Hutch man arrested after gunshots fired

By The News staff

Hutchinson police officers responded to an early-morning disturbance Friday at 710 E. First Ave.

At about 1:33 a.m., William P. Cox allegedly fired several gunshots in the direction of a group of people and fled in a vehicle.

Officers went to Cox's hom ...
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Side-by-side Seward Co. college, technical school to merge

By Darcy Gray - The Hutchinson News - dgray@hutchnews.com

LIBERAL - Seward County Community College has announced plans to merge with its next-door neighbor, Southwest Kansas Technical School, which is under the wing of Liberal USD 480.

The merger will join the college's 1,100 students with the technical school's ap ...
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Murder convict among men up for parole

Father who molested, beat 16-month-old was convicted to 15 years to life in 1992

By John Green - The Hutchinson News - jgreen@hutchnews.com

A rural Sedgwick man convicted in 1992 for the molestation and beating death of his 16-month-old daughter will be considered for parole next month.

Donald W. Rowell Jr., 40, is among a handful of inmates convicted in area counties on the August docket, for wh ...
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