May 3, 2024

Hospital abandons plan to buy and demolish Wichita park

Wesley Medical Center has decided not to move ahead with a plan to acquire and demolish a park in east Wichita in order to create additional parking. Wesley was planning to buy Sleepy Hollow Park at 3374

Wichita accepting bids to build new transit facility

After several years of planning and design work, the City of Wichita is now going out for bids on the construction of a new transit facility in the Delano neighborhood. The city is planning a multimodal transit

Wichita man gets prison time for 2022 standoff

A judge has given prison time to a man who fired shots at Wichita police officers during a standoff almost two years ago. The sentence was handed down Thursday for 40-year-old Travis Davis, and he was given

Drought conditions worsen across central, southern Kansas

The National Weather Service has reported that drought conditions have worsened across central and southern areas of Kansas over the past two months. In its climate and drought report for April, the Weather Service said severe drought

Wichita car dealer to pay $400,000 judgment

The Sedgwick County District Attorney’s Office said a Wichita car dealer will pay a consent judgment of over $418,000 for failing to reveal that cars had blown airbags before selling them to consumers in 2023. The judgment

Former coach announces major gift to WSU baseball

College baseball coaching legend Gene Stephenson has announced a major gift to the team he led for 35 years. Former Shockers baseball coach Gene Stephenson is donating 600-thousand-dollars to the baseball program, and he has committed 20-thousand-dollars