Hutchinson

• Two student teams from Allen STEM Magnet School won first place at the Kansas KidWind State Finals and will advance to the world championships in Madison, Wisconsin this May. →
• The USD 308 Board of Education officially approved the acquisition of property located near Allen Magnet School. →
• The Hutchinson Police Department and DEA are partnering to host a free, anonymous prescription drug disposal event at Dillon's Marketplace this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. →
• The Kansas Department of Health and Environment issued a Do Not Drink Order for Sylvia after a water line break caused a loss of pressure and detected nitrates, which can be fatal to infants. Residents are specifically warned not to boil their water, as boiling can concentrate nitrate levels. →
• Brennan R. Trass was resentenced to 283 months in prison for a 2015 fatal shooting after the Kansas Supreme Court overturned his original murder conviction due to a violation of his right to counsel. Trass avoided a new trial by pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter and several other felony charges under a negotiated plea agreement. →
• The Hutchinson CTE Academy FFA will hold its annual spring plant sale on April 30 from 1:30 to 7 p.m. at 800 E. 15th Circle. Shoppers can purchase a variety of student-grown hanging baskets, planters, and individual flowers while supplies last. →
• It’s going to be a beautiful, partly sunny day in Hutchinson with a high near 75, though you’ll want to hold onto your hat as south winds kick up with gusts as high as 32 mph.

🌾 Kansas

• Gov. Laura Kelly announced Tuesday that Kansas is awarding $18.9 million to fund 53 airport development projects across the state through the Kansas Airport Improvement Program. →

• The United Kansas Party and the Free State Party announced Tuesday they are merging to field candidates under the United Kansas name and draw support from voters dissatisfied with both major parties. →

• PBS Kansas is mourning broadcast engineer Ivy Unruh, 25, who died Monday from a gunshot wound sustained Friday outside her northeast Wichita apartment, with her estranged husband charged with first-degree murder. →

• The University of Kansas has posted mixed results in recent national and international college rankings, with continued declines in global assessments even as its standing in U.S. News & World Report improved this year. →

• Thirteen Kansas student teams won state championships at the Kansas KidWind State Finals on April 11 and will advance to the World KidWind Challenge in Madison, Wisconsin, in May. →

🇺🇸 US

• President Trump extended the U.S. cease-fire with Iran with no set end date, hours before two ships came under attack in the Strait of Hormuz. →

• The U.S. has expended at least 45 percent of key missile stockpiles during seven weeks of war with Iran, creating a near-term ammunition risk in future conflicts, according to Pentagon officials and a CSIS analysis. →

• Two U.S. embassy officials killed in a Sunday car crash in northern Mexico were CIA officers operating as part of expanded counternarcotics operations, according to two people familiar with the matter. →

• House Republicans are seeking FBI briefings on at least 10 deaths or disappearances among U.S. nuclear and aerospace scientists since 2022 to determine whether the cases pose a national security concern. →

• Private trade schools are charging tuition bills reaching tens of thousands of dollars as demand for blue-collar training surges and free community college and union apprenticeship programs fill up. →

Weather

APRIL 22, 1889: OKLAHOMA LAND RUSH BEGINS

At noon, an estimated 50,000 “Boomers” raced into formerly Indian Territory to claim 1.9 million acres the U.S. government had opened to white settlement. The chaotic rush, marred by fraud from early-arriving “Sooners,” marked a key moment in the transfer of Native-held lands into white ownership. They were called “Sooners” because they slipped into the territory sooner than the legal start time to grab prime claims—a nickname later embraced by the University of Oklahoma for its athletic teams and identity.

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