Hutchinson

• Reno County Sheriff's deputies responded to a two-vehicle crash at 95th Avenue and Plum Avenue that left one man with serious injuries. →
• The commission announced the opening of a new west-side EMS station in Hutchinson and an upcoming open house for a newly completed rural facility in Arlington. →
• The new Hutchinson YMCA facility is scheduled to officially open to the community on June 8. →
• The Hutchinson/Reno County Chamber of Commerce awarded T & B Electric the April Small Business Award for its growth and community support. →
• The Hutchinson High School softball team swept a doubleheader against Salina South with 9-4 and 6-3 victories on Friday in Hutchinson. →
• Buhler placed fourth and McPherson second at the Salina Swimming Invitational, where the Buhler relay team won the 200-yard medley relay. →
• Salina South swept a baseball doubleheader against Hutchinson High School at Hobart-Detter Field with 14-1 and 15-1 victories. →
• It’s going to be a beautiful day in Hutch with partly sunny skies and a high of 72, though you’ll want to watch out for those northwest wind gusts reaching up to 23 mph.

🌾 Kansas

• A severe weather system swept Kansas from Sunday into Monday, producing tornadoes, large hail up to golf-ball size and structural damage across central, eastern and southeastern parts of the state, with multiple tornado touchdowns reported in Labette and Montgomery counties and no injuries confirmed. →

• Insurance brokerage Lockton Cos. unveiled plans for a $765.7 million headquarters development called Hallbrook North in Leawood, featuring a headquarters tower, child-care facility, retail and restaurant space, with construction expected to begin this summer. →

• A new AI lab at Fort Hays State University is dramatically cutting research time for students, reducing projects that once took a month to just days and allowing one student to process more than 700,000 images in seven to eight hours instead of two to three days. →

• Lightning struck and destroyed a 93-foot animatronic sauropod at Field Station: Dinosaurs in Derby during severe weather Saturday night, leaving only the metal skeleton intact after Derby firefighters prevented the flames from spreading to other exhibits. →

• Kansas Democratic governor candidates Sens. Cindy Holscher and Ethan Corson clashed Sunday over CoreCivic-linked campaign contributions and party establishment ties during a forum in Shawnee, though both staked out nearly identical positions on minimum wage, voting access and reproductive health care. →

🇺🇸 US

• A gunman opened fire outside the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday, exchanging shots with authorities before being subdued by the Secret Service; suspect Cole Tomas Allen, 31, faces charges of using a firearm during a crime of violence and assault of a federal officer. →

• President Trump canceled a planned trip by senior negotiators to Islamabad on Saturday, saying Iran's written proposals fell short of U.S. demands on enriched uranium and control of the Strait of Hormuz. →

• S&P 500 companies are on pace to report year-over-year earnings-per-share growth exceeding 13 percent in the first quarter, the sixth consecutive quarter above that threshold, despite weak consumer sentiment and high oil prices. →

• A study published in Nature Medicine links the herbicide picloram to rising colorectal cancer rates in adults under 50, with U.S. counties using more of the chemical showing higher incidence even after controlling for income and other pesticides. →

• Kenya's Sabastian Sawe won the London Marathon on Sunday in 1:59:30, breaking the world record and becoming the first runner to go sub-two hours in a record-eligible marathon; Ethiopia's Yomif Kejelcha also finished under two hours at 1:59:41. →

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April 27, 1861: President Lincoln Suspends the Writ of Habeas Corpus

President Abraham Lincoln authorized General Winfield Scott to suspend the writ of habeas corpus along key military transport routes in Maryland, allowing the Union army to detain suspected Confederate sympathizers without immediate judicial review. The move sparked an intense constitutional clash, as Chief Justice Roger Taney ruled that only Congress—not the president—could suspend habeas corpus, a position later essentially affirmed by the Supreme Court. Lincoln’s decision left a lasting legacy in American law and politics, becoming a central case study in how far executive power may stretch in wartime and how civil liberties can be curtailed in the name of national security.

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