Wichita KS

SEDGWICK COUNTY - A 33-year-old man died after a shooting Tuesday afternoon at an apartment building in Wichita. Just before 4:30p.m. Tuesday, police responded to a reported shooting at 916 N. Broadway. Officers arrived and found 33-year-old Lee Banks inside the apartment building with gunshot wounds to his upper and...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Wichita, Kansas – Strong to severe thunderstorms are expected to erupt across central and south-central Kansas after 5 p.m. Friday, threatening damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph along I-35 and US-54 during...

Dave Rau told lawmakers he moved out of his home in Garden Plain, Kansas, because he couldn't afford the property tax bill. "We were able to take advantage of homestead tax relief for some of our taxes, but now, we don't qualify for it. Please help!" Rau wrote to lawmakers. "I am 100% disabled (veteran) and...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Formal charges are expected on Thursday against a teen identified as the primary suspect in a shooting last August outside Towne East Mall. Police arrested the 17-year-old for two counts of attempted murder. Two other teens, both 16, were booked into jail for disorderly conduct related...

More than 100 people packed Colwich Elementary School Monday night looking for answers about possible data centers in western Sedgwick County. Organizers said the night was about education, but it was still clear there were a lot of questions that needed to be answered. Even after the county's 90-day pause,...

One person has died after a shooting at a downtown Wichita apartment complex that police say has long presented a problem to public safety. Police identified the man as 33-year-old Lee Banks on Wednesday. The shooting happened just after 4 p.m. Tuesday at an apartment complex at 916 North Broadway, Wichita police...

NEWKIRK — Sean Richard Cockrell, 57, entered a no contest plea in Kay County District Court to a stalking charge. Sentencing is deferred for 18 months by Judge David Bandy. Cockrell is ordered to have no contact with the victim, make no mention of the victim on the internet and obtain a domestic violence assessment.

When employees from Point Guard Management arrived at one of their recently vacated properties in Wichita, Kansas, they immediately noticed something unusual taped to the front door. It was a handwritten note, not from the former tenants, but from concerned neighbors. The message carried shocking news: the family...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Wichita, Kansas – Drivers along I-35 and I-135 could face sudden 60 mph wind gusts and large hail after 4 p.m. Friday as strong thunderstorms rapidly develop across central and south-central Kansas,...

Kansas Senate blocks attempt to block state from making low-interest, $50 million loan to a Wichita company controlled by Florida venture capital firm.