Wichita News

Street fighting. Fight club. Tap out. The brawls go by different names in Kansas, describing how more and more kids are punching it out and posting their fights online.

Lawyers for a man who has publicly admitted killing a Kansas abortion provider are seeking to move the trial out of Wichita.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 A bookkeeper for a Wichita law firm is accused of stealing nearly $1 million from her employer.

As those based at Ft. Hood begin to recover from last week's deadly shooting, Wichita's Islamic Society begins damage control.

What's a smooth walk down your neighborhood sidewalk worth? The federal government says about half a million dollars.

In celebration of Veteran's Day more than 2,000 J.R.O.T.C and Leadership Corps cadets from Wichita public schools honored local veterans.

Vicki J. Olivarez, was indicted Tuesday on charges of stealing more than $948,000 from the Wichita law firm that employed her.

Eighty-nine thousand dollars can pay for two teachers in the Wichita School District.

Noe Barron Jr. plead no contest to charges of shaking his 4 month old daughter to death.

A Wichita Public Schools' teacher is on administrative leave after he's arrested in Oklahoma on drug charges.

Investigators probing the shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, say there's no sign the alleged gunman was directed to attack, or had help.

Hawker Beechcraft Corp. is closing its plant in Salina, which employs about 240 workers.

Scott Roeder attends a court hearing in Wichita, Kansas. Roeder is accused of killing abortion doctor George Tiller.

Police say a man and woman forced their way into a home on S. Minneapolis Friday night.

When is a tree that acts like a tree not a tree at all? When it's a metal tower that absorbs, transforms and stores carbon dioxide and is made by two teenage math and science whizzes as a research project on climate change.

Wichita's last Waldenbooks is closing. The Waldenbooks at Towne West Square is one of 200 stores Borders Group plans to close in its Waldenbooks and Borders Express segment, which includes outlet stores.

Vicky Burris holds her hand over her heart as she and Rick Snyder watch the Veterans Day parade pass by them on Saturday.

A 44-year-old man was arrested in connection with a robbery and another robbery attempt in East Wichita Friday.

Gilbert & Sullivan's light opera "The Mikado" will be performed this weekend at Century II's Mary Jane Teall Theater, 225 W. Douglas.

As the price of copper goes back up, so do the amount of thefts for the metal. In the past, thieves ripped off air conditioners and light poles.