Brian Hoffman started work Tuesday, Jan. 19, as Sweet Home's new economic development director, but it wasn't really his first day on the job.

The storm is gone, but the snow it generated blankets Kansas. Wichita and Sedgwick county reported a combined 70 accidents by the end of Friday's work day.

A fatal accident closes US-54 from the Kingman County line to Pratt for several hours Friday afternoon.

Wm. Andrew Kazmaier, 88, died Jan. 24 at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Larned. He was born June 27, 1921, in rural Garfield, the son of William and Mary Velma Mae Spencer Kazmaier.

Three people were killed Sunday morning in an accident involving a passenger car and a semi that blocked a stretch of the U.S. Highway 50 bypass in Garden City for more than eight hours.

Pratt, KS - infoZine - Ita s likely that four more deer taken in northwest Kansas will be confirmed to have had chronic wasting disease .

Published online 1/21/2010 9:47 AM Police reports Hutchinson Police Department Wednesday, 10 a.m. - Marvin E. McClelland, 70, reported someone forced entry into his storage unit at L&B Mini-storage, 1200 E. 11th, sometime over the last month.

Charles M. Thomas, 74, of Great Bend, died Dec. 31 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend.

Naomi Joy Daly, 86, of Salina, died Dec. 19, 2009. Naomi Joy Wagner was born Aug.

Kansas Ornithological Society Christmas Bird Count runs Dec. 12-Jan. 10; Audubon count runs Dec.

The Pratt County Sheriff is investigating a vehicle that appears to have been shot while driving west on U.S. 54, and investigators say they're worried the bullet could have come from a deer poacher.

A car with six passengers was shot at as it traveled Sunday night on U.S. 54 in Pratt County, according to a Pratt County Sheriffa s Office news release.

Six people in a car escaped injury Sunday night when their vehicle was struck by a bullet.

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Pratt, KS - infoZine - After a day on Milford Reservoir Nov. 16, a diligent boater was following the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks "clean, drain, dry" protocol for fighting the spread of zebra mussels when he discovered a few of the aquatic nuisance species on his boat.

Jack Samuel Tyson Freedman was born 7:33 a.m. Monday, Oct. 12, at Pratt Regional Medical Center in Pratt, Kan.

Published online 11/16/2009 10:50 PM Second man sentenced gets 22 years for murder in Pratt By Darcy Gray - The Hutchinson News - dgray@hutchnews.com PRATT - A 31-year-old man was sentenced Monday to 22 years in prison for the murder of a partially disabled Pratt woman last year, according to the Kansas Attorney General's Office.

Published online 11/5/2009 7:49 AM Morning blend: News from around Kansas Compiled by Edie Ross - The Hutchinson News - eross@hutchnews.com Suspect in fatal stabbing pleads guilty to lesser charge The Pratt Tribune Daniel Riendeau pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Wednesday in Pratt County District Court for the November murder of Alesia ...

A blizzard that dropped 30 inches of snow on Pratt County in March will set a record for the most snow in a 24-hour period in the state's history, State Climatologist Mary Knapp said.

An alert marine service professional noticed the adult zebra mussels attached to the motor's lower unit and called the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks.