Hutchinson

• The Hutchinson City Council asked for written resignations after the city manager and assistant city attorney announced their departures. →
• The Reno County Commission voted 4-1 to exceed the state revenue neutral rate to prevent $1.67 million in cuts to the 2027 budget. →
• The Reno County Commission unanimously adopted a $95 million budget for 2027, lowering the county mill levy slightly to 37.75 mills. →
• The Reno County Commission approved a 4 percent wage increase for county employees in 2027 in a 3-2 vote. →
• The Hutchinson City Council will hold a study session Thursday to begin reviewing the city's 2027 budget and property tax levy plans. →
• The Reno County Commission finalized $100,000 in 2027 budget funding for local economic development organization StartUp Hutch. →
• Expect morning showers and thunderstorms to give way to partly sunny skies today, with a high reaching 85°F.

🌾 Kansas

• Residents raised conflict-of-interest concerns at a Sept. 9 meeting over Go Topeka's land ownership ties and its chairman's role at a firm assisting the proposed Compass Datacenters campus. →

• Kansas communities including McPherson County, which adopted a permanent zoning ban Aug. 31, are writing battery storage rules before developers submit projects, while Emporia voters will decide a proposed ban Nov. 3. →

• Kansas Lt. Gov. David Toland announced a $500,000 pilot program Sept. 9 to fund a rapid makeover of one downtown block, with applications open Sept. 11-30. →

• Kansas wheat farmers face higher prices, with cash quotes near $9.42 a bushel Sept. 1, but dry soil conditions threaten fall planting as 66% of the state's topsoil was rated short or very short of moisture Aug. 30. →

• The National Weather Service in Wichita said Sept. 4 that a very strong El Niño could bring wetter conditions to Kansas from fall through spring 2027. →

🇺🇸 US

• President Trump promised $5,000 "Trump Dividend" payments to every American adult if Republicans retain the House and Senate in the Nov. 3 elections, offering no funding plan or distribution timetable. →

• Democratic Sen. John Fetterman appeared by prerecorded video at the RNC's midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9, introducing GOP Sen. Dave McCormick while affirming he will continue caucusing with Senate Democrats. →

• Apple CEO John Ternus unveiled the company's first folding iPhone, the $1,999 iPhone Duo, during his debut product keynote since succeeding Tim Cook. →

• Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said long-range drones struck two gas condensate plants in Russia's Yamalo-Nenets region roughly 1,900 miles away, marking Kyiv's deepest strike inside Russia since 2022 if confirmed. →

• Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it targeted two American warships and eight oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for the U.S. destruction of five Iranian oil tankers, sending Brent crude above $100 a barrel for the first time since May. →

Weather

SEPTEMBER 10, 1897: FIRST DRUNK DRIVING ARREST

On this day in London, 25-year-old taxi driver George Smith became the first person ever arrested for drunk driving after crashing his electric cab into a building. His case set an early legal precedent by applying existing laws about being drunk in charge of a carriage to the new world of motor vehicles.

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