Sedgwick County News

By Kim Wilhelm She's seen cases that would make most people cry. Pediatric nurse Rhonda O'Neill thinks about all the children that have come in to Wesley Medical Center's pediatric intensive care unit over the years.

Two young men die in a fiery crash with a farm grain truck. The accident happened just before one o'clock near the intersection of 63rd Street South and Broadway.

Consultants hired to reduce the population at the Sedgwick County jail are getting more money.

Near the end of a long discussion about a code of ethics for Sedgwick County commissioners Tuesday, chairman Kelly Parks said he had turned "stuff" over to the FBI and implied an investigation was under way.

Thousands of high school students were thinking about their options after graduation at Century II Tuesday.

In this June 2, 2009 file photo, Scott Roeder makes his first court appearance via a video link from the Sedgwick County Jail on in Wichita, Kan.

Wink Hartman has withdrawn his proposal to manage the Kansas Coliseum. Representatives of the Wichita oilman and owner of Hartman Arena notified Sedgwick County officials on Monday that they were withdrawing their proposal.

Fire destroyed a house on North Gow early this morning, authorities said. The blaze was reported just after 6:30 a.m. at 1050 N. Gow, a Sedgwick County dispatch supervisor said.

Sedgwick County reminds everyone to roll back their clocks this weekend. It's the end of Daylight-Saving Time.

They are called vanity plates for a reason, the people who have them like to stand out.

Thursday, October 29, 2009 The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office, in conjunction with the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, conducted Operation "Cops on Rails" in Wichita from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. yesterday.

Sedgwick County creates 20 part time positions to help deal with H1N1 vaccinations.

Has Sedgwick County weathered the economic storm? The county's head financial officer told county commissioners Wednesday that we are in good shape in the new economy, but not so fast.

It was just two and a half years ago when Sedgwick County voters were thrust into a debate over casino gambling.

Sedgwick County commissioners agreed today to relieve SMG, which manages Intrust Bank Arena, of its duties to also manage the Kansas Coliseum.

Katie Cornejo, charged with murdering her 2 1/2-year-old stepdaughter, pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter.

Heritage Development Group has pitched its plan to Sedgwick County to develop the Kansas Coliseum into the Saddle Rock Rodeo Resort.

A standoff that began early this morning when a teenager refused to go to school took on a new twist this afternoon when authorities discovered he was not holed up in his northern Sedgwick County house.

A head-on collision in Sedgwick County Sunday, claimed the lives of two women. The Kansas Highway Patrol crash log reports the accident happened around 6:05 p.m. on K42, about one-quarter mile west of 135th Street.

Kansas ' unemployment rate declined in September, but officials say there are signs the economy the state's economy remains weak.