Wichita KS

DERBY, Kan. (KWCH) - Field Station: Dinosaurs in Derby caught on fire on Saturday evening during severe weather. Sedgwick County dispatch confirmed that the attraction caught on fire after it was hit by lightning. As of 9:50 p.m. on Saturday, the fire has been cleared.

The report says that in 2025, the average monthly mortgage payment across the country dropped from $1,990 to $1,942, a 2.4% fall.

A 49-year-old man was ordered Friday to spend more than 11 years in prison for a string of burglaries at several churches, spas, an animal clinic and other businesses in the Wichita area last year. Prosecutors say Stephen D. Rowell’s months-long crime spree included 11 burglaries in Wichita, Goddard, Maize and Mulvane between May and August 2025. Among his targets: Massage...

More severe weather could be in store for Wichita and other parts of Kansas this weekend. The National Weather Service in Wichita is predicting the possibility of strong to severe storms for Saturday and Sunday, mostly during the afternoon through late evening. Risks include hail and wind. “There is medium confidence for a few strong to severe storms to develop today,” the NWS said...

BUTLER COUNTY, Kan. (KWCH) - Two people are in custody after a Butler County investigation into reported automatic gunfire near Towanda, deputies said. Butler County deputies responded to the call on Friday and stopped a vehicle leaving the area, authorities said. Deputies reported finding drugs, a modified assault rifle and a handgun, and arrested the driver, Dayton Smith, an already convicted felon on multiple charges...

CENTRAL KANSAS — The active severe weather pattern continues into April 25, 2026, with the threat shifting north and focusing on central Kansas, where intense supercells capable of producing strong tornadoes and very large hail are expected. The core of the most significant risk carries a Level 3 designation at 10% tornado probability, with tornado strength reaching EF-2 potential across the outlined zone covering...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — Three consecutive days. Three separate high-risk zones. Three different regions of the country facing EF2 or stronger tornadoes and giant hail. The all-hazards severe weather outbreak that began Saturday across southeast Oklahoma and northeast Texas is not a single event — it is a rolling, three-day catastrophe in slow motion that shifts its bull’s-eye east with each passing...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A color run fundraiser at Isely Traditional Magnet School turned an ordinary school day into a bright, all-day event as students ran laps and were doused in colored powder. “I’ve got pink blue and yellow and green and red,” one student said, describing the colors now...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Kansas Office of Veterans Services held a benefits and claims event in Wichita on Friday, offering veterans and surviving spouses an in-person way to apply for benefits tied to their military service. Organizers said attendees could file paperwork for claims on the spot. Primary care...

Board Chair Steve Dixon said the shelter is still searching for a funding source to keep its doors open.