South Hutchinson News

The youth campers will sponsor a craft and bake sale from 8:50 to 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Tenth Avenue United Methodist Church, 300 W. 10th Ave.

Reno County Area Transit fares could rise before the end of the year. County Transportation Director Lynn Kiker said Tuesday she will recommend that an advisory public transportation commission consider backing a fare hike when it meets in September.

When it comes to fireworks, the options under the many large, colorful tents scattered around town seem endless.

Siemens Energy will receive a 100-acre site, an option to buy additional land for $1 an acre, a 10-year tax abatement and cash, among other incentives, if local governmental entities approve a development agreement with the wind energy company later this month.

Wichita State University finance professor Rick LeCompte thinks the banking industry is in for a cycle of consolidations, either through bank failures or acquisitions.

Above: Bob Vibbert stocks the shelves of the Boy Scout fireworks stand in South Hutchinson with smoke bombs Thursday evening.

At least one and possibly two structures at South Hutchinson's Alaskan Motel, on South Main Street in South Hutchinson, will be torn down because of recent storm damage.

The 2009 Master Gardener summer garden tour will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday in Hutchinson.

The First National Bank of Anthony, known in this market as the First National Bank of Johnson County, became the nation's 40th bank to fail this year.

Three more banks failed today bringing the total to forty on the year. Please consider Banks in Georgia, North Carolina, Kansas Closed by Regulators .

Details about how much local government money could flow to the proposed Siemens Wind Power plant in Hutchinson have not fully emerged.

WICHITA _ The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency closed First National Bank of Anthony late this afternoon because of a "significant dissipation of assets." The $156 million bank operates six branches, including one in Wichita at 10111 W. 21st St.

After 27 years and raising five children in a small South Hutchinson duplex, Roberta Benitez finds herself suddenly forced to move.

Here are numbers you can call when dialing 911 isn't appropriate: * Reno County Sheriff - 694-2735 * Reno County EMS - 665-2120 * Hutchinson Police Department - 694-2834 * South Hutchinson Fire Department - 663-7104 * South Hutchinson Police Department - 663-7104 *** Key telephone numbers: * Legislative Hotline: 432-3924 * Kansas Legislative ...

Full plant production will resume on Monday at Collins Bus Company. The South Hutchinson plant was hit earlier this week by a microburst.

SOUTH HUTCHINSON a ' The Collins Bus Corp. manufacturing plant in South Hutchinson will restart production Monday after being closed a week because of storm damage.

Sitting on a bench on a Kansas State Fair trolley, Shirley Hageman smiled as she looked at her family.

The Collins Bus Corp. manufacturing plant in South Hutchinson will restart production Monday after being closed a week because of storm damage.

Collins Bus Corporation will be back in production Monday, with all of its approximately 280 employees reporting back to work that day, said President Kent Tyler.

The Hutchinson City Council's discussion about a development agreement with Siemens Energy has been moved to a later meeting.