Wichita KS

A court-ordered review found 136 Kansas foster children spent 870 nights without a proper licensed placement during 2025. Those children experienced 348 separate failure-to-place episodes. The numbers matter because each episode represents a child waiting for safe, stable housing while in state custody. The findings sh

It’s the rare business that actually opens exactly when planned , but Say What?! and the Shoestring Theatre are doing just that on Saturday. “There’s definitely some finishing touches that . . . need to be finished,” said Dan Gray, the improv group founder and theater owner. “The great thing about improv is you’re buil

Family of Valley Center man fatally shot want 16-year-old suspect to be tried as an adult. The family of the 18-year-old victim, Hunter Johnson, remembers him and is also calling for change to the law.

Family of Chuck Giles react to arrests made in Wichita cold case murder. It was 2019 when police say someone robbed and then shot and killed 55-year-old Charles "Chuck" Giles in the driveway of his home near 25th and Amidon. That night the community lost a beloved restaurant owner, but Hazel Watson lost her grandpa.

Widespread soaking and beneficial rainfall are on the menu this week across KAKEland, as a rich plume of moisture snakes its way across Baja and the Desert Southwest and into the Central Plains. The slow moving setup and ample moisture will likely help drought stricken areas and give us a taste of soggy fall weather.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A special flight demonstration took place on Monday at the Kansas Aviation Museum. Joby Aviation showed off its autonomous aircraft, a Cessna 208 Caravan equipped with an automated system. The system is essentially an autopilot system, which completes all the functions that a pilot normally would

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Two men were arrested and charged in the 2019 shooting death of Charles Giles, a Wichita business owner. Benny Delgado, 36, of Wichita, and Jesus Deleon, 27, of Wichita, are each charged with first-degree murder, aggravated robbery and criminal discharge of a firearm. Giles, who owned...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Monday marks the anniversary of two Kansas law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. On Sept. 28, 2009, Sedgwick County sheriff’s deputy Brian Etheridge responded to a reported larceny at a home on South Rock Road. The call was false, and he was...

Before a judge even approved a court settlement aimed at improving Kansas foster care , there were bold, hopeful predictions for the state and its most vulnerable children. One attorney representing foster kids said six years ago that the settlement could transform a “shockingly broken system” to a model for the nation

Juan Valenzuela-Silva, 21, was booked into the Sedgwick County jail on suspicion of capital murder.