RENO COUNTY – A 22-year-old Hutchinson man was jailed Monday after he allegedly led Reno County Sheriff ‘s deputies on a brief high-speed chase in a vehicle reported stolen in Hutchinson.

Tyler Humphries was arrested on suspicion of felony flee and elude, no driver’s license, theft, and criminal damage to property.

Sheriff’s deputies were looking for the vehicle at a trailer park in Yoder when Humphries allegedly fled east toward Haven. He then turned north to the intersection of Haven Road and Illinois where he got out of the vehicle, waited for  deputies to arrive and surrendered. He was  taken into custody without incident.

Humphries remained jailed on a bond of $3,600.

He also faces a community corrections violation after being convicted of three counts of theft from last year.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Two men accused of murder for the shooting death of a Hutchinson man back on June 26 have been bound over for trial.

Eighteen-year-old Tristan Delaney and 26-year-old Curtis Garcia are accused of being involved with the killing of 18-year-old Norman Cushinberry. He had multiple gunshot wounds and his leg may have been run over with a green pickup.

The theory for the crime involves Delaney and Cushinberry purchasing drugs. Delaney and Garcia had been texting that day about the purchase of around a quarter pound of marijuana. There is also some indication over phony money being involved. Garcia claims he was there to sell an Xbox and not drugs.

Police found Cushinberry in the street suffering from gunshot wounds to his upper chest, on his side around the rib cage, and around his upper arm. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful.

According to testimony, Delaney came out of a home in the 500 block of Washington with a shotgun. That gun was later found near Cushinberry.

Because of the dispute between the two suspects, it’s likely they will be tried separately.

Both will be arraigned before separate judges in separate courtrooms next Monday.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 31-year-old man arrested  in February for distribution of methamphetamine was bound over for trial after a preliminary hearing Monday.

Darin Ferris allegedly sold the drugs at a home on East Ninth. Officers then followed Ferris to a home on North Pleasant where they found money used in the drug buy, more methamphetamine — around 28.2 grams — and a scale.

District Judge Joe McCarville agreed to allow the state to make the charge a level one drug felony. If convicted, Ferris could face more time in prison.

He will be arraigned on the charges next Monday.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A local woman arrested Nov. 14 after she led law enforcement on a chase has been formally charged. An officer was injured in the chase.

Brittany Biehler is charged with aggravated battery of a law enforcement officer, felony flee and elude, possession of methamphetamine, felony interference, and auto burglary.

The chase in Hutchinson included five or more moving violations.

Bond in the case was set at $24,500.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Three people were injured when two motorcycles crashed on the Woody Seat Freeway just after 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Rickey Daniel Landgraff of Wichita lost control of his motorcycle after hitting a pothole. He was thrown from the bike and suffered serious injuries. His passenger, 24-year-old Laikyn Larson, also of Wichita, was thrown from the bike and suffered minor injuries.

Terry Forbes of Wichita struck Landgraff’s motorcycle as it was going down. He was thrown from his bike and also suffered serious injuries.

All three were transported to Hutchinson Regional Medical Center for treatment.

The accident occurred near the Avenue F exit.

TOPEKA, Kan. – The Kansas Department of Labor has released the latest unemployment numbers for October.

The newest report shows Hutchinson with an unemployment rate of 3.3 percent last month down from the 3.4 percent in Sept. and matches the rate for Oct. of last year.  Reno County also saw a slight dip in unemployment with a rate of 3 percent last month, down from 3.1 percent in Sept. and better than the rate of 3.2 percent in Oct. of last year.

According to the state, there were 921 county residents actively looking for work last month with most of those in Hutchinson.

Other counties saw mixed results with some seeing a slight decrease, while others saw a slight increase.

For the state of Kansas as a whole, the numbers show a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.3 percent in Oct. This was unchanged from Sept. and down from 3.5 percent in Oct. 2017.

HUTCHINSON, Kan. – The Reno County Commission Tuesday will tackle a number of items on their agenda.

That includes, as part of the consent agenda, the resolution which will allow NextEra Energy to build a temporary 199-foot meteorological tower.

The commission will also consider a job incentives agreement with eNGines LPG, LLC over their recent purchase of the former Betts Bakery building to create 56 qualifying full-time employment positions prior to June 30, 2023.

Also on the agenda is consideration of an engineering proposal from Lochner to design approximately 16 ADA compliant bus shelters and concrete pads as required by the KDOT Transportation Alternatives grant award for an engineering base fee of $17,200.

Also to be considered is approval for Community Corrections Policy Revisions – The Kansas Department of Corrections updated the Standards Manual for Community Corrections. Therefore, twenty agency policies needed to be updated.

Additionally, Commissioners will  consider approval of a recommendation by Public Works Director David McComb to purchase one 2018 Ram 2500 Tradesman Crew Cab 4X4 Long Box Pickup Truck in the amount of $31,837 from Allen Samuels Auto Group, Hutchinson, to replace a vehicle totaled in an accident on September 23, 2018.

STERLING, Kan. – Genzada Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., a subsidiary of Ionics Life Sciences Limited announced Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved its Investigational New Drug application for a Phase 1 human clinical trial of the company’s flagship molecule GZ17-6.02 for patients with advanced solid organ tumors or lymphoma.

“We are excited to bring 6.02 to the oncology community and we look forward to demonstrating its safety and efficacy as we move through the clinical trials process,” said Cameron E. West, MD, FAAD, the chief operating officer of Genzada. “Based on numerous preclinical studies, we believe this therapeutic will be very well-tolerated and will achieve meaningful outcomes for cancer patients.”

6.02 has shown preclinical success in several therapeutic contexts, notably for pancreatic cancer and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.

“It is great news that the IND clearance has been granted for 6.02,” said Daniel D. Von Hoff, MD, chief development officer at TD2 and adviser to Genzada. TD2 supported the research sponsor with its regulatory submissions, including the completion and filing of the drug’s IND application. The clinical research organization (CRO) will continue to manage the clinical trial for 6.02. “I know how hard the team has worked to get to this milestone for this very interesting combination with a unique mechanism of action.”

Functionally, the compound acts as an inhibitor to super-enhancers, the areas of the genome bound by transcription factors that are uniquely susceptible to repair signal disruption. 6.02 can inhibit several super-enhancer targets based on the cancer of origin.

GZ17-6.02 is derived in part from Arum palaestinum (black calla lily), a native plant found in several regions of the Middle East. Similar to the vinca alkaloids and taxanes, 6.02 is now a fully synthesized therapeutic, originally derived from naturally occurring compounds.

Enrollment of the first patient for the 6.02 trial will take place through the HonorHealth Research Institute, and will be announced in the coming months as the study initiates.