Wichita KS

VALLEY CENTER, Kan. (KWCH) - The Valley Center City Council held a special meeting on Thursday to discuss options regarding the future of the fire department. The meeting comes after Sedgwick County announced it was ending automatic and mutual aid agreements with the city. Valley Center is currently on a mutual aid agr

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Organizers call it an event that is a work of love. On Friday, Senior Connect took place at the Carl Brewer Community Center. It’s an event hosted by the Voice of the Wichita African American Council of Elders. The event focuses on celebrating those who...

Drivers in western Sedgwick County are experiencing increased traffic and longer backups along U.S. Highway 54 as the area has seen significant growth in recent years.

Employees who didn’t wash their hands, flies, grease and grime, food that wasn’t stored at safe temperatures and more are among violations state inspectors discovered during recent food safety and lodging inspections in the Wichita area. Each week, The Eagle adds to its searchable database of failed inspections from Se

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - One person is in critical condition following a shooting in east Wichita. Dispatch confirmed that one person was critically injured in the 9400 block of east Harry. This is located near the intersection of Harry and Webb. The shooting was reported at 9:37 p.m. on Friday.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Wichita City Council will discuss the future of the Crown Uptown Theatre on Tuesday. The owner of the building, Mike Brown, submitted for a wrecking permit back in July. However, the Crown Uptown is on the city’s undesignated historic resource list, which triggers an automatic one-month hold

Last month, I started a fun new game aimed at Wichita foodies. I have a big stack of paper menus I saved from the early 2000s and 2010s, when restaurant menus were not as commonly found online. I’ve decided to occasionally post snippets from these menus to see if any longtime Wichita diners can identify them. For the f

Wichita Public Schools have deemed each school in the district to be a “Personal Electronic Device Free Zone.” Beginning this school year, cell phones, computers, smartwatches, headphones, smart glasses and any other personal electronic devices are banned during the school day, including lunch and passing periods. Comm

The Kansas Supreme Court affirmed the murder convictions of Rico Brown Jr. for the 2023 killing of Elrecus Nolan Jr.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Department of Corrections needs help finding a man who walked away from a minimum-security facility Thursday evening. Jauwon Antonio Allen, 36, was placed on escape status at approximately 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13, after he failed to return for the evening count at the Wichita Work-