Kansas Senate committee hears testimony on bill stemming from deputy’s death in DUI crash
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A Kansas Senate committee heard testimony Monday on a bill that would allow prior DUI convictions from municipal courts to be used for sentencing purposes when a DUI results in injury or death. The bill, HB 2747, stems from the 2022 death of Deputy Sidnee Carter....
Woman dies in Newton house fire
NEWTON, Kan. — A Newton woman died in a house fire late Sunday morning in the 500 block of West Fourth Street, according to authorities. Newton Fire/EMS crews responded to the scene at approximately 11:30 a.m., where they found the residence engulfed in heavy fire and smoke. Firefighters also encountered an active...
Discarded cigarette blamed for E. Wichita duplex fire, 4 treated for smoke inhalation
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The source of a fire that spread Sunday night at an east Wichita duplex started from a discarded cigarette, the Wichita Fire Department confirmed. On the call, reported at about 8:16 p.m. in the 1100 block of Williamsburg (southeast of 13th and Oliver), crews arrived at the scene to find fire...
Jose Peppers makes it 2 for 2 in Wichita with sudden closures
On Monday morning, employees at the east side Jose Peppers location at 11423 E 13th St. N. were reportedly notified via an in-app message that the store closed permanently on Sunday. No prior notice was given to many employees who are now left without a job. It was reported by...
Victim in fatal hit-and-run near Sedgwick County Zoo identified as Wichita man
The sheriff's office said 29-year-old Adam Wayne Condit of Wichita died after he was struck by a pickup truck on Windmill Road near the Sedgwick County Zoo.
Man booked into jail for murder following pedestrian crash near Lincoln and Broadway
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Following a few days’ stay at a Wichita hospital for treatment for injuries sustained in a deadly crash last week near Lincoln and Topeka (just east of Lincoln and Broadway), a Wichita man is booked into the Sedgwick County Jail on an arrested charge of “murder in the second-degree:...
Helping the homeless after Wichita’s winter shelter closes
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Man killed in shooting at SE Wichita park, police searching for suspect
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Wichita police are searching for the suspected gunman in a deadly shooting that happened late Sunday night in a southeast Wichita park. The shooting was reported a little after 9 a.m. on South Webb Road, near Lincoln. At the scene, responding emergency crews found a man in a vehicle who’d been...
Wicked winds howl through Kansas, leave damage in wake
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Less than 24 hours after a warm, sunny day with calm winds, Kansas was hit with a sharp weather reversal Sunday, bringing snow flurries, damaging winds and travel warnings across much of the state. Traces of snow were reported in South Hutchinson, with flurries reaching as...
Longtime Wichita radio personality Rick Thomas dies
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Scott Menzies, a longtime radio personality in Wichita and other Kansas locations whose professional identity was Rick Thomas, died over the weekend. Menzies began as an on-air personality with KICT, best known as T-95, in 1995. He worked with the rock station for nearly 25 years, returning for...
