Sedgwick County begins canvass of November election

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Sedgwick County began a vote canvass Thursday of the November 5th general election, and about a third of the provisional ballots that were cast were rejected. A Board of Canvassers met to begin considering over 8,000 ballots. 

Wichita man sentenced in fatal hit-and-run

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A Wichita man has been sentenced to just over two-and-a-half years in prison for a fatal hit-and-run incident that happened earlier this year. A judge sentenced 37-year-old Cody Cox to 31 months in prison with 24 months

WSU student arrested in rape investigation

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Wichita State University has confirmed that a man arrested for an alleged rape incident is a student and graduate assistant. The suspect, 29-year-old Mohamed Barkat Mia, was arrested at WSU’s McKinley Hall and booked into the Sedgwick

Wichita asking for input on bicycle plan

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The City of Wichita is asking for public input on an update of the city’s Bicycle Plan.   A process was started in 2023 for a ten-year update of the plan and it will go to an advisory

Kansas Food Bank receives major holiday donation

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The Kansas Food Bank in Wichita has received a major donation from Cargill in time for the holiday season. Cargill has delivered 4,000 Honeysuckle White turkeys for distribution through the Food Bank’s HungerCare partners.   This is the

Kansas joins student free speech case

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Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach has filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a Massachusetts case involving free speech rights of students.  Kansas is one of 18 states asking the Court to hear the