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Quick hits: Spirit layoffs, Gaza aid, marijuana reclassification
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - A look at some of the top stories for Friday, May 17, 2024:. Spirit layoffs - Hundreds of workers in Wichita will soon be without a job. Spirit AeroSystems confirmed plans to lay off 400-450 workers as the company deals with a slowdown in production. Gaza...
Crime Stoppers: Thieves cause thousands of dollars in damage to Riverside Tennis Complex
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - The Wichita Police Department is looking for thieves who caused thousands of dollars in damage to the Riverside Tennis Complex. Investigators say they stole copper wiring that provided electricity to the pickleball courts. Pickleball players like Michelle Zane aren't happy about what happened. "It's just ridiculous,...
Expert says Spirit AeroSystems is weakening aviation industry
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - Richard Aboulafia has been in the aviation industry for 35 years. He says the aircraft market is incredibly strong been but there's one thing weakening it, Spirit AeroSystems. Experts say one of Wichita's largest employers, Spirit AeroSystems, is in trouble. "This isn't an industry problem it's...
Teen dies after being hit by car near Haysville
WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - A teenager has died after being hit by a car just southwest of Wichita. It happened just before 11 p.m. Tuesday near 55th and Hoover, which is northwest of Haysville. A supervisor with Sedgwick County dispatch said the teen went to the hospital in critical condition where she died a short time later.
Two men charged with trafficking in stolen human remains
Scranton, Pa. — One man from Montgomery, Pa., and another from Kansas were charged on Wednesday with interstate transport of stolen goods. According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Angelo Pereyra, age 39, of Wichita, Kansas, and Andrew Ensanian, age 38, of Montgomery, Pennsylvania, were charged. The criminal information charges allege that between 2018 and 2022, Pereyra and Ensanian caused stolen human remains to...
Parts of Kansas to see near-record high temperatures
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - We’re warming up seemingly permanently in Wichita, and temperatures are even rising above normal. Wednesday night’s heavy showers and storms dropped healthy rainfall totals across south central Kansas. Most of the region saw rainfall totals ranging from a quarter of an inch to well over an inch.
Street artist GLeo completes mural at WSU
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - When driving south on Hillside, you might catch a glimpse of a bright new addition to Wichita State University’s campus. On Friday, WSU unveiled the finished version of its new “Adelante Juntos – Forward Together” mural at the Duerksen Amphitheater. The college...
Silver Alert canceled, missing Wichita man found safe
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - 4:50 a.m. Update: The Wichita Police Department says James Elbert Bourn has been found safe. ORIGINAL STORY: At the request of the Wichita Police Department, the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) issued a statewide Silver Alert for an 88-year-old Wichita man, reported missing late Thursday afternoon.
Talking with a bus rider about the upcoming changes to the Wichita Transit Center
Construction of the new downtown biomedical campus will force the Wichita Transit Center to eventually relocate to Delano. For this month’s En Route, Hugo Phan was at the recent groundbreaking for the campus and talked with a bus rider about what this all might mean for her.
USPS employees charged for mail theft
WICHITA, Kansas (KAKE) -- A federal grand jury in Wichita returned separate indictments charging two former employees of the U.S. Postal Service with stealing the content of mail. According to court documents, Alexa Garner-Cavender, 36, of Wichita, is charged with four counts of theft of mail by a postal employee....
Warming up ahead of a late weekend storm threat
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Some much warmer weather is coming heading into Friday and the start of the weekend. Chances for rain will remain on hold until Sunday when the potential of storms will threaten late afternoon and into the evening across central and northern Kansas. Expect plenty of sunshine...
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