Matt Heilman

The Ulysses school district on Friday confirmed a police response to Kepley Middle School concerned a staff member possessing a gun.

The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office said a man and a woman are dead after an early-morning house fire near Emporia.

Could Avery Johnson’s first collegiate start come Saturday night against Central Florida? Addressing the media Thursday, Kansas State Offensive Coordinator Collin Klein indicated that could happen.

The $1.5 million gift from John and Gail Wadsworth specifically is for the Softball Team Operations Facility at Wilkins Stadium.

The Wichita Animal Services Advisory Board on Wednesday held its first meeting since the report of 12 dogs mistakenly euthanized at the Wichita Animal Shelter two weeks ago.

Court records show 34 total counts of child-sex-crime charges filed against a former Kansas police chief arrested last month for sexual exploitation of a child.

A woman wanted in connection with the September 2019 shooting death of a Garden City man is in the Finney County Jail, booked after being extradited from South Carolina, the Garden City Police Department confirmed.

The Wichita Police Department and the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office on Friday announced a new program and community partnership intended to help officers better serve and communicate with people who may need a different approach from first responders on emergency calls.

A Wichita man in federal court pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm during a drug traffic offense, the United State’s Attorney’s Office confirmed.

Eighty years after his death serving in World War II, a soldier from Wichita will have his final rest close to home.

The execution of a search warrant led to the discover of about 4,000 fentanyl pills and a 20-year-old Wichita man’s arrest.

The driver of a boat involved in a Memorial Day weekend crash on Winfield Lake that severely injured a 10-year-old girl faces charges filed in Cowley County District Court.

Kanas Governor Laura Kelly last week sent a letter to President Joe Biden through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), requesting a major federal disaster declaration for the state due to significant storm damage sustained in 43 Kansas counties by several rounds of severe weather.

The Circle school district on Monday identified a high school junior killed in Friday afternoon’s crash on K-254 that involved a car and a bus with the district.

The mistaken euthanasia of 12 dogs at the Wichita Animal Shelter prompts action from the Wichita Police Department that includes an investigation into what happened and a civilian supervisor’s placement on paid administrative leave pending investigation results.

The Garden City Police Department on Wednesday confirmed U.S. Marshals located and arrested a woman wanted in connection with a deadly shooting that happened four years ago in Garden City.

As part of training that happens every three years, the Wichita Airport Authority conducts an FAA mandated full scale disaster exercise. Friday was the day for this.

The Liberal, Kan. Police Department said one of three men found unconscious in a tanker trailer Friday morning at a truck wash died at a nearby hospital.

The Kansas Corporation Commission in a 2-1 vote Friday morning approved an agreement that moves ahead with programs aimed at helping Evergy customers save energy and lower monthly bills.

The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday, Aug. 15, provided an update in a case out of Derby in which a judge handed down sentencing to a man and a woman convicted in connection with financial abuse and physical neglect of an 84-year-old woman.

The sheriff’s office said scammers prey on people with official sounding phone calls and make threats of arrest to make their targets feel desperate.

The 66-year-old retired Wichita Fire Department captain is a survivor and as he spreads awareness about his current health battle, he looks back more than three decades and is grateful to at least arrive at this point.

A Sedgwick County court document released Wednesday provides accounts from numerous witnesses in the early July 2 shooting at the City Nightz nightclub in Old Town in which 11 people suffered injuries, nine from gunshot wounds.

Taking public action Wednesday, July 26, Wichita nurses at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital and Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph Hospital, and Austin, Texas nurses at Seton Medical Center, delivered petitions to hospital management, “demanding they take urgent action to improve patient care.”

he Wichita Police Department reports its investigation into a homicide involving the deadly shooting of a 14-year-old boy.

The KBI said it’s part of a collaborative initiative, the Joint Fentanyl Impact Team or, “JFIT,” with the Kansas Attorney General’s Office, the Kansas Highway Patrol, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

The Hutchinson Police Department reaching out to the public in an effort to stop a string of violence happening in the city through unsanctioned, planned fights and spontaneous violence stemming from them.

A deputy with the Dickinson County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Salina man suspected of stealing more than $1,000 worth of tools from Solomon High School.

A new court document reveals details about reported sexual assaults of three patients earlier this month at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis hospital.

Starting Friday, June 30, and continuing through Wednesday, July 5, anyone with complaints about discourteous celebrators should call a non-emergency line activated in Sedgwick County.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment and the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks lists a pair of south central Kansas lakes among four in the state under a warning status for potentially harmful blue-green algae.

A gust reported near Meade was estimated to reach 100 mph.

A charitable donation from a nationwide nonprofit has a four-legged member of a northwest Kansas law enforcement department equipped with protective gear.

Severe weather impacting south central Kansas last weekend included tornado warnings for the Wichita metro and concerns for the warning system designed to make sure anyone outside knows to seek shelter.

A probable cause affidavit released this week details the case against a recently retired Wichita Police Department captain accused of sharing confidential police documents.

In a meeting in which a contentious issue was brought into public discussion, the Hutchinson City Council voted 3-2 to fire City Manager Kendal Francis.

After a lengthy discussion at its meeting Tuesday night, the Newton City Commission decided not to amend an ordinance for a Newton family to keep their son’s emotional support animal, a pot-bellied pig named Ginger

At seven-and-a-half years old, a Topeka boy named Hudson underwent surgery that opened the door for a unique, potentially life-changing opportunity for an organization and its dogs.

A pending civil lawsuit against Wichita’s new police chief brings concerns about a perceived lack of transparency from the City of Wichita.

A probable cause affidavit sheds light on a couple’s arrest in connection with the death of a 1-year-old boy.

Newly released details into an early December home break-in and attack on a Wichita couple describes a hectic altercation that ended with a man injured, his wife dead and the violent criminal briefly on the run before Wichita police arrested him.

Witnesses inside and outside of the Whole Foods Store in east Wichita on the evening of Oct. 4 described an armed woman wearing dark clothing appear paranoid in a situation that escalated to Wichita police officers shooting the woman, ending a threat.

A Wichita man faces federal charges following his arrest in connection with the Jan. 6 breach at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

As a now former Herington police chief and the city’s assistant chief face misdemeanor charges, accused of trespassing and damaging property, an affidavit from Dickinson County District Court lays out the grounds for the charges.

Charges against 31-year-old Jesus M. Olave Jr. includes failure to stop at at an accident resulting in a death and operating a motor vehicle without a valid license.

Anger over a gun sale led to a violent scene in Derby, ending with the arrest of one man and the death of another.

A court document explaining grounds for charging a woman in connection with an Aug. 17 deadly stabbing includes details in her confession for the violent crime.

The KDHE outlined several violations in explaining the decision for suspension at We R Kids in the 10000 of West 13th Street.

Surveillance footage and eyewitness accounts led police to making an arrest in connection with the May 5 shooting death of a QuikTrip security guard in north Wichita.

The Kansas Supreme Court on Friday, May 7, announced that it affirmed the convictions of man sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 3-year-old Evan Brewer.