WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A retired firefighter who was upset with Wichita's mask ordinance was arrested on suspicion of threatening to kidnap and kill the mayor of Kansas' largest city, authorities...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A hospital in southeast Kansas is putting the brakes on some procedures as coronavirus cases continue to climb steadily statewide and the positivity rate tops 17%.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Amazon is planning to build two fulfillment centers in Kansas and says the centers will create a combined 1,000 jobs — 500 in each location.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Board of Regents appointed a new interim president Wednesday to lead Wichita State University while it searches for a replacement for Jay Golden, who abruptly...

MANKATO, Kan. (AP) — A truck driver has died in a crash on a rural road near Mankato in northern Kansas, officials said.

The crash happened Monday afternoon in Jewell County just outside...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — One man was killed Monday in a shooting at a Wichita apartment complex, authorities say.

Police Capt. Wendell Nicholson said the victim is a man in his late 40s to early...

LONE JACK, Mo. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy has been killed and three others — including two other children — have been injured in a crash near the western Missouri town of Lone Jack, authorities...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Nearly $50 million in funding for COVID testing is still moving through the state’s bidding system more than three weeks after Kansas legislators approved the spending, state...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man is suing a over a crash that killed his wife, three of his children and his stepdaughter.

Jeffrey Williams, of Viola, is seeking more than $75,000 in...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly on Friday called for the creation of a nonpartisan commission to handle redrawing state legislative and congressional districts after a video surfaced...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita State University is conducting an internal investigation into allegations that men’s basketball coach Gregg Marshall mistreated players, the school and Marshall have...

PARK CITY, Kan. (AP) — Construction has begun on a tribal casino near Wichita, despite a lawsuit from the state seeking to stop the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma from operating the...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Gov. Laura Kelly is set to fill a vacancy on the Kansas Supreme Court from the first all-female group of finalists in state history, though the state's most influential...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita woman has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for her role in the killings of three people in central Kansas in 2016.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — No charges will be filed in the death of a 56-year-old Wichita man who was killed by police last year during an apparent psychotic episode in which he fired 83 rounds from his...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The downturn in airline travel amid the coronavirus pandemic could lead to years of decreased flights to fewer destinations and a dramatic drop in building improvements,...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Spirit Aerosystems will close its plant in McAlester, Oklahoma, next year, the company's president said Thursday.

About 175 people work at the Oklahoma plant, where...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The paternal grandparents of a 10-year-old Kansas girl killed in a crash last week are suing the truck driver involved in the collision, along with his employer.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Wichita State University president who abruptly resigned last week will be paid a reduced salary until June 2021 for unspecified consulting services, according to an...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A juvenile in a stolen car who refused to stop at a security gate caused a lockdown at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita early Tuesday, base officials said.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Criminals have targeted Kansas' unemployment system in a multibillion dollar fraud scheme that has delayed relief payments to thousands of people around the state who lost...

VIOLA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas mother and her four children were killed Friday after hitting a semitrailer loaded with grain in southwest Sedgwick County, the sheriff's office said.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A plan designed to help Wichita police monitor and control social equality protests in the city in early June cost the Wichita Police Department more than $1.5 million in...

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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man has been sentenced to life in prison for killing a man during a drug deal, and authorities say the Tinder dating app played a key role in tracking him...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities responding to a call about deputies being shot at briefly shut down the Kansas Turnpike Wednesday night and sent an armored vehicle and drone to the...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man already on parole for theft and burglary convictions has been arrested in the shooting death of a man earlier this week on Wichita’s east side, police said.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — More Kansas schools have ended in-person classes and canceled sports because of coronavirus exposure and team quarantines.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man who had 11 weapons and about 20 pounds of methamphetamine at his rental home in Wichita pleaded guilty Monday to drug and weapons charges, federal prosecutors...

HARVEY COUNTY, Kan. (AP) — A pedestrian died after he ran onto an interstate in south-central Kansas Saturday night.

The Kansas Highway Patrol said 20-year-old Kalub Rowson of Minneapolis,...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A performer has been wounded during a reenactment at a Kansas history museum in a shooting that police say appears to be accidental.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita police sergeant has been charged with misdemeanor battery for an incident involving a coworker, the Wichita Police Department said.

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials are considering spending $50 million to dramatically ramp up testing of people who aren't showing obvious signs of the coronavirus.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a 21-year-old man in a Wichita shooting that left one person dead and two others wounded.

Jail records show that Terry Quonteze Wallace was...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita area health officials are cracking down on face masks and bar curfews to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Keeper of the Plains replica statue that was taken from a Wichita park over the weekend has been found not far from where it was stolen.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A Wichita teacher who posted on Facebook about her concern over school reopening procedures was wrongly disciplined by the district, The American Civil Liberties Union of...

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — One person has died and two others have been hospitalized following a shooting Tuesday in northeast Wichita, police said.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A 12-year-old child has died after an all-terrain vehicle and dirt bike collided on private property in south-central Kansas west of Wichita, authorities said.

PINETOP, Ariz. (AP) — Three Mexican wolf pups have successfully been cross-fostered into a pack in northeastern Arizona, according to state Game and Fish Department officials.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A man fatally shot himself with deputy’s gun following a standoff with police outside a home east of Wichita, authorities in south-central Kansas said.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Several Wichita bars and nightclubs have been ignoring the city's 11 p.m. coronavirus curfew, with one owner saying he has to do it for his business to survive.

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) —

Authorities are investigating after a man was fatally shot at a Wichita gathering.

KSNW-TV reports that Sedgwick County Dispatch received a shooting call around...