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WICHITA, Kan. - A man is dead after a shooting at a gun range in Northeast Wichita Sunday afternoon and police have confirmed that the shooting was self-inflicted. The call came in to 9-1-1 dispatch around 2:45 PM of a shooting at the Bullseye Shooting Range in the 14-hundred block of North Terrace...

WICHITA, Kan. - A man is dead following a hit-and-run accident in West Wichita early Sunday morning. Police and rescue crews were called to the area of 2nd Street North and Ridge Road around 3 AM. Officers arrived and contacted several witnesses who observed a 20-year-old male get out of his car in...

WICHITA, Kan. - A man was shot following a disturbance in North Wichita early Sunday morning. Around 1 AM, officers responded to a shots-fired call in the 2700 block of North Woodland, near 25th and Arkansas. An 18-year-old male victim told investigators that he was leaving a party bus when a...

WICHITA, Kan. - Police are investigating after a man was robbed in a restaurant parking lot Saturday evening. Around 6 PM, officers were called to the Taco Bell in the 3-hundred block of South West Street. A 19-year-old male victim told investigators that an unknown suspect and another male walked...

WICHITA, Kan. – Kansas law requires the approval of the City Council to sell firearms that have seized due to criminal connections. Firearms that have been used in homicides or are not in good shape cannot be sold by the Wichita Police Department and will be destroyed. They have 76 handguns and...

WICHITA, Kan. – A home on the city’s southeast side, near Lincoln and San Pablo, caught fire Saturday evening. Flames were showing from the home when fire crews arrived. The fire was put out in mere minutes. According to the Wichita Fire Department, there were no injuries, but the home is not...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Zach Brown scored 17 points to help Wichita State defeat Oklahoma 76-73 Saturday afternoon in the All-College Classic. Daishon Smith scored 13 points and Darral Willis added 12 for the Shockers (9-2), who won their fourth straight. Wichita State shot just 39.7 percent from the field...

MOUNDRIDGE, Kan. - A car accident this evening in McPherson County has injured two people on Interstate 35. Emergency crews confirm two cars were involved in a collision carrying six people. Officials from the KHP says one of the vehicles was experiencing mechanical issues, while another ran into...

WICHITA, Kan. - The Kansas Supreme Court says the state violated the rights of a man jailed for more than four years pending trial on the claim he was a sexually violent predator subject involuntary civil commitment. The justices agreed Friday with a Sedgwick County District judge who ordered Todd...

LAWRENCE, Kan. - The City of Lawrence's lawsuit against a hotel developer has been moved to federal court. The Lawrence Journal World reports Oread hotel developer Thomas Fritzel's lawyer requested the move to federal court Thursday. The motion also means that any trial that would be conducted as...