Abbey Higginbotham
Multi Media Journalist/Digital Producer
Wichita, KS
:no_upscale()/s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/gray/2c841af0-7320-4dc4-8be8-5719775a07f2.png)
Abbey is a multimedia journalist and digital producer for KWCH. This University of Missouri - Kansas City grad is excited to call Wichita her new home.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/2NVPJBONMRB5FJVXUYGBHN6HPQ.jpg)
A car crash near Douglas and Hillside is leaving a small business owner concerned for safety in the area.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/2K7NTDHJNNCU7ATQ4IR7FDVBKA.png)
Wichita is in a crisis; the animal shelter is at capacity with 120 dogs and cats needing homes. Over 40 dogs now face the danger of euthanasia unless adopted.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/MHYX2MHFNBESNJA2MXQTBRGGRQ.jpg)
Brody May is a senior at Goddard Eisenhower High School and he’s up for homecoming king, a title his brother held just three years ago.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/GVGCT4RRVNCJ5CGLHL2EULO5ZU.jpg)
A new fundraiser brought together motorcycles and poker to help a local cancer support organization.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/OYKW236O7ND7XJBEQWKJDQZIJQ.jpg)
Staffing shortages continue to impact the El Dorado correctional facility.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/R47MO5WN45B3LDXE3V2GLQQ2DU.jpg)
While a major water main break in Wichita forced several closures on Friday, some businesses found ways to stay open.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/UD4IG5NR65C7NGNA3WTDDLEQOM.jpg)
Wichita State University released the 2022 Kansas Housing Market Forecast on Thursday.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/MV4PHDUHDFDYPGMENX7BHPM27A.jpg)
Local store owners continue to see prices for their goods skyrocket due to shortages of delivery drivers and demand for products.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/BFU4PGDUQZH3FHFZGD6NYO6ENI.png)
The Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) needs the public’s help finding a minimum-custody inmate who escaped from the Wichita Work Release Facility Saturday
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/HFNWG2EHHBFKDLBFF3VC65WIVI.JPG)
Plans to improve an area of Wichita’s College Hill neighborhood have ben met with opposition by some who live in the area.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/7UICCKIEVZDHBGRFWDEKIHO6JU.jpg)
Dispatch has confirmed that one person was critically injured in a motorcycle accident near Kellogg and Merdiain.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/KEU6OGKHBZKITCUFY4E7TCIWAM.jpg)
Chautauqua County dispatch has confirmed there is a large hay and pasture fire East of Cedar Vale, across Highway 166.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/KXTDBQTBN5HAHFMKNQBOSRQ5DU.JPG)
The Wichita Animal Action League wants to offer those in low-income situations a chance to train their dogs for free.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/YXE2XGMCJRH7LH2WHFLNE7AKIE.jpg)
At least one person is dead after a crash in East Wichita.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/HS2H7JC4WRARTJYXKVVLR5BBHQ.webp)
The Wichita Police Department needs your help locating a 10-year-old runaway named Jaydyn O’Quinn.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/M7GLEDHZRFFHBMWZ456XHIOI2I.JPG)
As summer comes to a close, Wichita area animal shelters report still seeing a big increase in the number of cats they’re receiving.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/262AUNKEYFBENHYU2GMJUDEPEQ.JPG)
The second part of the Wichita River Festival starts Sept. 30.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/D2BAL5EKCBBQNENQDXRHOE35XE.jpg)
This Saturday, it will be 20 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and teachers in Haysville are covering the events of that tragic day in their classrooms for students, who hadn’t even been born yet to learn of this historical day.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/XQRRRHT6FVA57HILFAAIJZBIJY.jpg)
A group of Kansans honored the 13 American soldiers killed in a suicide attack at the airport in Kabul.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/NSMY2CKFOZE7ZBTLQJPG3IEOIA.PNG)
Seven Wichita firefighters deployed this afternoon to Louisiana to assist with hurricane Ida recovery efforts.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/IBIVBINOYZCWDJOS6IMQS65QSM.PNG)
Food 4 Kids is a program that gives backpacks full of food to kids each weekend throughout September to ensure kids have enough food while they are not at school.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/5SVJIFMNW5BTXDXOMSICYBPIVI.JPG)
While parents do what they can for a child’s birth, the arrival of a new life often doesn’t go as planned.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/HMVP3NW5NFHU7DCVENXBEGW4SQ.jpg)
Catalytic converter thefts continue to rise all over Wichita and businesses tell us repairs are costing them thousands of dollars.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/Y34I77H4ZJG4RHEMKUWMFRX3AA.png)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/AC27P3O335FAXLFAVI6GM6RUXM.png)
Sheriffs in Grant County are looking for 29-year-old Francisco Beltran after he escaped from the Grant County Jail Sunday.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/BRZYZ5TTJRNNFCZPYBOUNDZLFE.jpg)
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/FUK7K4PFY5EXPFL2TT6W7HOZFA.jpg)
Wichita Public Schools hosts multiple mobile vaccination clinics
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/NEVMLDJDZJGDFPQ2JF7ZH3AR2A.PNG)
The Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Friday night around 8 p.m. in Chanute, Kansas.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/GBPZUPDZI5GMTIGZETWXMTKY6Q.jpg)
A man arrested in connection to a shooting on Sunday made his first appearance at court on Wednesday.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/ZCWLFIVZIVE2PLXUKXGA6JQWPQ.webp)
You have a chance to weigh in on the city of Wichita’s 2022 operating budget.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/DNMLEXHAJNHT7KIYL47AUQ2NKU.jpg)
The Sedgwick County Zoo celebrated one of its oldest animal residents on Saturday.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/QOCDLPURDNENRPPPPJ6RKKFNEI.PNG)
Ascension Via Christi Hospital needs donations of fleece blankets for patients that are victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault, Child/Elder Abuse, and Human Trafficking.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/XLQUAZWDOBBHPO3F5YHNH5TWTA.PNG)
The “Jim Crow Strikes Out!” softball game is an exhibition softball game organized by Wichita Urban Professionals (ICT-UP) as part of the Candid Conversations series “Wichita’s Diverse History of Baseball.”
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/4PQIAQFZIVBOBJPGKU7LTAPBWE.jfif)
Wichita barbershop gives free haircuts to kids going back to school
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/RC2LDQZSN5BABASGGAFGHUVZ2U.jpg)
Petition to stop the demolition of Salina’s Tri-Rivers Stadium has reached 1,600
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/EZGCRULB7VDE5BZOY4FETJ7KFM.webp)
A cluster of COVID-19 cases was reported at Barton County Jail.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/JGHWU6HZ2VBHXGRPMGGBVKHGC4.webp)
Body of missing drowning victim recovered from Elk City Lake
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/CPSSYJRLKRBALKA5RYKBRSRIIY.png)
The Park City Chamber of Commerce created a business expo for local businesses with the goal was to bring businesses and the community together.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/STA5DXCEWFFGNEILQXJZJQGLRQ.png)
Wichita’s First Presbyterian Church held its sixth annual refugee backpack drive.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/6OR2RIT22ZFWVIQ6OJXA7ZEYNY.png)
A Wichita teenager is spending every other Saturday grilling at his mother’s home, raising money to buy supplies for the homeless in Wichita.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/B63JHT4W4JAHHPBGTXDADESVDU.png)
If you misplace or damage your COVID vaccination card, you can get a replacement card.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/JTEMM7ITBZD5RJV2I5G55JUUVA.jpg)
Three people are hurt after a driver hit two cars in back-to-back crashes in south Wichita.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/N5EIK44EFVGLVIWVTZJ23UCBFU.jpg)
Wichita Public Schools welcomed 400 new employees on Monday.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/AZ54MHXWTRC3RPAOOMKUJ4I63Q.png)
Kevin Lanterman, Sedgwick County’s new EMS interim director, spoke today on his plans for the future of the Sedgwick EMS since he took the position.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/SW6GETHKOBCVVOKF5TQ7ZSKJDE.jpg)
Nicodemus Kansas holds their annual parade celebrating their homecoming.
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/LD5W3DY5LVM6NLMNA73T2U5V7Q.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/37QUICJZBNDEFG4WUN22JNNSUQ.jpg)
The Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office raised money to help a new employee who was forced to ride his bike back and forth to work.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/UFLN3YIOCNEVLNZ2ZGN5UTR3LE.jpg)
Oklahoma’s Kay County Sheriff’s Office busted a massive commercial marijuana growth operation.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/FDDQURL3MJA5FLZSTDR7EJCFP4.jpg)
Beep Baseball Association World Series is for visually impaired players meaning those with little to no sight capabilities.