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Public Safety

Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.

Public Safety

Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.

Public Safety

Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.

Highway overpass bridge under construction with steel girders and orange traffic cones.

Public Safety

KDOT closes westbound Kellogg at I-135 Tuesday night

September 28, 2026 · 1 min read

Standing water covers a residential street, reaching the lower doors of parked cars along the curb.

Public Safety

Wichita faces flooding risk as multi-day rain starts Tuesday

September 28, 2026 · 2 min read

Yellow police tape reading 'Police Line Do Not Cross' at a nighttime crime scene with flashing emergency lights.

Public Safety

Crime Stoppers offers $5,000 reward in Wichita suitcase homicide

September 25, 2026 · 2 min read

Boarded-up windows on a deteriorating multi-story brick building.

Public Safety

Vacant Commodore building draws 54 police calls to Wichita business

September 25, 2026 · 2 min read

A telephone handset resting on a wooden surface beside a card with the number 988.

Public Safety

Sedgwick County hits lowest suicide rate in a decade

September 24, 2026 · 1 min read

Wooden gavel on its sound block next to a folded document on a desk.

Public Safety

Lawsuit accuses Bel Aire school of failing to stop teacher abuse

September 24, 2026 · 3 min read

A wooden gavel resting on its sound block on a courtroom bench.

Public Safety

Wichita jury convicts Bonner of murder in 1-year-old's death

September 22, 2026 · 2 min read

Rows of cardboard boxes packed with plastic-wrapped packages of seized narcotics.

Public Safety

Wichita ringleader gets 19 years in Sinaloa Cartel fentanyl case

September 22, 2026 · 2 min read

Close-up image of yellow caution tape with blurred background, emphasizing warning and safety.

Public Safety

Crash kills woman, leaves child critical in north Wichita

September 22, 2026 · 1 min read

Public Safety

Police identify Wichita woman found dead in suitcase

September 21, 2026 · 1 min read

Public Safety

Sedgwick County man faces $1M bond on nine sex crime charges

September 18, 2026 · 1 min read

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Wichita nears 1954 heat record with 99 days at 90 degrees

September 18, 2026 · 2 min read

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