2026 Wichita St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway: Date, tickets and prizes
This year’s Dream Home Giveaway will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 28. Click here to find more details about the home and the additional prizes!
Northwest Expressway study delayed. What to know about the project’s future
A Kansas Department of Transportation feasibility study for a proposed Northwest Expressway connecting Maize and Goddard has been pushed back to early next year. The project, first studied in 1997, would create a 12-mile route linking K-96 to Kellogg. FULL STORY: What is going on with the proposed Northwest Expressway?
Kansas’ first internet exchange point installed near Wichita State University
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Across the street from Wichita State University on Friday, an internet exchange center was put together, picked up and assembled by a crane in three different pieces. The center is located just across from Eck Stadium and is the first internet exchange point in Kansas. It’s...
Hope Wichita volunteers stuff 500 backpacks for giveaway
Doors for the giveaway open at 9 a.m. at seven locations in the Wichita area.
Weather Alert – Dangerous heat wave gets started this weekend
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A dangerous heat wave will get started across Kansas this weekend and will last through the middle of next week. Very hot and humid conditions are expected on Saturday. Afternoon feels like temperatures will range from 105 to 110 degrees, with the highest heat and humidity combination over easter
‘You don’t know who’s on the other side’: Wichita residents warn of TikTok door-kicking...
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - As the door-kicking trend grows on TikTok, people from around Wichita have reached out to 12 News to share their experience with having their doors kicked. The trend involves kids kicking the doors of homes and running away. One Wichita woman, Laura Snell, said she experienced...
Early rain Friday, brace for another blast of heat
Our latest round of showers and storms continues to track through the area this morning. Spotty rain stretches from the southwest to the northeast. Even though Northwest Kansas and Southwest Nebraska are drier, reduced visibility could be an issue due to some fog. Fog could also develop in other areas where rainfall ha
Hutchinson police investigate park stabbing
Hutchinson police are investigating a stabbing that left the victim in serious condition.
Preliminary hearing for Kansas killing on a city bus
SEDGWICK COUNTY—A man charged in a deadly shooting on a City of Wichita bus will be back in court Friday. Travis L. Finney, 34, is scheduled to attend a preliminary hearing before Judge Kathleen Watson, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office. The judge could determine whether the case moves forward
Man charged in deadly Wichita bus shooting will stand trial
A Sedgwick County judge ruled Friday that there is sufficient evidence for a man to stand trial in the fatal October shooting of a passenger aboard a Wichita Transit bus.

















