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Two injured when motorcycle hits disabled car in southeast Wichita

Sedgwick County dispatch said the Wichita Fire Department was reporting that two people were in critical condition.
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Ascension Via Christi acquires former Rock Regional Hospital

The former Rock Regional Hospital in Derby will soon be known as Ascension Via Christi St. Peter.
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Torrential rain leaves some Wichita-area drivers stranded on flooded roadways

Dozens of rescue calls came in overnight Thursday into Friday as some drivers became stalled on flooded roadways in Wichita and the surrounding area after storms pounded the region. According to a social media post from the Wichita Fire Department, the agency was dispatched to over 100 water-related calls between 10 p.
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We now know exactly where the fourth Wichita location of this chain will go

In February, the owner of Mokas Coffee & Eatery parent company JRI Hospitality said that the chain’s next Wichita restaurant would go up at Central and Oliver. At the time, though, the exact spot that the restaurant would occupy hadn’t yet been chosen. Now, it has, and it...
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Wichita apartment residents evacuate due to flooding

Residents forced to escape through windows as floods rose at west Wichita apartments. For Chrishia Smith, what started as a rainy evening quickly turned into what she called “the scariest moment” of her life.
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Flooding in Derby’s High Park, surrounding area forces horses to higher ground

DERBY, Kan. (KWCH) - Heavy rain caused flooding in several south-central communities, including Derby, where water approaching the entrance to High Park reached knee height. The flooding near the park prompted handlers to move nearby horses to higher ground, safe from the rushing waters. Water from an overflowed pond s
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Storm Track 3 Forecast: Tonight’s chance for rain before turning hot, windy

Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman says another chance for rain will track over Kansas tonight before hotter, drier and windier conditions move in this weekend.
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Chicken chain expanding to Kansas and five other Midwest states

Colorado-based chicken restaurant Birdcall plans to bring up to eight locations to Kansas.
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Now that’s a water hazard: Flooding closes all 4 Wichita municipal golf courses

The City of Wichita closed all four of its municipal golf courses Friday due to flooding.
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‘Kind of scary’: Firefighters deploy boat to rescue flood-stranded family in SW Wichita

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Wichita Fire Department deployed boats to rescue a family that was stranded on a property near MacArthur and Maize Road, in southwest Wichita. Water nearly submerged an unoccupied pickup out front of the house, in which six members of a family and several pets were stranded. Taking a couple o

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