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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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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…

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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.

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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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.

02

Missing Augusta woman found safe

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In a Monday morning update, authorities say 58-year-old Beverly Roth was found safe, after she was last seen in the downtown area of Wichita on Saturday.

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Under pressure on plane safety, Boeing is buying stressed supplier Spirit for $4.7 billion

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Boeing previously owned Spirit, and the purchase would reverse a longtime Boeing strategy of outsourcing key work on its passenger planes. That approach has been criticized.

Sunday, Jun 30

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US wants Boeing to plead guilty to fraud over fatal crashes, lawyers say

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The U.S. Justice Department plans to propose that Boeing plead guilty to fraud in connection with two deadly plane crashes involving its 737 Max jetliners

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Wichita police hosting 'Red, White and You Blood Drive'

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The Wichita Police Department is asking the community to come together for their 'Red, White and You Blood Drive.'

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Police: 4 children, 3 adults wounded in Nebraska home after neighbor opens fire

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Police do not believe any verbal contact occurred between the suspect and any of the victims in the moments leading up to the shooting. However, there was prior history between the suspect and the victims' families.

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Wichitans take over Main Street for the city's biggest Pride parade yet

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Many in the LGBTQ+ community strolled down Main street on Saturday.

Saturday, Jun 29

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Strong to severe storm potential late Saturday

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Heat relief expected in western KS today, but south-central KS is stuck feeling like the triple digits. Dry conditions are expected for a majority of the state, but a few late day storm chances could result in some strong to severe storms.

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Kansas Medicaid will soon cover doulas. Research shows they reduce birth complications

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Moms who use doulas are two times less likely to experience birth complications and four times less likely to give birth to an underweight baby, according to the National Institutes of Health.

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Endangered persons advisory canceled for missing Haskell County woman and two children after they were found safe

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The Haskell County Sheriff's Office reported to the KBI that they made contact with Martha Unger and her daughters Madilynn and Haylie, and verified their safety.

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City Nightz nightclub shooting: One year later

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It has been almost a year since then 23-year-old Jaylen Thomas went inside City Nightz club on Washington Street, shooting wildly injuring 11 people with 2 trampled.