Wichita KS

The juvenile runaway who triggered a local BOLO alert Thursday afternoon is now facing escape and theft charges in connection with the incident. According to Emporia Police, 16-year-old Benjamin Bowman was apprehended in the 1100 block of East Street late Thursday afternoon after he had been identified as a runaway juvenile from Haysville, Kansas. EPD says the incident developed after Bowman, who...

A crash involving multiple cars was tying up traffic on southbound I-135 on Friday afternoon. Multiple emergency vehicles were on the highway, blocking at least one lane of traffic around the 8th and 9th Street exits, WICHway camera live view showed shortly after 2 p.m. Emergency scanner traffic indicates that around seven vehicles were involved in the crash. Two people were possibly hurt...

Compared to about a decade ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said congenital syphilis cases are 700% higher nationwide.

A 100-foot animatronic dinosaur in Kansas went up in flames after a lightning strike turned it into a towering fireball, leaving firefighters with the most unusual call of their careers. The blaze erupted at Field Station: Dinosaurs, a theme park in Derby, when a bolt of lightning hit the Sauroposeidon replica around 8.30 p.m. on April 23, 2026. Fire crews arrived to find...

The state-of-the art stores feature a much larger kitchen and a streamlined checkout system. QuikTrip has announced the opening of its latest c-store featuring the chain’s new “Gen 4” format. The site, located in west Wichita, Kan., is the second to open this month, with the first one situated in Broken Arrow, Okla.

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WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A Sedgwick County jury found a 32-year-old man guilty of DUI and leaving the scene of an accident in connection with a deadly crash that happened the night before Thanksgiving in 2023. The sentencing phase of the case against Dalton Huffman is set for June 26.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Boeing is investigating an accident reported at its Wichita plant. 12 News learned that the accident happened more than a week ago and that the affected employee, identified by family as 53-year-old Daniel Lussier, died last weekend. As of Friday afternoon, it’s unclear whether the accident...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Wichita Police Department has made an arrest in connection with a shooting on April 11 that critically injured three people. On Tuesday, investigators presented the case to the Sedgwick County District Attorney. 26-year-old Devonte Parker from Wichita was charged with discharge at an occupied residence resulting in great bodily harm, discharge at an occupied vehicle, aggravated assault and...

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