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FactFinder 12 was first alerted by a viewer, asking if the county’s public defender’s office is...

FF12: Sedgwick Co. public defender’s office closed due to short staffing

Updated: 6 hours ago
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By Hailey Tucker
FactFinder 12 was first alerted by a viewer, asking if the county’s public defender’s office is shut down, is it a possible Sixth Amendment violation?

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Sheriff: 4 Sedgwick Co. deputies had sex with records employee, 2 resign

Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 4:02 PM CDT
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By Hailey Tucker
Three Sedgwick County Sheriff’s deputies resign after the department says an internal investigation revealed all three were having sex with a records employee while sometimes on-duty.

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DA: Amazon scam cost Wichita woman $15,000

Updated: May. 10, 2023 at 1:04 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
The woman was convinced to move everything in her bank account to cryptocurrency.

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911 invesitgation

50% of Sedgwick Co. 911 calls answered by automated message

Updated: May. 4, 2023 at 5:51 PM CDT
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By Hailey Tucker
When you call 911 for an emergency in Sedgwick County, half of the time, it won’t be answered by a real person. It’s answered by what the county calls it’s “queue,” which is an automated recording message. It tells you that you’ve reached Sedgwick County 911, that all dispatchers are busy handling other emergency calls and to not hang up.

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Don't Fall for It

Thieves pretend to represent Meritrust in text-message scam

Updated: Apr. 21, 2023 at 7:20 AM CDT
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By Alex Jirgens
Meritrust members are reporting two text messages that appear legitimate, asking to verify a purchase.

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What does it take to have a barrier between lanes on the highway? FactFinder 12 investigators...

FF12 asks questions about lack of barriers after head-on K-96 crash

Updated: Apr. 17, 2023 at 10:01 PM CDT
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By Hailey Tucker
What does it take to have a barrier between lanes on the highway? FactFinder 12 investigators ask more questions after a head-on collision causes a multi car crash on K-96.

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Norton Medical Center in Norton, Kansas

More than half of Kansas’ 105 rural hospitals at risk of closing

Updated: Apr. 4, 2023 at 5:21 PM CDT
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By Hailey Tucker and KWCH Staff
- More than 50% of rural Kansas hospitals are at risk of closing. It’s a problem impacting small-town hospitals across the U.S.

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Andover Police Chief Buck Buchanan

Andover police chief back to work following internal investigation

Updated: Mar. 27, 2023 at 10:49 PM CDT
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By Branden Stitt and KWCH Staff
Andover’s police chief is back to work following an internal investigation during which he was placed on administrative leave for nearly a month.

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BBB weighs in on FactFinder investigation into Sears

Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 6:56 PM CDT
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By Hailey Tucker
Many consumers reaching out to FactFinder 12 saying they’ve dealt with similar issues after our investigation into Sears. Some said they’ve waited for months for repairs that didn’t fix issues with store bought appliances and others said they can’t get in contact with the company.

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FF12: Company won’t return calls after Augusta man asks for refund

Updated: Mar. 19, 2023 at 8:51 PM CDT
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By Hailey Tucker
Tim McDougald is someone who believes companies should always do the right thing. For about five months, he said he’s been trying to get in contact with Sears because of a refrigerator he bought over four years ago. The fridge stopped working, and since it’s still under warranty, he’s had many people with the company try to fix it.
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What is Kansas missing by not legalizing marijuana? Lawmakers say millions of dollars and thousands of jobs

Updated: Mar. 12, 2023 at 9:47 PM CDT
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By Hailey Tucker
What is the state of Kansas missing out on by not legalizing some form of marijuana? The question comes after voters in Oklahoma reject a state question to legalize recreational marijuana last week. The state’s medical marijuana industry continues to bring in millions of dollars for the state.

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Woman wants photo album back after Kansas Masonic Home closure

Updated: Mar. 3, 2023 at 7:35 AM CST
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By Hailey Tucker
Betty Taylor is missing some important pictures of family moments she treasures.

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DA’s office opens investigation into denture practice after FF12 report

Updated: Feb. 28, 2023 at 9:32 PM CST
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By Hailey Tucker and KWCH Staff
The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office on Tuesday confirmed it opened an investigation into a Wichita dental practice, Affordable Dentures & Implants.

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Prosecutors receiving complaints on Wichita denture practice after FF12 investigation

Updated: Feb. 15, 2023 at 8:46 PM CST
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By Hailey Tucker
The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s office is responding after a FactFinder 12 investigation into Affordable Dentures & Implants in Wichita.

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Disabled veteran seeks clarity on Wichita airport’s free parking access

Updated: Feb. 10, 2023 at 11:25 PM CST
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By Branden Stitt and KWCH Staff
The parking garage at Eisenhower National Airport costs most of the public to use, but for disabled veterans, parking is supposed to be free.

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Further guidance given regarding complaints with Wichita denture practice

Updated: Feb. 6, 2023 at 5:25 PM CST
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By KWCH Staff and Hailey Tucker
The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office and the Kansas Dental Board are reaching out to assist people who’ve lost time and money to Affordable Dentures and Implants, in Wichita.

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FactFinder 12 investigation into Wichita denture practice continues, former employee talks about experience

Updated: Feb. 5, 2023 at 8:36 PM CST
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By Hailey Tucker
After a FactFinder 12 investigation, there’s now a helpline for patients who aren’t happy with their dentures from Affordable Dentures & Implants in Wichita. A former employee is also speaking out after seeing the FactFinder 12 initial investigation.

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Wichita denture practice reimburses families after calls from FactFinder 12, Kansas AG

Updated: Jan. 30, 2023 at 5:18 PM CST
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By Hailey Tucker
You use them to talk, to smile to express yourself. Your teeth do a lot of things, we can sometimes take for granted.

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Some refunds issued, questions remain with Maize speed limit discrepancy

Updated: Jan. 24, 2023 at 8:57 PM CST
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By Hailey Tucker and KWCH Staff
Following up on Sunday’s FatFinder 12 investigation unveiling discrepancies in some Maize speed limits, more information comes to light as we’re asking more questions.

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FactFinder 12 uncovers discrepancies in Maize speed limit, ticketed drivers to be reimbursed

Updated: Jan. 22, 2023 at 9:52 PM CST
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By Hailey Tucker
After a tip to FactFinder 12, investigators learned some drivers have been wrongly ticketed for speeding in the City of Maize. Some paid hundreds of dollars in fines and have had insurance rates raised for tickets when they’re technically not speeding.

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More clients come forward after Wichita attorney disappears on them

Updated: Jan. 18, 2023 at 9:00 PM CST
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By Michael Schwanke
A client tells FactFinder 12 he’s been contacted by an investigator looking into Wichita attorney Devoe Treadwell.

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Wichita attorney disappears, clients say he took their money with him

Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 8:52 PM CST
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By Michael Schwanke
A well-known Wichita attorney stopped showing up to court or even returning calls.

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New Wind Surge president says prices will drop for upcoming season

Updated: Jan. 4, 2023 at 11:10 PM CST
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By Hailey Tucker
The Wichita Wind Surge will soon return for another season at Riverfront stadium in downtown Wichita under new ownership and a new, but familiar, president.

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Similar stories surface after Andover man unknowingly pays hundreds for car wash membership

Updated: Dec. 27, 2022 at 9:07 PM CST
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By Hailey Tucker and KWCH Staff
After FactFinder 12 helped an Andover man get more than $300 back from a local car wash, many reached out, reporting similar situations.

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Car wash refunds Andover man’s money after FactFinder 12 steps in to help

Updated: Dec. 20, 2022 at 9:20 PM CST
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By Hailey Tucker
When you pull your vehicle through a car wash, you expect to pay $10 to $30 for a wash. But, for one Andover man, a single car wash at the Andover Zips cost him $322.50.

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FF12: Threats prompt city to spend thousands protecting Wichita mayor

Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 10:58 PM CST
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By Hailey Tucker and KWCH Staff
Over the last few months until early this week, Wichita police officers were stationed outside Mayor Brandon Whipple’s home.

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Report outlines 3rd-party review into Wichita Police Department

Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 11:53 PM CST
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By KWCH Staff
FactFinder 12 is getting a look at the first report from a third-party company looking into the Wichita Police Department and the City of Wichita.

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Woman gets refund from oxygen tank company after contacting FactFinder 12

Updated: Dec. 12, 2022 at 6:32 PM CST
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By KWCH Staff
The refund from Inogen came days after FactFinder 12 contacted the company.

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Concern raised with registered sex offender coaching youth sports team

Updated: Dec. 6, 2022 at 11:27 PM CST
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By Hailey Tucker
Can a registered sex offender coach children in Kansas? That question popped up after a concerned parent emailed FactFinder 12 about a registered sex offender coaching a youth sports team.

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FactFinder 12: 1-on-1 with Wichita’s new police chief

Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 11:39 PM CST
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By KWCH Staff
Joseph “Joe” Sullivan comes to Wichita from Philadelphia where he retired from the local police department in 2020 as deputy commissioner.

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Suicide or murder? Questions remain in Salina teen’s death

Updated: Nov. 13, 2022 at 10:00 PM CST
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By Alex Flippin
A 17 year old boy is found dead in a remote cabin and investigators rule it a suicide, never wavering from that decision, but the boy’s father says it was murder.

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FF12: WPD officers pulled from patrol to provide personal security for mayor

Updated: Nov. 2, 2022 at 10:19 PM CDT
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By Hailey Tucker and KWCH Staff
FactFinder 12 obtained emails showing the City of Wichita is pulling police officers from their normal patrol shifts to provide personal security for Mayor Brandon Whipple.

Cold Case

‘He’ dumped her body in a field

Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 10:00 PM CDT
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By Alex Flippin
A 20 year old woman who was reported missing is found dead in a field three months later, and more than two decades later, her killer remains free.

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FF12: Kechi officer stalking incident prompts concerns about WPD ‘FLOCK‘ technology

Updated: Oct. 31, 2022 at 10:43 PM CDT
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By Hailey Tucker
After a Kechi Police lieutenant was arrested for using the Wichita Police Department’s (WPD) FLOCK license plate reader system to track his estranged wife, FactFinder 12 wanted to know who has access to the system.

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Audit report: No evidence missing following storage-related concern with Wichita Police Department

Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 11:27 PM CDT
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By Hailey Tucker
Last month, Wichita city leaders addressed concerns about potential problems with the Wichita Police Department’s Property and Evidence facility after 12 NEWS sent an open records request for information on the concerns.

Politics

Organizers, Kansas agencies: No state money used toward drag shows

Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 10:57 PM CDT
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By Alex Jirgens
This comes after the British tabloid, “The Daily Mail,” published a story claiming to connect the governor’s administration with at least partial financial support of drag shows. But organizers of the events in question say the story isn’t true and it was all a misunderstanding.

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Wichita mayor responds to police union’s calls for resignation

Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 10:57 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Wichita Mayor Brandon Whipple responded after receiving calls for his resignation if he doesn’t apologize following a verbal confrontation with a Wichita Police Department officer, recorded on the officer’s bodycam.

Cold Case

Investigators search for Wichita area woman’s remains, case still cold

Updated: Oct. 4, 2022 at 10:00 PM CDT
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By Alex Flippin
The case of a young woman murdered twenty years ago has gone cold at times, but the investigation has heated up several times over the years. Factfinder 12 sat down with investigators and family who hope someone reading this will have the answer that will bring Jennifer Wilson’s killer to justice.

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Left in the lurch: Contractor starts job, disappears

Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 6:45 PM CDT
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By Alex Flippin
A contractor, hired to re-side a Wichita home, starts the job but never finishes. It’s a story Factfinder 12 has heard more than once, but the woman who hired this contractor says she used a service that is supposed to vet the contractors they use.

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FF12 takes deeper look at Wichita Police Department evidence storage

Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 11:43 PM CDT
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By Hailey Tucker and KWCH Staff
A day after the City of Wichita address concerns with the Wichita Police Department’s property and evidence, FactFinder 12 took a deeper look into how that evidence is stored.

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FactFinder: Do your research when choosing a solar company for your home

Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 11:05 AM CDT
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By Alex Flippin
A Hutchinson man is still looking for answers after his solar panels inspection failed this year.

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FF12 Fact Check: Ad calls out Derek Schmidt’s record on school funding

Updated: Sep. 23, 2022 at 12:26 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
For 12 News FactFinder, Shawn Loging is taking a look into claims made by an ad supporting Democratic Governor Laura Kelly.

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Sedgwick County woman killed, no felony charges filed

Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 6:03 PM CDT
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By Alex Flippin
The family of a young Sedgwick County woman hit and killed on the side of a Colorado interstate says the man responsible faces only traffic violations, but they want him charged with her death. Factfinder 12 sat down with the family Thursday, ahead of a court appearance scheduled in Colorado Friday (9/23).

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FF12 Fact Check: Ad targets Kansas governor on education issues

Updated: Sep. 21, 2022 at 5:30 PM CDT
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By Shawn Loging and KWCH Staff
An ad supporting Kansas gubernatorial candidate Derek Schmidt focuses on education in Kansas.

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Police union, city leaders respond to claims from high-ranking Wichita police officers

Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 9:11 PM CDT
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By Hailey Tucker and KWCH Staff
The deputy chiefs claim the city is trying to blame their leadership in regards to how they handled an investigation into inappropriate text messages by some Wichita police officers.

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Worth the investment? Breaking down economics of electric vehicles

Updated: Sep. 1, 2022 at 10:55 PM CDT
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By Shawn Loging
Added fuel costs have put more people in the market, or at least considering, the transition to an electric vehicle, or EV.

Cold Case

Gang-war murder connected to other crimes

Updated: Aug. 9, 2022 at 10:00 PM CDT
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By Alex Flippin
A case from November 1991 remains on the minds of Wichita investigators, who say organized gangs turned the streets into a war zone, and solving this one crime could help close the books on several others.

Campaign 2022

Typos on ballots won’t impact votes in Sedgwick County, says election commissioner

Updated: Jul. 15, 2022 at 6:00 PM CDT
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By Grant DeMars
Hundreds of thousands of Kansans will vote in the August 2 primary election in Kansas.

Cold Case

‘That first kill is the hardest:’ Wichita police search for cold-case killer

Updated: Jul. 5, 2022 at 10:00 PM CDT
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By Alex Flippin
Almost 30 years ago, a young man is shot dead in his Wichita home. Left behind? Few clues and many questions. Factfinder 12 investigator Alex Flippin sat down with the family of Christopher Spivey who tell him that all they really want are the answers.

Consumer

Apps to save summer cash

Updated: Jun. 19, 2022 at 10:00 PM CDT
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By Alex Flippin
More people are traveling this summer now that Covid restrictions have relaxed, but those travels will be a little pricier this year. We took a look at some free apps that may help save a little money on your travel...but found out that they’re not all exactly “free.”
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