Sumner County News

New 22,000 square foot pre-engineered warehouse building on 82,764 sf lot. 16' corrugated metal panel exterior walls peaking to 22' in the center with 26ga.

Tim Hasenger of TECT Aerospace. Inside TECT Aerospace's new Park City manufacturing facility, something is noticeably missing - an inventory of parts.

The taxman is looking for 708 Kansans, but to return money -- more than half a million dollars overall.

In 35 years of farming, Scott Van Allen has never planted so much wheat this late in the fall.

The giant bucket of a front-end loader fell heavily on a dozen gambling machines Friday, smashing them to bits before a row of television cameras.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment today confirmed the deaths of three more people, including one from the Wichita area, who were infected with the H1N1 influenza virus.

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

Manhattan, KSa 'Kansas farmers are having a difficult time finishing wheat planting this fall, with unusually cool, wet weather keeping them out of the fields.

WHEN TRAVELING THE state, I like to look for something original in each town, something residents have created, restored, or put on display.

Cracking down on the increasingly troubling problem of underage drinking is the goal of a forum now making its way across Kansas.

A Sumner County casino would generate $44 million a year for the the State of Kansas, Sumner and Sedgwick Counties.

A proposed Sumner County casino project could generate more money than the $121.1aemillion that developers initially estimated.

Nancy Shoemaker's parents say they want Donald Wacker in prison for what he did to their daughter and what they fear he'd do if he was let out.

Nearly 20 years after 9-year-old Nancy Shoemaker was kidnapped from a south Wichita street, her parents still are asking, "What if?" Nancy was abducted July 30, 1990, after walking a block-and-a-half to a Phillips 66 station to buy some 7-Up that would soothe her 11-month-old brother's upset stomach.

A Sumner County couple may soon get their children back several months after their 4-year-old son died in their home.

Areas of Southern Kansas and Northern Oklahoma could receive flooding rains overnight and through the day on Thursday.

For the second time in four months, a Wellington family is dealing with the death of a child in an alcohol-related crash.

A Geuda Springs man is scheduled to make his first appearance today in Sumner County District Court to face possible charges in connection with an alcohol-related traffic fatality on Saturday.

She had just recovered from one car accident when another took her life. 19-year-old Brayden Popplewell died Saturday in Sumner County.

Prosecutors say 21-year-old Patrick Burr is expected to appear in court Monday. Sumner County Sheriff Deputy Aaron Lamb says Burr was driving a pickup with four passengers Saturday southeast of Wellington when he collided with a car.