Wichita

There aren't many details on what Monarch or NextEra envision for western Sedgwick County, in part because people selling land have been asked to sign non-disclosure agreements with the companies.

Kansas lawmakers are considering restricting student protests after high schoolers organized walkouts across the state in protest of immigration enforcement. We’ll hear from three students about their experience. Plus: We'll go inside the Greenhouse Print Space, a Kansas City studio keeping hundreds of years of printmaking technology alive.

Three students at Derby High School, southeast of Wichita, tell us why they participated in an anti-ICE walkout at their school.

The House of Representatives narrowly rejected a bipartisan aviation safety bill that was spurred by the deadly midair collision of a Kansas flight near Washington, D.C. Missouri Rep. Sam Graves blasted it as an "unworkable government mandate."

After a yearlong investigation, the National Transportation Safety Board did not find a single cause for the deadly collision, but blamed the crash on multiple systemic failures. 67 people died when an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines flight from Wichita.

The letter in Wichita shows an early draft that might have informed some of the civil rights leader's most famous speeches.

The bill has support from more than two-thirds of the Kansas Senate, including leaders from both parties.

The Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office signed a formal agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to issue 48-hour detainers for people held in the county jail. The Kansas Bureau of Investigation and more than a dozen sheriff's departments have signed similar deals.

Many Kansas students are getting excited about girls’ flag football, which was launched in the state with help and funding from the Kansas City Chiefs. Learn about the sport and its rising popularity.

Wichita’s headcount for the 2025-26 school year is 45,075, down from 46,556 last year. The state’s largest district has lost about 6,000 students — a nearly 12% drop — over the past decade.

The Kansas State High School Activities Association has not sanctioned girls' flag football as a full varsity sport, but this year’s pilot program could set a path for that to happen.

A new report reflects how Kansas is falling short of some its commitments to improve the state's foster system.