Michael Stavola
The Hutchinson News
Hutchinson, KS, United States
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GeoChemicals plans $4M investment in Hutchinson, seeks tax abatement
Hutchinson council member Jon Daveline lauded Jason West and his family as substantial economic drivers before the council set an Aug. 6 public hearing → Read More
Week of the Young Child events conclude at Third Thursday
Skye Taylor yelled out “I know how to fly kites” while chasing Dillon Nature Center Education Coordinator Stephanie Carlson to a grassy → Read More
Parks and recreation: Hutchinson master plan starts to take shape
Hutchinson officials heard a brief review of the hundreds of pages of data and survey information collected by Colorado-based Greenplay last fall to help → Read More
Reins of Hope founder returns as a horseback riding client
Carol Bridgess, a retired nurse, still rode horses when founded Reins of Hope in 1994 -- a nonprofit providing therapeutic horseback rides to people with → Read More
Plevna walker hit by truck in critical condition
A Plevna woman struck by a truck mirror while walking on a county road early Wednesday morning is listed in critical condition at a Wichita hospital. → Read More
The oldest building left in Hutchinson gets a new life
With each Swiffer stroke, 8-year-old Landry Cooley restores the decades-old wood floors in Hutchinson's oldest standing building.But to him, it → Read More
Cookies crumble between political rivals
Political trash talk filled the sidewalk of Main Street for Third Thursday.Baked goods were the spark.The 104th House District challenger Paul Waggoner, R- → Read More
Hutch all but finalizes budget
Final job loss — 10.On Thursday, the Hutchinson City Council accepted what will likely be the final recommendations of about $400,000 in cuts from → Read More
NASA awards Cosmosphere more than $650,000
The Cosmosphere will receive roughly $650,000 through a NASA program to further STEM education.NASA last Tuesday announced the Cosmosphere as one of three → Read More
5 takeaways from Kansas ag forum with Kansas gubernatorial candidates
SOUTH HUTCHINSON — About 50 people attended a gubernatorial forum Thursday night hosted by the Reno County Farm Bureau at the new Agri Center in South Hutchinson.Questions revolved around farm policy. Here are five takeaways from the three Republican candidates and one Democratic candidate, via The Hutchinson News. Millennials don’t like to be called millennialsJim Barnett said involving young… → Read More
Pride event comes to town
Years of work has finally come to fruition for Jon Powell and Julia Johnson.The Salt City Pride event is here.The event at the Atrium Hotel & Conference Center starts at 6 p.m. on Friday night and runs through Sunday. Live music, food, authors and games will be packed into the three-days of entertainment aimed at all age groups.A full list of events can be found on the 28-page pride guide at… → Read More
What roads to avoid during summer construction
The City of Hutchinson has three summer projects estimated to cost just over $4 million underway that will affect commuters.Here’s a closer look at each project:An estimated $1.64 million mill and resurface toward the east side of town: The project done by APAC Kansas will start on the south end of Airport Road where work spans from nearly Fourth Avenue to about Halstead Street. Additionally,… → Read More
Artwork attracts a crowd
The Reno County Farmers’ Market had an extra bit of zeal on Saturday.Children played with chalk and jumped around on the hopscotch. They, along with their parents, also were captivated watching Brady Scott spray paint a mural. Live music by “50 years late” serenaded market goers and art enthusiasts as well.Scott began working on the mural last week and hopes to finish on Sunday or early next… → Read More
Cowboy shakes demons by breaking horses
Lucas Willhite is a cowboy making the most out of his prison sentence.The tall, lean man with a horseshoe mustache feels the time he’s spent working with wild horses and burros through a prison program better prepares him for his release. He will be released from the Hutchinson Correctional Facility minimum-security unit in December.On Friday, he worked with the horses and mingled with potential… → Read More
Pregnant in prison: what it's like for women expecting behind bars in Kansas
Alexa Baugh eagerly waits for the day she can hold her son outside of a Kansas prison.The 25-year-old from Hutchinson sees her son, Angel, on weekends → Read More
Skateboard contest in rural S. Hutch
Skateboarders tapped on the half-pipe and cheered as 11-year-old Austin Lindahl tried and tried his trick until the Buhler boy finally landed it.It was an → Read More
Playscape unveiled at Hutch zoo
Children wasted no time frolicking around on the new playscape at the Hutchinson Zoo.Staff from the zoo, Heartland Credit Union and Hutchinson Community → Read More
High school music students hit high notes at state
Area results from the Kansas State Solo and Ensemble Festivals → Read More
Wanted: new ideas, people to fill jobs
Conversations over coffee turned into a task force that aims to help Hutchinson start new businesses.The Entrepreneurship Task Force began at the end of → Read More
Ways to celebrate MLK Day in Hutchinson
The holiday weekend to celebrate a civil rights leader who had a dream features events around town.“Everyone is welcome,” event organizer Hence Parson said about the two days of events for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.Events begin 3 p.m. Sunday at the Hutchinson Community College Stringer Fine Arts Center. Music by Dr. Nick Schroeder’ HutchCC Jazz Band and a welcoming by HCC President Dr. Carter… → Read More