WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an 18-year-old Wichita woman has been arrested in the fatal shooting of her boyfriend. The Wichita Eagle reports that Rina Han Nguyen, is jailed on suspicion of first-degree murder…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper found nearly $350,000 of suspected drug money hidden in the gas tank of a pickup truck after pulling over the driver on Interstate 70.…

Call it a ban on plastic bag bans. A new bill introduced this week in the Kansas House Commerce Committee would pre-emptively prevent state municipalities from enacting their own bans or taxes on plastic items,…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Wichita is considering banning plastic bags or implementing a city-wide tax to curb their use, officials said. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to form a task force to consider how…

Local students were named to Wichita State University’s fall semester dean’s honor rolls. Jessica Thompson and Trey Wilson, Iola, and Kellie Hallacy, Humboldt, were among the 3,300 students who earned at least a 3.5 GPA…

ROSE HILL, Kan. (AP) — Firefighters are looking for anyone who might be missing a boa constrictor after some Kansas residents found the 6-foot snake in their living room couch. Police officers responding to a…

The inauguration of Brandon Whipple as Wichita’s 102nd mayor marks a new era in local politics. A lot of questions are on the table as the 37-year-old Democrat assumes the “non-partisan” position at the helm…

Kansas Labor Secretary Delia Garcia said Thursday that the state is better prepared to respond to layoffs stemming from the grounding of the troubled Boeing 737 Max than it was during the Great Recession, when…

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Problems for Boeing and its troubled 737 Max aircraft, which appear to be growing deeper, have begun to ripple outward with a major supplier announcing Friday that it will lay off…

From coast to coast, some of the more historic buildings and structures that helped define American cities in the 20th century were razed in the name of progress.  Others were saved by residents who appreciated…