Craving corn this summer? Here’s a chance to help yourself – and the community
If you’ve been craving some sweet corn on the cob this summer, you’ll have a chance to harvest your own next week and help the community by doing it. The first program to kick off at the OneRise Health Campus , where the new South Central Regional Psychiatric Hospital is under construction, is an agricultural...
Wichita teachers get creative as school supply costs rise
With the start of classes just around the corner for Wichita Public Schools, teachers say they feel the strain of rising school supply costs.
Wichita Eisenhower Airport seeks public input for 20-year expansion plan
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Wichita Eisenhower National Airport is planning for the future, and city leaders want travelers to weigh in. On Tuesday night, the Wichita Airport Authority hosted an open house to gather community input on its 20-year master plan. The goal: identify current and future needs to support growing...
Voters in this Sedgwick County community say yes to one-cent sales tax
Voters in Maize overwhelmingly approved a one-cent sales tax Tuesday. The unofficial vote was 241 to 124. The sales tax is to take effect Jan. 1 and last until 2036. It will add to existing state and county sales taxes — 6.5% from Kansas and 1% from Sedgwick County — for a total tax of 8.5% on purchases of goods or...
Neighbors near Sim Park say more needs to be done to stop street racing...
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Every weekend Jon Clark says he hears people doing burnouts and doughnuts at a parking lot in Sim Park from his house. “It’s just the engines revving and as they go it’s just the screeching and it’s not just ten minutes,” said Clark, “it’s twenty minutes, a half hour, it’s forty-five minutes.”
Demolition of the last legacy dormitory on Wichita State’s campus has begun
The demolition process of Brennan Hall III, the last legacy dormitory on Wichita State’s campus, has begun across the street from the 17th Apartment complex. Brennan Hall has been part of WSU’s campus since 1953 and started as a single building, originally built as a men’s dorm to house an influx of students...
Afghanistan veteran returns to the Air Capital
Joshua Tweet knew he was destined to serve back in high school and enlisted in the Army in 2009.
Sneak peek inside Teriyaki Madness
Wichita is just days away from the first Teriyaki Madness which is opening at 3801 N. Ridge at the Shops at Avante strip center. The northwest corner of 37th and Ridge continues to grow with more dining as this fast-casual restaurant specializing in Asian fusion cuisine celebrates its grand opening on Friday, August...
Wichita police detective finds gun tied to shootings in toilet paper holder at City...
A Wichita police detective was using a bathroom at City Hall when a handgun used in two shootings in the preceding weeks fell out of the toilet paper holder and onto the floor, according to a federal court filing. Daquinton Shamarr Baker was charged Tuesday in federal court with possession of a gun by a prohibited...
New tech helps WPD zero in on gunfire in seconds
Wichita Police say new technology is helping them reach shooting scenes quicker — and it’s already making a difference.
