Top Wichita Area Local News Stories
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A Hutchinson man who was injured in a garage fire that sparked an explosion remains in critical condition at a Wichita hospital.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:40:29 GMT
Around 9:15 this morning, a late-model Pontiac Grand Am was traveling southbound on Argonia Road and pulled out in front of a semi traveling westbound on K-42.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:04:36 GMT
The Wichita Crime Commission has launched a new gang awareness initiative designed to provide the community with information about gangs, it was announced today by commission executive director Gordon Bassham.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:15:23 GMT
The trailer of a Peterbilt semi traveling westbound on 82nd Road west of US 77 was hit by a BNSF train traveling south on the tracks shortly before 9 this morning.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 17:14:20 GMT
Machinists workers in Wichita rallied outside Cessna Thursday to demand the company stop outsourcing jobs. Meanwhile, union officials tell KAKE News the company's initial offering includes a 4% wage reduction.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:50:15 GMT
A "celebration of life" service for a slain 14-year-old girl was scheduled Friday in Great Bend.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:03:49 GMT
A report out Thursday by the Kansas Department of Transportation indicates K-254 Highway is safer than most roads like it around the state.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:26:51 GMT
A 7-year-old boy has died after being struck by an SUV while crossing a street outside a northeast Kansas school.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:19:13 GMT
A federal grand jury in Wichita has indicted a registered nurse on charges of diluting morphine for patients at a Halstead nursing home where she formerly worked.
Published: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:41:09 GMT
The driver in last weekend's Saline Co. fatality that killed a Manhattan woman, has been charged with second degree murder.
Published: Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:26:29 GMT