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Downtown sculpture to honor Ron Kelley proposed The Hutchinson City Council approved the first step Tuesday toward accepting a statue for permanent display in front of the Wiley Building to honor late longtime downtown promotor and Hutchinson businessman Ron Kelley. The proposed art, a painted steel Eagle with a five-foot wingspan holding an American flag in its talons, is being purchased by the Kelley family and donated to the city. The sculpture will be seven feet tall, including its pedestal. Under the city’s process for accepting donated art, however, the council must review a prelimi...

The Hutchinson City Council unanimously voted this week to rezone vacant land behind the Dillons Marketplace for the development of a dozen duplexes to serve the elderly and disabled. The council first amended the city’s comprehensive plan to allow the zoning change and then rezoned the 3 ½ acres south of 34th Avenue and Jewell Street from R-3, moderate density residential, to R-5, high density. Several residents near the property submitted objections to the rezoning when it was considered by the city planning commission last month. That board also unanimously approved the requests and fo...

COVID-19 victim Mary Mendoza loved to cheer on KU The News asked readers to share stories of people of our community who have been lost to COVID-19. This is one of the lives remembered — that of Mary Mendoza. Before COVID-19 claimed her life in November, Mary Mendoza had the distinction of being the longest liver transplant survivor of the University of Kansas Hospital at 29 years. She was also, her daughter said, one of KU basketball’s biggest fans. The two were related. Mendoza, 88, didn’t attend the University of Kansas and had no interest in sports for most of her life, said her d...