Sedgwick County News

Charles Wiggins, of Wichita, filed first to run for trustee of Minneha Township in Sedgwick County.

Intrust Bank Arena is beginning to take shape as 165 workers try to keep on schedule despite a rainy May and June.The project has marked a milestone: "We started setting the upper seating on the north side of ...

City and county leaders are taking on the fight to end chronic homelessness. A new committee will meet Monday to discuss how the community will tackle the issue.

A grass fire early Thursday proves to be a tough fight for Sedgwick County firefighters.

Sedgwick County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a drive-by shooting. Investigators say someone opened fire on a home in the 4600 block of S. Brookhaven around 2:30 Saturday morning.

A man mistakenly jailed in Colorado and Kansas for a month can't sue Sedgwick County or its sheriff, a federal judge has ruled.

A child is in Wesley's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit following a crash involving a dozen people in Southwest Wichita Friday morning.

A Sedgwick County sheriff's detention deputy is charged with beating a mentally ill inmate at the county jail.

Several acres of farmland lay in ashes after a grassfire burned through south Sedgwick County this morning.

The grand jury investigating Wichita abortion provider George Tiller adjourned this afternoon without an indictment.

Robert D. Abner, age 39, is wanted out of Kansas on 7 counts of Rape, two counts of Aggravated Criminal Sodomy, one count of Aggravated Robbery and one count of Aggravated Kidnapping.

Sixty-five burglary victims may now get some of their property back. Sedgwick County investigators say they've busted a big burglary ring and recovered hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of property.

Robert Abner, shown in a photo that is 2 years old. Alert issued Law enforcement seeks: Robert D. Abner, 39, of Wichita Vehicle: A blue 1995 Lexus SC 400 with Sedgwick County license plate 573 AMM Caution ...

Holt managed payroll and patient information for Beck's office. She prepared checks to be signed by the doctor's wife, Ann Beck, to pay for charges on the card without telling her that the charges did not ...

The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department has named a suspect in the June 23rd abduction of Joyce Patterson and robbery of the convenience store in Viola where she works.

A Viola woman who went missing from her workplace earlier this week has been found.

Sheriff's Capt. Michael Oliver said Joyce Patterson of Viola called 911 late Thursday and said her captor had just dropped her off at a Wichita home and drove off.

Higher gas prices, a new county courtroom, and possibly a new jail in the works.

Law enforcement officers are still asking the public for help in solving the disappearance of Joyce Patterson, who was last seen working at a convenience store near Viola.

Law enforcement officials are approaching the Monday disappearance of a Viola woman as a "worst-case scenario."Joyce A. Patterson, 48, was last seen at about 3:15 p.m. at The General Station convenience store ...