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Christina Matias believes her son can do better in school. Eleven-year-old Leonard, who will be a sixth-grader this fall, makes A's and B's and excels at sports, including football and … Click to Continue »

You'll start seeing more police officers around Wichita early next year, but it will mean delaying potentially significant projects elsewhere. The City Council has instructed City Manager Robert Layton to … Click to Continue »

It's been such a quiet year for twisters across Tornado Alley that weather researchers are searching for answers. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Prediction Center described the tornado … Click to Continue »

Count on traffic delays if you travel through McConnell Air Force Base's main gate or on the stretch of Rock Road next to the gate starting Saturday. Members of the … Click to Continue »

Hundreds of thousands of books, maps, photos and other items were exposed to soot when a fire burned on the roof of Kansas State University's Hale Library last month, the … Click to Continue »

Hundreds of thousands of books, maps, photos and other items were exposed to soot when a fire burned on the roof of Kansas State University's Hale Library last month. But … Click to Continue »

Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper Ben Gardner speaks about the sentencing of Steven Johnson on murder and manslaughter charges after the DUI crash that killed Jessica, Jaydon and Leah Thompson in a video posted to his Twitter account on June 1, 2018. … Click to Continue »

Count on traffic delays if you travel through McConnell Air Force Base's main gate or on the stretch of Rock Road next to the gate starting Saturday. Members of the … Click to Continue »

The parents of Lucas Hernandez, the 5-year-old Wichita boy whose body was recently found after he had been missing for more than three months, are asking for privacy, a spokeswoman … Click to Continue »

A Texas man has been sentenced to more than 14 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder in a DUI crash that killed a Kansas mother and her two … Click to Continue »