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Wichita high school and middle school teachers could be required to update students' grades online at least twice a month if a tentative agreement is written into the teacher contract … Click to Continue »

A man was found dead in a house in west Wichita Wednesday afternoon, and police are calling the circumstances "suspicious." Officers were sent to the house in the 200 block … Click to Continue »

Wichita and most of Kansas escaped the worst of nature's wrath on Wednesday, with storms delivering welcome rain but only scattered small hail and a couple of weak tornadoes. For … Click to Continue »

A Wichita seventh grader told school staff she was sexually battered by a fellow student while she was on a school field trip to the Sedgwick County Zoo last week. … Click to Continue »

The man who is suspected of shooting a Menards security guard in a Monday shoplifting has been arrested, police said. The 18-year-old man, who is also suspected of leading police … Click to Continue »

More than half of Kansas faces a tornado watch until late Wednesday night. The watch covers 57 counties stretching diagonally from southwest Kansas northeast to Lawrence. It lasts until 10 … Click to Continue »

Out in Ashland in southwest Kansas where the wildfires raged out of control last spring and neighbors, friends and strangers pitched into help, people have have now turned their focus … Click to Continue »

Job applications for Kansas agencies will no longer ask whether someone has a criminal record, after Gov. Jeff Colyer signed an order Wednesday to “ban the box.” The ban-the-box movement … Click to Continue »

A 30-year-old man was fatally shot on Elpyco at Funston — near Oliver and Harry — at around noon Wednesday, Wichita police said. Officers arrived to the shooting just minutes … Click to Continue »

The Wichita Police Department called off a police chase with a man accused of shooting a Menards loss prevention officer after cars reached excessively high speeds on Tuesday evening, police … Click to Continue »