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• Fire damages vacant South Wichita house

  18-09-2015 07:35
  
  For the second night in a row, Wichita fire crews responded to flames at a home.But this time, the house was vacant.Firefighters were called to 2029 South Topeka around 10:45 Thursday night.Investigators think the fire started in a front room.Crews were able to bring things under control in less than ten minutes."Neighbor across the street called it in," Battalion Chief Sid Newby told KAKE News."We were able to put it out very quickly.The house was vacant, and they were working on it."No one was
  
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• Gallery Alley isn't going away, at least not for another six months

  23-05-2018 14:52
  Artist Josh Tripoli and Rebekah Lewis painted a mural in Gallery Alley in downtown Wichita with the help of volunteers. The art project was inspired to get young people downtown and get people excited about their city.
  
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• A new 'home'

  23-05-2018 09:50
  Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaA larger living room: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology freshmen Trent Shephard of Warsaw and Hunter Crumly of Springfield, Ill., study in the living room of the newly renovated student union on Tuesday on the Rose-Hulman campus. Tribune-Star/Joseph C. GarzaPlenty of green space: The renovation of the student union at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology wasn't just on the inside but the outside as well with more green space surrounding the structure itself for stude
  
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• Woman who shot Kansas abortion doctor moved to halfway house

  23-05-2018 05:13
  An anti-abortion activist who shot and wounded a Kansas abortion doctor and firebombed clinics in Oregon and other states in the 1990s was released Tuesday from federal prison to a halfway house to finish her sentence, sparking fears for the safety of abortion clinic workers. The Federal Correctional Institution in Waseca, Minnesota confirmed Rachelle "Shelley" Shannon has been released, and sent to a halfway house where she will finish a 20-year sentence related to two Oregon cases of arson and
  
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• Wichita member of Insane Crips gang indicted on drug, gun charges

  23-05-2018 05:13
  Charles L. Hervey, 21, of Wichita, is a member of the Insane Crips gang and was charged with multiple crimes, U.S. Attorney Stephen McAllister said in a release . He is charged with two counts of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, one count of possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a user of controlled substances and one count of maint
  
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• Liquor store employee shot robber in leg as he ran away, police say

  23-05-2018 02:50
  An employee shot one of two suspects after a liquor store robbery in southeast Wichita on Tuesday afternoon, police said. Officers called to F&K Liquor at Lincoln and Woodlawn at around 12:30 p.m. found an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound to his leg, Officer Charley Davidson said.
  
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• Community mural brings Wichitans downtown

  23-05-2018 02:50
  Artist Josh Tripoli and Rebekah Lewis painted a mural in Gallery Alley in downtown Wichita with the help of volunteers. The art project was inspired to get young people downtown and get people excited about their city.
  
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• Brewer picks another ex-mayor Kansas governor's race ticket

  22-05-2018 21:53
  Former Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer has picked another ex-mayor from the state's most populous county as his running mate for the Democratic nomination for governor. The 55-year-old Morrow was a Gardner City Council member before serving as the Johnson County city's mayor for more than four years.
  
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• West Kellogg in Wichita has a new restaurant as of Monday

  22-05-2018 19:35
  On Monday, Jose Ayala opened his new La Hacienda Mexican Restaurant in the spot at 5905 W. Kellogg formerly occupied by Monterrey Mexican Grill , which closed in December after 13 years in business. This is an expansion for the Ayala family, which has run its original La Hacienda at 1138 N. Nelson Drive in Derby for the past four years.
  
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• Mountain biker killed by cougar was a native Kansan. He did nearly everything right

  22-05-2018 19:35
  People rarely get more than a brief glimpse of a mountain lion in the wild. Lion attacks on people are rare, with fewer than a dozen fatalities in North America in more than 100 years.
  
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• Tyler Barriss, man accused of fatal 'swatting' call, to appear in court Tuesday

  22-05-2018 17:02
  The 25-year-old Los Angeles man who is accused of making the "swatting" call that led a Wichita police officer to fatally shoot a father of two in late December is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday morning. It's the first time Tyler Barriss will be in court since his extradition hearing in Los Angeles, days after his Dec. 29 arrest.
  
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• Kansas judge weighs evidence in deadly hoax call case

  22-05-2018 17:02
  This 2015 file booking photo released by the Glendale, Calif., Police Department shows Tyler Barriss. Barriss, who is accused of making a hoax call on Dec. 28, 2017, that led to police shooting an unarmed man in Wichita, Kan., is scheduled to return to court Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Wichita where a judge is set to decide if there is enough evidence to put him on trial for involuntary manslaughter and other charges.
  
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• Old Town's newest nightclub will feature go-go dancers, wall-length video screens

  22-05-2018 14:37
  Next month, Fever Nightlife will open at 116 N. Mead, the latest club to occupy that seemingly ever-changing space. And it will really be two nightclubs in one - one side of the club will play Top 40 music and the other will play exclusively Latin music.
  
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• Land purchase voids need to replace bridge

  22-05-2018 09:49
  Held a 90-minute executive session to review city administrator applications and narrow the field to the finalists.
  
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• Architect Kenton Cox left 'such a legacy' in Wichita and area school districts

  22-05-2018 05:16
  Kenton Cox of Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey Architecture shared drawings of what later became Wichita's Northeast Magnet High School in 2011. Cox, an architect with Schaefer Johnson Cox Frey, managed educational building projects in Kansas and elsewhere.
  
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• Watch: More than a dozen arrested after occupying Kobach office

  22-05-2018 00:42
  Police arrested more a dozen people Monday after they occupied a room in Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office to protest his positions on voter identification and immigration. The Advanced Learning Library is getting the books from the old downtown library moved over currently as they get ready for their grand opening June 16. Sedgwick County Commissioner Richard Ranzau, who had been openly critical of fellow commissioner Michael O'Donnell during public meetings, reacts to the news tha
  
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• Wichita in 'Best Cities for Jobs 2018'

  21-05-2018 22:24
  Last year's publication contains a more detailed explanation of how the rankings capture current year-growth, mid-term growth, and momentum. Despite this news, Wichita leaders are in denial.
  
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• Owners of Wichita's only Cajun restaurant planning a new concept for the west side

  21-05-2018 10:19
  Members of the Granger family, founders of Da Cajun Shak at 6249 E. 21st St., have long wanted to expand their business to Wichita's west side. Chris Granger, who opened Wichita's only Cajun restaurant in 2005, said his wife, Pattie, and son, Tim, have signed a lease on a west-side space.
  
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• Group's fresh approach to F&I training pays off

  21-05-2018 07:59
  Wichita, Kan., dealership group Brandon Steven Motors has transformed its finance and insurance operations and lifted F&I profit per vehicle by updating training techniques and adjusting processes. Dan Mason, corporate platform finance director at Brandon Steven Motors, has transformed the dealership group's finance and insurance operations and lifted F&I profit per vehicle by putting his managers in the hot seat.
  
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• Day-Two Restored 1968 Chevelle Time Capsule

  20-05-2018 20:39
  For more than two hundred million years, dinosaurs pummeled the Jurassic landscape. Yikes, they were all over the place.
  
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• Kansas Profile | Farm To Fork program brings different county perspectives together

  20-05-2018 16:09
  That statement is based on the belief that sharing food in a family setting can help people bridge their differences. Today we'll learn about an innovative county organization which has put this concept into practice with a nationally award-winning program called Farm to Fork.
  
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• Severe Thunderstorm Warning Source: Weather Central

  20-05-2018 11:33
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• Brewer, running mate to visit Hutch Wednesday

  20-05-2018 07:21
  Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Carl Brewer, Wichita, will announce his running mate Tuesday in Topeka, in front of the newly unveiled Brown v.
  
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• Editorial: State's aid to Cargill cause for concern

  20-05-2018 02:59
  Earlier this week, Kansas taxpayers learned about a questionable economic development deal that rewards Cargill with $1.6 million in funding for essentially reducing its workforce and then bringing it back to existing levels over a 24-month period. The state's interim Commerce Secretary Bob North defended the deal, saying, "The purpose for the PEAK retention package was to keep the headquarters in Wichita rather than lose the project to another state." Let us first state we are glad Cargill is r
  
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• Next round of severe storms to rattle central US into Saturday evening

  19-05-2018 22:37
  Following a plethora of damaging wind and hail reports in the western Plains on Friday, the next round of severe thunderstorms has its sights set on the central and southern Plains into Saturday evening. In addition to destructive wind gusts and large hail, storms into Friday night also dumped copious amounts of rain in localized areas.
  
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• Your kid can get a free bike on Saturday (and any day after) thanks to this group

  19-05-2018 18:14
  But even if you don't show up in time to snag one, you can still get one. Bike Walk Wichita has a downtown building full of donated bikes, which its volunteers lovingly rehab and prepare for new owners.
  
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• 'Plant deputies' to descend on downtown with a new trick up their gardening gloves

  19-05-2018 13:28
  Cindy Carnahan and her team of "plant deputies" are hitting Douglas downtown again on Saturday to fill the 113 planters there with new plants. Shortly after, 84 hanging baskets will follow for the first time.
  
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• Man who took part in torture killing will spend the rest of his life in prison

  19-05-2018 09:02
  Five people were charged in connection with the disappearance and torture killing of 33-year-old Scottie Goodpaster. They are, clockwise from top left: Willie E. Morris, Alexandria Scott, Jeff Hillard, Brian Bussart and Heidi Hillard.
  
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• CEO leaves Wichita entrepreneurial group

  19-05-2018 02:56
  A privately funded group aimed at developing startups and helping grow established Wichita companies is looking for a new chief executive. John Dascher had announced in March that he would step down from e2e Accelerator, which "incubates, accelerates and invests in growth oriented companies."
  
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• Alicia Thompson brought the energy in her first year. Wichita schools benefited

  19-05-2018 02:56
  Superintendent Alicia Thompson said she wants to continue to address perceptions of the Wichita school district as she begins a second year in the job. Thompson, a Wichita native, has worked in the district 26 years.
  
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