Wichita KS

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WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Approaching four years since nearly 13,000 barrels of oil (about 543,000 gallons) leaked into a northern Kansas creek, the company deemed responsible for the disaster agreed to pay nearly $27 million for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act. The U.S. Department of Justice identified South...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - New court documents released Friday provide more details about a now former Wichita Police officer who was involved in a crash in April that injured four others. That former officer, Jayce Bennett, was formally charged this week with four counts of aggravated battery. On the night...

A Wichita man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison for leaving a woman dying on the side of the road after she fell out of his moving car. Johnny D. Moore, 37, was ordered Thursday to serve 130 months in connection with the death of 30-year-old Chapre Dashae Cole , Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Offi

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - One more round of storms will affect parts of Kansas tonight, then we will dry out and remain hot this weekend. Scattered storms are expected across southern Kansas late this evening and into the night. The overall threat of severe weather will remain low with most of this activity.

Maize’s only hotel is planning to undergo at least $2.25 million worth of renovations during the next seven or eight months. The cost of the improvements could be cushioned by a series of public incentives tied to stable ownership and retention of the Holiday Inn Express name. At its July 6 meeting, the Maize City Coun

Manhunt for suspected shooter enters second day in Wichita after standoff mishap. Police used professional negotiators, drone technology, the department’s robotic dog, a K-9 unit, gas, their tactical vehicle the ROOK, and a SWAT team to coax the suspect out, who they later realized was not in the home at all.

The city of Wichita plans to pay nearly $500,000 to settle a lawsuit after a police car rear-ended a motorized scooter carrying two people in November 2024. The city’s law department will ask the Wichita City Council on Tuesday to approve a $498,340 settlement with Joseph Oliver and Patricia Carrion. The item is on the

Zack Churchfield first stumbled onto North Broadway when he was 15 years old. He wasn’t using yet, but years later he ended up using drugs, and even fentanyl. Now, Churchfield and several others in the recovery community are coming back, this time to give back to a community they used to be a part of. Saturday afternoo

SEDGWICK COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) - One person was taken to a Wichita hospital in critical condition following a two-vehicle crash that prompted a HazMat response near 215th Street West and Central, northwest of Goddard. The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office reported that the two-vehicle crash involved a passenger vehicle an