Wichita KS

Federal and local law enforcement officials on Friday announced the arrests of more than two dozen suspected violent criminals, including an alleged Wichita drug trafficker nicknamed “Dirty Dot Com.” Flanked by a host of other officials at a Friday news conference, U.S. Attorney Ryan Kriegshauser said 30 people were arrested as part of “Operation Iron Sights,” a multi-agency effort that ran from July 13 through Sept. 16. The investigation targeted suspected violent criminals in Sedgwick County.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - An operation described as “a violent crime initiative” in the Wichita area, conducted over a couple of months this summer, netted 34 arrests and the recovery of 58 firearms, the U.S. District Attorney’s Office for the District of Kansas reported. The initiative, “Operation...

Sedgwick County Zoo will offer half-price admission today through Sunday to commemorate Stingray Cove's final weekend.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Someone broke into Sazon Mexican Restaurant around 4:45 a.m. Thursday, months after a separate break-in at the business in July. The restaurant says is losing another day of income as it works to reopen. “It’s a bit weird that it happened again, but, it is what...

A Japanese restaurant that got its start in Haysville will soon have a Wichita address. Signs have just appeared at 2516 E. Central for Hikari Sushi and Ramen . Two years ago, Candra Wijanarko opened his first location of the restaurant at 240 N. Main St. in Haysville and now is expanding into the building on East Central that’s best known as the one-time home of Beautiful Day Cafe, which closed in 2021. The restaurant space most recently was occupied by the short-lived Filipino restaurant Kusin

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The emergency response to a crash at a busy northwest Wichita intersection during the morning commute on Thursday impacted traffic due to a downed power line. There were no injuries reported in the crash in which a semi struck the power pole near 13th Street North...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – A busy section of a Wichita road is closed due to downed lines. The Wichita Police Department says northbound and southbound Tyler Road near 13th Street is shut down due to power lines. Crews have been called to repair the lines. No word on how long the work will take.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - AT&T customers could soon receive payments worth thousands of dollars as part of a $177 million class action settlement connected to a data breach. The company is accused of failing to have proper cybersecurity measures after customers’ personal information was leaked in 2024. A judge approved the settlement this month. Eligible AT&T customers could get payments of up to $5,000.

If you’ve ever been to the Newton depot in the middle of the night to catch a train, you may have groggily thought it was a cool old building but didn’t see much else to interest you. The city of Newton wants to change that. The city has the almost 30,000-square-foot 1929 building under contract to buy and on Tuesday made a deal with Wichita developer Bruce Rowley to redevelop the space. “It just begs for something better to happen there,” Rowley said. “It’s an amazing opportunity.” He and busin

A man pleaded no contest Tuesday in connection with a deadly crash in May 2025.