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State

Sedgwick among 9 counties to recount abortion amendment vote

Updated: 1 hour ago
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By KWCH Staff
Counties can begin recounts as soon as possible.

State of Mind

Kansas governor pushes for new mental facility in Sedgwick County

Updated: 2 hours ago
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By KWCH Staff
Governor Laura Kelly was in Sedgwick County on Monday meeting with area leaders about the need for a state mental health hospital in the region.

Campaign 2022

Fact Check: Kansas governor defends economic recovery numbers

Updated: 2 hours ago
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By Shawn Loging
Governor Laura Kelly is defending her assessment that Kansas has restored employment to pre-pandemic levels after Republican Gubernatorial nominee Derek Schmidt said the number showed a different story.

News

KWCH & KSCW Win National Edward R. Murrow Award

Updated: 2 hours ago
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By KWCH Staff
KWCH and KSCW Eyewitness News continue their tradition of excellence by winning the 2022 National Edward R. Murrow Award, from the Radio Television Digital News Association, for investigative reporting.

Education

Scott City High School hosts active-shooter training

Updated: 2 hours ago
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By KWCH Staff
Police used Scott City High School as a training ground for active shooter scenarios.

Education

Dodge City Community College to pay $500K in false claims settlement

Updated: 3 hours ago
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By KWCH Staff
Dodge City Community College will pay $500,000 to settle claims that it overcharged veterans and made false statements to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Back To School

Wichita Public Schools welcomes students back for new normal year

Updated: 3 hours ago
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By Lily Wu
Wichita Public School students completed their first day of school for the 2022-23 school year on Monday.

Traffic

$230M project to improve commute on E. Kellogg set to start next June

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By KWCH Staff
The work to improve the highway turned freeway kicks into high gear with an anticipated expansion project set to start next year.

Building You

Week of Aug. 15: Job of the Day

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By KWCH Staff
This week, the Workforce Centers of South Central Kansas are focusing on jobs in health care centers.

Consumer

4moms recalls 2 million infant swings, rockers after infant death

Updated: 4 hours ago
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By KWCH Staff
The Consumer Product Safety Commission and 4moms on Monday, announced the recall of about two million MamaRoo swings and 220,000 RockaRoo rockers.
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Campaign 2022

Kansas hasn’t started hand count of vote for abortion rights

Updated: 6 hours ago
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By The Associated Press
Kansas hasn’t started a statewide hand recount of this month’s decisive vote in favor of abortion rights because the abortion opponents seeking it haven’t shown that they can cover the costs.

National

Police: 3-year-old girl in Missouri dies after being left in hot car

Updated: 8 hours ago
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By KY3 Staff and Emily Van de Riet
No arrests have been made at this time, but the death is under investigation.

Accidents

K-42 closed near Clonmel due to semi rollover

Updated: 9 hours ago
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By KWCH Staff
K-42 is closed in southwestern Sedgwick County, near Clonmel, due to a semi rollover over.

Crime

One killed in SE Wichita shooting

Updated: 12 hours ago
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By KWCH Staff
The shooting happened just before 8 a.m. Monday morning.

Back To School

NKC schools to crack down on ‘tremendous distraction’ of cell phones in classroom

Updated: 13 hours ago
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By KCTV5 Staff
Cell phones are only to be used before or after school, during a passing period or during lunch.

News

Two arrested after deadly shooting in Old Town

Updated: Aug. 14, 2022 at 6:54 AM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Deandre Greenley was pronounced dead at the scene.

Accidents

One dead, two hurt in Barton County UTV crash

Updated: Aug. 13, 2022 at 10:19 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
No other details are available as of around 10:20 p.m. Saturday.

Local

Derby mourns loss of beloved wrestling coach Jeremy Molloy

Updated: Aug. 13, 2022 at 9:28 PM CDT
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By Tejay Cleland
Molloy was a lot of things for Derby’s wrestling program – a great athlete during his wrestling days, and a great motivator as a coach.

Local

Parents struggling with lack of daycare options, openings

Updated: Aug. 13, 2022 at 9:19 PM CDT
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By Chelsea Croft
The state has lost 78 childcare providers, which results in 938 fewer spots.

Crime

Lawrence man convicted of rape of 17-year-old Wichita girl

Updated: Aug. 13, 2022 at 12:09 PM CDT
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By Sarah Motter
A Lawrence man faces between 14 and 54 years in prison after a Douglas Co. jury convicted him of the rape of a then-17-year-old girl from Wichita.

Crime

11 arrested in Wichita prostitution sting

Updated: Aug. 13, 2022 at 9:57 AM CDT
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By Grant DeMars
11 men were arrested in Wichita during a prostitution sting Friday, according to booking records.

Sports

Kansas sports betting regulations unanimously approved

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 10:20 PM CDT
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By Abbey Higginbotham
The Kansas racing and gaming commission took a step on Friday to legalize sports gambling in the state. They unanimously approved regulations for sports betting during its meeting Friday in Topeka.

Traffic

Construction project impacting weekend traffic at North Junction

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 9:39 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
A project set for completion by the end of the weekend will require some drivers on the Wichita area’s North Junction to change their route.

State

Kansas to recount abortion vote by hand, despite big margin

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 9:13 PM CDT
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By The Associated Press
Kansas’ elections director says the state will go along with a request for a hand recount of votes from every county after last week’s decisive statewide vote affirming abortion rights, even though there was a 165,000-vote difference and a recount won’t change the result.

Western Kansas News

Hays officials looking for ways to retain young adults

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 8:44 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Eyewitness News spoke with Grow Hays Executive Director Doug Williams to look into what’s causing young adults to leave the community.

Health

University of Kansas Health System now vaccinating for monkeypox

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 7:00 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
As monkeypox continues to spread across the country, the University of Kansas Health System is now taking steps to fight the virus.

Education

Derby school board rejects strategic plan because of diversity, inclusion

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:58 PM CDT
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By Shawn Loging
The Derby school district is looking at its next steps after a proposed five-year strategic plan failed to pass the school board Monday night.

State

Treasurer race, abortion question draw recount requests

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:53 PM CDT
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By Melissa Brunner
The Kansas Secretary of State’s Office received recount requests for two items from the Aug. 2 primary election.

News

Chiefs legendary quarterback Len Dawson in hospice care, sources say

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 6:16 PM CDT
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By KCTV5 Staff
Dawson, who is 87 years old, retired from the broadcast booth following the 2017 season.

Crime

Search continues for driver who hit people, cars in Club Rodeo parking lot

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 5:34 PM CDT
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By Grant DeMars
The search continues for the unknown driver who hit three people and multiple cars late Thursday night in the parking lot of Club Rodeo.

Community

Free food, back to school drive Saturday at OJ Watson Park

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 5:03 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
The community of Wichita is invited out to the 4th Annual Food and Back to School Drive at OJ Watson Park on Saturday.

Safety

Man killed in vehicle fire near Cheney Reservoir

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 3:53 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
The Reno County Sheriff’s Office said a man died in a Friday afternoon vehicle fire near Cheney Reservoir.

News

DA: Wichita officer immune from prosecution in 2020 shooting

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 2:46 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
District Attorney Marc Bennett is holding a news briefing regarding an officer-involved shooting that took place in December 2020.

Crime

Police execute “largest fentanyl bust in Tulsa history”

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 12:22 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Police say a man was arrested on Aug. 2 with more than 11 pounds of fentanyl.

Fires

Crews respond to large grass fire in west Wichita

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 11:47 AM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Drivers are advised to avoid K-96 and Ridge Road while crews respond to a large grass fire.

State

Wichita County Sheriff confirms grain car death

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 8:29 AM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
First responders freed the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

State

McPherson Fire Department announces baby boom

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 8:01 AM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
The babies are due between Sept. 27 and Dec. 21.

Safety

Cars, building, people hit after disturbance at club near SE Wichita

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 1:07 AM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
A heavy law enforcement and emergency response closed off a stretch of MacArthur Road outside Club Rodeo in the 3600 block of East MacArthur.

Health

LGBTQ community concerned by stigma from monkeypox

Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 12:02 AM CDT
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By Abbey Higginbotham
Local advocates worry that will lead to misinformation and do not want to see a repeat of what happened with AIDS during the 1980′s.

Sports

A League of Her Own: Kansas woman who played in AAGPBL kept alive by words, memories

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 10:46 PM CDT
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By Jeffrey Lutz
Away from her home south of Hutchinson for the first time at age 17, Joyce Barnes was pursuing an opportunity that hadn’t previously existed for her or any other woman – professional baseball.

Education

Proposal seeks to address perceived competitive imbalance in Kansas high school sports

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 9:19 PM CDT
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By Shawn Loging
A proposal from the Kansas State High School Activities Association (KSHSAA) is looking to address what seem see as an imbalance between public and private school athletics.

News

Saline County addressing staffing shortage before new jail opens

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 6:28 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
A pay raise for new hires and a $5,000 bonus are part of the latest effort from Saline County to help address staffing concerns with a new county jail that’s under construction.

Crime

Greeley man convicted of defrauding VA for disability benefits

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 5:26 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
A federal jury on Thursday, Aug. 11, convicted a Kansas veteran for defrauding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) out of disability benefits. A

Crime

Wichita man sentenced to more than 22 years in July 2020 deadly shooting

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 4:46 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
A Wichita man who shot and killed a man in July 2020 at a southeast Wichita AutoZone store heard the sentence against him in Sedgwick County District Court.

Kansas Wildfire Relief

Large brush fire in Reno County contained

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 4:46 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Crews have contained a large grass and brush fire that broke out in Reno County Thursday afternoon.

Crime

South Carolina couple charged in 2010 cold case

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 4:07 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Two people arrested in connection with the 2010 murder of a 19-year-old man found dead in Butler County, made their first appearance Thursday in Sedgwick County District Court.

Back To School

Wichita Public Schools to start class Monday, lunch no longer free for all

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 3:33 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
Wichita students go back to school on August 15 with an orientation day for 6th and 9th graders on Friday.

Back To School

GALLERY: Back to School photos

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 12:25 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
This week, several students across Kansas are going back to school.

State

Man allegedly defrauds $10 million from Kansas contractor

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 12:20 PM CDT
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By KWCH Staff
The organization defrauded provides foster and adoption services to the state.

Back To School

Prairie Creek Elementary School reopens for first day of class

Updated: Aug. 11, 2022 at 12:02 PM CDT
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By Grant DeMars
It’s a day many didn’t think would happen this year, but Thursday morning, students returned to the classroom at Prairie Creek Elementary School.
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