Wichita News

Recent numbers show Wichita's unemployment rate is around 10-percent. Two job fairs hope to change that.

The Wichita Police Department along with other area law enforcement, will take part in the Kansas Thanksgiving Traffic Enforcement Campaign.

Wichita police arrested a pregnant woman after she allegedly robbed homes after asking residents for help.

A home goes up in flames Wednesday morning. Crews were called to the 1900 block of North Madison around 6:15 Wednesday morning.

Wichita loves its beef, of course, but apparently it's a salad town, too. Dole Fresh Vegetables , a subsidiary of Dole Food , has named Wichita one of 21 "Top Salad Cities" after what it calls an "exhaustive, 18-month research effort." "Despite its reputation for meat and potatoes, Wichita is among the most sophisticated salad markets in the ...

Thursday, November 19, 2009 Disaster and terrorism scenarios will be among the topics federal, state and local officials will be reviewing next month at the first biennial Kansas Homeland Security Summit.

A Wichita cat tests positive for rabies. The cat bit a woman who was feeding the animal.

Wichita Clinic has set up a temporary flu shot station and, beginning today, will offer seasonal flu shots to anyone and H1N1 flu shots to those in the Sedgwick County Health Department's priority groups.

One passenger was slightly injured Wednesday night after an engine on an Allegiant Air MD-80 blew up shortly after takeoff from Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport.

Drug Enforcement Administration agents have raided a warehouse in Wichita, apparently looking for illegal substances.

Piper Aircraft Co. will hold an engineering job fair from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday at the Broadview Hotel, 400 W. Douglas.

A radar upgrade next year will allow meteorologists to better track severe weather - and Wichita's will be the first National Weather Service office to receive it.

Fight hunger with the same passion you fought the Lord's Diner. That's what Mayor Carl Brewer said Tuesday to those against putting a Lord's Diner in north east Wichita.

Police in Bel Aire say they suspect foul play in the case of a man missing since March.

A man steals an expensive bird from a local pet store. The act is caught on tape.

Judge Bryce Abbott talks with a woman at Mental Health Court. She was given a urine analysis test at the beginning of court.

Police investigate a series of burglaries in Wichita's College Hill neighborhood.

Viewers looking in vain for the Discovery Channel's 'Anatomy of a Takedown' episode dealing with the arrest of BTK in 2005 weren't hunting in the wrong place - producers for the program decided to reschedule it at the last minute.

Forecasters predict much of Kansas may see snow this morning, but little or no accumulation is expected in the Wichita area.

Sunflower Restaurant Supply is closing its retail shop at 432 N. Washington, but ita s not going out of business.