Wichita News

The S.S. Waterwagon leaves its dock north of the First Street Bridge. The Wagonmasters River Tour is new this year at the Wichita River Festival.

Lawing is executive director of the Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas, a Wichita-based umbrella organization for several agencies that handle the unemployed and job training.

Growing up, Gentry Linn Miller used to watch the Miss USA pageants on TV and daydream about competing.

Spirit AeroSystems building that was damaged in the April 14 tornado. The T in Spirit is the only letter that remains in the company's sign on the building.

Aaron Dellinger from Salina wins the Run About Open during the IJSBA Mid America Watercross Championships.

A trailer containing thousands of dollars worth of tools was stolen from a resident's driveway Friday afternoon in the 2000 block of E. Mona Lane.

One may not realize the connection that one Wichita company has with the Grand Canal at The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The first one happened in the 600 block of N. Topeka when police say a man with the street name of "Shorty" forced his way into a home, held two people at knife-point and demanded money.

Wichita police detectives try and gain entry into a truck parked in the driveway of a home in the 8400 block of Greenbriar Court where a woman was fatally shot early Saturday morning.

Many people in the nation's Tornado Alley rely on storm sirens despite new warning methods, such as messages sent to cell phones and broadcast over the airwaves.

The hub for Social Madness will be at www.socialmadness.com . Select "Wichita" from the pull-down menu to see the local companies competing and to vote for your favorite.

Ballet Wichita dancers Sam Corridoni as Peter and Hannah Marie Wagner as the Bluebird are among performers in "Peter and the Wolf" this week at area parks.

The city of Wichita has closed on the purchase of the Super 8 hotel at 527 S. Webb Road, the hotel's owner announced Friday.

Students play pool in the recreation room at the Judge James V. Riddel Boys Ranch at Lake Afton, Sedgwick County's place for juvenile offenders who are at medium to high risk of reoffending.

I was just wondering why it's important only at River Festival time to post water-quality flags on the river.

A federal jury has found a Wichita man guilty of producing child pornography, U.S. Attorney Barry Grissom said Friday.

Jodie Leeser and Dan Reiners, co-managers of the new PrimeLending branch in east Wichita, stand in the lobby of the Hinkle Law building at Wilson Estates Office Park, where the branch will open next week.

Stephen Dorf, of Kansas Fiber Network, says the shortage hasn't affected him, but it could if new orders are needed.

Wichita City Council member Michael O'Donnell talks with the audience after taking the oath of office Tuesday, Apr.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach faced hostile questioning and frequent interruptions during a public meeting he held Thursday afternoon in Wichita to discuss new voter laws passed last year by state legislators.