The union representing Reno County Sheriff deputies fired off a salvo this week in an ongoing dispute between the local law enforcement agencies over the control of a firearms training range.
Members of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #18 issued a public letter to the media late Wednesday accusing the Hutchinson Police Department administration of attempting to take control of the range that deputies at the sheriff’s office have built up and maintained over more than 3 ½ decades.
However, Hutchinson Police Chief Jeffrey Hooper says the claim is a misrepresentation of the facts and that agreements on the use and development of the range were in negotiations until the sheriff’s office abruptly withdrew a couple of weeks ago.
Two injured in Wednesday morning crash on Blanchard Ave.
By The News staff
Two people were injured in a crash on Southwest Blanchard Avenue Wednesday morning that ended with one of the vehicles on its top, the Reno County Sheriff’s Office reported.
Joye Friesen, 70, was eastbound on Blanchard Avenue in a 2001 Villager about 9:20 a.m. and struck a 2007 F150 pickup driven by Daniel Hernandez.
Hernandez, 21, failed to yield while crossing Blanchard to the south, the report stated. After impact, his truck rolled and came to rest on its top.
EMS transported Friesen to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for her injuries and checked Hernandez on the scene. Both drivers were wearing seat belts, the report stated.
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Two people were injured when their motorcycles collided on a rural Reno County Road Wednesday night, the Reno County Sheriff’s Office reported.
Deputies dispatched to the area of Haven and Trail West roads just after 10 p.m. on the injury accident found Devyn Yost, 15, of Bentley, and Morgan Leid, 21, of Halstead had been riding motorcycles northbound on Haven Road when they collided.
Reno County and Haven EMS transported both to Wesley Medical Center for non-life-threatening injuries, Leid with a broken leg and Yost primarily with “road rash,” said Sheriff’s Capt. Levi Blumanhourst
Both were wearing helmets. The accident remains under investigation.
The number of drug and alcohol overdoses continues to climb in Reno County, with the county this week eclipsing an average of one overdose per day for the first time since officials began tracking cases in real-time.
A group of stakeholders and community partners who’ve been meeting since 2015 to figure out ways to address substance misuse in the community have scheduled several events over the next three months to try to engage the public at large on the issue.
Their purpose is to remove the stigma associated with substance misuse, said Reno County Health Department Substance Misuse Health Educator Seth Dewey.