Wichita News

The Legislature's near-annual journey past its 90-day session limit has some lawmakers turning down further pay, some promising to donate it, and others asking if it is time to outlaw post-90-day legislator compensation entirely.

Wichita Police say it began around 7:30 a.m. in the 2500 block of N. Estelle. Sgt. Bruce Watts says the father of the woman's child came to her door and grabbed her hard by her hair.

The city may have to provide free rent and city water if it wants to keep professional baseball in Wichita.

Do you know how you'll react if the City Council approves a proposed $1,000 fine for people who use more than 310 percent of their average winter water usage? The council will take up the proposal at its meeting June 4. The proposal's goal is to cut in half the city's outdoor irrigation use during the summer.

Health Care Heroes honors companies, individuals and organizations for their contributions to improving health care in Wichita and the surrounding area.

Wichita fire crews on Friday battled a blaze in a two-story building that housed offices and the skee-ball games at Joyland, the city's defunct amusement park.

A felon armed with a knife engaged police in a tense standoff at his girlfriend's south Wichita home Friday after penning a "vaguely threatening note" to her and saying he'd kill her dog then burn down the house if she called 911, police said.

The City of Wichita is partnering with Academy Sports & Outdoor on a game that entices Wichita residents to visit area parks this summer.

The robbery occurred at 1645 S. Webb, or Harry and Webb, at 9:50 p.m., Lt. Doug Nolte said.

Towne East Square and Towne West Square will be accepting donations, with support from Two Men and a Truck, to help those affected by the EF-5 tornado in Moore, Okla., a media advisory today says.

A Wichita, Kan., teacher has been suspended with pay, officials say, following his arrest for possessing a gun on school grounds Monday.

There's a good chance of thunderstorms in the Wichita area today, forecasters say, and some of them could be strong.

When Wichita ABC affiliate KAKE Television ran a news story critical of Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer , reporter Jared Cerullo wasn't able to interview Brewer to get his reaction to his critics.

Wichita schools sustained about $2 million damage from wind and hail during a storm that swept through the city Sunday, according to district officials.

Private investment has outpaced public investment in downtown Wichita by more than 6 to 1 since a plan for downtown revitalization was unveiled in 2010, according to numbers released Thursday by city officials.

The twister that prompted a tornado emergency alert for Wichita before it lifted just southwest of the city Sunday afternoon has been upgraded to an EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Wichita Police Lt. Doug Nolte said officers were investigating a suspicious, abandoned car in the 1900 block of N. Payne.

Officers responded to the home in the 1500 block of North Old Manor late Wednesday morning.

Wichita Wings owner Wink Hartman has been unsuccessful so far in his effort to sell his indoor soccer team, which he revived in 2011.

Investigators think a driver's medical condition triggered a three-car collision late Wednesday morning that killed an elderly woman on East Kellogg.