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Community members helping one another after strong storm leaves trail of damage in Wichita

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Strong storms left a trail of damage in Wichita and Andover Tuesday night after ripping apart firework tents and knocking trees onto homes in the blink of an eye.

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'She was called a black monkey by a white student:' Parents react to DOJ's Wichita Public Schools investigation

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Parents aren’t happy with what happened with their black daughters in school. The one parent who had a daughter in Brooks Middle School tells us the school suspended her daughter more than 42 times when she went there.

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Rorschach Inkblot tests pop up around Wichita

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It is an unusual sight popping up around town at many intersections.

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Garden City family turns tragedy into advocacy after distracted driver kills teenager

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Distracted driving kills an estimated 3,000 people nationwide each year. Distracted driving isn’t just cell phone use, it can also be eating while driving, talking to others in the car, or simply looking out the window.

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Wichita City Council votes to buy Park Elementary building for one dollar

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Wichita city council votes to buy Park Elementary for one dollar to turn it into a homeless shelter and resource center

Tuesday, Jul 2

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Discipline used in Wichita Public Schools was discriminatory, the Justice Department says

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The Justice Department announced Tuesday a settlement agreement to resolve the department's investigation into race and disability discrimination in Wichita Public Schools, Kansas’ largest school district.

Two people arrested after multi-county pursuit in eastern Kansas

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After an initial pursuit was called off due to excessive speed, a second pursuit began on the eastern edge of Emporia, and stopped near Ottawa.

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Wichita City Council approves Park Elementary purchase

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The City, who purchased the school for $1, wants to turn the building into a multi-agency homeless shelter, and hopes to open it by this winter.

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Electricity restored after Barber County oil spill

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On their Facebook page, Southern Pioneer said that oil from a well near Hardtner coated electric lines, causing them to trip. The outage affected customers in an area around Hardtner and Kiowa.

Two injured in Sedgwick County crash

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The crash occurred at the intersection of K-42 and South 183rd Street West around 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Wichita man sentenced to nearly 20 years in prison for 2021 stabbing

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Jeffrey Elam stabbed a then-22-year-old woman during the early morning hours of November 22, 2021 in a downtown Wichita alley.

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Pornhub blocks access to Kansas over new law requiring users to verify their age

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Kansas has joined a national trend of states passing laws that supporters hope will protect children online. However, the issue of age verification for adult content has raised questions about how to balance safety, privacy and free…

Federal data: Homelessness rose 10% in Kansas

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Surveys show that at any one time, more than 2,000 people are homeless around the state. But that does not count people who may be sleeping on a friend's couch or otherwise don’t have stable housing.

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MISSING IN KANSAS: Malaysia Smith

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She was last seen mid-June in south-central Kansas.

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Kansas Turnpike drivers already noticing faster travel after first day of fully automatic tolling

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With the "Cash or KTAG" lanes now painted over along I-35, and the booths that still had workers in them Sunday now covered up with big signs, it's a new era of highway interstate in Kansas.

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Lawmakers and union workers react to Spirit Aerosystems sale

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The news that Boeing will go through with a $4.7 billion acquisition sent shock-waves through the aviation industry.

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Spirit Aerosystems talks about next steps in acquisition

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Monday morning Boeing and Spirit Aerosystems confirmed Boeing will be buying Spirit for 4.7 billion dollars. This comes after months of speculation that the two were in talks of a deal.

EXCLUSIVE: Trussell talks from behind bars, aiding in search for missing men

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Trussell is the only one, of three people convicted, still serving time in Punkie Harrod's death.

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Airbus assuming ownership of certain Spirit assets: What this means to the Wichita community

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Announcements kept coming Monday morning from Boeing acquiring Spirit to Airbus assuming ownership of certain Spirit assets by signing a binding term sheet.

Man sentenced to almost 2.5 years in prison for killing K9 officer

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A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to years in prison for killing a Sedgwick County K9 officer.

Monday, Jul 1

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Heavy rain collapses roof of Dodge City Cargill plant

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More than four inches of rain in a short period of time damaged the roof of the Cargill beef plant in Dodge City causing it to partially collapse.

Kansas launches campaign to catch ‘boomerang’ residents to match job opportunities

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The state Dept. of Commerce has launched "Love, Kansas", a national talent-attraction campaign to lure former residents who left for economic or lifestyle reasons back to the Sunflower State.

Goodland's Linkon Cure commits to K-State

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He becomes the highest ranked recruit not only for coach Chris Klieman, but in the modern recruiting ranking era to pick the Wildcats.

New abortion laws take effect in Kansas, but doctors are challenging one in court

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A new law requires doctors to report abortion patients’ anonymized responses about why they’re getting an abortion to state officials for public release. Those against it say it's an invasion of privacy.

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Reno County man faces charges after shooting at woman who was stuck in ditch

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A man reported that his daughter was following home from working in a field near Plevna Saturday night when her vehicle got stuck. A man who lives nearby allegedly fired four shots from a revolver directly towards the man and his daughter.

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One dead, two arrested, in shooting at east Wichita apartment complex

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The shooting took place around 11 a.m. Monday in the 200 block of North Rock Road.

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KDOT receives $1.6 million grant for Canal Route modernization study

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The Canal Route on I-135, which was completed in 1979, includes 53 bridges, two of which are the largest in Kansas, two interchanges and four pedestrian bridges.

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Two dead in Sheridan County plane crash

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The Kansas Highway Patrol says the crash occurred in a field around 10 miles north of Hoxie around 6:10 p.m. Sunday.

Hot & humid with a few severe storms possible

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Very hot and humid on Tuesday, with a chance of afternoon severe storms. The severe weather threat return for Wednesday with a mostly dry holiday on the way!

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WPD investigating after 23-year-old woman found dead in north Wichita

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Officers arrived at the scene and the Wichita Fire Department pronounced the woman deceased at the scene.