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11 men were arrested in Wichita during a prostitution sting Friday, according to booking records.

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.

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.

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.

Eyewitness News spoke with Grow Hays Executive Director Doug Williams to look into what’s causing young adults to leave the community.

As monkeypox continues to spread across the country, the University of Kansas Health System is now taking steps to fight the virus.

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.

The Kansas Secretary of State’s Office received recount requests for two items from the Aug. 2 primary election.

Dawson, who is 87 years old, retired from the broadcast booth following the 2017 season.

The search continues for the unknown driver who hit three people and multiple cars late Thursday night in the parking lot of Club Rodeo.

The community of Wichita is invited out to the 4th Annual Food and Back to School Drive at OJ Watson Park on Saturday.

The Reno County Sheriff’s Office said a man died in a Friday afternoon vehicle fire near Cheney Reservoir.

District Attorney Marc Bennett is holding a news briefing regarding an officer-involved shooting that took place in December 2020.

Police say a man was arrested on Aug. 2 with more than 11 pounds of fentanyl.

Drivers are advised to avoid K-96 and Ridge Road while crews respond to a large grass fire.

First responders freed the man, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

The babies are due between Sept. 27 and Dec. 21.

A heavy law enforcement and emergency response closed off a stretch of MacArthur Road outside Club Rodeo in the 3600 block of East MacArthur.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Crews have contained a large grass and brush fire that broke out in Reno County Thursday afternoon.

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.

Wichita students go back to school on August 15 with an orientation day for 6th and 9th graders on Friday.

This week, several students across Kansas are going back to school.

The organization defrauded provides foster and adoption services to the state.

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.