Funeral for Evan Brewer happening this weekend

France is to name a new prime minister on Friday shortly after the announcement of Edouard Philippe’s resignation. French President Emmanuel Macron wants a new government to focus on efforts to relaunch the French economy deeply hit by the coronavirus crisis.

A mother and child are safe after their house caught fire in Derby overnight.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation is investigating a Thursday-afternoon officer-involved shooting in Neosho Falls in Woodson County. The KBI said at about 3:15 p.m. Thursday near the pavilion at the campgrounds in Neosho Falls, two Woodson County Sheriff’s deputies fired shots that wounded 41-year-old Edward G. Bridges, of Chanute.

A reckless driver crashed through a fence in south Wichita last Friday (June 26) and nearly struck four children. Their mother said she thought the driver ran her children over when she heard them screaming. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

Wichita-area high school coaches are advised of Governor Kelly's new mask mandate and have changed routines to follow those new restrictions.

Wichita-area high school football coaches are advised of Governor Kelly's new mask mandate and have adjusted summer workouts to accommodate those restrictions.

Even though Sedgwick County has decided not to mandate Governor Laura Kelly’s order that people wear masks in public, some businesses like Roxy’s Downtown have already started enforcing wearing masks at its establishment. The business is also limiting capacity to 50 percent.

As Kansas counties take a hand-off approach, it's left to individuals and businesses to decide how faithfully they want to follow the order.