Wichita, KS Weather Alert: 2 Inch Hail Threat Along I-135 Through 10 PM Friday
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 brings focus to $50M low-interest loan to Wichita aviation company
Kansas Senate blocks attempt to block state from making low-interest, $50 million loan to a Wichita company controlled by Florida venture capital firm.
Bomb squad responds to possible explosives at abandoned property near Augusta
Dispatch confirms a woman was cleaning out an abandoned property, where she found possible explosives.
After much debate, City Council OKs purchase of sculptures for Old Town, downtown
After a sometimes contentious debate on Tuesday, the Wichita City Council voted 6-1 to approve the purchase of 13 sculptures that will be installed on empty art pedestals in Old Town and downtown Wichita. The pieces were chosen by a 10-person selection committee, which met last summer to narrow down 234 submissions...
Attempted murder charge filed in west Wichita shooting
Damien Farias, 21, of Wichita was charged Wednesday with attempted second-degree murder, aggravated battery and two counts of criminal discharge of a firearm.
Changing trends in the Wichita realty market
A decrease in long-term mortgage rates may be encouraging news for home buyers.
Longtime N. Broadway restaurant will soon relocate. Owners cite safety concerns.
A Wichita Mexican restaurant that has operated on North Broadway for nearly 50 years is preparing to move to a new address. La Chinta , which started at 1451 N. Broadway in 1976 then relocated to the bigger space at 1015 N. Broadway in 2019, will in a couple of months move to the building at 2615 West 13th St. that...
Weather Alert – hail & wind threats return
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A Weather Alert Day is in place for Friday with threats of hail and wind on the way to central and eastern Kansas. There will be two rounds of storms impacting the area, with the first batch coming into the area late Thursday night and early Friday. Those storms may contain some hail and wind....
Storm Track 3 Forecast: Overnight strong storms, threat returns by end of week
Storms brew to the southwest late tonight before tracking east. Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman tracks multiple rounds of severe weather through the rest of the week.
Wichita organization giving away 100 free trees to homeowners, churches, businesses
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - ICT Trees, a Wichita organization, is set to give away 100 trees. The organization received a grant from Evergy to help plant more trees in Wichita. The trees will be given away to homeowners, churches and businesses in April. The organization is targeting neighborhoods near urban heat islands,...
