As many as 200 doses of H1N1 vaccine administered to Reno County children ages 6 months to 35 months might have contained a slightly weak ...

Published online 12/15/2009 10:30 PM Joseph Emmerich, 14, tests for his permit Tuesday at the DMV.

Published online 12/14/2009 10:58 PM Sunflower Wind is suing turbine blade supplier By The News staff Sunflower Wind LLC, Hutchinson, is suing the supplier of wind turbine blades, claiming the blades were defective and could have caused injury.

Published online 12/6/2009 10:46 PM Late-night raid leads to discovery of bootlegging headquarters Yesterday's news By Clara Kilbourn - The Hutchinson News - ckilbourn@hutchnews.com 1909 The veterinary department of the agricultural college in Manhattan has been producing anti-hog cholera.

Published online 12/10/2009 9:43 PM Trish and Greg Bontrager and their son, Joel, have been living in their home, formerly a church, since August.

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