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WICHITA, Kan - The Sedgwick County Division of Health, formerly known as the Health Department, announced they will be providing free HIV testing on Wednesday, November 30th and Thursday, December 1. The testing will be available at 2716 W. Central from 8 AM until 5 PM on Wednesday, and 1 to 5 PM...

WICHITA, Kan. - A female student says Kansas State University's failure to investigate the rape of another woman allowed the same alleged assailant to sexually assault her. The accusations were in court documents filed Monday seeking to add Crystal Stroup to a lawsuit against the university by Sara...

WICHITA, Kan. - The destruction of a bridge that serves as an on-ramp to the Kansas Turnpike in east Wichita is going to close east and westbound Kellogg on Friday. The bridge that connects westbound Kellogg to I-35 will be demolished, and Kellogg will be closed between Rock and Webb road on Friday...

WICHITA, Kan. - At 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 25th a woman was run over in the 4500 block of South Oliver. 32-year-old Amber Vazquez of Wichita was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident. Lt. Lin Dehning of the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office told KAKE News that 61-year-old Randal Lee...

WICHITA, Kan. - On Wednesday, October 26th Samuel Resendez was shot and killed in the 2000 block of South Seneca. The Sedgwick County Sheriff's office announced that 29-year-old Faustino Juan Martinez is wanted for first degree murder and criminal possession of a firearm. Martinez is 5' 5" tall and...

WICHITA, Kan. - Police are investigating a convenience store robbery in southwest Wichita. It happened around 1:00 a.m. Monday morning at the Casey's General Store in the 3500 block of south Meridian. Police officer Charlie Davidson says an armed suspect entered the store taking money and...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A Kansas man is jailed on $200,000 bond after being accused of causing a traffic crash that killed a woman. The Kansas City Star reports Wyandotte County prosecutors have charged David Wayne Colvin, 45, of Kansas City, Kansas, with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the...

TOPEKA, Kan. — Richard Rogers, a decorated war veteran who served in both chambers of the Kansas Legislature before spending 40 years as a federal judge, has died. He was 94. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Rogers died Friday evening at a Topeka care center. Stewart Funeral Home in Wamego...

HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A Hutchinson man has donated his 296th pint of blood. The Hutchinson News reports that Harold Walters, 87, made his first donation in 1955, when he was 26. He donated his 296th pint at the Hutchinson Community Blood Drive on Monday. Walters says his job was across from the...

WICHITA, Kan. — A woman who gave her ex-boyfriend the guns he used in February's mass shooting at a Kansas lawn equipment factory has been ordered to spend a year on supervised release. A federal judge in Wichita, Kansas, on Monday also credited Sarah Hopkins for time she's already served in jail...