Reno County News

The fire was reported around 2:30 p.m. in the 9500 block of E. 95th Avenue in Medora and moved north toward 108th Avenue, growing to near a half mile in diameter.

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The Kansas Highway Patrol says State Rep. Bob Bethell, a Republican from Alden, died Sunday night when his car went off Interstate 70 near the Paxico exit.

An attorney representing 1 of the men charged with killing a Hutchinson woman last year says he wants off the case.

It's only mid-May, but here, along the Kansas/Oklahoma border, elevators are empty and the crews are ready - with good reason.

A man accused of rape jumped bond and is now accused of raping a second woman more than 200 miles away.

Prosecutors have added another charge against a 32-year-old man accused of killing a Hutchinson woman in June 2011.

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To donate money or construction materials to help build the new gym and classrooms at St.

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Despite pleas to reject a complaint from a national group, the Reno County Commission will not reinstate sectarian prayer before its meetings.

The proposal was in response to the escape in April of four state prison inmates who were being held in the Ottawa County jail.

The Reno County Sheriff's Office said Lloyd Patterson, 71, was driving north on K-14, when he failed to stop at a stop sign at K-61. His vehicle crossed the roadway, struck a sign, hit the ditch and landed upside down on the railroad tracks.

Bobbi Mlynar became Emporia's mayor on April 18, and she shared her goals and personal insights toward success for the community in a recent interview.

Authorities say one of the two men charged in the June 2011 shooting death of Hutchinson resident Jennifer Heckel shared details of the slaying with a fellow inmate and then threatened the man for alerting investigators.