The United States is considering a ban on Chinese social media apps, including TikTok, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

Doctors and parents in Wichita raise concerns over a policy change that relaxes vaccine requirements at Catholic schools in the Wichita Catholic Diocese. Since the decision made in late June, doctors in the area have written personal letters to the diocese, asking the bishop to review the change regarding vaccines.

The Wichita Police Department received a donation of 10,000 KN95 masks to distribute to the public as a statewide mask mandate is in effect and a local order is in place for the City of Wichita.

A Barton County judge Monday sentenced a Florida man to life in prison for the deaths of Sonny and Pauline Carpenter, killed in 2018 in Barton County. The Wichita couple’s bodies were found in Arkansas.

A petition to change the Hays High School mascot is underway. This comes after some expressed concerns about the Indian mascot, claiming it is offensive and racist.

Since face masks became mandatory in the City of Wichita Friday (July 3), more people and places in town are covering up. But one of the questions that follows Friday’s special meeting where the ordinance passed is, how can the city make mask-wearing in public a requirement when Sedgwick County decided only to make it a recommendation?

The man accused of killing two people in January at the Hotel at WaterWalk in the 700 block of South Main, heard formal charges against him Monday (July 6) In Sedgwick County District Court. Kyle Young ins charged with capital murder, aggravated burglary, and criminal possession of a weapon by a felon.

The Wichita Police Department is investigating an overnight shooting reported in the area of Kellogg and Grove in east Wichita.

Police arrested Zachary L. Province on charges of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a firearm in the June 29 shooting death of 25-year-old Joshua Steele in the 6900 block of East Ayesbury Circle.