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The College of Education at Wichita State University has changed its name to the College of Applied Studies. The change was made to better reflect the broad range of educational and applied learning offerings the college provides. In addition, the college's Department of Curriculum and Instruction...

30-year-old Lafian Berryman was shot once in the upper torso and killed early Tuesday evening in N. Wichita; it happened in a parking lot east of 21st & Grove. Police Lt. Todd Ojile says a man and a woman were in a truck, talking, when Berryman and a female showed up in another car. There was...

Three people died after a three-vehicle traffic accident in Anderson County north of Garnett in southeast Kansas Tuesday afternoon. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol a northbound car crossed the center lane and struck a southbound car. Then both were hit by a southbound pickup truck. KHP...

Storms with heavy rain and large hail struck in western Kansas Tuesday, with baseball-size hail reported at Oakley in Logan County, and heavy rain that caused flooding in Scott County. Scott County emergency management director Tim Stoecklein reported a storm there dropped 2.1 inches of rain on...

Authorities say a man drowned after he slipped below the surface of a northern Colorado lake. Routt County Coroner Rob Ryg says 64-year-old David Bass, of Hutchinson, did not have any heart issues and was "a very healthy man" when he drowned at Steamboat Lake on Friday. Bass was with another man on...

Around 7:15 this evening, a shooting was reported at 21st Street North and Prince, near Grove. WPD says a 30-year-old victim was shot once in the chest and was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. Bullets also hit businesses and vehicles in the area. Officers took a man and woman...

One person is dead after a motorcycle collided with a vehicle Wednesday afternoon in southwest Wichita. It happened around 5:15 at I-235 and MaCarthur. The Kansas Highway Patrol reports the driver lost control of the motorcycle and ran into a ditch. KHP identifies the dead man as 41-year-old David...