Wichita KS

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City of Wichita has some good news, but it’s hardly shouting it from the...

For anyone who’s been frustrated that the Minisa Bridge along 13th Street has been closed since early July, it appears there’s some good news, though the city isn’t exactly heralding it. It looks like the bridge is reopening, possibly as soon as Monday morning once classes at...
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Salina maintains strong air service growth as Wichita seeks new route

After receiving a $1 million grant, the Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita announced its hopes of adding a new flight to an East Coast hub. It's not the only airport in Kansas with multiple flights to cities around the nation, however. Of the seven airports that offer commercial passenger service, Salina
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Storm Track 3 Forecast: Tropical influence brings heavy rainfall to Kansas

Pleasant conditions to end the weekend, but tropical moisture makes a beeline for Kansas this week. Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman tracks widespread heavy rainfall in the coming week.
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Soaking showers coming to Kansas soon

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - It is quiet and mild Monday morning with wake-up temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Later today will follow suit as highs climb into the lower to middle 80s underneath partly cloudy skies. An approaching and slow-moving storm system arriving from the west will interact with...
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Police continue to investigate after three more Wichita Flock cameras are vandalized overnight

Police continue to investigate after three more Wichita Flock cameras are vandalized overnight. According to the Wichita Police Department, the cameras were cut down near 3500 S. Seneca, 2300 S. McLean and 1200 S. McLean. Only the base of the structures remained.
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Heavy rain likely this week

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - We will have one more quiet day on Monday, then thunderstorms will become likely from Tuesday through Thursday with heavy rain. It will be a mild start to the day on Monday with morning low temperatures in the low to mid 60s. Patchy fog will be possible late tonight into Monday morning over parts
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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...
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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
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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
Featured picture for The Boathouse is leaking — and so is Wichita’s contract oversight | Opinion

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...

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