Wichita KS

Beginning in 2026, the Harvey County Treasurer's Office will charge a $2.50 facility fee per vehicle or title for in-person motor vehicle transactions. The intent of the fee is to offset the costs to operate the vehicle division. The Treasurer's Office cites that current operations for vehicle transactions creates...

Wichita drivers need cars that can handle long highways, changing weather, and daily commuting without constant repairs. With hot summers, cold winters, and plenty of open-road driving, reliability matters more than style. Some cars are built to last, while others can become expensive headaches over time. Wichita...

The short campaign cycle for a sales tax vote in Wichita is heating up, with a group emerging to oppose it. The Better Government Institute, with Save Century II founders Celeste Racette and Karl Peterjohn, plans to launch a campaign soon to oppose the one-cent sales tax on the ballot March 3. “The sales tax...

The holidays haven’t been all peace and goodwill in Wichita. Police spent the last week responding to a string of deadly shootings and accidents. Police responded to a home invasion and shooting that occurred around 8:20 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 27, in the 100 block of North Ash. One man is dead, another remains...

2026 will bring some more dining options to South Oliver with the arrival of two different Mexican restaurants expected to open in the coming months. The first is Alejandro’s Mexican Food which is opening at the recently remodeled strip center at the northeast corner of Harry and Oliver. It already houses the new USA...

Nearly two dozen locations are set up in and around Wichita so you can turn your Christmas tree into free mulch and help reduce waste.

It’s the end of the road for Sesame Mediterranean Kitchen. The fast-casual Mediterranean restaurant, which opened in 2021 in NewMarket Square at 2755 N. Maize Road has officially closed. All this ten months after closing the east side store at 4510 E. 19th St. at Braeburn Square. It was...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Sedgwick County is joining agencies statewide for the New Year’s Taking Down DUI campaign, which will put more officers on roads through January 2. The Kansas Department of Transportation is funding the enforcement campaign as federal safety officials report that someone in the U.S. dies in a...

Wichita Mayor Lily Wu highlights some highs and lows from 2025.

SEDGWICK COUNTY —A Kansas man convicted of a violent attack in the fall of 2020, on a teen, later identified as his girlfriend, was scheduled to learn his fate on Monday. For the third time in two months sentencing for 24-year-old Dominic Thomas was postponed, the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office reported...