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By the time AAHN's Place had its ribbon cutting earlier in May, it already housed 11 children and expected more to arrive that day. The new children’s home, located in … Click to Continue »

Lt. Chris Halloran, the Rangemaster in the Wichita police Training Bureau, told the Citizen Review Board that police shoot to eliminate the threat, not to kill, and Hollywood movies "make it look glamorous to shoot bad guys." … Click to Continue »

Police officers aren't trained to shoot to kill — they're trained to shoot to stop the threat. That's what Lt. Chris Halloran, a 28-year veteran of the Wichita Police Department, … Click to Continue »

A $1.5 million addition to the western edge of MacDonald Park Golf Course will be a new hub for children's golf in Wichita. The project should take about a year … Click to Continue »

The internal investigation into a Wichita police officer who shot and killed an unarmed man on Dec. 28 is still ongoing, the Citizen Review Board learned Thursday . Lt. Paul … Click to Continue »

A Sedgwick Count sheriff's deputy has returned to work, in a limited capacity, as an internal investigation continues after he was found not guilty in a domestic battery case. Deputy … Click to Continue »

A Wichita daycare owner who lied about attendance in order to defraud the state out of more than $52,000 in childcare benefits is on probation. Sedgwick County District Court Judge … Click to Continue »

A Wichita woman has been ordered to serve 10 1/2 years in prison for a near fatal knife attack on her 90-year-old grandfather and an attack on her 52-year-old mother … Click to Continue »

He thought the Facebook message came from an old high school friend named Joyce. It didn’t. He didn’t realize it until it was too late. By the time he called … Click to Continue »

A podcast promises to play recordings of Emily Glass talking to a private investigator as she's leading him to the body of her 5-year-old stepson, Lucas Hernandez. Wednesday's "Crime Stories … Click to Continue »