Sedgwick County, KS

SEDGWICK COUNTY– A Kansas has been sentenced for a shooting and for robbing a business in south Wichita. District Judge Bruce Brown sentenced Jacob Caddell, 21 of Wichita, to 17-years in prison, according to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's office. In May of 2021, a man in his 20’s...

During a news briefing on Thursday, Wichita police said they tried for hours to get an armed suspect to surrender, but that suspect refused to comply.

Wichita police have identified the man who was killed Wednesday in a confrontation with a SWAT team after a nine-hour standoff at a west side home. 39-year-old Gregorio Banuelos was killed around 10:30 Wednesday morning after a SWAT team went into a home in the 500 block of North Milstead, in a neighborhood near Central and 119th Street West.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Traffic cones will soon make a comeback on Kellogg. Thursday, people in east Wichita and Andover had the chance to learn about a big project slated to start later this year. The Kansas Department of Transportation plans to expand Kellogg to six lanes from K-96 in...

SEDGWICK COUNTY—Law enforcement authorities are investigating a fatal officer involved shooting. Just after 1:30a.m. Wednesday, police responded to report of a shooting in the the 500 block of N. Milstead in Wichita, according to Officer Chad Ditch. At the scene, officers located a woman and child in front of...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — When Michael Elliott walked into the Douglas Tag Office Tuesday to renew his tags, he was surprised to have been turned away. He says he was told all slots that day were full and that he would need to text to reserve a slot first thing Wednesday morning. When he did […]

Academic Honors & Awards: Honor Roll, Valedictorian, 1st place in the Biomed Magnet Projects,. High School Involvement: National Honor Society (president), Student Council (treasurer), Tri-M Music Honor Society, Asian and Culture Club, UNICEF, Varsity Swim, KMEA District Orchestra, and Students Empowerment (fundraising coordinator) Favorite Food: Sushi. Favorite Movie: My favorite...

Academic Honors & Awards: #1 class rank, Kansas Governor’s Scholar, National Merit Scholarship Commended Student, Three-Year Academic Letterman, Academic All-State Cross-Country, Yale Young Global Scholar, Completed Brown University Pre-College Program, Wichita State Shocker Honors Scholar. High School Involvement: Student Council Class Representative, National Honors Society, Pep Club, Spanish Club,...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Food insecurity affects more than 30,000 youth in Sedgwick County. At the Central Kansas Hunger Summit held in Wichita on Thursday, community leaders looked for solutions. “When I thought about opening up the gym, I knew it was gonna take a sacrifice from my part,” Tracey Mason, Sr. said. Mason owns […]

Continuing KFH’s 100th anniversary celebration on Sports Daily, Bruce and Paul welcome Sedgwick County Commissioner Pete Meitzner to the show.  Bruce, Paul, and Pete discuss Wichita, the Shockers, sports, and 100 years of great radio.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — An accused rapist made his first appearance in Sedgwick County Court on Wednesday. Jimmy Jensen, 71, is being charged with the following: Rape; Offender is 18 or older, and the victim is less than 14 years of age Aggravated criminal sodomy; Offender is 18 or older, and the victim is less […]

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Wichita City Manager Robert Layton on Wednesday spoke in-person for the first time since former Wichita Police Department Chief Gordon Ramsay sent a letter warning of unethical behavior happening at City Hall. This stems from the investigation into racist text messages sent by some Wichita police...

After the completion of the 1860 census and the election of President Abraham Lincoln, America imploded. Eleven southern states seceded from the Union in 1861, instigating four bloody years of the Civil War and fundamentally altering the social history of the U.S. The estimates of deaths caused by the Civil War begin around 600,000, but some claim as many as 750,000 individuals died throughout the conflict.