Foster care official says Kansas should be ‘laser focused’ on Wichita’s placement crisis
TOPEKA — Kansas’s top foster care official said the state should be “laser focused” on Wichita to improve a youth placement measure that has consistently fallen short of court-ordered standards. Foster care contractors in Sedgwick County, where Wichita is located, have continuously struggled to place children...
A missing grandmother was found dead in a suitcase and detectives are hunting for...
Investigators in Wichita, Kansas, are trying to determine who left a grandmother's body in a suitcase outside a fire station. Police were called about 6:25 p.m. Sept. 16 after two people found a suitcase outside Fire Station 22, Wichita television station KWCH reported. The two said there was a body inside, and officer
Wichita Cartel Ring That Used Phoenix as Drug Pickup Point Ends in 15 Guilty...
A drug-trafficking ring accused of working on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel used Phoenix as a pickup point to funnel fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine into Wichita, Kansas, federal authorities say, and the operation has now collapsed under the weight of fifteen guilty pleas. The case describes couriers who drove fro
The Boathouse is leaking — and so is Wichita’s contract oversight | Opinion
The Wichita Boathouse lease is being described in media and online as having been a $1-a-year sweetheart deal. That is accurate as far as the check went but misleading as far as the bargain went. In return for nearly rent-free use of a prominent public riverfront property under a 99-year...
Rose Hill clamps down on Chanute for third straight win
A long bus ride to southeast Kansas may have contributed to a sluggish start for the Rose Hill Rockets as they traveled to Chanute to take on the Blue Comets. In fact, it was the closing seconds of the first quarter before anything positive occurred for the Rockets. From that...
The Wichita, Kansas BBQ Steakhouse Where Locals Go For Huge Portions
Some dinners arrive quietly. Others land on the table like they have something to prove. That is the mood at a Wichita, Kansas steakhouse where barbecue and huge portions share the spotlight. The plates are generous, the flavors lean smoky and hearty, and the whole experience works best if you...
Dry Sunday, rain returns this week
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Dry and warm weather is expected on Sunday, but thunderstorms will become likely in the week ahead with heavy rain possible. Isolated showers and storms will be possible tonight across portions of south central and eastern Kansas. Any rain will be gone by daybreak on Sunday....
Three dead after shooting in southeast Wichita, suspect in custody
A 21-year-old man is in police custody following a shooting that left three dead in southeast Wichita on Saturday.
Family wants woman remembered for her life, not the circumstances of her death
For Travis Moody, the recent death of his mother, Lorretta Moody, has been devastating. To add to that grief, Moody said it’s been difficult to come to terms with the circumstances that surrounded her death . “It’s hurtful that no matter, she’s going to be remembered by many as the woman in the suitcase,” Travis said.
One in critical condition after crash in Bel Aire
It happened shortly after 7:15 p.m. near 53rd Street and Webb Road.
