Wichita KS

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The annual Somewhere Festival returns to Wichita on Friday and Saturday, bringing live music, immersive experiences and food vendors downtown. The festival, kicking off Friday and continuing through Saturday, is prompting a couple of street closures in downtown Wichita. Emporia Avenue is closed b

Happy Autumnal Equinox! Fall officially begins this evening at 7:05 PM. Thankfully, temperatures have gotten the memo and feel much more like autumn than they did at the start of the month. Highs this afternoon will sit in the 70s and 80s across the state, with most areas staying below...

The city of Wichita released additional information Tuesday about what caused the city’s water treatment plant and high-pressure pump station to lose power, triggering a boil water advisory for 500,000 people last week. The largest known factor is the city’s Sept. 15 decision to deactivate its automatic transfer switch

It’s been closed for more than two months. The phone number has been disconnected. And Google recently changed the status on its business listing from “temporarily closed” to “permanently closed.” Still, says Hayley Makovec of Towne East Square, the Bb.q Chicken restaurant that opened on the east-facing side of the mal

Staff waits for paychecks after All Star Sports closes in west Wichita. All Star Sports in west Wichita has closed as of September 10, leaving employees unpaid and uncertain about their future. The general manager emphasized reopening with a properly staffed, paid team and secured lease is a priority.

COWLEY COUNTY — Sheriff's deputies and police officers arrested a 32-yearold Wichita man Sunday evening following a felony traffic stop related to a domestic battery incident in Butler County, according to a media release from Cowley County Sheriff. Just before 6:30p.m. , Cowley County deputies were alerted by the...

A superintendent in western Kansas is facing a litany of charges in connection with alleged embezzlement from his school district.

Man fired for printing racial slur on oil change sticker at Wichita dealership speaks out (Part 1) This young man worked for Rusty Eck Ford in east Wichita. On Sept.21, he came to the KAKE studios to discuss his actions, the consequences and also the threats he says the dealership and his former co-workers are still ge

Roames Bonner was found guilty of first‑degree murder, two counts of aggravated battery and two counts of criminal discharge of a firearm.

One of the Japanese steakhouses in Wichita is temporarily closed. Old Tokyo Steakhouse, who opened in 2020 at 6821 W. Taft Street, confirmed the closing on Facebook Tuesday night. The Facebook post went live within an hour after a video started circulating online with a notice that the business was...