Hutchinson

• Flock cameras helped Salina police arrest a 19-year-old man charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a Great Bend teen. →
• Hutchinson closed Plum Street and restricted State Fair Road traffic to accommodate the 10-day Kansas State Fair. →
• The Hutchinson USD 308 Board of Education will review a superintendent search process to replace retiring Superintendent Dawn Johnson. →
• The Reno County Information Technology Department reported handling 4,710 support tickets in its annual review to county commissioners. →
• The Hutchinson City Council enacted Ordinance No. 2026-22 authorizing $3.875 million in General Obligation Bonds for local improvements. →
• The USD 309 Board of Education will hold public hearings in Hutchinson on exceeding the revenue-neutral tax rate and its 2026-27 budget. →
• Expect plenty of sunshine today in Hutchinson, but hold onto your hats as it will be hot and breezy with a high near 97°F and wind gusts up to 38 mph.

🌾 Kansas

• Republican Ty Masterson and Democrat Cindy Holscher clashed over property taxes, data centers and school vouchers in a Sept. 12 debate at the Kansas State Fair. →

• Republican Sen. Roger Marshall and Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton sparred over tariffs, the Iran war and agriculture in a Sept. 12 U.S. Senate debate at the Kansas State Fair. →

• Eleven Kansas hospitals were selected for federal assistance announced Sept. 11 as part of a nearly $25 million program aiding 132 rural hospitals across 13 states. →

• Severe thunderstorm warnings brought hail up to tennis-ball size and winds near 70 mph to parts of drought-stricken Kansas from Sept. 12 into Sept. 13. →

• No. 23 Missouri defeated Kansas 38-21 on Sept. 11, while Kansas State beat Washington State 34-7 on Sept. 12 to improve to 2-0. →

🇺🇸 US

• Consumer prices rose 0.4% in August from July, driven largely by higher gasoline costs, pushing traders to price in a nearly 90% chance of a Federal Reserve rate hike at its Sept. 15-16 meeting. →

• President Donald Trump said Sept. 13 he asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries, blaming the attacks for diesel shortages that pushed U.S. diesel prices above $6 a gallon on Sept. 11. →

• Saudi Arabia shut its East-West oil pipeline Sept. 11 after drone strikes caused fires and injuries at pumping stations, cutting a route that carries about 5% of global oil supply. →

• Oracle's debt has swelled to $125 billion to fund AI data center expansion, and co-founder Larry Ellison abruptly canceled a planned $7.5 billion stock sale a day after it became public. →

• The U.S. and Mexico announced a two-year Colorado River agreement Sept. 9 that cuts Mexico's water deliveries by 250,000 acre-feet annually in 2027 and 2028, about 17% of its allocation. →

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SEPTEMBER 14, 1814: FRANCIS SCOTT KEY PENS “THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER”

On this day during the War of 1812, lawyer Francis Scott Key wrote a poem after watching British forces bombard Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland. Seeing the American flag still flying at dawn inspired the verses that would later be set to music and adopted in 1931 as the United States’ national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

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