Hutchinson

• The Hutchinson USD 308 Board of Education voted to conduct an open superintendent interview process with community involvement. →
• The Hutchinson USD 308 superintendent application window closes Oct. 30, with three to five finalists interviewing in November. →
• Consultants told the Hutchinson USD 308 Board of Education that a $36 million bond election could impact superintendent recruitment. →
• Fastbridge reading assessment data for Hutchinson USD 308 showed growth in phonics and reading fluency for third and seventh graders. →
• Hutchinson USD 308 partnered with the local YMCA to provide water safety and survival swimming lessons to district second graders. →
• Beyond Barriers seeks Reno County businesses to mentor students with disabilities for Disability Mentoring Day on Oct. 21. →
• Reno County residential appraised values rose 5.8% to $3.35 billion due to low inventory, according to County Appraiser Michael Plank. →
• Evergy began site work on the McNew Energy Center near South Hutchinson, bringing up to 650 jobs to Reno County. →
• Expect a mostly sunny and hot day with a high near 91°F, but keep an umbrella handy as a few showers and thunderstorms could pop up later this afternoon.

🌾 Kansas

• A joint Kansas Reflector-MS NOW investigation published Oct. 9 found Sen. Roger Marshall's 2020 Senate campaign may have misused congressional staff and taxpayer resources, including a Chicago trip labeled official and taxpayer-funded meals during a Dallas trip with only a Zoom meeting scheduled. →

• Tuesday, Oct. 13, is the last day to register to vote in Kansas' Nov. 3 general election, with advance voting set to begin Oct. 14 and mail ballot applications due Oct. 27. →

• President Donald Trump pledged in an Oct. 12 Truth Social post to hold a "Kansas Style Rally" for Sen. Roger Marshall "very soon," without specifying a date or location. →

• Original Citizen Journal reporting looks at Democrat Don Coover’s challenge to Republican Rep. Derek Schmidt in Kansas’ 2nd Congressional District, where he is campaigning on rural health care and agriculture tariffs despite trailing in fundraising and name recognition. →

• Concordia police arrested Landon Deal, 36, on Oct. 10 after a tip about a planned event and are seeking terrorism, aggravated criminal threat and felony obstruction charges against him. →

🇺🇸 US

• Brent crude surged past $106 a barrel Monday as Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries and a deadly Houthi attack on Riyadh's airport threaten to push diesel toward record highs just weeks before the midterms. →

• Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington-area home Monday under a court-authorized warrant tied to an immigration-related criminal investigation. →

• The Justice Department is investigating whether ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC violated antitrust law by jointly suspending pooled coverage of President Trump after the White House barred certain reporters. →

• Shares of AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile plunged Friday after SpaceX announced an $8 billion deal to buy nationwide wireless spectrum from Grain Management to expand Starlink into mobile service. →

• Americans Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for research on models that help governments and central banks respond to economic crises. →

Weather

October 13, 2010: Chilean Miners Rescued After 69 Days Underground

After a mine collapse trapped 33 workers nearly half a mile below ground, Chilean rescuers spent more than two months drilling an escape shaft to reach them. One by one, the miners were brought to the surface in a special rescue capsule, surviving the longest recorded entrapment underground in history.

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