CAPTION: Kansas State Unversity Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jerome Tang at the Dillon Lecture Series Tuesday morning. CREDIT MICHAEL GLENN/THE HUTCHINSON TRIBUNE By Michael Glenn Kansas State Unversity Head Men’s Basketball Coach Jerome Tang spoke of faith, family and ministry to audience members of all ages Tuesday
The Reno County Commission will meet on Wed., Oct. 9, 2024, at 9 a.m. in the Veterans Room in the Reno County Courthouse.
Agenda items include authorizing bonds up to $1.45 million to construct a sheriff’s department shooting range and $450,000 each for new fire district buildings in Nickerson and Turon.
Proposed updates to the county’s vehicle use policy in the wake of an August accident in which a county employee was killed will be discussed. The updates include adding cell phone usage and the safe operation of towing and trailers to the policy, license validity and accident reporting requirements, among other changes.
The Reno County Tag Department is asking for an additional employee.
The commissioners will consider a conditional use permit request to rezone a property just west of the intersection of 17th Ave. and Wilshire Dr. for an automobile repair business.
The commission will also take up a request from the county’s Planning Department for text amendments to the April 2016 edition of the Reno County Zoning Regulations regarding solar energy projects.
The agenda and supporting documents are published on the Reno County Commission’s website.
The Reno County Commission meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month and the fifth Wednesday if one falls in the month.
From left: Reno County Commissioners John Whitesel, Ron Hirst, Randy Parks, Don Bogner and Daniel Friesen CREDIT SANDRA MILBURN/RENO COUNTY The Reno County Commission will meet on Wed., Oct. 9, 2024, at 9 a.m. in the Veterans Room in the Reno County Courthouse. Agenda items include authorizing
By John Mesh The Hutchinson High School girls golf team placed third at the Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League Division I/II Girls Championship Monday at Sim Park golf course in Wichita. Maize, which swept the top five individual medals led by three-time state champion Kinslea Jones with
CAPTION: Ron Kaufman of Hutchinson Fire Department addresses the Rotary Club in a Monday noon meeting at Hutchinson Community College. CREDIT RICHARD SHANK By Richard Shank In 2012 following a career with Eaton Corporation, Ron Kaufman changed careers. He joined the Hutchinson Fire Department, not realizing the
CAPTION: CREDIT HAVEN FALL FESTIVAL By Kate Irelan The Haven Fall Festival is this weekend, Oct. 11 through Oct. 13, and promises medieval carnival fun and renaissance festival magic in addition to traditional Haven Fall Festival celebrations and activities. Vicki Myers, a coordinator for the Haven Fall
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Monday Oct 7 Lunch in the Park, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. at DCI Park, at the corner of Main St. and 2nd Ave. Enjoy food trucks, yard games and entertainment Tuesday Oct 8 Kansas State University Men’s Basketball Coach Jerome Tang, 10:30 a.m. at the Hutchinson Sports
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By Michael Glenn
Hutchinson Community College will host Kansas State University’s Head Basketball Coach Jerome Tang Tuesday morning at the Hutchinson Sports Arena.
“Coach Tang, who was selected as the 2023 Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year after guiding the Wildcats to a 26-win season and its 13th trip to the Elite Eight in his inaugural season, recently completed his second season as the 25th head men’s basketball head coach at Kansas State,” a press release issued by the college said.
The lecture will begin at 10:30 a.m., with tickets available 45 minutes before the presentation at 9:45 a.m. All youth under 18 and students with a school ID are admitted for free.
Tang is just the third coach in the program’s history to be selected National Coach of the Year, joining Fred “Tex” Winter (who presented a 2003 Dillon Lecture) in 1958 and Jack Hartman in
1980, while he is the fourth head coach from a Big 12 institution to earn the honor of the Naismith Trophy.
“[Tang] was a candidate for nearly every other National Coach of the Year honor in 2022-23, including finishing as the runner-up for The Associated Press award,” the release said. “In addition, he was the consensus Big 12 Coach of the Year, earning the honor from both the league coaches and the AP.”
CAPTION: CREDIT HUTCHCC By Michael Glenn Hutchinson Community College will host Kansas State University's Head Basketball Coach Jerome Tang Tuesday morning at the Hutchinson Sports Arena. "Coach Tang, who was selected as the 2023 Werner Ladder Naismith Men's College Coach of the Year after guiding the Wildcats
Pfc. Henry Lee Fisher (Photo provided by Jake Feil) A dedication ceremony will be held on October 26th to honor a local soldier who was killed in action during the Vietnam War. The Kansas Department of Transportation will install two memorial signs along K-96 near Haven
The three roundabouts along Panorama Dr. came and went.
After escalating traffic problems along Panorama Dr. north of Dillon’s Marketplace, the neighborhood’s residents appealed to the City of Hutchinson for a solution. More than 1,500 cars use the road daily to move between 30th and 43rd Ave. The road has no bed, is very narrow, and is in a residential area with no sidewalks, and drivers treat it like a wide through-street built to sustain high traffic flow. Commuters speed through the neighborhood, and a few “car clubs” race through at 65 mph and more along the road at night.
Two weeks ago, three temporary roundabouts were installed in an attempt to slow down traffic. After the experiment demonstrated that the measures did lower speeds through the area, they were replaced with stop signs.
After last week’s editorial, a few residents reached out to discuss the situation and dispel myths propagated on social media. Overall, they appreciated the city’s cooperation but were disheartened by motorist indifference and the time needed to mitigate the problem.
The residents I spoke with were frustrated, mainly by the lack of respect shown by those who speed through the area and fear that someone will be badly injured or killed. One house had been hit by a vehicle exceeding the speed limit, and some acts of vandalism have occurred.
Hopefully, the stop signs will work their intended purpose—creating safer intersections and traffic corridors. However, this week alone, I saw the aftermath of two accidents in which drivers had ignored stop lights and signs. Fortunately, no one was severely injured. Unfortunately, we all pay the price with higher vehicle insurance premiums.
I believe drivers need to slow down, obey traffic signals, and not use residential streets as commuter racetracks.
Stiffer penalties, increased fines, and license suspensions for serial offenders are an excellent start.
Nevertheless, respect is the sorely lacking most crucial ingredient in solving the city’s escalating accident rate.
The three roundabouts along Panorama Dr. came and went. After escalating traffic problems along Panorama Dr. north of Dillon's Marketplace, the neighborhood's residents appealed to the City of Hutchinson for a solution. More than 1,500 cars use the road daily to move between 30th and 43rd
Graphic courtesy of Blue Dragon Sports Information The No. 1 Hutchinson Blue Dragons football team opened Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference play by beating No. 14 Dodge City 42-0 Saturday afternoon at Gowans Stadium. Hutchinson, which has outscored its last two opponents 141-0, improved to 5-0 overall
