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Wichita man shot as he answers knock at door

Wichita police are looking for two suspects following a shooting early Saturday morning. A man told police he heard a knock at his front door shortly before 5 a.m. in … Click to Continue »

 

Wichita police are investigating the city's 11th homicide of the year

A 36-year-old man was killed in a shooting Friday night at Sugar Creek Apartments, Wichita police said. The man went to the apartments, in the 2500 block of South Oliver, … Click to Continue »

 

Second USD 333 staff member arrested for suspected sex crimes, police say

A 42-year-old Concordia substitute teacher was arrested on suspicion of aggravated indecent liberties with a child and indecent solicitation of a child on Thursday, according to the Concordia Police Department. … Click to Continue »

 

Remembering a social worker who couldn't forget a badly burned child

The story didn't add up. She was a social worker and not an investigator, but Linda Fair recognized something wasn't right about the explanation offered by the stepfather about how … Click to Continue »

 

Craigslist fraudster sentenced for car attack at east Wichita QuikTrip

A Wichita man has been sentenced to more than four years in prison for aggravated battery after a Craigslist deal went sour in an eastside QuikTrip parking lot, officials said … Click to Continue »

 

Youth pastor says he had sex with 15-year-old. Her relative recorded admission.

A former Wichita youth pastor — in jail and facing trial on sex-crime charges involving a 15-year-old church member — admitted during a recorded phone conversation to having sex with … Click to Continue »

 

Listen to recorded conversations about church sex crime defendant

A recorded conversation with a relative of a teen that former Word of Life youth pastor Chauncey Walker allegedly had sex with. Another conversation is with Robert Rotola Sr., Word of Life senior pastor, speaking with the alleged victim. … Click to Continue »

 

Wichita police officer at least partly to blame for crash that hurt woman, suit says

A Wichita police officer who was slow to turn on his emergency lights and who didn't yield to oncoming traffic while following another vehicle is at least partially to blame … Click to Continue »

 

Judges put it in reverse, dump verdict in death threat over truck parking

The Kansas Court of Appeals has overturned a guilty verdict against a Topeka man convicted of threatening to kill a trucking company owner over a parking dispute. The case centers … Click to Continue »

 

Wichita driver beaten with baseball bat after confronting teen, police say

A man was taken to the hospital after he was beaten with a baseball bat when he stopped driving to confront a teenager, Wichita police said. … Click to Continue »

 

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