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An updated employment forecast predicts more jobs in the Wichita area in 2018, but not in aircraft manufacturing. Rather, the growth is expected to come from hotels and restaurants — … Click to Continue »

Hale Library at Kansas State University will be closed after a fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon. The blaze was reported at 4:10 p.m. after smoke began to fill the … Click to Continue »

Gallery Alley is getting an extension. The creative placemaking project that transformed a vacant alley at 616 E. Douglas into an art-filled Final Friday stop will be around at least … Click to Continue »

The Wichita Police Department says it's reviewing the actions of an on-duty officer who turned a home surveillance camera away from him and a fellow officer overnight Sunday. The officer … Click to Continue »

A member of a Wichita gang was indicted on federal drug and gun charges, officials said. Charles L. Hervey, 21, of Wichita, is a member of the Insane Crips gang … Click to Continue »

Wichita police are looking for a masked man who pointed a gun at a teenage pizza restaurant worker during a robbery attempt Monday night. The man walked into the Little … Click to Continue »

Wichita police Officer Justin Rapp testifies Tuesday about firing the fatal shot. Rapp was testifying in the preliminary hearing for Tyler Barriss, who is charged in the death of Andrew Finch after he made a "swatting" call. … Click to Continue »

Los Angeles police Detective Edward Dorroh describes his contacts with Tyler Barriss. If Andrew Finch hadn’t been killed by a Wichita police officer the day before, Barriss would have kept making the calls, Dorroh testified that Barriss told him. … Click to Continue »

The Oregon woman who shot and wounded a Wichita abortion doctor 25 years ago and firebombed several clinics in three states has been released from federal prison, causing concern among … Click to Continue »

In the aftermath of another school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas, students across the country are tweeting under a heartbreaking hashtag — #IfIDieInASchoolShooting — to record last wishes and bring … Click to Continue »