Storm Track 3 Forecast: Cold front brings rain Wednesday, up and down temps
Warm today, but a cold front arrives tomorrow evening bringing a chance for rain. Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman tracks up and down temperatures and other chance for moisture next week.
Wichita State student vanished in 1983, car set on fire
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - More than four decades have passed since Wichita State student Manouchehr “Mike” Nafar vanished without a trace. On Feb. 25, 1983, Nafar’s yellow van was found abandoned and set on fire at a car wash on the south end of Augusta. His Kansas license plate — SG M 37993, with a 1983 expiration tag...
Tammy Snow retiring after nearly four decades with Wichita Fire Department
She began her career as a firefighter in 1988 and worked her way up to chief in 2017, becoming the department’s first female chief.
Train derailment, near Wellington Municipal Airport, topple 28 Union Pacific rail cars
Wellington Fire Rescue was dispatched at 3:42 a.m. on Sunday morning to the intersection of 50th Avenue North and North Hoover Road for a reported train derailment involving a Union Pacific Railroad train. Upon arrival, crews located approximately 28 rail cars that had derailed from the tracks. The train was...
Alaska Airlines Flight Returns to Wichita After Overheated Power Bank Incident
An Alaska Airlines flight bound for Seattle-Tacoma International Airport returned safely to Wichita on Sunday after a passenger’s cell phone and portable power bank overheated and ignited mid-air, airline and airport officials confirmed. Flight 2117, operated by Horizon Air on behalf of Alaska Airlines, departed...
Husband and Father of 4 Dies After Getting Trapped Inside Grain Bin While Moving...
Mark Klaassen, 37, was one of three farmers in the grain bin
PHOTOS: Wellington home damaged in fire early Sunday
Wellington Fire said most of the damage was confined to the garage and that the home had some smoke and water damage.
Train hauling grain derails in Wellington; 25 cars off the tracks
A train transporting grain derailed in Wellington early Sunday morning.
Boy Gets Lift from Wichita, KS, Crew to Visit Hospitalized Firefighter Dad
The Clark County firefighter, injured at a brush fire last week, is in a burn unit at a Wichita hospital. Sometimes, all you need is a lift. And, that's just what Wichita firefighters did for the son of a Clark County colleague injured battling a wildfire last week. On Thursday,...
Restaurant that disappeared from Wichita in December has reopened in nearby town
Fans of local chef Youssef Youssef’s hummus and gyros — and there are many of them — expressed distress when in December he suddenly closed his Sesame Mediterranean Kitchen in NewMarket Square . Now, Sesame’s food is available again at a new address — and in a new town. Youssef reopened Sesame two weeks ago in the...
