Hutchinson

• The Hutchinson USD 308 Board of Education advanced a $36 million bond proposal for safety, HVAC, and roof upgrades with zero mill increase. →
• Hutchinson USD 308 is seeking legal options to hold the YMCA liable for demolition costs of its vacated building, estimated up to $500,000. →
• Lance Patterson was elected president and Gleysha Mendez-Rosario vice president of the Hutchinson USD 308 Board of Education. →
• A malfunctioning flush valve caused extensive flooding and elevator damage over the Fourth of July weekend at Hutchinson Middle School 7. →
• The Hutchinson USD 308 Board of Education will decide in September whether to transition Hutchinson High School to a trimester schedule. →
• Hutchinson USD 308 denied several out-of-district transfer requests for fourth, fifth, and sixth grades due to capacity limits. →
• The Hutchinson USD 308 Board of Education approved student handbooks with new policies on AI and a state-mandated bell-to-bell phone ban. →
• It’s going to be a beautiful, sunny Tuesday here in Hutchinson with a high near 90°F and just a light breeze out of the east-southeast.

🌾 Kansas

• Gov. Laura Kelly on July 13 appointed Johnson County District Judge K. Christopher Jayaram to the Kansas Supreme Court, marking her fifth appointment to the seven-member bench. →

• The U.S. Department of Agriculture on July 13 lowered its national winter-wheat estimate to about 990 million bushels, as Kansas farmers reported yields as low as 30 bushels per acre amid persistent drought in western Kansas. →

• Home-schooled and virtual student participation in Kansas public-school sports and activities rose 154% over three years, reaching 1,307 students in 2025-26, according to a July 8 legislative audit. →

• About 60 Kansas first responders from Johnson, Sherman and Reno counties deployed to Colorado on July 13 to help battle four large, actively spreading wildfires, including the 34,848-acre Gold Mountain Fire. →

• July 14 marks the deadline for Kansans to register to vote in the Aug. 4 primary, which features a crowded field for the open governor's seat and a ballot measure on electing Supreme Court justices. →

🇺🇸 US

• The U.S. reimposed its naval blockade of Iranian ports on July 13 after Iran struck two Emirati tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, prompting U.S. strikes on more than 100 Iranian targets and a formal War Powers notification to Congress. →

• South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham Nordone on July 13 to fill the Senate seat of her late brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, making her the state's first female senator. →

• A coalition of 12 Democratic attorneys general sued July 13 to block Paramount Skydance's roughly $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging the Trump administration's earlier unconditional approval. →

• TSMC reported June revenue surged 67.9% year-over-year to about $13.75 billion, pushing first-half 2026 revenue up 35.6% amid continued AI chip demand. →

• Ukraine launched more than 350 drones at the Moscow region over two days through July 13, killing at least four people, as Kyiv and nine European allies announced a new Integrated Anti-Ballistic Missile Coalition. →

Weather

JULY 14, 1789: FRENCH REVOLUTIONARIES STORM THE BASTILLE

Parisian crowds and mutinous troops seized the Bastille fortress, a hated symbol of Bourbon royal tyranny. The dramatic capture marked the beginning of the French Revolution and helped bring down King Louis XVI and the ancien régime. This article was written using our proprietary AI system, Cronkite. The final decision to publish this article was made by a human. For more info, read our AI policy.