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Officials wouldn't say who, but that it will be a retailer. Plans are to extensively remodel the 48-year-old building which has been empty since 2016.

The application for the proposed $11 million project that would eliminate several deteriorating bridges was not funded for a third consecutive year.

The Hutchinson City Council may take up an ordinance banning conversion therapy within the city if it involves minors. Councilwoman Jade Piros de Carvalho said she was approached by a member of the Hutchinson Youth Council asking that the city take a look at the issue and she wondered if the council would consider it. Conversion therapy is an attempt to change the sexual orientation of an individual who identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning (LGBTQ). It usually targets youth, Piros de Carvalho said. The Lawrence City Commission banned the practice in April an...

The Hutchinson City Council approved a permit on Tuesday for a special May 15 event in a corner of Carey Park to raise money for Hospice and Homecare of Reno County. The event, called Trucks, Taps and Tunes, will run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. and feature more than a half-dozen food trucks, beer and live music. The event will include a roped-off area with limited access south of the city’s Parks Department building where the stage will be set up and alcohol served. Children’s inflatables will be on the north end, with the food trucks lined up on Carey Park Boulevard to the east.

The Hutchinson City Council learned Tuesday that the city manager has targeted April 1 as the date to reopen city hall, and that patrols of city parks are stepping up. The council also appeared to support the city remaining a member of the Regional Economic Area Partnership for about $10,000 per year but it rejected an idea to use idle economic development funds to create a low-interest revolving loan program to support moving small businesses into vacant buildings around town. The issues were among a range of topics touched on Tuesday not on the council’s agenda but were brought up after t...